School is finally over for the semester and the snowboarding has began. After taking a grand total of 7 finals in 5 days, we had our Ugly Christmas Sweater Gift Exchange. We each drew a name and purchased the tackiest Christmas sweater out there had a PT potluck. Almost all of our teachers showed up and our anatomy teacher actually learned to play beer pong.  We even had a celebrity guest appearance from Daniel Cooper Doud, from the Central Coast of California.

After the party, we drove up to North Lake Tahoe to stay with my high school homie Carolyn. We got our first snowboard session of the year done with some fresh powder at North Star on Tuesday. Although forcasted for snow all day, we had mostly clear skies and the crowds weren’t too bad. I finally got to try out my new Liquid Force beanie. It has a fleece liner inside and kept my head nice and toasty. Although I miss wakeboarding, snowboarding is a good way to stay in shape and cross train for the upcoming wakeboarding season.

Hope everyone has an amazing Christmas and a Happy Holiday!

-Shelby

As much as we love to wakeboard, most of the LF Girls love to snowboard as well.  The last few weeks the stormy clouds have sent down some white fluff for us to play in!  I love getting all bundled up and cozy and running around in the snow like a little kid on a king sized Kit Kat.  Snowboarding is a great way to stay in shape in the off season.  Also, snowboarding skills transfer to wake boarding very well weather your strengths are rails, jumps, spins, flips, style , control, or all of these components.  I hate being cold when I wakeboard so there is nothing better than being warm and cozy while doing the same thing on the snow.  Have a wonderful Holiday Season!

By: Melissa Marquardt

Hey Everyone! Just wanted to let everyone know that physcial therapy school is awesome! I have a week before my finals for my first semester of my first year. A typical week for me at school starts on monday morning at 9am. I have a human movement class where we discuss the neurological function of the body. Then I have patient professional interaction where we learn about ethics and legal issues of phyical therapy. Then I have a measurement and techniques class where we measure joint ranges of motion and muscle strength on each other and pretend that we are patients. I do this all over again on wednesday.

Tuesday and Thursdays we have Research methods from 9-10 and then Pathokinesiology from 10:30-3. Research methods is just as boring as it sounds. Pathokinesiology is my favorite class though becasue  we talk about body structures, such as the knee, and problems with that area, such as an ACL blow out. We just finished most of our course material today and we have finals from Dec. 14-18th.

Fridays are my favorite day. I have Advanced Anatomy from 9- 2pm. This class is exciting because we get to go into the cadaver lab and actually see everything we learn about on dead bodies. This may sound weird or gross to some of you but it is incredibly interesting and cool be able to learn a structure, feel it on yourself, and actually see what it looks like underneath your skin instead of from a book. Then after I get out of the lab, I drive to the river and strap on my wakeboard and ride with the Sacramento State Wakeboard Team. The water is amazing on the river and it is such a good release of stress to go and shred after all of my school and exams.

Since I have been at school I have made some really great friends. There are 34 of us in the program and we see each other all day every day. I also joined a flag football team, something that I never thought I would do because I HATE FOOTBALL. It gave me a new appreciation for the sport in general and I kindof understand it know…

Hope everyone is doing well out there. Keep riding as much as you can and try to have a fun winter break, whether you are snowboarding or travelling somewhere warm to wakeboard.

Sincerely,

Shelby Kantar

Hey everyone!!

This summer I went to the Philippines for the WWA Wake Park World Championships. I won a world title in cable and winch. I was over there with Melissa we hung out and had a lot of fun. It was my first time out of the USA, I had a lot of fun, and met a lot of new people. Over the summer I also won the WWA Nationals in Oklahoma City, OK & Worlds in Orlando, FL. Just this past summer I got sponsored by Supra Boats. Also now I am looking to move down to FL for this coming summer to increase my training, get better, and ride with the Liquid Force girls down there. Right now my website is in the process of being redone so you can check it out with in the next few months at taylor.us.com. Hope everyone has a great holiday and see you next summer.

Here are a few photo’s from the LF Girls adventures!