Calm Waters and Wakeboarding

So, I went to a Young Adults night tonight at my church and they were having this 'coffee house' thing where you get to mingle and listen to some of the talent that is at our church (aka lots of guitars). Anyhow, while the 'artists' for the evening were playing, they put this video up on a huge screen at the front of the gymnasium and played wakeboard/snowboard/skateboard and surf videos throughout the event.

I must say, the wakeboard parts of the video brought me back to a place that I remember LOVING when I was younger. After my first year at University, I had the opportunity to teach wakeboarding at a camp in Kelowna. I was hired as a camp counselor but also as an employee on the waterfront (which boasted 'hyperlite' wakeboards and 'X-star' boats....talk that was very new to me at that point).

I loved being on the waterfront. I loved everything about that particular space. I remember being out on the docks one morning with some of the workers.....and the water was crystal clear (sigh). One of the other workers had mentioned, 'It just has to be a sin to not be wakeboarding on that right now.' And in that moment (and I still agree) it ached to be setting up the boards for lessons and not taking advantage of the 'glass' that was the lake. I remember going out before the other workers would show up and I'd just sit on the dock and watch the sun rise and the lake would shine and be so calm and lovely and peaceful.....I just thought it was awesome (because it was).

I got out wakeboarding only once last summer (once again...sigh). I must say that of all the days last summer, the wakeboarding day topped them all. Something about being in a boat again made me so happy.....and I felt so contented to be behind a boat again too. I can't really explain it actually. I grew up waterskiing, but there's just something about that wakeboard......

Anyhow, I think that my thoughts are making better sense in my head. I'm in a pretty nice space right now thinking about it all. So, if you can in any way empathize with what I'm saying, feel free to comment. In the meantime, I am sure I will have sweet dreams of calm waters and wakeboarding.......