Spring Break 2009 - Lessons Learned

• Balancing on a floating dock while concentrating on putting a ski on is difficult and can end up with the skier in the water without a ski on.


• When fixing your bottoms after getting up the direction to pull them is up, not down.


• Trick skiing is hard.


• Jumping is easy, landing can be difficult.


• Everyone falls.


• The hot tub is VERY hot and should be entered slowly.


• At least one type of the lizards around Bennett's Waterski & Wakeboard School is not poisonous.


• Being coordinated for morning warm-ups is easier for some than others.


• When you land upside down going into the water, your knees follow your head rather quickly.


• Being from the UK and speaking English does not mean that other people who speak English fluently can understand what you are saying.


• Getting out on the water for the first time in March puts everyone in a better mood.


• 16 teammates living together for a week is a good team building and team bonding experience.


• No matter how much you work out and prepare for ski school it still feels like a Mack truck hit you on Wednesday or Thursday morning.


• S'mores are not an international phenomena.


• Good form for slalom skiing makes all the difference in the world.


• There is no better feeling than being behind a boat all day


• When a Russian says "you're too stiffie" they mean you need to relax and bend your knees more.


• It's really odd to fall when skiing and being able to stand up while waiting for the boat.


• You must try, try again because you will fall again, and again.


• 17 hours is a very long time to be stuck in two vans with 15 other people.


• Don't try standing up too quickly on a slalom ski.