Oddly enough, when I try to pick up a skill, I don't improve while doing the activity itself. For example, I tried ice skating a couple months back, and couldn't even stand straight for the entire 2 hours. I kept slipping and sliding like fresh tofu. Then the second time I gave it a go, I miraculously could shuffle around, albeit at the pace of a handicapped snail. Now but today, I had my third attempt. I instantly could skate not just like a normal human being, but faster than most people there. This unexplainable improvement in skill holds true for everything I've done, and it still baffles me.

I will test this theory next time I go wakeboarding, which is exhilirating. I would have stayed at the lagoon had I not run out of money.