Lockie is invited to go water skiing with Vicki and her parents, and assures Vicki he's a good skier. In reality, he's never skied before. Ever. However, since this is a chance to spend more time with Vicki and impress her parents, Lockie feels he has little choice but to pretend. Besides, skiing's just like surfing, right? How hard can it be? At the river, Lockie meets Vicki's friends who now go to boarding school in the city, discovering a side of Vicki he didn't know existed. Maybe Lockie doesn't know Vicki as well as he though he did.