Baller Bulldog Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 Informal discussion: What do you say when getting pulled out of the water? I say tighten up, followed by YEP, then I also watch my beautiful brides arm as she moves the throttle (I would watch anyone elses arm as well). I teach my kids to say HIT IT! What do you say? "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted May 10, 2011 Administrators Share Posted May 10, 2011 Yep Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Drop a dime in the can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skiep Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 "Let er rip tator chip" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller webbdawg99 Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 "I'll follow you!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jwr Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 I'm ready when you are. Or whenever you are ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller drew Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 I am fortunate enough to hear a variety of instructions to start. The best is "ready when you are". It let's the driver know that he is dealing with an expert, capable of achieving the start without notice, at the will of the driver. Immediately the driver should feel slightly in awe to be at the helm for talent at the end of the rope... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skibug Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 Anyone of them at any time, no consistency, ryhme or reason. Alright. Yep. Tighten up and go. Ready. Pull. Whenever you are ready. Did it beep 3 times, OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller tsixam Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 Let´s rock n roll! Tsixam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old MS Accout Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 okidoki, OK honey, Yep, hit it. It all works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Roger Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 I'm ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Rup Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 I usually ski in France so "Allez" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MattP Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 Alrighty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lottawatta Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 Hit the flipper, skipper. Make it happen, Captain. I make the kids say, "In Gear", and "Hit It." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller UTWaterSki Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 See ya at the other end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jwr Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 Damn I didn't realize how good a skier I am. Clearly utwaterski is better. Iam only confident enough to get up at any moment. Not positive I will make it to the other end. Now that's the sign of true excellence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skifreak Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 I love this thread. I think I say "ready", "whenever", and "alrighty" most. I wonder if my subconscious choice of one over the other has any correlation to my mood and therefore performance..... What's with parents having their kids say "hit it", mine definitely did that too. One of my favorites from my dad is "let's do it to it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller als2104 Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 "Do it, do it"- Starsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Skihack Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 Say "pull". This word does not get confused with stop, no, go. It was required at some ski schools and tourneys back in the day for safety reasons. I always look back to make sure skier is ready, look forward and go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ral Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 In our lake, we luckily have a professional driver. He will know by looking at you when you are ready... With the rest, and regardless if it is Spanish or English, for starting more than one word and with a softer voice (e.g. "ready whenever you are", "OK, let's go" or similar), one LOUD word only for NOT going (e.g. "STOP", or "NO") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skidawg Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 It doesn't matter what you say behind my bu, bc it sounds like a freaking dragster, Couldn't hear it anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 I think I usually use OK or let's go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted May 10, 2011 Baller_ Share Posted May 10, 2011 In Gear! Hit it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonskier Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Shall we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photobymarko Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Yo! or Oooooh Kay ( In Yorkshire accent...sarcastically!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixball Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Getty up Go! Hammer down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Stevie Boy Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 Ok Boss ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jimbrake Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 In our area the most common seems to be "OK, (name)" to which the driver responds while checking the skier and the rope in the mirror or over their shoulder with "alright, here we go". Kind of a team thing. My 14 yo son is driving now at our private lake and I've trained him to always confirm that the rope is tight (without dragging the skier) and that he sees, in addition to hearing, that the skier is ready. My 12 yo will sometime say "OK" before the rope is actually tight so besides telling him that he needs to wait until the rope is tight or tell the driver to take the slack out, it's good that our drivers are checking the skier out closely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted May 10, 2011 Baller_ Share Posted May 10, 2011 Slack out... Go boat. If it's my wife, a simple nod will do. Best driver on the lake hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Fine409 Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 "go boat" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller JC McCavit Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 Hit It Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04196 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I'll follow you Get me outta here Let's rip it let's see what that Pinto has (when skiiing behind the MC) Giver' all shes got (again when behind the MC) Hammer it boyz The three of us always try and come up with something different - key word there is three of us, we know each other well and words really aren't even necessary, two of us (Nauti owners) just like to rag on the MasterCrap!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted May 10, 2011 Baller_ Share Posted May 10, 2011 Okidoki Artichokie! In my real life: Tighten up...Pull, please. Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Sullivan Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 what did I do wrong that pass..................................................#*$#...................... Alright, anytime. Heard this in the Edged in Water 2 video and I sometimes use it now.......When you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Boody Posted May 10, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2011 Whats with the "tighten up"? I pulled someone last year that said that and it struck me as odd. With the 100s of passes we do in a season, is there any doubt that the driver will NOT tighten it up? Maybe for beginners that stuggle getting up and like to be drug a bit, but otherwise I would think the "tighten up" is implied prior to pulling the skier out of the water. Should I get the boat straight also? LOL, please tell me how to do this. A simple "OK, yup, lets do it, I'm ready, hang ten, let er rip" etc, is fine..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jwr Posted May 11, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 11, 2011 Shut up and drive works among friends. Wouldn't try it with the wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted May 11, 2011 Baller_ Share Posted May 11, 2011 I did that once and I'm still married. And she still drives. Never did that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east tx skier Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 We say "Driver!" It sounds like nothing else. Sometimes that is proceeded by "slack." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Gear or Forward Then Ok, or when you're ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MrJones Posted May 11, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 11, 2011 Tighten up...... Okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Deanoski Posted May 11, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 11, 2011 when ever you are ready! my partner says row the boat!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ RichardDoane Posted May 11, 2011 Baller_ Share Posted May 11, 2011 "go George", in honor of one of the original Bell Acqua owners who me & OF & JeanB had the pleasure of skiing with a couple of years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller baja Posted May 11, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 11, 2011 Ok Phil anytime. I try to use the name of the person on the other end of the rope whether I'm holding the handle or the throttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxroads Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 In gear Hit it But not nearly enough.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I love it when @MS calls me "Honey". I didn't get in the water quick enough for him the other day and he gave me a hot-dock start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartski Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 OK..anytime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kstateskier Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 on my last pass I always tell the driver "Take me home!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old MS Accout Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 @PJ Only when the real honey in in the seat. For you its OKIDOKI and Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted May 12, 2011 Administrators Share Posted May 12, 2011 @PJ @MS calls all his boys "Honey" Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Drop a dime in the can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Killer Posted May 12, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 12, 2011 "Make 'er Talk!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Nando Posted May 12, 2011 Baller Share Posted May 12, 2011 Got to ski with some Chicago brothers and appreciated their "Make it happen, Cap'n." I usually just go with a nice "Hup", picked up from one of the all-time great guys, the venerable TC. When I ski with my brother, we get by with just looking at each other. Nando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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