0:00:05 > 0:00:08This is Blue Peter, but mini.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Expect epic adventures, makes, bakes, badges, pets,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15presenters and your post.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19We've only got five minutes, so get ready for your Blue Peter adventure.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22'This summer, I've hit the water.'
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Woohoo!
0:00:24 > 0:00:25'Sometimes literally.'
0:00:27 > 0:00:30'As part of my latest Blue Peter challenge,
0:00:30 > 0:00:32'I've taken on water-skiing.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33'And it's been awesome!'
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:35 > 0:00:38'Under the guidance of my expert coach, Nick...'
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Really good. I think we've got a natural.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42'..I've been giving it everything I've got.'
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Which is useful, because we are here,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51at the National Water Skiing Championships.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54After just starting my training two months ago,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58I'm going to attempt to perform an actual routine here.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03'The Nationals attract the finest young water-skiers
0:01:03 > 0:01:05'the UK has to offer.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08'The very best of the best.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11'And me.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14'I'll be performing three water-ski tricks in a row.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15'I have to do...'
0:01:20 > 0:01:21'And finally...'
0:01:25 > 0:01:29'And just two attempts of 20 seconds to get them right.'
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I've loved training for this challenge. It has been brilliant.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35I've learned there are things I can do quite well and learn quickly,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38and there are things that I actually cannot do at all.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42But the thing I'm most worried about are my 180s.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Because I only get one chance at those and, if they go wrong...
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Well, you'll know.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Because I'll stop on the spot and I'll face-plant the water,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54and it's really going to hurt!
0:01:54 > 0:01:56'And, because this is a top competition,
0:01:56 > 0:02:01'there's a panel of expert judges who'll be watching my every move.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05'If I put just one ski wrong, they'll disqualify me.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06'No pressure, then(!)
0:02:06 > 0:02:09'Time for some last-minute advice from my coach, Nick.'
0:02:09 > 0:02:13The tricks themselves are about how many degrees you turn through.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Did you get your skis perfectly backwards?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17That's what the judges are going to be looking for.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20If you get 170 degrees, it won't count.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23'I'm not just concerned about performing the tricks,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26'it's squeezing them into just 20 seconds.'
0:02:26 > 0:02:2820 seconds doesn't sound long until you have to hold your breath.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30This is a new thing, by the way.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34So when we were training, I had no idea that I only had 20 seconds,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37until the penultimate session, when you said,
0:02:37 > 0:02:39"We've got the skills,
0:02:39 > 0:02:43"now we just need to do it in a condensed time."
0:02:44 > 0:02:48'Putting the tricks together against the clock and in front of the judges
0:02:48 > 0:02:50'is going to be SO tough.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55One chance.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57And hopefully, when I get out of this water,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59you're going to see a big smile on this face.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07'Fortunately, I'm allowed one quick practice to get myself ready.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10'But, as I try one of the 180-degree turns...'
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Oh.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14'..disaster.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17'This is the worst possible start.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20'I have to put this out of my mind and get on with it.'
0:03:20 > 0:03:22OK, skier.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26'First up, two sets of 90-degree turns.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29'I have to turn to each side and slide on the water.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33'Right? Yes!
0:03:34 > 0:03:35'Now left?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37'Good start!
0:03:37 > 0:03:39'But now the tricks get hard.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42'Next, the dreaded 180.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45'I have to turn and ski backwards - twice!
0:03:46 > 0:03:48'That's one!
0:03:51 > 0:03:52And...
0:03:52 > 0:03:53'there's the other!
0:03:53 > 0:03:54'Yes! Get in!
0:03:56 > 0:03:58'And, last, the hardest of all -
0:03:58 > 0:04:01'two full 360-degree turns.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04'One done.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06'A bit of a stumble! I nearly lost it!
0:04:06 > 0:04:08'But I'm still standing.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10'Come on, Radzi, one more time.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13'Yes!
0:04:13 > 0:04:15'I think I've done it!
0:04:15 > 0:04:16'What a feeling!
0:04:19 > 0:04:21'But then Nick has some news.'
0:04:21 > 0:04:24I don't think your 360s were all in time.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28'He doesn't think I've managed to fit everything into the 20 seconds.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30'And then the judges confirm it.'
0:04:30 > 0:04:34The tricks looked good, but the 360s out of time.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36The 360s were out of time.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39'So I need to go again.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44'I've got just one more chance to complete my two 360-degree turns.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47'If I fall, then those months of training
0:04:47 > 0:04:49'will have all been for nothing.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51'OK, Radzi, one last chance.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52'Come on!
0:04:56 > 0:04:57'That's one.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00'Now for the second. Can I do it? Come on. Come on.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03'One hand off. I've started the turn.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04'Can I get all the way around?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06'I grabbed it with the second! I've made it!
0:05:06 > 0:05:10'I cannot believe it! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
0:05:10 > 0:05:12'I am over the moon!'
0:05:14 > 0:05:15All tricks in time.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20'All that hard work by Nick and his team has totally paid off.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22'But what do the judges think?'
0:05:22 > 0:05:24It takes years and years and years
0:05:24 > 0:05:26for the top trick skiers to do what they do.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29So for him to come out here, at the National Championships,
0:05:29 > 0:05:31and to do a run on two skis like he did,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33I just think he's absolutely brilliant.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Of all the Blue Peter challenges I've done...
0:05:36 > 0:05:40..none have rested so much on one attempt.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43And knowing that I could start and fall in straight away,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45and there's no coming back from it...
0:05:45 > 0:05:50'I cannot tell you how much I have loved this experience.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53'Water-skiing - what a sport!'
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