Jack is below the knat line…

 I got up early today after completing a travelling CrossFit workout of 50 push ups, 50 situps, 50 squats, and 50 walking lunges at the hotel.  I worked through lunch and had the opportunity to ski with Linda Giddens, world champion water skiier, late this afternoon. Linda is a legend in the sport of water skiing. I hung out with her and the water ski camp kids (a variety of boys and girls ranging in  age from 8 – 14). We all alternated sets on the lake with Linda. Many of the kids had never water skied and were working hard to salom for the first time. One of the boys (Luke, 14) is the 5th ranked salom skiier in the US and has been training with Linda since he was 3. The kids all raved about Linda’s cooking and how much fun her camp was. If you have kids that would like to learn to ski, even if they have never tried to water ski – please check this out.  I plan on coming back real soon. GET OUT AND PLAY! (Linda promised she would hit the ramp and jump if all of the kids salomed before the week ends this Friday, I can not wait to find if she jumps!)

Linda Leavengood Giddens – BiographyLinda Leavengood Giddens, born 1951 in Coral Gables, FL., has a B.S. in Recreation and Physical Education from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA  Linda’s Skiers has won 15 National Championships starting in 1964 in 1964 and 1968 won the National Overall Championship in 1967, at the World Championship in Canada she placed 2nd in slalom,    3rd in jump, 5th in tricks and 2nd overall won the 1977 World Jump Championship in Milan, Italy has held every National and World Jump Record in every division for age 12-35 in 1984 she was a member of the U.S. Senior Water Ski Team    and placed 2nd overall in Italy in 1982 she received a Special Citation from the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame was invited 19 times to the prestigious Masters Water Ski Tournament,    Callaway Gardens, Georgia (more than any other male or female) and won    jumping there 5 times in 1991 she was inducted into the Water Ski Hall of Fame for the past 27 years has been a full-time water ski coach and ski school    operator, specializing in the coaching of younger students and producing    national champions in 1996 honored at the GA Women’s History Month