Catching up with Gizie,May 6th
After the Barefoot Nationals in Mulwala, Gizie stayed on for a week to coach Courtney and Ashlea McDonald, members of the Australian Junior Barefoot Water Ski Squad. Gizie coached the girls before and after school and hung out with Pete O'Neil through the day. The McDonald girls both skied away from back to front 180 turns and have set their goals toward the 2010 World Champs in Germany.
Two weeks later Gizie had the pleasure of coaching Megan Roberts (also Wing team rider), Riley McKay and Georgia Groen on the Coomera River at Gizie’s home in Queensland. The girls were still on school holidays and spent five days training with Gizie. They achieved their goals for the week with Riley skiing out her back to front 180s, Georgia mastering her back deeps and slalom long line, not to mention both back toes holds on the boom. Megan was the biggest achiever for the week skiing out reverse front to back 180s and a toe front 180 feet to feet; an awesome ski performance from a 14 year old.
Although the barefoot competition calendar has come to a close for the season there is a Barefoot Marathon event in South Australia next month. So a change in training program is required for the next few weeks
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