Baller xrated Posted December 18, 2011 Baller Share Posted December 18, 2011 I guess this might be a sort of noob question again. But I see lots of southern Canada, northern Canada, MN references on here and I was wondering who all was a MN local and where in the state. I live in SE MN but all of my lake time is in north central outside of McGregor. Always looking for new people to ski with and I even have a gas can. Seems I only get to ski up north with my usual crew 3 or 4 times each summer do to work and family schedules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted December 18, 2011 Baller Share Posted December 18, 2011 I'm Elysian-Waterville MN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taelan28 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I used to live in Lino Lakes and our cabin is at Strawberry lake in Ogema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted December 18, 2011 Baller Share Posted December 18, 2011 Litchfield, about an hour west of the western burbs of Minneapolis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Up North Posted December 19, 2011 Baller Share Posted December 19, 2011 Duluth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted December 19, 2011 Baller Share Posted December 19, 2011 Excelsior, west of Twin Cities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted December 19, 2011 Baller_ Share Posted December 19, 2011 SE Minn in Pine Island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller swc5150 Posted December 19, 2011 Baller Share Posted December 19, 2011 I'm not in MN, but Eau Claire, WI is pretty darn close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bigtex2011 Posted December 19, 2011 Baller Share Posted December 19, 2011 yankee's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted December 19, 2011 Author Baller Share Posted December 19, 2011 Crap there is a pretty good big group I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted December 19, 2011 Baller_ Share Posted December 19, 2011 And there are lots more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted December 19, 2011 Baller_ Share Posted December 19, 2011 There are 10,000 lakes. Odds are good. Still consider myself at least half a MN don'tcha know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted December 20, 2011 Baller Share Posted December 20, 2011 There are a pile more who we see at tourneys but are not on the site...not sure what's wrong with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Nando Posted December 20, 2011 Baller Share Posted December 20, 2011 In Shoreview, on Island Lake, formerly the primary tournament site in MN- now that it again has water in it, maybe some of the action will return. Also have an old Nautique on Turtle Lake, also in Shoreview, but ski primarily on a semi-private site in Hugo, MN behind MB's SN 200, also at Sunset Lake in Hugo, plus a couple of other places where I can mooch a ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted December 20, 2011 Author Baller Share Posted December 20, 2011 There ever any crash course clinics for chasing balls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted December 20, 2011 Baller_ Share Posted December 20, 2011 We have Seth at our site yearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted December 20, 2011 Baller Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'm no Seth, but happy to make you an addict for life anytime after ice out. MS, xrated lives near Rochester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted December 20, 2011 Baller_ Share Posted December 20, 2011 Xrated, We can hook up and ski some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Fine409 Posted December 21, 2011 Baller Share Posted December 21, 2011 I ski on Maple Lake. Live in Chanhassen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted December 21, 2011 Author Baller Share Posted December 21, 2011 Sounds good MS, if you don't mind a guy that will most likely provide some of the most spectacular crashes ever seen. I seem to be good for 3 or 4 skips if I hit just right, and the to frequent ski turned helicopter turned auger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted December 21, 2011 Baller_ Share Posted December 21, 2011 We have a guy living on the lake that provides quality entertainment when he skis, so iy wont be new to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted December 21, 2011 Baller Share Posted December 21, 2011 @Jack Kinne, I love that profile pic!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted December 22, 2011 Baller_ Share Posted December 22, 2011 Thats Chester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted December 23, 2011 Baller Share Posted December 23, 2011 I knew that. I have such a hard time telling the two of them apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettmelberg Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I live outside of Victoria, MN on Pierson Lake. I mostly barefoot but would like to get back into skiing. I would love to try a course sometime. 6balls, what lake do you ski on near Litchfield? I am originally from Hector, MN and familiar with some of the lakes around Litchfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted January 5, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted January 5, 2012 Brett, I grew up on lake Waconia and skied Wasserman from about 1998 to 2005. Pierson lake would be a great lake to have a course on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted January 5, 2012 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2012 Brettmelberg, the "swamp" is Hoff Lake south of Litchfield, WNW of Hutchinson. We have big NW and SE winds covered there w/2 courses and a '00 196. Dunns Lake is NE of Litchfield next to Lake Richardson...public but seldom used and has a course with outstanding west wind protection w/a '97 196. I live on Lake Ripley, a busier public lake but we keep a course that has great straight south wind protection and have a '02 Response LX there. All boats running PP and owned by myself or guys I ski with regularly. You are welcome anytime. I also have a Centurion Falcon Barefoot on Lake Ripley...I'm a former meat-head barefooter and can't bear to part with her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jlittle Posted January 5, 2012 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2012 X if you