Winter sucks

[Razorskier1]

Winter sucks.  Leave for work in the dark, come home in the dark, lake frozen.  No boat, no skiing, no beach and beer with ski buds.  Yep.  Winter sucks.  At least we all have BOS where we can talk about skiing all winter long!

[Chuck_Dickey]

75F air and 56F water today. Come to So. Cal and join in the fun!

[Chuck_Dickey]

75F air and 56F water today. Come to So. Cal and join in the fun!

[h2odawg79]

Where ru at Chuck? I grew up in So. Ca and Totally miss the weather and the People!

[Jody_Seal]

Damn!!! Got to break out the wet suit! It was 39 here in the panhandle this morning!!

[Guest]

I Hate Winter! Even if I wanted to ski, drivers are getting fewer and further between! It gets too dark too early, too light too late, Dammit! It will look like attached photo too soon. I Hate Winter!

[Chuck_Dickey]

h2odawg79

I live in Lake Elsinore, near Canyon Lake. 85 miles North of San Diego on I-15.  There is a slalom course in the inlet channel which is semi private. I am also a member at the Quarry in Corona, CA., (Google Earth 33 degrees 51'55.44N 117 degrees 31'38.95W) which is private. We have 12 members and ski year round.

I am also a member at Sunset Ski Ranch Oasis in Mecca, CA., (Google Earth 33 degrees 32'28.47"N 117 degrees 04'27.27"W) Sunset is closed for Duck Hunting season until Feb. 1

Where are you? Come ski if you're in the area.

[Ed_Obermeier]

Ditto on the I hate winter thing.  Cold sucks big time.  However, I've learned to use the winter time to 1) placate the wife by getting (somewhat) caught up on home maintainance and general honey-do stuff; and 2) working on improving my fitness level by spending time in the gym 3 - 4 times a week.  I enjoy it actually, though not nearly as much as a good water ski workout.  Been driving up and hitting the gym in south KC on Saturdays with my 23 y.o. son Junior (not his real name...) which has been a treat. The gym he goes to (24 Hour Fitness) has an Olympic length pool so I've been getting some good cardio swimming laps and amazingly (to me) the swimming has really helped my old sore worn out shoulders feel a lot better/stronger.  I never knew...

Ed

[Guest]

Chuck,

I,m in Nashville, Tennessee. Presently the temp is 27. I hate it. I guess that I'm going to resume my 28 year duck hunting career. At least I'll be on the water.

[Razorskier1]

Yep, I end up in the gym in the winter too.  Try to get my shoulders and core worked pretty hard along with the standard "fun" stuff like bench press, arms, legs, etc.  Up here in MN winter is just too long.  This was a better than average year in that I put the boat in on April 2 and took it out mid-November.  Early and late season skiing the water and air are really cold, but as a public lake skier I get the benefit of zero traffic, which is nice.  I also agree with Ed that the keeping the wife happy thing works better when I'm not asking her to drive me skiing every morning at 6:30AM or pestering her again whenever the lake gets calm!  Good thing she likes to drive, and even seems to like me OK (most of the time)!  Would love to head south and west to ski more in the winter, but that gets back to the keeping the family happy thing, so it doesn't happen often enough.  Ah well. 

[dleenhouts]

Today was the first sign of ice along the shore. I'm counting pushups already, it's gonna be a long winter.

[h2odawg79]

Chuck,

I'm in Nashville. Unfortunately, the only times that I've been back to Cali in the last 16 yrs. has been a wedding, Father in the Hospital and 2 funerals...

I grew up in Rancho Cucamonga and still have a Bro in Law out in Elsinore. Elsinore would be great for me, with Slalom and V-drive Mondays for Flat Bottoms!

I'll certainly give you a shout if something changes for me!

My dream is to Live on a ski Lake somewhere SUNNY and WARM! (Nashvilles cold/grey winters are So depressing) 

 

This was shot on Elsinore Jan. 2, 2010 SUNNY AND WARM!

 

[6balls]

Some seriuos snow overnight.  Spent an hour blowing my driveway just so I could get to work.  Hate winter!  Loving the ski video posts on BOS, though...lots of self analysis going on.  Back in the gym big time trying to catch up to Razor1 on the bench press.  Speaking of Razor, ordered one yesterday...a little excitement to hold me over until spring. 

[Roger]

Okeeheelee was 68 water/ 75 air today. Tomorrow is 68 water/78 air. But Tuesday is predicted to be 39 for a low with possible records being broken. We had our worst Winter ever last year, hoping to not get a repeat this year...

[Chuck_Dickey]

So. Cal. 68 air/ 53 water today.

[Steven]

Where did you ski today Chuck? And how come we never see you at Canyon?

[Guest]

Nashville Tennessee 25 now, High 36 today. 20 tonight and high 32 tomorrow. Yuk!

[kstateskier]

WINTER DOES SUCK, which is why i hop $59 flights to Orlando to ski in warm conditions!  Winter doesn't quite suck so bad now... However Florida was pretty chilly this morning...

[Roger]

And it's going to be a LOT chillier tomorrow morning. Gets nice going into the weekend though (at least here in the West Palm Beach area)...

[Jody_Seal]

Crap!!!! it is supposed to get in the high 20's tonight here in The Red neck Riveria and I am now out in the boat yard draining blocks and manifolds !!!! Crap!!!! I hate Winter!!!!!!!!!

