When people meet Rudi McEwin with dirt on her face at outback campdrafts they'd never pick her former hobby was figure-skating, but she says there are more similarities between the sports than you might expect.
As a teen, Rudi McEwin ditched figure skating for campdrafting and has never looked back.abc.net.au/news/rudi-mcewin-leaves-figure-skating-for-campdrafting/102590890When Rudi McEwin opens her wardrobe, she sees a sugar-plum fairy ice-skating costume side by side with dirt-stained, faded, blue jeans and well-worn, button-up collared shirts that she wears campdrafting.
From six years old, instead of pulling on cowgirl boots, she found herself sitting beside an ice rink in Adelaide, pulling on a pair of cheap plastic rental skates.Rudi devoted her childhood to figure-skating. When she was about 15 her coach said she would need to train even more to stay competitive, but that would mean dropping out of school and going professional and Rudi wasn't interested.She had tried the sport in between her skating schedule and at her first campdraft had a swing of luck.Her dad thought she should take it.
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