They say that if you want a child to grow up being really good at something you need to start them off young.
For six-year-old Clair Hurta, that involved taking up wakeboarding since she was two years old.
Clair quickly took to the sport the way a fish takes to water and the amount of effort she has put in all her young years is quite evident as she can effortlessly glide along on her wakeboard and still have the coordination necessary to knock off some amazing dance moves.
Watch her dance moves below.
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Clair’s mom, Crystal, managed to take a short clip of her daughter who was going all out on Bay City River in Texas.
First Clair dances to ‘Low’ by Flo Rida, holding on with just one hand and using the other to throw it around in a sassy move.
Next up is ‘Devil’ by Shinedown and Clair punctuates the chorus by punching the air and yelling the lyrics, all while maintaining perfect control of her wakeboard.
Crystal said: “Clair loves all water sports, especially wakeboarding, she’s getting so good now.
“When she wakeboards, she has song requests for me to play. Her favorite is ‘Devil’ by Shinedown.
“Everyone on our local river knows Clair Hurta and they stop and watch her wakeboard or surf.
“Her passion for singing and dancing are now a part of her wakeboarding and wake surfing routine.”
While you may think that the reason Clair is so good is that she started young, wakeboarding is actually quite easy to take up, meaning you don’t need to spend too many hours learning the sport.
Depending on any prior board experience you may have and your confidence, wakeboarding has a steep learning curve which sets it apart from other water sports. Even your first go may see you popping ollies or carving up a watery wall.
Wakeboarding developed from waterskiing, a sport where the boat tows a person wearing two planks. Over the past 30 years, wakeboarding took its current form when people started applying the concept of land-based board sports to the water.
It can get quite addictive so you should give it a try to see if the rush is right up your alley.
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