want a proper introduction to course skiing go hook up with MS. I belive he might share your passion for quality beer also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted January 5, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted January 5, 2012 You saying you know this MS character 6? And quality beer to ya say? But does he like Oly that is the true question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jlittle Posted January 5, 2012 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2012 Yes X, I know MS in a round about way through forum here. The guys around here don't seem to cut him much slack but if push came to shove I'm sure they'd let him hold the camera to video their set :-) MS may not remember but we shared the starting dock a couple of times at a tourney in '08 as shown in the pic below. He's sitting down in the red shorts and I'm getting ready to ski. It was a long haul for me being from the PNW but the whole weekend was a great time. The conversation was pretty casual, however, mostly centered around him admiring my binding setup being an Approach front with a highwrap in the rear. Which I still run today by the way. Well that and he was just coming off the '07 ski he was pretty fond of. Seriously though, he's been up and down the lake a few times and would get you pointed in the correct direction if you wanted to learn more about course skiing. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg274/sixat38/08ranch.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted January 6, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted January 6, 2012 @Jlittle That was a blast as always at the ranch. I cant believe that I sold my 07 Monza. I need to get up to the NW to ski with you guys but its cold enough in MN. @Xrated, OLY, its water. That stuff was real bad. I like the beer from Jlittles area, Session. Its made by Full Sail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted January 6, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted January 6, 2012 @MS every beer has its place so long as it isn't light. I love me some Oly or Schmidt or Hamms but I also love me some Schells, Rouge, etc. Don't think I have had Session though. And don't ya know Hood River isn't from @Jlitte area...one thing I've learned is that there are two parts to WA and you never ever lump the west/wet/left coast in with the good honest folks of eastern WA. I've been saying I need to go visit his area in the summer for awhile now, it can't be any colder then MN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted January 6, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted January 6, 2012 @X rated, Shells Rocks. How did you and Jlittle get to know each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted January 6, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted January 6, 2012 @MS, I got to know Jlittle through a mountain snowmobiling forum and then I met him when I traveled out to Spokane/North Idaho to go sledding. Great guy, even got my ski from him this past summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted January 6, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted January 6, 2012 Cool. I hope he got you on the Approach binding also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted January 6, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted January 6, 2012 Nope he didn't I'm running a Venom and RTP from my old ASX but I want to get into a double setup. He did send me a ton of info on bindings but I haven't tried any yet except for putting my foot into the Rail that came on my wifes ski. So I am still searching for new bindings to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ RichardDoane Posted January 9, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted January 9, 2012 @xrated let me know if you're interested, I've got an extra set of StradaBoots for a deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowboardcorey Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I ride/ski with my buddy on Rice Lake in Maple Grove, MN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 @snowboardcorey Hey do you have the course on Rice Lk just off i-94? I work in Maple Grove and see it everyday. Looking for a new place to ski as our lake has been infested with milfoil the last two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowboardcorey Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 No, it's not my course we mostly wakeboard out there but I know the guy with the course. He is super nice, I know my buddies have skied it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I Know it is a private launch on rice lake but is there a way to put my boat in if you "know somebody" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted January 14, 2012 Administrators Share Posted January 14, 2012 @xrated MS can teach you a lot about drinking. Not sure he really knows anything about skiing. 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...
snowboardcorey Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 I think you can if you know someone that lives on the lake but I've never tried. My buddy owns an X-Star and the guy with the course has a 196 so it's a pretty slick set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted January 14, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted January 14, 2012 @Horton, don't discount this young guy, I know my fair share about the liquid consumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted January 14, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted January 14, 2012 I never touch the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted January 14, 2012 Baller Share Posted January 14, 2012 He didn't say you touched it...I've seen you drink plenty of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jipster43 Posted January 15, 2012 Baller Share Posted January 15, 2012 Olympia! I used to tour the Oly Brewery with my grandpa every summer when he came out to visit. I'd toss back endless dixie cups of pepsi and he'd throw back a few of his own. Still love the smell of beer brewing! While the climates are drastically different between Eastern and Western Washington one thing remains true - the folks waterskiing are all super choice! Sorry for the threadjack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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