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KK’s really gone off. What with the cycling and windsurfing, the newest bee in his bonnet is kitesurfing. Which basically involves flying a gigantic kite on a surfboard out at sea. 

He's never done it, but to get there, he decides to get a preliminary feel of it by giving wakeboarding a shot, which he's also never done. He takes off from work after lunch one day and pulls the whole family with him to Ski 360 at the East Coast Park, which offers a wakeboarding-like experience except that instead of a boat it’s a cable line pulling you along. He says: I also want the kids to learn that there’s no giving up. 

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* Me and kids, doing nothing 

The thing is, KK doesn’t actually have a hard time. He gets up, gets it and completes one round after 30 minutes. I say I'm the one who will really prove the perseverance point, because I’m sure I’d still be falling flat on my face into the water at the start point at the end of the hour. But see, I’m not going to prove it because I have already given up. No thanks 

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