WEBVTT - Finally! A Show About a 15 Year Old Water Ski Instructor

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<v Speaker 1>It's nine am this morning. Just just woke up. She

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<v Speaker 1>got out of bed, didn't fall asleep until one last night.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just watching some TV. So yeah, I was

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<v Speaker 1>gonna sleep in a little bit longer, but my dog's

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<v Speaker 1>decided it was otherwise needed to be let out and fed.

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<v Speaker 1>And my plans for today I had to go out

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<v Speaker 1>on the whaler. On my whaler, my boat. She's go

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<v Speaker 1>have some fun friends, cruise around, maybe fish a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah, that's the plan for you today.

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<v Speaker 2>This is finally a shroud about a fifteen year old

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<v Speaker 2>water ski instructor.

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<v Speaker 3>Someday she'll be a professional snowboarder if things.

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<v Speaker 4>Go for a day.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so we're walking down to the dock, get on

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<v Speaker 1>our skis, you know, just get ready to get in

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<v Speaker 1>the water. My name is kar Stolman and I am fifteen.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm from Lake Arrowhead. Beautiful place I've born and

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<v Speaker 1>raised here. It's just very small mountain. You know, everyone

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<v Speaker 1>up here, everyone knows you. Great place to go hikes.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, my backyard. I can just ride my dirt

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<v Speaker 1>bike out of my garage, you know, into the onto

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<v Speaker 1>the trail.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. So yesterday we got off the rig yesterday, right,

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<v Speaker 1>we were on We're on double handles, all right, So

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna start off on double handles this time, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>And then.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we'll start off on doubles this time.

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<v Speaker 1>We have seasons, so we have summer and winter obviously

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite ones because summer it's hot you get to

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<v Speaker 1>go water skiing and make money, and winter you just

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<v Speaker 1>go have fun and snowboard. And I started working at

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<v Speaker 1>sea School when I was about I think like nine.

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<v Speaker 1>I came there, I was really good friends with the

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<v Speaker 1>owner's son. Well, I didn't want to I didn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>ski at all in the beginning.

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<v Speaker 3>It was scary.

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<v Speaker 1>And then my brother convinced me to go out, and

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<v Speaker 1>then that was I started skiing.

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<v Speaker 5>More and more, and then that just came on that

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<v Speaker 5>I wanted to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Why was my brother's practice lesson? I was before you

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<v Speaker 1>become an instructor. I was just like first like lesson

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<v Speaker 1>and he did good.

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<v Speaker 3>But I didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>I was. I was not a good skier in the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning because I did not listen because I think it

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<v Speaker 1>was cuzier with my brother.

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<v Speaker 3>I did not listen to him.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm putting all my skis and then I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>hop in the water and get ready to go skiing.

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<v Speaker 1>The most important part about like learning how water ski

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<v Speaker 1>is to listen, Like you just have to You have

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<v Speaker 1>to listen. It's the main, the main part, because you're

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<v Speaker 1>in the water. It's really it's very easy as long

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<v Speaker 1>as you're listening to your instructor and you're you keep

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<v Speaker 1>your arms straight and you stay in your cannonball position,

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<v Speaker 1>which is knees to your chest and tight ball just

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<v Speaker 1>like you're jumping in a pool. And then you just

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<v Speaker 1>let the boat do all the work and you just

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<v Speaker 1>have fun and listen. We have instructor, boat driver, dock doork,

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<v Speaker 1>and box bitch. I first started at ski school, like

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<v Speaker 1>as a dock door. Is that unpaid internship where you

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<v Speaker 1>just help out around at the dock and you catch boats,

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<v Speaker 1>you wrap up ropes, and you help people inside their

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<v Speaker 1>skis and show them on the dock construction, which is

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<v Speaker 1>where you just pretty much show them how to ski,

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<v Speaker 1>but like on the dock just like a little preview

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<v Speaker 1>of what's going to happen out on the water. And

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<v Speaker 1>all the instructors would tip you out so you made

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<v Speaker 1>if you made if the instructors made money from the groups,

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<v Speaker 1>then they would they'd give you a.

