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Nathan Wakeboard Session from Dean Dummitt on Vimeo.

We took the fins off Nathan's board and he's been learning surface tricks (180's, board slides, lip slides and power slides). His jumps have declined a little but are coming back though not evident in this video.

2010 Ski Season Wrap Up

The tournament season has ended for us, at least everything except Nationals (?). Nathan ended up winning his wakeboard division (Mini Outlaw) in both Georgia and South Carolina and qualified for Nationals in October. Maddie was coming on strong late in the season and really put the pressure on her older brother. Maddie also qualified for Nationals by finishing second in Georgia. We haven't decided if we are going yet becasue the kids would miss nearly a week of school.

The attached photo was taken today (8/21/10) with Heather's new camera (Nikon D5000). We hope to get many more great shots. This is a new trick Nathan is learning called a "power slide". We took the fins off the kids boards this week and in addition to the "power slide" Nathan is learning several new tricks ("board slide", "lip slide", "back side lip slide") . His jumps will suffer a little without the fins until he learns how to edge without them but his board control is really taking off which will really help in the long run. Maddie is also learning "board slide" and will begin working on surface 180's soon.

Bobo and Nippy sittin' in a tree...

Elizabeth (Nathan's girlfriend) and her family got back from the beach Monday and surprised Nathan by coming out to the lake Tuesday evening. She brought Nathan a cool Shark tooth necklace (that he won't take off).  Elizabeth wakeboarded for the first time (so, they say but she made it look too easy). She and Nathan also got to wakeboard together. 

Quotes from the evening:

Nathan: "Wow, I just love that woman"

Nathan: "I can't stop looking at her'

Mommy: "Nathan, why did you keep starring at Elizabeth?"
Nathan: "I was waiting for the right time to kis her"

Maddie's Lost Wakeboard

We were out wakeboarding Friday Evening and I apparently left Maddie's wakeboard on the swim platform (back of the boat) and drove off. Needless to say the board was not in the boat when we went out Saturday. We searched the lake, asked the park rangers, posted a sign on the bridge and I posted an ad on craigslist. I got a phone call today that someone found the wakeboard and saw my ad on craigslist. They had kept an eye for somone looking for it Friday evening but of course we didn't realize it until Saturday. Maddie is smilling once again. :) :)

Thanks Bryan from Fort Valley :) :)

Practice run after the first competition

Just as expected both Nathan and Maddie were inspired by the first c0mpetition of the year, especially Maddie. Maddie added 3 new tricks to her run and is actually getting air on her toe side jumps.

Heather and I actually got to ski today. It was my first time on a slalom this year and Heather's second. I wonder who is hogging all the time on the water.

See more photos http://dummitt.net/family/2010-06-07/

2010 SC INT stop 2

 

The second wakeboard tournament of the year went a little better than the first. Both Nathan and Maddie focused a little more on their trick run and scoring points than "free riding". Nathan nearly double his score putting up 1155 points today vs 610 yesterday and taking home his first Gold Medal. Maddie improve over yesterday and brought home another Bronze Medal. A little more practice and we might finish 1 and 2 :)

2010 South Carolina INT Tour Stop 1

The first wakeboard tournament of the year is in the books. Nathan finished second and Maddie finished third. They have the potential to finish 1st and 2nd but they are accustomed to "free riding" at home and have not learned how to focus on scoring points. We will work on that a little more over the next few weeks. Nathan in particular doesn't like doing the easy stuff just to score points. He'd rather push himself which isn't all bad but it doesn't make for very good tournament finishes.

Cherry Blossom 2010

We had a great time during the first weekend of the 2010 Cherry Blossom Festival. Nathan and Maddie rode their first Farris Wheel, flew for the first time in a Helicopter and saw a Lawn mower race (not your typical backyard mower). See some more pictures at the attached link and a couple video clips are coming right up.

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