Baller_ Wish Posted March 5, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted March 5, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted March 5, 2015 Administrators Share Posted March 5, 2015 Is that @ms & @thager ? 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 pgmoore Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 Tweet from our local meteorologist this morning: "Daytime highs should be in the +2C to +7C range today/Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon/Tue. " Isn't that nice? The ice is going to be softening up before you know it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller oldjeep Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 -6F when I got up this morning, going to need a bigger hair dryer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted March 5, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted March 5, 2015 It feels like January. Hope to see a big melt down soon but we probably added ice the past 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihacker Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 The other day I had to climb a snowbank and shovel the top off in order to snowblow my driveway.........again. I also expect ice in the pond into mid april for the second year in a row. Grrr.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller schafer Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 @Wish I didn't realize you were photographing me well I melted the ice. I'm sure I'm not the only one. But I've had some pretty wacky thoughts about speeding up the melt. Anywhere from chainsaws. To backhoes. To ice augers. To diesel heaters. But as @pgmoore said. Alberta is gonna get some warm weather. C'mon spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 I need to get through 4 feet of snow before I get to the ice. Our water is going to be cold and high when all the snow and ice finally melt. I am still waiting for global warming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller oldjeep Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 @Chef23 - it is now marketed as Climate Change, Global Warming wasn't selling very well in a lot of places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 Cruel just Cruel.... "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted March 5, 2015 Author Baller_ Share Posted March 5, 2015 @Chef spent many a spring in MN chipping away the ice at the boat ramp. Not sure exactly when it clicked that there are States that do not have that $hit. In disbelief I have scraped ice off my windshield of my car, built a 3" snowman out of tiny hail, and puled my daughter in a sled on my frosted over dock, but I can safely say that I have never chipped or melted ice of the lake here in FL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller slvrbulit Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e143/dan1967/20150305_072242_zpsvwlhr6on.jpg My drive into work this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Skoot1123 Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 7.9 degrees F here in central illinois today. On the bright side it might hit 58F next week. That sounds like summer to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller swc5150 Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 50 degrees here in northern WI next week:) -14 this morning however:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dchristman Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 @oldjeep I bought it ... yeah, it's not working here. ...oops, wrong thread :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Deanoski Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 I wish we had some of that in the NW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 About the only way up here right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller adkh2oskier Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 Here in the Adirondacks, since 12/29/14 we have had 4 days that broke the freezing mark, all in January, none in Feb and none so far in March. Kicker is that we have had 46 days with below zero temps, looks like tonight will make it 47(out of 65). Watching trucks driving out on the lake to go to the ice fishing shacks. Looks like May will be the earliest skiing this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rq0013 Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 We had -5 this morning here in southern wi. Over 18 inches of ice. However, I move to San Antonio Sunday so my ski season will start sooner than I'm use to. Can't wait!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller brody Posted March 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2015 Currently -18c here right now....not too upset tho with my tennis elbow I can't ski yet anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted March 5, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted March 5, 2015 85 in Otown today. Just sayin... Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted March 5, 2015 Author Baller_ Share Posted March 5, 2015 @Ipskier.... it was and I ended up working until just now. To late for a set. And my main driver is tired from her long day as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller slvrbulit Posted March 6, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 6, 2015 I'll be down in Orlando next week. Looking forward to the warm weather for a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted March 6, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 6, 2015 @Wish You should get an extra hour next week with DST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted March 6, 2015 Author Baller_ Share Posted March 6, 2015 @thager Sooooooooo looking forward to that. The question is...why did I just agree to paint the house? So much for the extra light. But the lake aint frozen so ski time will be had. I need the football field across the lake to point their lights my way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OTF Posted March 7, 2015 Members Share Posted March 7, 2015 @wish buy a bunch of aluminum foil and climb those poles, your smart enough to figure out the rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted March 8, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 8, 2015 Recent drive to Florida found snow all the way to Mongomery, Alabama. Most states had way more snow than Minnesota. Too funny!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller adkh2oskier Posted March 9, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 9, 2015 WOO HOO! Broke the freezing mark for the first time in 40 days, get out the shorts & T-Shirts. No below zero forecast for the next 10 days, summer is just around the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted March 9, 2015 Administrators Share Posted March 9, 2015 @slvrbulit I had to dislike your post. Sooo cold. It upset me. What is all that white crap? Why do you live there? WHY?!? 