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What a difference 3mths make….

Went to china to ride again.. Back to basics time.. after being away from so long.. I had to relearn the basics and to get my muscles back in shape.. Had a couple of really uncomfortable slams.. One I got winded and so it wasn’t really that fun but no pain no gain.. there was a moment which really gave me a fright… While trying to land a backroll, my board got stuck to surface, the impact jostled my recovered knee and I felt a sharp pain.. Fortunately it was as serious as I feared.. A little sore now, hopefully the tiger balm and sort it out..

I only saw a couple of runs today.. Matthew riding is pretty consistent.. gettting more air than ever. As usual he only like his spins. VL spent the day getting really peeed off by his whirly bird attempts.. if it is not too late to the spin, it would be the inability to swing the handle over. I feel bad that I could not offer him more riding tips since the only whirly bird I know is the spins I do when inside the water after I crashed.

Mikey did good.. His tantrums attempt are closer than effect.. He said Trampoline training has helped him tremendously in keeping his hips strong and relaxed in rotation. it did show.. Kei Kei too… her backroll is getting closer and closer.. She has a legitimate shot to be the first HK gal to backroll and hence claiming the 5000HK Michael promised to the first gal to land it.

Siu Chi unfortunately tasted some real bad slam today. I was on the boat but it was a blind 180 gone wrong.. very wrong.. he land square to his direction of movement and reversed face-planted.. Suffered a slight concussion but he is fine.. It is just water..  however, it did ended his wakeboarding session.

Since I started writing wakenutts journals, I could see the growth in the fellow wakenutts. It makes me proud to be a member of something that is commited and real. Unfortunately, my injury slowed me down and I lagged behind but I can see the wakeboarding spirit is definitely growing big time. There were about 30 people riding in the about 16 degrees water.. Three years ago during CNY.. there were only about 6-8 riders.. Well, water was also 12 degrees.. It is definitely a significant growth.. We not only have beginners, we also have riders trying to pick up the next grab, riders trying a new invert.. It indeed feels good to see the progression…

Ure da Best!!!

a fresh start…. a frest start….

every once in a rare while .. you watch a film, a classic…. even though you have seen it before.. and before that and before that….. watching it again now  still brings so much to the plate..

I have Swingers on DVD playing right in front of me now…  It was when Vince Vaughn didn’t have a double chin and Ron Livingston had high hair do…. 

So many of us has gone through periods where we do not know if there is another low… Unfortunately that is the way life is. You take the highs with the lows. It comes as a package.. So….. tuff..

I guess people tend to forget before they got to that low point.. they ARE so "money" they didn’t even know it.  We all have our charming side and we also have our weak moments… It is which side of the coin we wanna show that makes out how we wanna live it.. 

There is only so much.. how we use it is up to us..   So to all those who have questioned and puzzled and wondered why…. Ask yourself, does it matter in the grand scheme of things… Then you will know if it should matter or not..

The most important is that when a brother is down…. it is up to the rest of the brothers to remind him how money the bro was…..

Someone came up to me recently… Told me all about how much wakeboarding has changed her life. It gave her new energy, a new challenge and zeal for more..  I tell myself… This is what wakeboarding is all about.

It is an like an infectious diease. It gets you and grows in you… Once u accomplish one feat which makes you proud and elevates your ego, their is always another trick right at the corner to slam you humbly back to earth. Nevertheless, there is just something about it that drives you totally insane to land it…

Now, I have been a wakenutt for so long now.. I am so glad that, there is just another wakenutts just yearning to hit the water….

Keep it going.. The passion will never fade…..

71 days since ripping my knee, I finally strapped on my binding and bunny hopped into the water.

I forgot how much I had missed being on the water till I am finally back. The cold water didn’t bothered me.. the unfamilar speed of the boat didn’t fazed me.. Crashing head on didn’t deter me.. It is good to be back…

No matter what frustrations, whatever or whoever who had bothered me.. the annoyance, the anger, the missing of my little one…  the feelings are all left behind on the dock.. Once you are out, the sound of trashing water and roaring engine are the only distraction that will engulf you.. For that 20-30 min.. There is peace. and there is just the person and air….