Because of my right shoulder popping out, and a one week business trip to Sydney, I had not been riding for about 3 weeks! Today was a nice rainy day, and with the shoulder feeling better and the urge to wakeskate again, I decided to get back on the water.
It was gooood.
Very few people, relatively calm waters, no cable breakdown. None of “the regulars” were there (although I did catch a glimpse of Guillaume leaving, just as I arrived in a taxi), so it was a bit lonely… but loneliness is good once in a while, it allows you to focus on achieving rather than on the social aspects of the sport. 
I was a bit quickly out of breath and energy… but that is to be expected when you go down from 3 times a week to once every 3 weeks (just ask your girlfriend!). Still, I did very well, in fact, everything I tried just worked!
I did 360 on the funbox ridge, straight up, 4 times in a row before I even crashed once. I landed the big kicker five or six times and only crashed twice. I did the dragon so many times, including 360 on the dragon, 3 times, without crashing, then the ramp at the far end out… the only thing I did not manage was the small kicker… because that one is so far out, that I basically can’t hit it with the wakeskate, even edging like crazy.
And because everything was going so well, I decided to have another go at the rail! That worked too! On the first run, I came off half way but managed to keep riding (yay!). The second time I completed end to end, just fine, good exit, no problem. Overall I tried 6sixtimes and succeeded three times. Not bad… especially since the failures were not complete disasters, but rather “close calls”.
I finished with a bit of wakeboarding and decided to call it a day, “quit while you’re winning” rather than “keep pushing until you injure yourself” kind of attitude.
