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Once I got to this point, I would push down hard with my legs - thrusting upwards and lifting my body into a standing position. More often than not however, this standing position lasted for only a few seconds before I leant back and fell in – or fell forward – or fell to the side - or pulled the rope handle too close to me, losing speed before wiping out in a white explosion of spray. Evolution is a slow process as the saying goes but eventually my style did evolve and I began to master the art of staying upright.

Before long I could stay upright indefinitely and started learning how to turn way out to one side before swinging backwards across the wake of the boat - sometimes getting airborne as I took off from the wake. Emboldened I then tried mono skiing. I found it impossible to get up on just one ski – and even though I tried getting up on both skis before kicking one off, as soon as I was on one ski, the water would inexplicably rise up to engulf me. But at least I had mastered two skis.