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<v Speaker 3>Little bit of what they made, and then you would

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<v Speaker 3>go home with some of that money.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm just waiting with my curs to tell me

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<v Speaker 2>the idle and I'll get the boat going straight. And

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<v Speaker 2>then as soon as she tells me to hit it,

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<v Speaker 2>when her client the cut is all ready to go,

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<v Speaker 2>probably wait for a few of these weeks to go by,

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<v Speaker 2>then we'll hit it and we'll start the lesson. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Holly Frank. My mother in law, Pam McKenzie. Her

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<v Speaker 2>parents started Mackenzie Water Ski School in nineteen forty six,

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<v Speaker 2>so we're third generation, family owned and operated. My husband

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<v Speaker 2>has the real job that pays the bills, and I've

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<v Speaker 2>been running the ski school for thirteen years. So Keris

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<v Speaker 2>has now been an instructor for two years. But she

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<v Speaker 2>started out like all the other little ones on the dock,

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<v Speaker 2>doing as we say, figuratively and literally.

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<v Speaker 6>Doing the ropes.

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<v Speaker 2>So she's turned into an amazing instructor. So now usually

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<v Speaker 2>back in the rack here, she'll just shake her handles

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit and we'll slow the boat down so

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<v Speaker 2>we can practice working on starts. Unless it gets a

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<v Speaker 2>little too choppy.

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<v Speaker 6>We'll keep going.

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<v Speaker 1>In the beginning always like I always wanted to be there,

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<v Speaker 1>and like work the Box with Holly when I was younger.

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<v Speaker 1>Work in the box is you set up the schedule

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<v Speaker 1>in the book that has everyone's reservations. You take care

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<v Speaker 1>of the money, You take care, yeah, take care of

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<v Speaker 1>the scheduling and time cards, and just make sure the

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<v Speaker 1>doc's running smoothly.

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<v Speaker 3>Pretty much.

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<v Speaker 1>When you're in the box, people can be mean. They

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<v Speaker 1>can They'll just yell at you for no reason. You

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<v Speaker 1>tell them that they can't schedule this time because someone

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<v Speaker 1>else has it, someone else's scheme during this time, and

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<v Speaker 1>they'll just lose their minds.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not not very fun being around people every single day,

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<v Speaker 1>you know.

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<v Speaker 3>It really builds, it.

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<v Speaker 1>Builds your social skills, especially starting at such a young

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<v Speaker 1>age as a doctor.

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<v Speaker 3>You start at such a young age.

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<v Speaker 1>And like you're scared to talk to people at first,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you start talking to them and talking to

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<v Speaker 1>them and trying to get them to tip you, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and you just keep working and working and working at it,

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<v Speaker 1>and then your social skills just become like talking to

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<v Speaker 1>strangers just like talking to your family. You know.

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<v Speaker 3>That's how my dad is too. My dad can talk

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<v Speaker 3>to a brick wall.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's amazing the difference between having the instructor ski

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<v Speaker 2>right next to you. There's only a couple of things

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<v Speaker 2>that you need to do, keep your knees bent and

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<v Speaker 2>your arms straight. But when the instructor's right next to you,

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<v Speaker 2>they're there to help you. So they're like psychiatrists and

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<v Speaker 2>athletes and comedians and encouragers. I say psychiatrists because that's

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<v Speaker 2>really important because a lot of it's mental. So once

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<v Speaker 2>they make their start with the instructor, then we kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like loosen off all the little training wheels that

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<v Speaker 2>we have so they can begin to do more and

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<v Speaker 2>more on their own. Obviously, seventy nine summers, we have

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<v Speaker 2>little tricks that makes everybody get up back.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh and she's down, flag up.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's what skiing's all about.

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<v Speaker 3>The rig is this little nugget.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's a metal piece that connects to a ring

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<v Speaker 1>that's connected to a rope that connects to the boat.

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<v Speaker 1>And what does the connects to that is a pole

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<v Speaker 1>line that connects to our life jackets. And when you

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<v Speaker 1>pull that, it disconnects this rope that goes to your skis.

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<v Speaker 3>Like that connects to your skis.

