Bill Perkins

I said, I don't have many wakeboarding times left. Like I'm not going wakeboarding at 60. I have this degenerative back thing. It's going to be more dangerous for me, et cetera. If I am to wakeboard.

It is now. It is in this time period. And then I thought, okay, it's in this time period. I'm like, okay, how many times am I going to be in warm water with my buddies where there's a wakeboarding boat ready to go in the next two years? I don't know. This is it. I don't foresee it happening.

It is now. It is in this time period. And then I thought, okay, it's in this time period. I'm like, okay, how many times am I going to be in warm water with my buddies where there's a wakeboarding boat ready to go in the next two years? I don't know. This is it. I don't foresee it happening.

I could make a special effort for it, but it's just there in my lap and I don't have something else to do, etc. And I was like, I'm going to go wakeboarding. This is probably the last time I'm going to go wakeboarding. That was the last time I went wakeboarding.

I could make a special effort for it, but it's just there in my lap and I don't have something else to do, etc. And I was like, I'm going to go wakeboarding. This is probably the last time I'm going to go wakeboarding. That was the last time I went wakeboarding.

It didn't hurt. I actually jumped the wake too. I made a nice jump at a wake. I said, I'm going to send it. I sent it. It didn't hurt that much. It wasn't like that. But afterwards, there was a little tension in my back, etc., And, you know, stretching and trying to, I was very conscious, like, okay, I got to be careful coming across it. And now I wake surf.

It didn't hurt. I actually jumped the wake too. I made a nice jump at a wake. I said, I'm going to send it. I sent it. It didn't hurt that much. It wasn't like that. But afterwards, there was a little tension in my back, etc., And, you know, stretching and trying to, I was very conscious, like, okay, I got to be careful coming across it. And now I wake surf.

I do the low impact version of the sport, which I absolutely love until, you know, there's some technique to like put cartilage in my back and restrengthen my back. I'm waiting for the technology to catch up. So maybe I'll get my back back. But right now. It's the last time I went wakeboarding. That was the risk was worth the reward. There was no other time.

I do the low impact version of the sport, which I absolutely love until, you know, there's some technique to like put cartilage in my back and restrengthen my back. I'm waiting for the technology to catch up. So maybe I'll get my back back. But right now. It's the last time I went wakeboarding. That was the risk was worth the reward. There was no other time.

Now, as I get older, wakeboarding is much more dangerous. And so I've gone to a sport where the speed of the sport, a lot of people think if you're going 10 miles per hour versus 12 miles per hour, it's only two miles per hour difference, but it's a 44% difference in force because force equals MV squared. And so I'm acutely aware of it.

Now, as I get older, wakeboarding is much more dangerous. And so I've gone to a sport where the speed of the sport, a lot of people think if you're going 10 miles per hour versus 12 miles per hour, it's only two miles per hour difference, but it's a 44% difference in force because force equals MV squared. And so I'm acutely aware of it.

And I'm like, okay, I want to be in something I can get fulfilled where the risk is not as great. I have a 44% reduction in force, which is great, great for me when I fall. So what year was it that you had that incredible birthday? Gosh, I'm pretty sure it's 45, but I've had incredible birthdays since then. But the one in the book is 45.

And I'm like, okay, I want to be in something I can get fulfilled where the risk is not as great. I have a 44% reduction in force, which is great, great for me when I fall. So what year was it that you had that incredible birthday? Gosh, I'm pretty sure it's 45, but I've had incredible birthdays since then. But the one in the book is 45.

I had second thoughts, like the events and the things I was planning. Remind me, it was down in the... I went to St. Bart's. I love St. Bart's. It's where I had my honeymoon. It's a great island. I think it's one of the best islands in the Caribbean. Obviously, not everybody can go to St. Boris. And I tell people that become successful, you either get new friends or you scholarship your friends.

I had second thoughts, like the events and the things I was planning. Remind me, it was down in the... I went to St. Bart's. I love St. Bart's. It's where I had my honeymoon. It's a great island. I think it's one of the best islands in the Caribbean. Obviously, not everybody can go to St. Boris. And I tell people that become successful, you either get new friends or you scholarship your friends.

Because you want to do experiences. A lot of times, a lot of people want to do shared experiences, right? They want their friends to come. They can't afford to just... pop up and spend thousands of dollars to go to St. Barts or do X, Y, and Z. And it happens in various levels of success, right? Whether it's on a trip to Chicago, like I can't do that. Some people can and can't.

Because you want to do experiences. A lot of times, a lot of people want to do shared experiences, right? They want their friends to come. They can't afford to just... pop up and spend thousands of dollars to go to St. Barts or do X, Y, and Z. And it happens in various levels of success, right? Whether it's on a trip to Chicago, like I can't do that. Some people can and can't.

And so as you become successful, one of the experiences you want to have is to be around your friends and have shared experience with your friends. And so I coach people. I say, you have to lose this attachment that they have to pay or they need to pay or whatever. You have to think what's most important to you. Get off autopilot. It's to have shared experiences.

And so as you become successful, one of the experiences you want to have is to be around your friends and have shared experience with your friends. And so I coach people. I say, you have to lose this attachment that they have to pay or they need to pay or whatever. You have to think what's most important to you. Get off autopilot. It's to have shared experiences.

And is it worth it for you to have them around? For me, I've had good friends throughout the years. It's unequivocal, yes. Friends and family. But it gets expensive. You got to run out the hotel rooms, et cetera, and entertainment and plan this thing. But I was like, some of these people, they have their own lives and own complications and conflicts. You won't get the time to do with it.