Slippin' And Slidin'

Jackson here. Among my many talents, I've discovered recently that I am highly skilled at the Slip-N-Slide. Who knew? I suppose if you break it down, it should have been obvious: I'm fast, light, and fearless. So the Slip-N-Slide is tailor-made for my particular talents, as you can see...



Look at the posture... the perfect, erect, head position... eyes up, looking for the dry spots that can cause over-rotation... the balance... the legs tucked in tight, to increase speed... Which all leads, of course, to the payoff:



Not that it was always this way. The best, as the say, make it look easy. But just a few runs earlier, it was disaster:



Mis-timed the run-up, the jump... lost total control... which led to this:



Ugly. Nearly cost me the DeWitt Family gold medal. Luckily, Donovan is still way too slow and fat to run. But boy, can he cannonball...