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<v Speaker 1>And your handles, So when they fall, you pull this

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<v Speaker 1>rope so the like, if they keep pulling onto their handles,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't get dragged with the boat. Also it helps

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<v Speaker 1>them get up out of the water as well, it

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<v Speaker 1>pulls their skis with them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this is a super easy day. There's nobody else

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<v Speaker 2>out on the lake. But you're watching forward, watching backwards,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, making sure the clients have fun, making sure

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<v Speaker 2>that Karens is communicating with me what she needs. Looking

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<v Speaker 2>back all the time. I'm always looking forward to see

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<v Speaker 2>if there's other boats coming, making sure there's any other

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<v Speaker 2>skiers in the water, making sure that she's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>letting me know that I can see her, that she's safe,

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<v Speaker 2>that I've got her. So it's a lot of back

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<v Speaker 2>and forth. But she's an amazing instructor, smart, kind, hard working,

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<v Speaker 2>So those hand signals are really really important, and that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm paying attention right on.

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<v Speaker 6>Yep, us outside the way.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know, I'm the first girl instructor. I think.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know, I just maybe no one wanted to

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<v Speaker 3>do it.

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<v Speaker 7>Caros started with us six years ago as a little

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<v Speaker 7>we call him doc engineers, but it's really a doc

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<v Speaker 7>doork position. And that's where I say, you literally and

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<v Speaker 7>figuratively learn the road of the business. So that what way,

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<v Speaker 7>when you get out there and you're instructing, you're completely confident.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's what she is.

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<v Speaker 7>Confident, funny, encouraging, strong, And.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm gonna cry because she's just a great, great young

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<v Speaker 5>girl and I'm excited to have seen her grow and

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<v Speaker 5>turn into such a great young woman, and it'll be

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<v Speaker 5>exciting to see all the things that she does in

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<v Speaker 5>her future.

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<v Speaker 1>I started getting a paycheck, I believe a couple summers ago.

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<v Speaker 3>Feels really great. It's awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really cool being the only girl, especially like even

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<v Speaker 1>now I am like.

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<v Speaker 3>The only girl instructor at the dock. Like it just

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<v Speaker 3>kind of shows who I am as a person. And

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<v Speaker 3>obviously is hard.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have as much energy as the boys do

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<v Speaker 1>or strength, and it's obvious, like guys do have more

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<v Speaker 1>advantages of girls and a lot of things, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>not said enough sometimes, but yeah, it's hard.

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<v Speaker 3>It's hard work. Definitely with one hand.

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<v Speaker 1>It hurts after skiing for a while, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>skiing four hours in the morning and three or four hours.

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<v Speaker 3>In the afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a lot of work, and most guys can just

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<v Speaker 1>push through it, but being as a girl as it's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty tough. I grew up snowboarding with my dad and

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<v Speaker 1>my brother. That was our main thing we did, and

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<v Speaker 1>that just was the dream.

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<v Speaker 3>It still is.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all I do pretty much. I ride for Dinosaurs

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<v Speaker 1>will Die in thirty two. Snowboarding is very expensive, but

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<v Speaker 1>that was one thing that my dad did to support

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<v Speaker 1>it all he was He would always he bought all

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<v Speaker 1>of our season passes. He bought all of our snowboards,

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<v Speaker 1>our bindings, our boots, our gear, and then most recently

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<v Speaker 1>I just I just started getting free clothes and free

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<v Speaker 1>boots and free boards, free bindings, So now all.

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<v Speaker 3>I have to do is buy a pass, which is great. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I just broke my collarbone last winter during this like

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<v Speaker 1>core snowboarding event I went. I was falling on my

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<v Speaker 1>I caught my toes on a rail and I was

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<v Speaker 1>going to fall on my hands, but I put my

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<v Speaker 1>arms in because I didn't want to break my wrists,

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<v Speaker 1>and my shoulder hit and my entire body weight just

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<v Speaker 1>snapped my collarbone in half.

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<v Speaker 3>So about a week later, I got surgery on it,

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<v Speaker 3>and then a week out. I was supposed to wait

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<v Speaker 3>for three weeks, but a week got for that, I

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<v Speaker 3>was back on my snowboard.

