IG, we followed the same sequence. My parents used the old fashioned surfboard, by the time we started it was skiis. That old surfboard was so heavy and just huge! When we first learned to slalom we of course started in the water, then mostlly did beach starts and only a few dock starts as it was pretty shallow at my folk's dock. I tried barefoot, did it for a while but it was very scary, and hurt my feet like crazy. Also did the trick boards for a while but fell one time and that water can be hard! So kind of gave up on that. Slalom skiing was my first love of them all!
I don't know how your brother, held on to the rope! Did he do that trick at 55? He must have some strong arms!
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