WELL, DURING THE SUMMER
MONTHS MANY OF US LOOK FOR ANY
EXCUSE TO GET OUT ON THE WATER.
PART OF MINNESOTA'S BOATING
CULTURE INCLUDES WATER SPORTS
FROM WAKE BOARDING TO WATER
SKIING, LEARNING HOW TO STAND UP
BEHIND THOSE BOATS DEFINITELY
TAKE PRACTICE.
RICHARD HEADED TO LEACH LAKE WHO
TAUGHT MANY HOW TO WATER SKI.
STAY IN A LOW POSITION UNTIL
YOU GET GOING AND THEN STAND UP
SLOWER.
Reporter:
THERE IS A RIGHT OF PASSAGE
IN MINNESOTA'S LAKE
COMMUNITY.
ARE YOU READY?
YEAH.
HIT IT.
Reporter:
WHEN ONE LEARNS TO RIDE THE
SURFACE.
LET HER GO.
SHE IS NOT FALLING.
THAT IS LEFT TO ONE MAN.
THE KEY TO TEACHING IS
SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO LEARN.
ROY SPENDS EVERY AFTERNOON
IN THE DRIVER SEAT OF HIS WATER
CRAFT.
HE TAKES HIS TIME OUT ON THE
DAY.
THIS IS THE GREATEST PART OF HIS
DAY WHEN WE COMES OUT AT 1 P.M..
THERE YOU GO.
KEEP YOUR FEET TOGETHER.
A YOUNG MAN STRUGGLES TO
FIND BALANCE ON THE WATER.
Reporter:
THIS LAKESIDE EDUCATION BEGAN MANY YEARS AGO
.
MY NOW HIS FORMER STUDENT
TALLY IS AROUND 6,000.
THAT'S AWESOME.
LIKE OH, WOW, MY GRANDPA DID
THAT.
THE REWARD IS WHEN YOU SEE
SOMEBODY MAKE IT UP FOR THE
FIRST TIME AND SEE THE SMILE ON
THAT KID'S FACE OR YOUNG
PERSON'S FACE IT MAKES IT ALL
WORTH A WHILE.
AFTER 40 YEARS YOUR KNEEING
STILL BEND.
MY KNEES STILL BEND.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY SHOULDERS.
IT'S BEEN 46 YEARS SINCE HER
FIRST RUN BEHIND ROY'S BOAT.
IF YOU FALL ONCE, TWICE,
THREE TIMES, FOUR TIMES, HE JUST
KEEPS MAKING YOU TRY, TRY, TRY
UNTIL YOU GET UP.
DON'T PULL YOUR ARMS IN.
JUST KEEP THEM STEADY.
THAT PATIENT APPROACH GIVES
THE KIDS CONFIDENCE HOW TO KEEP
GOING.
IF YOU DON'T LEARN TODAY, HE
WILL GO, OH, THERE IS SKIING
TOMORROW.
HELPED BY A LOCAL
INSTRUCTOR.
WE HELP THE KIDS GET UP ON
THE SKIS AND THAT'S A BIG PART
OF IT.
IF SELF-DOUBT STARTS TO
CREEP IN, THERE IS ADDED
INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO FIND THEIR
FOOTING.
THERE IS A DATE AND WHEN THE
KIDS LEARN.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT A FEW OF
THE SKIS COMPARED TO HOW MANY
THERE ARE.
THAT PROOF OF
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
HUNTER, HE WAS 2002, JAMES
SWAN LATER BECAME A STRUCTURE.
BACK ON THE WATER ROY
DOESN'T LIMIT HIS TIME TO THE
INEXPERIENCED SKIER.
ARE YOU READY?
YEP.
HERE WE GO.
HERE YOU ARE.
THERE IS ALWAYS A NEW LESSON
TO LEARN IN THIS SPORT.
SHE IS GAINING.
WATER SKIERS KNOW A FALL SIN
EVIDENT BL, BUT ON LEACH LAKE,
ROY WILL BE THERE TO LIFT THEM
UP.
RACHEL SLAVIK.
SHE OFFICIALLY GETS TO SIGN
THE WATER SKI.
Reporter:
WCCO NEWS. HE ADDED TUBING
, NOT
EVERYBODY WANTS TO WATER SKI,