Administrators Horton Posted October 24, 2014 Administrators Share Posted October 24, 2014 With all the camera gear I own my cell phone does the best job of chronicling my life. Here is 2014For me the ski year starts and ends with the Imperial Record. I do not know what is going in this pic but I look old.Almost every year on the way to Imperial, Gallagher and I stop at the Salton Sea. It is North America's Greatest Man Made Ecological Disaster. We are fascinated by the Sea and the devastation around it. Here is a picture of the Horton's house at Bombay Beach. I really hope we are not related. Erika broke the record at Imperial. Yadda Yadda YaddaA week or so after Imperial, Gallagher snapped her fibula playing tennis. Little did we know she was a week or two pregnant at the time. The other thing that happened in November 2013 is we took ownership of our own lake house. Below is the street side.The lake was dry and due to be dug out when we took the keys. The inside of the house looked fine to me. Gallagher did not agree. With the help of Z Taylor Horton the inside soon looked like this.Here is Gallagher and I at the Greenstone wedding in DecemberI do not remember this exact pepper but I am sure it hurt.In the beginning it was more moving dirt around than actually digging More piles of dirtWhen I could get a way I went next door to SkiWest to get a ride from Chuck and the boys. This was December.The painting took forever!Starting to look like a lake againNice and flat on the bottomMay 1 2014 the lake was dug and the well was putting water in the lake OMG how long is this going to take? Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Become a Supporting Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted October 24, 2014 Author Administrators Share Posted October 24, 2014 The Kitchen is almost done in this picAlmost full! Even my office at the lake house came togetherWow the day this thing showed up was exciting! We were ready to ski on my lake behind my new Carbon Pro!We were very sad to lose our cat Cleo. She lived way more than 9 lives.Never thought I would see the dayNever thought I would see the day x 10000This is not even funnyJune 20 2014 at 11:57 PM this happenedSee the forum http://www.ballofspray.com/forum#/discussion/10923/if-your-wife-thinks-she-might-be-in-early-labor-do-you-still-go-to-the-lake-and-ski-a-tournament/p14th of July 2014Buford's first ride in the trick boatCalifornia ProAM With all this going on plus running BallOfSpray and holding down a real job I skied a little. I did not ski any tournaments between the 2013 Imperial Record and August 2014. Then I had the best 3 months of tournaments of my adult life. I ran into 39 off at 6 out of 7 tournaments. For me that is a big deal. Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Become a Supporting Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Nando Posted October 24, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 24, 2014 Pretty awesome year, I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rockdog Posted October 24, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 24, 2014 OMG it's been a big year, winter recovery time awaits I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerR Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Pretty amazing year man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jcamp Posted October 24, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 24, 2014 Great year @Horton. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gmut Posted October 24, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 24, 2014 @horton. Great pics!!! Made me smile.Really nice when a plan comes together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Skoot1123 Posted October 24, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 24, 2014 Thanks for sharing @horton - wow your little girl is a cutie! Fun times!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ RichardDoane Posted October 24, 2014 Baller_ Share Posted October 24, 2014 @horton - is thee a BOS sticker on that fine Trick Boat yet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller andjules Posted October 24, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 24, 2014 One of the finer posts on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted October 24, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 24, 2014 This is cool! Looks like a great year to me! Oh, and @Horton, we are old, we don't just look old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jimbrake Posted October 24, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 24, 2014 @Horton - great summary. Great pics. What a big year for you and your family. Sincerest congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted October 24, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 24, 2014 What a great year John congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ DW Posted October 24, 2014 Baller_ Share Posted October 24, 2014 Congrats on a great year, even if the 88 is out of the chase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted October 24, 2014 Author Administrators Share Posted October 24, 2014 @dw the 88 and Alonso :-( Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Become a Supporting Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ MISkier Posted October 24, 2014 Baller_ Share Posted October 24, 2014 @Horton, I learned something here that I didn't expect. No, not about keeping my back leg straight. I knew nothing about the Salton Sea and did some research from your post. Very interesting. Thanks. It does look like a great year for you. The worst slalom equipment I own is between my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ DW Posted October 24, 2014 Baller_ Share Posted October 24, 2014 Fernando is in no mans land right now, who knows where he will land or if he takes next year off to end up at Mercedes! If he ends up at McLaren he will reunite with the team he ended up getting fined $100M in 2007 as the whistle blower in that scandal, pretty amazing. Sad to watch Ferrari struggle so much these last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted October 24, 2014 Author Administrators Share Posted October 24, 2014 @dw and then there is Kimi Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Become a Supporting Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted October 24, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 24, 2014 @horton. Best thread ever!!! Congrats on an outstanding year!! "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted October 24, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 24, 2014 oh, and I'm betting that pepper hurt more coming out than going in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted October 25, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 25, 2014 Cool pics Horton and thanks for sharing. I remember well when I was a medical resident having just had our first child (we sure took lotsa Hi-8 video), buying our first home with a single car garage, and modifying said garage not so it could fit a vehicle but rather our recently bought Centurion. We didn't live on a lake at the time, but were able to secure a cheap private lake membership. Fantastic time of life as your pictures demonstrate. Skiing is cool, keep family #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted October 25, 2014 Baller_ Share Posted October 25, 2014 I was thinking that @Horton had a cool idea (awesome summer) so I went back and looked at my pics. The only thing I have are pics of all the good IPAs that I always send to @skidawg and @gjohnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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