Baller eleeski Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 What is this "slalom" you speak of? Tricks rule! Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller fu_man Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 Trick is fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rockdog Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 Is this a trick question? I would put an hour and a half annually on the boat if I relied on Slalom. Kids are freshly up on skis, they biscuit, kneeboard and I barefoot and wife has occasional wakeboard. Slalom is top priority always though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller oldjeep Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 Wife and the kids all wakeboard. One of the kids slaloms sometimes. Other than that it is a cruise boat and we keep a couple inflatable SUPs in the rear compartment for when we are anchored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted March 4, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted March 4, 2015 Our family has three slalom skiers, two and a half jumpers, one and a half trickers, and a wake boarder. I am the half jumper, my son is the half tricker and wakeboarder, and my daughter is a legit three eventer. Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Intheday Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 Skiing, trick skiing, disc (round plywood disc), barefoot, wake boarding, wake skating, kneeboarding, annual tube outing, and I think that's all folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted March 4, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted March 4, 2015 very little tricking, tubing (teenagers), and recently wake surfing with a really big surf board on some really small wakes. 90% slalom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted March 4, 2015 Author Administrators Share Posted March 4, 2015 @Wish There is a poll at the top of the page. .... 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...
Baller_ Wish Posted March 4, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted March 4, 2015 @Horton I hit the right one and forgot to hit "vote" oooops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller schafer Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 I slalom til my hands are raw. And then go back to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DmaxJC_ski Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 Slalom until beer o'clock then round the day out with some surfin usually. Kids are kneeboarders and every once in a while I lose my grip on reality and go out to show them how it's done, shortly there after I get a firm reminder of why I don't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allycat Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 we slalom (me and son and daughter)and knee board(other two boys mainly ) wakeskate(me love it ) and give the tube a smashing all of us .all open water there s no slalom causes round here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Dano Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 Most everybody but me wakeboard. I conceded the tower install to accommodate a little more room while pulling boarders. However it's my ship and the wake shall remain small and ideal for slalom. tubes are prohibited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 Too dang old to do that other stuff anymore. Would be a waste of good gas and another trip to the hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 We slalom, trick, wakeboard, wakeskate and I admit to pulling the tube around at times mostly when the lake is busy and we have guests. I mostly slalom and trick my kids do the other stuff. Plus my son rides his jumpers including running the course on them. We don't have a jump on the lake though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarditup Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 The kids have left the slalom skis on the rack. They are all wakesurfers now. So, I also wakesurf with them. Towed watersports for me was a means to enjoy my family. Slalom is and always will be my favorite sport, but the time and resources go with the family. I do slalom whenever I get the chance - but not nearly as much time as with the kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 Any water time with the family is time well spent... "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller oldjeep Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 @thager - surfing is the next best thing to sitting on the couch - awful hard to hurt yourself ;) My boat is set up for surf but I've avoided buying a board so far, my wife saw a video at the boat show and wanted to try it so I'm guessing that I'll have to pick one up this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller swc5150 Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 We pull the kids on tubes, kneeboards, zip sleds, pretty much anything they consider fun. Boating to us, is as much about family time as it is slalom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RAWSki Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 Same here, some of the best times on the boat is when we put the boom on and teach a new person how to ski for their first time.... or the first time in 20 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Fatroll Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 Everything but jump, surf and tube. A good round of "Can you ride it" makes for some fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller estrom Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 We're public water folks with no course in the vicinity, so I'm the only dedicated slalom skier in the family. We're usually out with our kids and their friends, so it's a lot of tubing and kneeboarding and possibly teaching them how to ski if they've never done it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller chris_logan Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 If its just me, it's strictly 3-event. If I am with some wally friends on public water, anything goes... including, but not limited to: skis, kneeboards (the wife likes), wakeboards, tubes, plastic tables, plastic sled like things, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kstateskier Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Slalom & Trick & Surf and drink beers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bookm_dano Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 Slalom first (and 2nd and 3rd).... but got wake boards and a wake skate and play around on them....then usually anchor out and drink beer when the lake gets crazy. No tubes or surf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 @oldjeep Not much of a wake on an 02 196. My comment was more along the lines of 3 event. Tried wake surf, wake board, etc. , that stuff either beats me up or just bores me to tears. I must be getting really old. I just yelled at a little kid to get off my snowdrift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihard Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 Not much of a wake behind my 196LE but my kid and her friends like to play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller oldjeep Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 Wasn't much of a wake behind our old 4cyl Bayliner either, but if you know what you are doing it works fine. One of my kids http://www.oldjeep.com/images/Skiing/P8080031.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swardco Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I would not allow my kids to touch a wakeboard until they were, by my definition, proficient on a slalom ski. True confessions, I have towed an inflatable, donut shaped, object behind my boat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted March 4, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2015 @swardco I stopped that nonsense by requiring everyone who wanted to tube to ski or board first. Weird, they had fun and then were too tired to donut thingy. Nothing more mind numbing than slow droning around the lake forever in circles, except maybe going up and down a farm field on a tractor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ DW Posted March 4, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted March 4, 2015 Slalom & barefoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted March 4, 2015 Author Administrators Share Posted March 4, 2015 @dw sorry I wrote the poll badly. You choice should be the third option 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...
Baller gt2003 Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 Usual activities, slalom for me and skiing on two for the girlfriend. She will slalom this year. We did wakeboard one day since the boat came with one and we just thought we'd try it. We tubed early in the year but once she was skiing the tube stayed home or was used for lounging in the sun. It will likely only come out this coming year if there are guests on the boat. Any boat time is good time though! Thinking of getting a ski skat like the good ole days but dang, I might be too old for that thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller eleeski Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 @thager Excellent! If they are too little or too green to ski or board, kneeboards are a great option. Get 2 or 3 kids on kneeboards and a spray war is inevitable. If the kids are pretty skilled you can do a show ski pickup when one falls. They love that! Plus they learn great basic skills. @swardco Wakeboards rock for kids. There is a lot of crossover to slalom. In college they will need to 3event. Tricks are best learned young. And many Open slalom champions won their first Regional medal in tricks (on a wakeboard even - no fins). I'm quite surprised by the preliminary poll results. The companies may be missing out by the focus on slalom only. Bring back the MC Prostar 190! (With my wake mods of course). Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BrennanKMN Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 I got a used trick ski last summer and it's awesome. We use to pretty much only ski and use the tube 1 or 2 times a year. Now if we are not skiing we are tricking (read: trying to trick) - tubes never even hit water this year! Falling over endlessly is WAY more fun than tubing and I am lucky enough to have friends that agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller pgmoore Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 We occasionally tow a friend who wants to wakeboard. And I think someone tubed behind the boat a couple of years ago. But never surfing. So, yeah... mostly slalom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bill22 Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 Other: my friends and I, Slalom Slalom and Slalom. But I am always taking kids from the neighborhood and they want to: tube, tube, tube, ride combos, slalom, kneeboard and tube some more. And we never tube around where someone is skiing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantjoe Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I've got a young family. My 6yo tubes, but the wife and I get up every morning for a few sets of slalom each, then take the boat out later in the day for surfing or general tomfoolery. We've got wakeboards and a wake skate, but primarily slalom and surf. Although, I've been known to ride an air mattress on occasion.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BRY Posted March 8, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 8, 2015 I have a tube but it's only been wet when I use it to adjust my boat lift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GAJ0004 Posted March 8, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 8, 2015 Slalom, wakeboard, kneeboard, trick skiing, and barefooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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