Narrative essay

Inspiration All of my life I have been intrigued and inspired from all or most of today’s action sports. I remember growing up watching X Games, Dew Tour, Red Bull pro events, and even the Olympics. I loved watching the professional athletes go down the mega ramp on their skateboards, or do tricks on the street course on their bikes, or even the motocross riders doing insane trick on their dirt bikes. This all inspired me as a kid because out of all the things you could choose to do as a career these athletes chose to put their lives on the line to do the sport they love. They fought, every year, for who could go bigger and who could create a new trick just to earn sponsor money, a trophy, or a medal, but the one thing you realize after watching an interview or documentary on the rider is that they do it because that is who they are. They ride for the thrill and because they love to do it. Not everyone is able to do half of the things professional athletes in action sports can do. So knowing and seeing this definitely inspired me as a kid. All of this inspiration from watching action sports as a kid finally leads me to the sport of wakeboarding, which I still enjoy to this day.
Wakeboarding is a water sport in which a boat pulls you via a rope and you use a buoyant board, which comes in several brands and sizes, to glide against the water. You are strapped onto the board via boots and bindings just like a snowboard. The boat produces a wake, which acts as a ramp, and you use that to do different tricks for wakeboarding. My parents were always very supportive when it came to trying something new. They raised two twin boys, so they had it coming to them from the beginning. Throughout the years my father introduced me to several sports such as basketball, football, hockey, motocross, skateboarding, biking, and several others. Now as a kid I loved to race and ride motocross bikes but then, after a few injuries, I gave that up because I realized it was not for