[MattP]

kstateskier where in the world are you finding $59 flights to Orlando?

[Marco]

Jody- If it is only down to the high 20's, just run a shop light under the cowling.  That should put out enough heat to get through the night, as long as the breaker doesn't trip...

[Jody_Seal]

oN seven boats??? All done now, six direct drives and one v-drive one Flatbottom sprint boat  all ready for minor freeze warning.. I hate winter!!!

[kstateskier]

Brent is right, Allegiant Air flies out of my town.  Works out perfect, the airport is 10 minutes from my office and these regional airports are so easy!  You can park, check in, get through security and be on a plane in under an hour and 15 minutes!

 Left Springfield, MO at 12:50Central on Friday afternoon and was in the water pulling out for a pass at 5:15pm in Orlando!  Its a thing of beauty!

[Chuck_Dickey]

Steve,

"Where did you ski today Chuck? And how come we never see you at Canyon?"

I am a member and ski at the Quarry in Corona just 20 minutes up I-15.

I don't know anyone at Canyon Lake to ski with.

[6balls]

So I'm snowblowing the other day, and get a little too close to my wife's decorative bench where the auger catches it and breaks off a leg.  Real nice.  I propped it back up...perhaps some duct tape.

I later decide to blow out next to the grill cuz I grill all winter long.  Forgot the hose was still coiled up there under the 8 inches of snow...predictable result.  I hate winter. 

[Guest]

19 in Nashville, I hate Winter!

[dleenhouts]

My lake just froze over last night. The worst phrase in the world is "lake effect snow".

[Steven]

Chuck if you want to ski Canyon, just give me a call. I've been gone alot lately but will be there over Christmas and New years

[Horton]

What exactly is this "Snow" stuff you guys are talking about.

My freakin old bones are so happy to be getting a break from skiing. My elbows were super critical by the end of last season

[h2odawg79]

re: " My elbows were super critical by the end of last season"

Horton, take 2 shots of Butterfields Handle control and call me in the morning! -just kidding about the call me part, my reputation is ambiguous enuf!

http://www.ballofspray.com/tech-articles/87-what-the-heck-is-handle-control

[jipster43]

I was fighting winter with both heels dug in, but now that the mountains are open, I'm stoked to be able to take a couple of runs each day. The $59 airfare to Orlando still sounds sweet though.

 

JP :)

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[Guest]

7 Degrees Monday night, High of 22 on Monday! Arrrgh!

[ForrestGump]

Skied a set today. Air Temp 70. Water temp 62. Wind blowing about 70mph. 

[thager]

Was your boat driver meowing in the course?

[Chuck_Dickey]

80F air, 55 water, 6 mph cross wind, 2 nice sets today. Hope tomorrow has lower wind but the report looks the same as today.

 

Hard to trailer the boat and leave when it glassed off at 2:30P but had to go cut down the Christmas tree.

[eleeski]

Christmas palm tree? And jackalopes need to pass as reindeer in the desert. It was 80f yesterday - but the water was cold. Really cold. I had to tie in a buoy and went in commando. Big mistake - or should I say little mistake. The water was COLD. About one inch weenieheight (that's cold in C or F). Glass but my driver bailed on me (where were you Chuck?). I hate waterskiing in the winter - I'm heading to Tahoe for some appropriate winter skiing. Goode snow skis rock!

Eric

[Chuck_Dickey]

Eric,

 

You can keep the frozen white stuff for cocktails.

 

Join me at the Quarry, Sunday is looking like 80's. Wouldn't suggest commando, a 3-2mm wet or a Drysuit and rip it up! My new O'Neill Assault Hybrid is a great suit! "Always summer on the inside"

[Chuck_Dickey]

87F air, 56 water, 2 mph wind, beautiful today here in So. Cal.

[RichardDoane]

It's been pouring rain all weekend, luckily we skied early enough yesterday to get a couple sets in before the deluge started.

[kstateskier]

 This mornings Temp and Time on my way to work...  BLAH http://www.ballofspray.com/vanillaforum/js/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-frown.gif

http://greyststudio.com/time_temp.jpg

[PJ]

There is a lake in this picture somewhere.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs118.snc4/36238_474553249297_772769297_5482399_2614075_n.jpg

[Craig]

0F when I left the house this morning.

 Farmers almanac is predicting a 'colder than normal' winter.  I'm starting to believe...

[kona]

Ha ha makes me laugh. I love winter. Its snowing today and Ill be skiing in the morning. I must say though I have been in Maui for the last ten days. The surfing was great and the weather was even better. Highs in the 80's and lows in upper 60's. Water temps were about 74 deg When the winter gets you down take a trip to warmer climates.

Hence the name "KONA"

[T-fromTO]

I hate winter like everybody else but at least I can get some work done. I work 60 hours a week in winter and go down to about 35 hours a week in summer. If I could ski year round I'd probably be broke.

[h2odawg79]

Wow T, I wish i had the ability to do that in a good economy... -crap, right now I would Love to be able to actually consistantly do profitable work 35 hrs. a wk.! ( 60 would be some kinda fantasy...)

[Andre]

About to drop 1k on a snowblower.What a waste of money.

Winter definetely sucks BIG TIME!

[jipster43]

My mom just built a new house and installed radiant heat for all the walkways and the driveway. I curse her every time my snow shovel jams against a crack in the sidewalk. JP :)

[jipster43]

Amen. JP :)