The news mostly stinks today so here’s you an open thread to converse about whatever this evening.
Also enjoy the water-skiing baby.
North Carolina dad says 6-month-old with "real strong grip" is world's youngest water skier. https://t.co/UNqgHCQuWp pic.twitter.com/LKCfmEJ89X
— ABC News (@ABC) September 5, 2016
ABC NEWS – Six-month-old Auburn Absher can’t quite crawl, but that’s not stopping him from taking part in one of his family’s favorite pastimes: Water-skiing.
With his mother, Heather, by his side, Auburn rode his custom-built trainer ski as his dad towed it at full sprint on Falls Lake in North Carolina. Baby Auburn, donning a mini life jacket, held on to a special railing that his dad says he built from PVC piping. Dad says the baby had no extra help.
“He’s got himself a death grip on that thing,” Rob said. “His hands were not taped at all, he’s actually holding on, he’s got a real strong grip.”
Rob says that the family are “really enthusiastic water sports people,” and he claims that Auburn — who was 6 months and 10 days old on Sunday — now holds the record of world’s youngest water skier. (ABC News is unable to independently verify the record claim.)