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 bassfooter Posted March 10, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 10, 2015 @horton - It's actually very beautiful back there during winter. So beautiful, I moved to Southern California 32 years ago and never really looked back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller oldjeep Posted March 10, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 10, 2015 Still truck height snowbanks in the UP yesterday when I left. Not much left here after 50+ temps. Looks like my ski season ended Sunday at the super g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bassfooter Posted March 10, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 10, 2015 I'm an honorary Yooper, @oldjeep. Five years at da Tech. Oh, yaaaah, you betcha dare. Yer darn tootin'! I know enough about winter that I like to be able to drive to a lower elevation and get out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Edbrazil Posted March 10, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 10, 2015 Loved the snow and everything about it when I was a kid. As the years go on and on, about all that I love now is snow skiing. Unfortunately, if you live Up North, you have to deal with the other parts, especially the snow shoveling. Actually, I do like the challenge of driving in the snow. But not enough to deter me from turning into a "snowbird" in the Wintah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Edbrazil Posted March 10, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 10, 2015 Wonder about the above March 5 post by AB. Reminds me of setting courses through ice, and making the holes using dynamite. Which might get me a sentence in federal prison these days. In case you're interested: drill a pilot hole, set a 1/4 stick of dynamite at the interface between the ice and water, and you get a more or less clean hole. Too low, and you crack a bunch of ice. Too high, and you blow a lot of ice into the air. Fun times then. For the SL gates, you'd do a simultaneous blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller adkh2oskier Posted March 10, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 10, 2015 @skibrain. Are those Fischer Superlights? got a pair last year, excellent track ski. Got about 20 days in so far this yr, many other downhill days and back country outings. Love waterskiing but if I had to choose water or snow it would be snow, hands down. I know, blasphemy on this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted March 10, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted March 10, 2015 @adkh2oskier Depends on where you live. I think that would be a good poll question. In Minnesota, I will take water as long as I can drive to good ice fishing. If I lived in the Rockies, I may choose snow. Tough choice if you had to choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted March 10, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 10, 2015 Over 3' of ice fishing left 4 hours north @MS this is crap!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted March 10, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted March 10, 2015 It would be a perfect weekend for Lake Of the Woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopowpow Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Lake of the Woods? Visit Borderview Lodge in Baudette, my niece & her husband run the lodge. They'll set you up for ice fishing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted March 11, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 11, 2015 Perfect week or weekend for ice fishing anywhere so long as you have rubber boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller adkh2oskier Posted March 11, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 11, 2015 @skibrain, We still have tons of snow on our trails, all natural. Have a 10k loop w many other interior loops if you want more. Great workout and now w the time change even time for loops after dinner. And now that we are above zero it is more enjoyable. We just have double track set for traditional, all volunteer crew that do a phenomenal job. Skate skiing is even more of a workout, wish I could maintain my aerobic status into waterski season, but the snow melts a lot faster than the 30" of ice on the lakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted March 11, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 11, 2015 It is 60* here today with the sun out I can see the snow melting. It is slushy on the lake but I am sure it is going to be a long time until we get to open water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DmaxJC_ski Posted March 11, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 11, 2015 Open water found in alberta!!.. Or should I say oilberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller oldjeep Posted March 11, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 11, 2015 High of 70 expected tomorrow, and then a slide back to more normal temps. Time to wax the skis and clean up the shot skis for their long summer nap. http://oldjeep.com/images/shotski/WP_20150311_001.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller oldjeep Posted March 11, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 11, 2015 @skibrain - objecting to 70 or the idea of an extended slush season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller oldjeep Posted March 12, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 12, 2015 LOL - the blue skis are a set of my old 90's slalom skis that have been converted to foldable shot skis. One of them is folded up. The red ones are my race skis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ MISkier Posted March 12, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted March 12, 2015 @oldjeep, I'm not sure how any of those skis can get into deep shortline. They seem a bit narrow to hold a good edge through the wake. The worst slalom equipment I own is between my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller swc5150 Posted March 18, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 18, 2015 My buddies went skiing on our river here in Eau Claire, WI last Saturday. There's still ice in some of the bays, but at least ski season is approaching. @MS, I drove passed Prior Lake on the way to play a concert in Northwood, IA on Sat. How far off 35 is your site? With the amount of shows I have your way this summer, I may have to pack a can of fuel and a cooler of cold ones, and hit you up for a pull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted March 18, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted March 18, 2015 @swc5150 We are in Pine island about 10 minutes north of Rochester on #52. 35 is about 45 minutes west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller swc5150 Posted March 18, 2015 Baller Share Posted March 18, 2015 Oh, I was thinking Prior Lake for some reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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