First & Second Chances

John from Ohio called me a few weeks ago to say that he wanted to have his wife learn to ski, bit not have her dragged around the lake like he was dragged forever as a young man before being able to get up. I assured him we would go through the land training and start out on the bar at side of the boat and she would be perfectly fine. Quite a few years have past for John sins he used to ski and he also wanted to learn a deep water start and spend time skiing this summer with his newlywed wife Susan.


John went first and we soon had him lifting a ski to find his most stable foot to put forward, it was very clear he would by right foot forward and very quickly we went through the process of lifting a ski, dropping a ski and then learning the deep water start on the Bar first. By the 3rd set he was ready to transition to rope and 3 deep water start in a row he was off to the races!


Susan very quickly took to getting up on two skis on the bar and then moved quickly behind the boat. By the second set she was crossing the wakes and quite stable, but at times when loosing control she had great recovery skills in crouching back down into the start position and recovering balance. By the 3rd set she was lifting a ski and then she made the deep water start 3 times in a row her first day ever skiing!
Great effort Susan!


John and Susan were in town for Valantines weekend and this was a fantastic start to their weekend, they will be having a great time on the water this summer in Ohio with their new Radar Skis. You gotta love it when you the smile on the face of someone learning to ski for the first time, priceless!

Location:Ski Skool