Baller JohnCox Posted December 1, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 1, 2012 @Horton - I can find a way to over ski and mess myself up. But....38 will go down in 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller XR6Hurricane Posted December 2, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2012 I'll preface this one by saying that I was driving and had NOT had anything to drink nor do I condone that for the driver. This is my good friend (like a sister) holding the handle with her elbow so she can crack open a can of Busch that she had stuffed in her life vest before we took off. And the other picture shows all six behind the 150 Merc that same day...one of my favorite pictures ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ RichardDoane Posted December 2, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted December 2, 2012 @razorskier1 - look at your driver's head position as you round ball #5, he must be pretty good to look that far off center and keep the boat in the middle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted December 2, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2012 He is probably wondering how you are running it when his prop wash was 2 feet from the left hand boat guide..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted December 2, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2012 @OB, @richarddoane, @AB -- Pretty sure he was wondering how I was running it at all! That lake is really rolly and the tournament was small, so when I ran 35 Barry sat at the end smoking a heater and talking. Told him I was ready and he told me to just wait a bit longer, let the lake settle. He retired from the MC promo program after 2008 and now spends his time fishing and hunting. Honestly, I ran my first -38! I don't care where he was looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller mylemsky Posted December 2, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2012 happy... ...equally sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted December 2, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2012 Barry was a classic and a great skier himself. He would coach a guy up on the ends and between rounds on shore and it was always helpful (though in my case sometimes a little terse). I had my 36 mph PB behind him and later my 34 mph PB...which coincidentally was my first tournament at 34 mph taking a piece of 5 ball at 38 off. Only took me 5 more years to best it and run a tourney 38 in 2012! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GregHind Posted December 2, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2012 This Saturday morning. The first day of summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east tx skier Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ForrestGump Posted December 3, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 3, 2012 This photo made me smile on December 2nd as I was pulling into Lakes At Cypress Hill for a set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcityskier Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 First is a buddy picking up the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcityskier Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 nullSecond is little brother at a CorrectCraft dealers' meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP_Skier4 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 6 Bank Start and we all got up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck_Dickey Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 My daughters first Nationals 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller SkiJay Posted December 4, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 4, 2012 Awesome photo of your buddy picking up the sport @madcityskier! Your photo makes ME happy too! It is way cool to be introducing your buddy to this fabulous sport, and your buddy's form is a perfect reminder that no matter how much we feel like we're struggling with technique, most of us need to appreciate more just how far we have progressed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcityskier Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 The one that won't post is the better. Andy Mapple with my brother. Makes me smile because he is neither a slalom guy, nor a correctcraft guy. He does however know what a big deal that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Marco Posted December 4, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 4, 2012 I posted this photo a few years ago in a differrent thread, but it fits here as well. It makes me happy because it was taken the day in 2010 that I completed my house (built 90% by me alone), on a lake built 100% by me and 3 other friends (including families). After 8 years of almost constant work (in our spare time), I could finally put my feet up and relax, and only worry about all the ongoing maintenance requirements... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Texas6 Posted December 4, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 4, 2012 @Marco...Great story congrats, that place looks beautiful. Did you spend the entire 9 months outside in flip flops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted December 4, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 4, 2012 @Marco… Fantastic picture!!! "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ RichardDoane Posted December 5, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted December 5, 2012 @marco - I hope you've been planting a lot of wind-blocking trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allycat Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 looks like a great spot well done mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Marco Posted December 5, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 5, 2012 @Texas6 Thanks- Actually I just got back from the tanning booth wearing my flip flops. A good flip flop tan to me is like a goggle tan to snow skiers:) @richarddoane - Actually the summer months are typically really calm, and we rarely get blown out. The typical prevailing winds usually max out at about 5-10 mph cross course, and with the lake sitting low, the water stays flat. Spring is another story, and if the wind blows down the lake, we're done for the day. With only 5 owners on the lake though, we watch so much flat water go unused its almost a crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller kmenard Posted December 5, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 5, 2012 Powell is a MUST...like Bucket List...MUST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil2360 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Circa 1980, Just had to love the old 12" PolyForm A-Series buoys they used to use in a lot of places. From memory I think about 4 bricks used to weigh them down so 1/3 was above the waterline. They were like a log to hit & most only ever did it once. