Baller ThePantsManCan Posted April 14, 2012 Baller Share Posted April 14, 2012 Where are the slalom courses in Pennsylvania? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jerseydave Posted April 16, 2012 Baller Share Posted April 16, 2012 What area are you in? I assume you're looking for a course to ski on? If so are you looking to join a club, and do you have a boat? I know of at least one club with a course near Philly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ThePantsManCan Posted April 16, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted April 16, 2012 Yeah I am looking for a course. My main lake is Blue Marsh Lake just north and West of Reading PA. I know of the Black Rock Boat Club in Phoenixville that has a course on public water (Schuylkill River) and I have tried to become a member. But I got blown off. Not a big deal though as that club is more than an hour and a half East of my place. I guess what I am REALLY looking for is if anyone has some sort of super sneaky hidden lake with a course in the central PA area. Maybe a private one? I sure doubt it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller igkya Posted April 16, 2012 Baller Share Posted April 16, 2012 There's a small private lake just outside of Reading. I skied there several times one summer and the folks were very nice. This was several years ago and I no longer have any contact info. They used to be listed as an AWSA club, but I don't recall seeing them listed in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jerseydave Posted April 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted April 20, 2012 Lake Aldred ski club on the Susquehanna river use to have a course....public lake though. Still it would be good for early morning runs....it was on the west side of the large island so somewhat protected. This would be just east of Red Lion PA. What town are you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KM Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 There is a club in Williamsport, PA called West Branch Water Ski Club. They host a tournament every summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Sent you a private message about your search please give me a call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ThePantsManCan Posted April 28, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted April 28, 2012 @Sherwood. Wow, I thought I was living in the Slalom desert of America. It's been amazing to learn that I am within an 1hr and a half from 5 or more slalom courses. Ballfspray is irreplaceable for our sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSki Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 @ Sherwood or @ThePantsManCan do you know of private slalom courses in Southern PA, I currently reside in York and when the weather and water co-operate I ski over on Lake Adred. Just looking for multiple locations maybe Gettysburg? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ThePantsManCan Posted March 6, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted March 6, 2014 Beyond Lake Aldred I do not know. I read somewhere that there is a private community with a slalom course in Gettysburg. I just did a quick google search and it came up. Lake Heritage. I have no contacts there and have never been/seen it. I just found a youtube video of a Malibu Response haulin a kid on the lake. He has a ski on and the water looks iffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dchristman Posted March 6, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 6, 2014 @ThePantsManCan I guess it's not super sneaky, as we do have a permit for our course. I ski with a group of former Reading Water Skiers at a private lake north of Reading. We'd be happy to have you ski with us as soon as the ice melts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ThePantsManCan Posted March 6, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted March 6, 2014 @Dchristman, its you Donny, isn't it? This is Ryan Mitchell. We were on the dock together last June for John Bickel's Fun Tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dchristman Posted March 6, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 6, 2014 Yes! Didn't you know where we ski? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ThePantsManCan Posted March 6, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted March 6, 2014 Haha! No, I started this thread two years ago. I've driven into the lake you ski at. But I was always traveling for work at the time. I live right down the road from my lake, partially due to this thread!! A lot has changed in the last two years I'll tell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dchristman Posted March 6, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 6, 2014 I guess I should pay attention - I didn't notice it was a resurrected thread. You can still come and ski with us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ThePantsManCan Posted March 7, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted March 7, 2014 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted March 7, 2014 Baller_ Share Posted March 7, 2014 I think I heard about that site in Gettysburg. It was a nice quiet place with a lot of northern skiers. Then whole bunch of southerners invaded the place. This old fellow named Bobby came in, brought this nice while boat. On the stern it read "TRAVELER RICHMOND VA." Started trying to take over the big tall turn island and throw the northerners out. The island had a funny name... roundtop something or something roundtop. Anyway,there was a big fight. Some college professor, Chamberlain I think his name was, and a bunch of his buddies from Maine got on top of the island, charged down the hill and pushed all the southerns off. Things kind of changed after that. Then one of the southern dudes ran up a big bill on the club Visa card. When the bill came everyone was pointing fingers, but they figured out it was this southern fellow's charge. Pickett, was his name. So it was Pickett's charge. The northerners decided not to pay it and Pickett's credit got wiped out. After that the southerns decided it was time to skeedaddle, and that was the end of it. But that's all in the past, maybe like eight score and one year ago. At least that is how I heard the story... Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MAD11 Posted March 7, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 7, 2014 @igkya That was the Fox Run Ski club in Bernville. It is still there and the owners ski, but I don't know if they keep the club going anymore. We skied there for 6 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Edbrazil Posted March 7, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 7, 2014 A bit off-topic, but back when, in Reading PA, they regularly had tournaments there, such as the 1965 Easterns. Best as I know, they lost their site, and chose to make a major donation to the AWSEF with some $$ they had. Several years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller igkya Posted March 7, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 7, 2014 @MAD11 Doesn't Fox Run ski on the river? The place I was thinking of was Wernersville (if I remember correctly). It was a small private pond and you had to know where the dirt road/path was as the pond is tucked in behind farm land. Anyway... can't seem to find it on Google Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dchristman Posted March 7, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 7, 2014 @Edbrazil a little more than several years ago. It doesn't seem that long ago, but it's been 15 years since the dam broke during hurricane Floyd. The fun tournament that @ThePantsManCan mentioned was the 2nd annual Reading Water Skiers Memorial tournament. That was held on a Schuykill River impoundment called Staircase Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MAD11 Posted March 7, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 7, 2014 @igkya definitely Bernville About 2 miles past Christmas Village. One of the best sites around. Believe it was Fox Run Rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dchristman Posted March 7, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 7, 2014 @igkya who did you ski with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller igkya Posted March 7, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 7, 2014 @dchristman, I don't recall. It was a very small lake/pond. A few guys were decent skiers, but 1 guy showed up later and skied into 38 off like it was easy. There was a boat house that he had to store his boat. Others dry docked them onsite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dchristman Posted March 7, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 7, 2014 OK, it wasn't us then... that would have been Fox Run. Basing my assumption on the boat house as we don't have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSki Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Appreciate the input. Waiting on warmer weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jerseydave Posted January 15, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 15, 2016 Dragging out this old thread once again. Hey Donny and Ryan, I am VP of Port Indian Ski Club on the Schuylkill River near Norristown. We always welcome new members, especially those who want to contribute and help with making our club better. This year we are serious about putting in a slalom course like we've had years ago. Age and flooding have taken their toll on the course so we will most likely be getting a new course. If you're interested please contact me. My email is pennprov@comcast.net Our club website is www.portindianskiclub.org No club boat, however many of us have great slalom machines ('93 Prostar, 95 Prostar, 05 197) We have picnics, river day ski show in July, and we just hosted Ski Freeze January 1st raising over $8500 for our charity. We don't host tournaments, but we do know how to have fun! -Dave Wert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dchristman Posted January 16, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 16, 2016 @jerseydave we may be able to help you out with a course. We bought a few floating courses with the remaining Reading Water Skiers money when we folded and have provided them to some of the other sites in PA. I don't know if there are current cables on what we have left, but I'll check. It would be great to have another course in the area. Skiing on private lakes is terrific, but I miss the social atmosphere of skiing on the river. I have many fond memories of time spent on the Schuykill River in Reading and at Port Indian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jerseydave Posted January 16, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 16, 2016 @dchristman, if you have floating course parts we'd probably be interested. Send me an email after you look into what you have. Keep in touch in the spring if you want to come out and ski with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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