Nick's+Crashing+On+A+Wakeboard--Word+Choice

Last year at Lake Manawa, I had the worst accident you could ever imagine. It all started w hen I went wakeboarding with my family on a scorching, hot Fourth of July day.

It was my brother Mike's first time ever wakeboarding. My Dad told him to think it's like skateboarding or snowboarding. When he was in the water my Dad told him; "Get the rope over the edge of the wakeboard. When the boat starts to tug twist the wakeboard, so it is straight with the boat." So, my Dad started to speed up and Mike twisted the wakeboard like my dad said, and got up and was going for like ten seconds but, he was so surprised he fell on his back and almost did a flip. This was really funny!

It was my Mom's first time wakeboarding also; my Dad told my Mom the same thing he told Mike, "Put the rope over the edge of the wakeboard and when the boat starts to tug, twist the wakeboard so it is straight with the boat." When my Dad started to speed up and my Mom actually got up, she went for three minutes and gave up because she was tired and her hands were cramped from holding the rope so long. She did a lot better than Mike by a long shot.

Finally, it was my turn. My dad told me the same thing as Mike and my Mom, "Put the rope over the edge of the wakeboard. And when the boat starts to tug twist the wakeboard, so it is straight with the boat." So I did, I got up and for a couple minutes I started cutting in and out of the wake nice and easy back and fourth. So I didn't get too much air. It was my last two minutes to wakeboard before Mike and I go tubing. I thought to myself, 'I want to show my dad that I can actually get some big air .' It probably was the worst decision I ever made in my life. I knew right away that this wasn't going to be good because I was going too fast, but I went for it anyway so it didn't look like I wimped out. I cut as hard and as fast as I could into the wake, got some major air which felt like I was a bird flying in the air for a couple of seconds, but then when I landed on the front edge of my board, it wasn't so pretty, I fell on my face with a **SPLAT**. You could probably hear it from a mile away. My dad came over and asked, "Are you alright."

"No not really." I replied.

If you ever go wakeboarding to get big air for the first time. Remember to think twice about it. Also remember what happened to me last year.