Mikey
08-31-2010, 09:40 PM
As i mentioned awhile ago,my family and myself planned our summer holiday at Disneyworld,with my wife secretly signing me up for lessons with Chris Parrish as my personal coach.
Trip was awesome but very tiring,Disney means WALKING and LOTS of CASH. Weather was great with 2 days of near solid rain.
Back to skiing with Chris was a fantastic experience,unfortunetely did not get in as much as i had hoped or planned but a blast just the same. Original plan was 2 sets a day for 4 days in a row ,then Chris had to Jet off to compete in London England.
My days went like this . Day 1. 2 sets but end of second set tweeked an old injury in shoulder. Go back ice etc. 2nd morning could not lift arms above head so had to cancel. Day 3. 1 1/2 sets .had to cut short due to hard rain and boat was booked for later.Was totally exhausted anyways,as we were working on gate timing and Form issues. Went for lunch and did verbal coaching etc. 4th day,Rained out .end of skiing but learned a lot just the same.
Highlight of first day was watching Chris Parrish ski from in the boat. Started at 28 off up to 39 off before he had to stop due to rain.All his skiing at 36mph ME at 30,32mph. My best was3 1/2 bouys at 30mph. Not too bad considering only tryed a course 2 weeks before hand and about 15yrs ago once. Unfortunetely No pics other than a pose pic with The Man himself after we were done.
Anyways had a blast,learned a ton of form issues i now need to go practice,hopefully this Saturday and Had an awesome time in Florida.
Weather fantastic,water in lake HOT by our standards 87,im used to high 60 low 70 degree water. Went Gator boating which was cool as well and then There was Disney. Now i need to go back to work to get a holiday away from my vacation.
Cheers to all in Florida etc, too bad i/we had a full schedule ,would still like to see way more. Also Good luck with the impending Hurricanes.
Trip was awesome but very tiring,Disney means WALKING and LOTS of CASH. Weather was great with 2 days of near solid rain.
Back to skiing with Chris was a fantastic experience,unfortunetely did not get in as much as i had hoped or planned but a blast just the same. Original plan was 2 sets a day for 4 days in a row ,then Chris had to Jet off to compete in London England.
My days went like this . Day 1. 2 sets but end of second set tweeked an old injury in shoulder. Go back ice etc. 2nd morning could not lift arms above head so had to cancel. Day 3. 1 1/2 sets .had to cut short due to hard rain and boat was booked for later.Was totally exhausted anyways,as we were working on gate timing and Form issues. Went for lunch and did verbal coaching etc. 4th day,Rained out .end of skiing but learned a lot just the same.
Highlight of first day was watching Chris Parrish ski from in the boat. Started at 28 off up to 39 off before he had to stop due to rain.All his skiing at 36mph ME at 30,32mph. My best was3 1/2 bouys at 30mph. Not too bad considering only tryed a course 2 weeks before hand and about 15yrs ago once. Unfortunetely No pics other than a pose pic with The Man himself after we were done.
Anyways had a blast,learned a ton of form issues i now need to go practice,hopefully this Saturday and Had an awesome time in Florida.
Weather fantastic,water in lake HOT by our standards 87,im used to high 60 low 70 degree water. Went Gator boating which was cool as well and then There was Disney. Now i need to go back to work to get a holiday away from my vacation.
Cheers to all in Florida etc, too bad i/we had a full schedule ,would still like to see way more. Also Good luck with the impending Hurricanes.