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ktm300 Posted December 5, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 5, 2012 Love this guy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller usaski1 Posted December 6, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 6, 2012 that guy needs to get on a ski. I could show him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GregHind Posted December 6, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 6, 2012 @tp_skier4 very nice. What boat and engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carter Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 This is my son celebrating after having the honour of carrying the olympic torch. This was in recognition of his autism and waterskiing. Proudest day of our life at Townhill Loch, Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Marco Posted December 6, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 6, 2012 Awesome @Carter. And welcome to Ball of Spray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ RichardDoane Posted December 6, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted December 6, 2012 @carter - well done, and show us some pics of somebody flyin' off that ramp ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP_Skier4 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 @GregHind, it was a Spy RX22 with a 340hp Black scorpion motor, it had more than enough power to pull us all up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted December 6, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 6, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted December 6, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 6, 2012 Picture above is six of us who all stepped out of skis to barefoot behind my old 1988 Ski Centurion Warrior Barefoot Comp. Below is the boat in 2006. Meticulously maintained and the beneficiary of a new Yamaha VMax 225 big block V6 in the early 2000s. Believe it or not, I learned the slalom course behind that bad boy with my wife driving. Tracking fins, a reverse angle transom and a under the front gas tank made it a tracking monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller LakeOneSkier Posted December 7, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 7, 2012 Rollers down the lake... damm duck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted December 7, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted December 7, 2012 @OB you may want to avoid my lake.....guilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ntx Posted December 7, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 7, 2012 @OB our lake also. Like to kick it old school. Most sites have bigger problems than color of mid course boat guides. How about putting them at the right height. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted December 7, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted December 7, 2012 @ntx now that drives me nuts. I've got all my boat guides dead on and my water filled turn buoys perfect for height and size.. Oh and they all have a nice shiny paint job....even the green ones. I should take a picture and post. Makes me smile when I look out my back windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcarson Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 This might make Wish smile, but not me at the time. He got first place at Florida States 2009, I got second. I think we were in M3. I think it was the first time I noticed Brian was better than me, and he just kept getting better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted December 7, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted December 7, 2012 @gpcarson hahaha that does make me smile. Mostly because i forgot to take the stupid a$$ back brace off. Thanks for the memories. That was a good year. My wife took a PhotoShop course that year and basically erased the belt. Kinda scary what she can do with photos now....... Sometimes her photos do not make me smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted December 7, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted December 7, 2012 I think she gave me washboard abs...kinda. Ok, that makes me smile. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ RichardDoane Posted December 7, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted December 7, 2012 @ob - our course has green markers on 3 ball guide, old habits just die hard for some of us with OCD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ntx Posted December 7, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 7, 2012 @OB. Do they make them in green also for my pre-gates. I don't want two types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller klindy Posted December 7, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 7, 2012 @ntx http://shop.wallyskier.com/Buoy-WallySkier-Boat-Guide-Green-USA-WSbgGreen.htm;jsessionid=3DF01F3B36E436014E35F38022C4430B.qscstrfrnt01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PT Mike Posted December 7, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 7, 2012 2008 Fantasy Camp. My buddies are always reminding me that my life is one big fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ntx Posted December 7, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 7, 2012 @OB Looks like you might be losing this battle. Admit it, we are everywhere. Plus, they are nice and tight. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PT Mike Posted December 7, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 7, 2012 Last Tuesday, Lake Diane, FL Just busting your horns OB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted December 7, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 7, 2012 @PTMike Great Shot!! "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted December 7, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 7, 2012 For some reason this one always make me smile! Can't remember why. Just does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ RichardDoane Posted December 8, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted December 8, 2012 years ago, my kids got to be in one of HO brochures - (big thanks to Eddie), and a year or so later one of the pictures got recycled onto the binding box, pretty cool and always makes me smile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolly110 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 @greghind where is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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