wakeboarding
returned frm batam ytd. went wakeboarding with the recre canoe ppl (onli 8 went) - btw, recre canoe is now called Raffles Sea Sports - frm Sat-Sun. the cable-ski park at batam is basically just a huge lake (abt 780m circuit) and cables above the lake. cable skiing is like wakeboarding, only without the speedboat. instead one is pulled by a rope tt runs along a cable which goes ard the lake. the speed can be controlled by a motor. started off with kneeboarding, where we kneelon the board and just hang on tight to the rope. the 1st time is did it i was so surprised by the sudden jerk which is extremely strong. fortunately i held on and dint lose my grip. after awhile my arms were starting to feel tired cos of the steering we have to do when going ard sharp corners. at every corner the rope will slacken abit, after which there'll be an enormous jerk as the rope begins to go taut again. tt's when it's the easiest to fall off. then upgraded to wakeboarding where we actually stand on the board instead of kneeling. the first few times all of us fell the moment the rope took off. gradually we improved. it was gr8 to finally manage to balance on the board and actually go with it and not fall face-flat. several times i managed to go abt half of a round, then fell when turning a corner. so i had to swim to shore. unfortunately half a round also means the furthest frm the starting dock. however there were motorcycles tt r solely there to pick up any skiiers who fall such a gr8 dist frm the starting dock. so i got to ride a motorcyle for the first time! too bad it wasn't going v fast. when we were not wakeboarding we slacked. played pool and cards and basically nth else. cos there were no other forms of entertainment. jess kept wanting to play heart attack but there was no one willing to play with her. haha also had a swim on sun morning. was planning to swim around the lake (700 plus metres!) with beatrice and sam but we were advised against it cos it wld tire us out. instead we swam to the little strip of land in the middle of the lake and back. right now my arms are leaden. i cant even lift my arms above my head. i cant reach behind me to scratch my back. i have difficulty lifting my shirt above my head. my stomach muscles also ache. wakeboarding is a gd sport for bodybuilding. and also if u want blisters. i wanna go again |
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