That sounds like a lot of fun, plus a life lesson, and it sounds as if the only person who saw your downfall was someone you never had to see again, so, bonus. :^)
I tried skiing back when I was a kid, and despite my girth today, I spent my early life a bit of a toothpick. Couldn’t lean back hard enough to make skiing work. I spent the rest of the same day riding a toboggan behind the very same boat.
Well, riding that toboggan behind the boat is fun too unless the driver is determined to give you a ride for your money by crossing wakes of other boats!
(Okay, even THAT is a lot of fun! Even preferred by some...:)