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<v Speaker 1>I broke my collarbhone on Friday, had my surgery on Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>snowboarding on Friday. I've always gotten told that I've always

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<v Speaker 1>gotten special advantages for my snowboarding because I'm a girl.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's true, true, I've always had a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of an advantage. I mean, obviously not have an advantage

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<v Speaker 1>physical wise, but an advantage like people are like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>my gosh, she's a fifteen year old little girl, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like she's sick, she's super cool, so that's an advantage.

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<v Speaker 1>And people have always been like, yeah, you know, you're

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<v Speaker 1>only I've had a few someone tell me before like oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you're only sponsored by these people.

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<v Speaker 3>Blah blah blah because you're a girl.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's like, yeah, it's true, because I'm a girl

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<v Speaker 1>that snowboards, you know that's better than you.

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<v Speaker 6>But yeah, all right, So now that's the signal for

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<v Speaker 6>me to stop the boat and then I'll bump it

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<v Speaker 6>in reverse here real quick so that they don't lose

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<v Speaker 6>their lines. Flag up very good, good job growth.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 6>Now what are you doing taking a little breather.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, usually beginning of like before winter really hits, before

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<v Speaker 1>any of the resorts open and ski school ends, there's

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<v Speaker 1>not really much to do. It's kind of just hang

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<v Speaker 1>out around the house, hang out with friends until school starts.

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<v Speaker 1>Then just focus on school and then snowboarding will start

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<v Speaker 1>and then that's when I focus. You know, it's snowboarding time,

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<v Speaker 1>and snowboard all the way you could snowboard. Tell July,

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<v Speaker 1>Like last year, I was in Mammoth on July fourteenth.

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<v Speaker 1>I was in Mammoth on July fourteenth. Like it really

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<v Speaker 1>depends like how much snow will get yearly or whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>But like this year, my season ended already like a

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<v Speaker 1>month ago. So I've been just working and just hanging

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<v Speaker 1>out with my friends and just playing guitar. I really

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<v Speaker 1>like to play guitar actually, or go fishing.

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<v Speaker 3>I like to fly fish a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh. Summer is a very different vibe, Like you're just

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<v Speaker 1>hanging out on the lake all day. You're not white

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<v Speaker 1>like a vampire, you don't look like a ghost, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you're just having fun on the lake with your friends.

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<v Speaker 3>Especially because I have seasonal work.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't work in the winter at all, and like snowboarding,

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<v Speaker 1>it's completely different vibes, Like it's obviously like all your

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<v Speaker 1>friends are still involved, still hang out with your friends,

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<v Speaker 1>but summer's more of like flowers and go fishing, and

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<v Speaker 1>winters just snowboard hang out in your room.

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<v Speaker 3>There's not much to do up here. I mean there's, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I work, go water skiing. Sometimes I'll go. I'll go water.

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<v Speaker 1>Skiing, like with some of my friends on their family's

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<v Speaker 1>boats or whatever, but mainly that or go on my whaler,

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<v Speaker 1>the Boston Wheeler that I own. But other than that,

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<v Speaker 1>it's pretty boring up here.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I bought my first boat when I was fourteen with

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<v Speaker 1>money that I earned from ski school, and so I

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<v Speaker 1>drive that thing around.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's probably like ten feet long and only like

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<v Speaker 3>four feet wide.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you have to be sixteen to drive the big boats.

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing like that feeling.

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<v Speaker 6>And back in successful roof.

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<v Speaker 1>Right on, I'm not sure really what I see past

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<v Speaker 1>sports like water skiing and like skating, riding my dirt

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<v Speaker 1>bike or snowboarding.

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<v Speaker 3>Really just kind of want to be as active for

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<v Speaker 3>as long as I can, and.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm planning on staying at ski school at least until

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<v Speaker 1>I turn eighteen, because I want to travel when I

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<v Speaker 1>graduate high school. I want to travel and go places,

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<v Speaker 1>and especially it always depends with snowboarding. I could be

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<v Speaker 1>anywhere in three years, so that usually it really depends.

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<v Speaker 3>But definitely planning on stain. I am not going to.

