Hi I'm Frances Woofenden; I am an 83 year old Grandmother that just loves life! I am not your typical Granny either. Boy, where do I begin? I've had quite an interesting life so far and more is yet to come! Well, I started taking up water skiing in my early 50's because I wanted to do something fun and healthy that would keep me younger and more active. It was very challenging but I rose to the occassion. About a few years ago, my shoulders started to bother me and I got really scared because I thought I would have to give up skiing all together.

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CBS News Water-Skiing Granny Takes To The Waves

(CBS) If you were to see the latest water-skiing phenom, you’d notice right away that she’s strong, quick and pretty much fearless, CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman reports. But what you surely wouldn’t see as she rides the waves is that this champion is also on Social Security.

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V8 Brand Feature “Super Seniors”

The V8® brand is updating its classic “Could’ve Had A V8” advertising campaign
with a new twist to motivate people to get more vegetables in their diets. “Long
Live Vegetables” features real people, over the age of 60, who all have two
things in common – they’re extraordinarily active for their age, and they drink
V8 100% vegetable juice nearly every day.

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New Times – She Walks on Water

Frances Woofenden, 84 years young this week, has a better physique than many a 20-year-old. She owes her toned frame, she says, to water-skiing. She still does it almost every day at Lake Okeeheelee in West Palm Beach. You may have seen Woofenden and her fabulous legs on a V8 commercial on TV.

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