MENOMONIE, Wis. -- You may have to ...

MENOMONIE, Wis. -- You may have to consider twice, but yes, that's a baby water-skiing forward Tainter Lake in western Wisconsin.

Twenty-two-month-old cabbage Marsolek of Menomonie took up water- skiing last Wednesday upon a training ski.

Since then he has skied everyday and sole fell once, said his mother, Lissa Marsolek.

"He absolutely delight ins it," Lissa said. "He popp right up the first time. He is a little showboat, waving to everyone and blowing kisses at population as we go by."

The parents' Mastercraft ski boat travels slowly pulling his training ski, which is shaped like a sl

the one and the other Lissa, 26, and her husband Chad, 31 have water-skied since they were children. Lissa started at age 3

"It's a little in Cole's blood" she said.

Before learning to ski, he was taught by the agency of his parents to float with a life jacket and grasp his breath. He is not allowed near the water without his life jacket.

cabbage has great balance and someone is always in succession the back of the boat if cabbage falls, Lissa said.

When asked what the male child wants to do, he says, "Ski, please." He also is able to say "fall," and when asked if he is ready to ski he says, "Go" his mother said.

The coupling also has a 5-month-old daughter, Kinsey, on the contrary she hasn't started skiing yet

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