This is my story about my favorite hobby.  My favorite hobby is wakeboarding.  Approximately, five years ago, I experienced wakeboarding for the first time.  I was with a group that enjoyed skiing, but we couldn't enjoy skiing during the summer months, so we found a new hobby – wakeboarding!  Wakeboarding allowed for us to experience the same type of phenomenon that skiing gave us during the winter.

At first, I was afraid of wakeboarding.  For example, I was afraid of the boat's speed when pulling me and trying to maintain my balance on the water.  With time, I adapted to these fears and came to enjoy wakeboarding very much!  Moreover, I liked how wakeboarding built my self confidence.  At first, I fell into the water many times – but I never gave up trying – and therefore, I was able to improve and master wakeboarding.  Little by little, the number of times I fell while wakeboarding reduced.  That made me so happy!

Nowadays, I don't fall in the water, but I still cannot perform difficult stunts.  So I will try to perfect these maneuvers in the coming year.  Wakeboarding challenges me, and I enjoy being challenged to overcome my fears!