Charles M Russell High School - Russellog Yearbook (Great Falls, MT)

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BOOGIE BOARDING at 6 a.m. across Holter Lake, seniors Dave Sirak and Kent Wilke enjoy the warm waters during the Labor Day weekend. CC-CCATCH THE WAVE- that senior Tami Ginnaty makes as she skis on the Missouri River. HEAD ABOVE WATER- and trying to keep it that way, senior David Ostrem maneuvers his board across Flathead Lake. 22 WATER SPORTS

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Keeping on top of the waves SLIPPERY SLIDE- provides water fun for junior Christine Richard when she visited Wild Moun- tain waterslides near Minneapolis. CROSSING THE WAKE- on his first time water- skiing, junior Tony Samsel shows his beginner ' s luck as he skis on Seeley Lake. t ' s like I have the dis- • • ' Q ' ease. When senior Tami Ginnaty isn ' t water- skiing, chances are she ' s thinking about it. Concentrating on water-skiing helps her in more ways than one. For in- stance when she had to run a mile and half for the physical fitness test in gym she said she just concentrated on ski- ing because I never get tired when I ski. The challenge of water-skiing is why Ginnaty says she loves it. Ginnaty said she pushes herself in trying to stay better than the others. She was the first from Montana to qualify for nationals by receiving an EP (the number of points needed to qualify for nationals) at a tournament. Over 600 skiers from various parts of the country competed at West Palm Beach, Florida. According to Ginnaty they skied on a lake that was man made, especially for the tournament. It was a beautiful, sunny, blue sky day. It was 98 degrees with 95 percent humidity, said Ginnaty of the day she had her chance to perform. Unfortu- nately having pneumonia and both ears infected influenced that performance. She fell while skiing the course and said, My total will to live was gone. I wanted to let go and drown. Although nationals didn ' t work out the way she had hoped, Ginnaty still sees water-skiing in her future. Her cure for the ski fever is to ski until she drops. WATER SPORTS 23