Eastbound and Down

It is absolutely unbelievable to be able to type this on a computer, from the seat of a plane skimming across the surface of the Earth at 880 feet per second,…and look out the window to catch glimpses of the "rat race" about 6 miles below….so artificial up here, yet so real and simple. Things look a lot different. Just with you're eye alone, you can travel hundreds of miles in less than a second! Freedom! Early settlers, moving west & anxious to stamp out a piece of freedom (land) for themselves, had to do it on foot….with animals, and a wagon, and dust, dirt, mud, rain, snow, freezing mtns, boiling deserts, crying babies, homemade shoes and wooden false teeth!…it took months to make it across the United States,….many died! Damn!!

I turn a key, swerve thru traffic, crank Pandora for a bit, make some calls, Tweet, park, swipe a card, take my shoes off, put'em back on, get patted down by some stranger, wait in line for a few minutes, sit on this plane a few hours and end up on the other coast!

I just landed here, in Orlando, for a HO/Syndicate Team testing session….riding an emotional "high", why? Maybe its because I get to spend time on the water with the best R&D team in the industry….some of the biggest legends in the sport…and they just happen to be the folks with the most experience, wisdom and knowledge relating to anything water skiing. I'm all geeked out, and can't wait for whats to come in 2010!

Fingers are crossed that Delta pulls thru with the luggage tonight

To be continued…..

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