FINALLY...for the first time

I finally did it!  I finally drove a jet ski...and my driving skills on and off the water seems to be on par lol.

 

Fun in the sun in Tobago
 

Attempting this,  my biggest fear was falling off the jet ski while it was moving at any speed above 10km and obviously drowning, and yes this fear was predominant in spite of the fact that I was fully equipped with a life jacket!  In one of my earlier blogs Wakeboarding for the first time... I mentioned that I am a aquaphobia so the idea of deep water scares the heck out of me but at the same time I absolutely love anything that involves driving/racing.

My first few attempts involved me holding on to someone as they drove,  which as you can imagine was not at all comfortable for me...I held on for dear life and screamed all the way, nevertheless,  it was on one of these attempts that fear lost his grip on me.

 

Fun in the sun with my girls!

There are some fears that is really over rated and needs to be conquered - this was definitely one of them.  It was exactly like in the movies...you hit the water hard, screaming your lungs out..out of fear...you only see blue water and the sunlight seeping through....and everything goes quiet...everything...and its the most freeing feeling ever and as you come up for air and realize that you're in the deep you start to panic!

Yup...I most definitely conquered my fear of falling off that jet ski and it was the best thing that happened to me because what I realized is that once I had experienced that fall the fear just vanished into thin air...and that's when the adventurous side of me came to life...that's when I actually drove the jet sky all by myself!

 

The experience was exciting, exhilarating and so much fun...I've learnt that we only fear what we don't know ...so its safe to say,  the more new things we try the less we will fear!