Where is Scoke

[The_MS]

Has anyone seen him lately? The board has been pretty quite without him posting. Has anyone check the abandoned vans in the lot at Oke? Rumor has it that the black and orange cracked and he is going to get back on the horse.

[Roger]

I've seen him try a couple of skis lately. Wasn't aware of the cracked black and orange though. I think he's been skiing more than posting lately...

[Horton]

Who is Scoke?

[Roger]

Shelby Coke, member name on this board is scoke.

[Horton]

@Roger

Who is Shelby Coke? Should I know him? Is he a skier?

[A_B]

Minnesota?

[Dirt]

Is that the skinny tall guy from Louisiana that bleeds black and orange?

[Horton]

Wait you mean the guy who eats hard boiled eggs all day?

[Roger]

@Horton - That's the one! He is also known for writing up a pretty nice chart on the workings for ZO.

[Horton]

@Dirt Now I remember. He is the strange guy with the hot girl friend you always hit on.

[Dirt]

Actually called Scoke earlier. He said he's been real busy with his new job and skiing a little bit. He said 34 mph was completely different and he is running longer rope learning how to ski again vs. 36.

 

@Horton, girlfriend is one word and she is hot.

[Razorskier1]

I've seen him ski at 36mph. He's going to ski some very short line at 34mph when he has time to get after it. Very thoughtful, technical skier.

[The_MS]

I think he misses the shooting range next to the lake. How long do you think scoke would last at Oke if he was shooting his ARs on a range set up next to the main lake.

[Roger]

Scoke and I watched each other's 2nd set tonight so he's still kicking out there. I don't know what happens when the rope gets really short, but he ran like 4 35s in a row that looked very very good to me...

[Horton]

How do we know it was the real Scoke?

[ctsmith]

 

 

 

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[Roger]

me thinks if I post a picture (or picher) of scoke, I'm likely to get banned ;)

[Razorskier1]

I think this is a black ops sort of thing. @Scoke is in deep cover trying to uncover the secrets of spanking 38 and 39 off consistently. I doubt he's actually seen until he knows the truth.

[scoke]

 

Thanks for all the kind words, you guys are purty funny that's for sure.

 

So I've had a few changes in my life with moving 1200miles, buying a new house, full blown career change and the biggest-dropping from 36 to 34.2.

 

It's unreal what a difference 34 is compared to 36. For the last 10 years it's been an education at 36; at the end I was close to getting a handle on things but flat ran out of time, such is life.

 

Now at 34, it's a complete start over. So far I'm 3 months into it re-learning how to ski. After between 1500-2000 sets and over 50,000 buoys, i am just at baby steps at 34.2. That's the thing that keeps me going is being 3 months in vs. being at the end of a 10 year experience. So no, I don't really cut the rope, just learning how to swing the club and don't really get caught up in buoy count. Maybe one day I'll run some buoys, we'll see.

 

Besides relearning how to ski, my life has been revamped.

 

Everyday I strive to be a better person, better working professional and a better skier. Every set I come out of the water a better skier no matter what. It's been fun but i've been blessed to have a few people around me supporting me, having patience with me and faith in me.

 

All I can do is learn, grow as a person and help others. If I don't do those things, it feels like failure or being guilty taking for granted what blessings we have in life.

 

[LeonL]

Shelby, whatever happened to "revamp" your life, it has apparently been a positive experience. I applaud you for the comments you made that reinforce the fact that you look at life with the half (or more) full glass concept.

[Horton]

I was expecting a story more like Cast Away.

Scoke is Tom Hanks.

Ann is the blond chick with the huge boobs.

Wilson is played by a buoy named "Overtons"

 

[6balls]

Good to see you post, @Scoke. I found same thing going from 36 to 34. I and those around me expected that I would instantly kick butt in M3 due to the "easier" speed. Not so. I will be 5 years into M3 next year and only last season did I start to intellectually scratch the surface (mostly due to Razor1 and this forum) rather than relying on physicality.

There's a lot of respect for your skiing among ballers, and I think many expected an easy jump to serious short line for you immediately upon going 34. You were a better 36 mph skier than I ever was, and I'm sure through the approach you described there will be big things for you eventually at 34.

Hope to run into you again...perhaps fall skiwatch?

[The_MS]

@Scoke Just dont get all mushy next time I see ya. No more bets now that you slowed down unless we both go back to Man Speed.