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<v Speaker 1>Go to college, so yeah, at school is not my

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<v Speaker 1>favorite thing. I'm actually on online school, like like not

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<v Speaker 1>for snowboarding, but I go. I'm online school so I

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<v Speaker 1>can snowboard, so I can snowboard every single day without

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<v Speaker 1>having to worry about missing school in person, and I

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<v Speaker 1>can just go home and do it on my computer

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<v Speaker 1>and it's very, very a lot more easier than in

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<v Speaker 1>person school. It was second semester of eighth grade and

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<v Speaker 1>they were telling like one of my friends did it,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, that's what I wanted to do.

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<v Speaker 1>First my mom said no, she said you're not doing it.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I convinced her and it was perfect. My

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<v Speaker 1>mom has been like through like fourteen years of school,

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<v Speaker 1>like as long as I can remember. My mom's been

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<v Speaker 1>in school for She's a nurse practitioner at La Melinda.

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<v Speaker 1>I started trying to convince her by just telling her that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the little ways, like I can snowboard more.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I can do this, I'll get better grades.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I think, finally one day she just gave in,

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<v Speaker 1>and then my dad just followed her behind her and

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<v Speaker 1>they let me do it. So I passed all my classes.

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<v Speaker 1>I passed, Yeah, every single class. Now we're in summer,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's nice. Snow more school for a few months

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<v Speaker 1>at least.

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<v Speaker 3>Good.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm Becky Dolman. I'mkarasulman's mom's. We've always said she was

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<v Speaker 4>destined to do great things or for good or evil,

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<v Speaker 4>and we were always hoping that it would be for good.

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<v Speaker 4>She has been a strong, willed, independent child since she

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<v Speaker 4>was born, and she's always done great things. She's done good,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, always done good whatever she tries. She's an

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<v Speaker 4>amazing snowboarder and it shows because she loves it. And

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<v Speaker 4>it's not even that she's competitive. She's very humble and

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<v Speaker 4>she just loves doing it. I always get to your

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<v Speaker 4>eye when I talk about how like proud I am

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<v Speaker 4>of my kids.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh, there's definitely a lot of support from my parents

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<v Speaker 1>always and forever, especially my mom. My mom works every

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<v Speaker 1>single day she's working six days a week now to

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<v Speaker 1>just support me and my family, which is great. And

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<v Speaker 1>my dad, my dad owns his own construction business up

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<v Speaker 1>here in Lake Carrolhead, Uh, just pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 3>He built some pretty cool houses.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's worked pretty hard as well to support us,

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<v Speaker 1>which is really cool. The way my mom has inspired

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<v Speaker 1>me is she's just worked so hard to become where

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<v Speaker 1>she is today. She's, like I said, as long as

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<v Speaker 1>I can remember, she's been in school, just working for

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<v Speaker 1>more and more and more and wanting more and more,

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<v Speaker 1>and just she earned every single bit of it. And

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<v Speaker 1>that really, like I feel like, inspired me to I

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<v Speaker 1>can do like she has done so many years of

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<v Speaker 1>school and I've only I was probably the longest like time.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember I'm like I've been in like nine years of school.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like not that big of a deal. So it

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<v Speaker 1>just really pushes me to just be the best as

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<v Speaker 1>in school and be who I am, you know, show

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<v Speaker 1>me that any thing is really.

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<v Speaker 3>Possible, because that's hard work. It's very very hard work.

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<v Speaker 1>I would I would tell someone that who wants to

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<v Speaker 1>be like something that is hard that only like they say,

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<v Speaker 1>only a man can do, but women could clearly do it.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just hard. You just have to work hard at it,

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<v Speaker 3>and you just have to believe in yourself and just

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<v Speaker 3>not give up.

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<v Speaker 2>So when she taps her head like that, that means

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<v Speaker 2>home and she's ready to go home.

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<v Speaker 3>It's one am.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm about to go to sleep, and yeah, my night

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<v Speaker 1>was just watching TV. Watched I watched a scary movie

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<v Speaker 1>with one of my friends. Couldn't sleep very well so

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<v Speaker 1>last night as well. And obviously it's one in the

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<v Speaker 1>morning now, so you can see I can't sleep sleep

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<v Speaker 1>very well any any night, you know. But yeah, that

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's what I did tonight. I just watched the

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<v Speaker 1>TV and relaxed and now I'm going to bed.