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.