Who has skied in the most states?

[Than_Bogan]

Semi-inspired by @gsm_peter's recent travels, here's something completely useless but maybe fun to think about!

 

I seriously doubt I'm even remotely in the running, but I guess I might as well set the bar somewhere. My intent is only to count "tournament-style" skiing, but it doesn't need to be an actual tournament and all three events count.

 

I believe my list is:

 

OR

CA

IL

PA

NJ

NY

VA

MA

NH

VT

CT

(hm, not ME? how can that be? I go to Maine a lot)

FL

 

So, 12.

 

-Than

[LeonL]

Not nearly a big list but here it is.

OH

IN

CA

TX

AL

TN

FL

GA

NC

KY

So, 10

[MattP]

14 - GA, SC, FL, AL, TN, MI, IL, IN, NY, NJ, CT, NC, NH, OH.

Should be adding a few more by the end of the season.

[Horton]

CA

OR

WA

UT

CO

TX

OK

KS

IL

AR

AL

LA

MS

GA

SC

FL

MI

HI

[bishop8950]

19. MI, IN, IL, OH, VA, NJ, PA, NY, CT, VT, FL, SC, LA, TX, AZ, ID, WA, CO, CA. Having lived in 3 regions pushes the number up.

 

Also Canada, Italy, and Austria

[ozski]

Did Rathbun do something like 50 sites in a day or two back in the 90's? 1 pass then back in the car / plane and off to the next.

[rodltg2]

It was 49 but all in California. Sounds like if he skipped the lake Im a member at and opted for another site he would have made it to 50. No skiing after Sunset rule killed it !

[Bruce_Butterfield]

Ontario, CA

NY

NJ

Maine

Virginia

N Carolina

Florida

Texas

Louisiana

Mississippi

Indiana

California

S Carolina

Georgia

Arkansas

Missouri

Ohio

Washington

 

At least that's what I can remember.

[GOODESkier]

New Hampshire

New York

Vermont

Washington

Oregon

California

 

Quebec

British Columbia

[ALPJr]

Not a huge one. Hope to add FL this year.

NJ

NY

MA

CA

CT

VT

NH

[kstateskier]

KS

MO

AR

OK

CA

TX

FL

IA

IL

 

 

[nate93]

PA

NY

NJ

CT

ME

VA

OH

IN

NC

SC

GA

FL

AZ

CA

MI

WV

I guess it's 16

 

 

[Edbrazil]

A bit off-topic, but this got me thinking of the states where I have installed/fixed/checked courses. Like another poster, I'm listing the states where I haven't:

Alaska

Hawaii

Idaho

Montana

Wyoming

North Dakota

South Dakota

Arkansas

Delaware

Leaving 41 states where I have. The era when the Pro Tour was running strong helped

me get to some unusual places.

 

Also did international work in:

Canada

Australia

Mexico

Columbia

Dominican Republic

[Horton]

@Edbrazil New Mexico?

[RichardDoane]

happiness, confusion, inebriation, befuddlement, heightened awareness, ecstasy, sadness, and I'm sure quite a few others if I put my mind to it...

[Horton]

@richarddoane you forgot "insane raging fury" or am I the only one that gets angry at slalom?

[LZywicki1]

Slowly working on it.

MI

KY

TN

TX

FL

[bigtex2011]

@richarddoane so friggin funny. I was thinkin the same thing. You must be from the South...

 

Texas

Louisiana

Arkansas

South Carolina

Florida

Bakersfield.. that was an altered state

 

[Edbrazil]

Horton is right; can't remember any New Mexico. So, make that 40 states, not 41.

[Horton]

@Edbrazil New Mexico is the one state in the union with no known Ballers

[Chef23]

I don't have too many:

 

MA

NH

CT

NY

NC

FL

WI

 

I think that is it. I skied a ton as a kid but we never went anywhere.

[Than_Bogan]

I brought my ski all the way to Japan years ago, but that was only because the only possible way I could attend Regionals was to fly directly from Japan to Washington. And I really wanted to attend Nationals that year, so I have to "achieve skiing position" at Regionals.

 

Skiing a tournament with massive jetlag after a week of no practice was ... interesting. But I started one pass back from my normal start and I did manage to run a couple of passes!

[Horton]

@Than_Bogan UPS to the regionals hotel might have been easier

[Than_Bogan]

@horton yep. Can't even recall why that wasn't what I did.

[Bill22]

@Horton is there even 1 baller in West Virginia? Nothing against WV but do they have enough flat land for a course?

[Bill22]

Oh wait... I just remembered about 4-5 years ago two guys drove down from WV for a clinic at Timber Lake. So, there must be at least 2. They said they had a course on the river.

 

[ok, end off topic side track]

[Edbrazil]

In the days of the WOW tour (Women Of Waterskiing), we had 2 tournaments in Parkersburg, WV.

On the Ohio River. Wide enough you could have run SL crossways. Massive barge trains going

by at times. Recipe for a disaster event, but both years, the event went off relatively well.

[JackQ]

I made a quick count of skiing in tournaments in 24 states, but most likely I forgot a few. I have lived and skied in three different regions and in college. I am sure it is not a record but at least honorable mention.

[rayn]

MA,NH,VT,NY,NC,SC,FL,TX,CA,FL,RI

[ALPJr]

I forgot the state where I first skied the course...

SC

NJ

NY

MA

CA

CT

VT

NH

 

[Than_Bogan]

Lots of good lists, but @OB is crushing the field with a 15 state lead! Nobody close even if we factor in that Marines may not be good at counting. (And neither am I.)

[igkya]

@Bill22 Cheat Lake is in WV and had a course on it for many years. Haven't been there since I moved west in 2010.

[Horton]

Correction => state with least Ballers is Delaware

 

The site was visited from every state in union in the last 12 months

[aupatking]

@Horton does that mean Texas too? Jk I love Texas. I couldn't resist. I would have bet a bunch of pesos on @OB before this one got started. I'm looking for him in the Atlanta airport as we speak.

[Jody_Seal]

FL.

GA.

MS.

LA.

TN.

AL.

SC.

NC.

KY.

MI.

IL.

AR.

PR.

MT.

TX.

UT.

NV.

OR

CO.

WY.

ID.

CA.

AZ.

NM.

WA.

VI.

MEX.

VIC.

NSW.

ALB.

BC.

Peru.

Chile.

 

 

 

[aupatking]

And there it is. @OB still has it, but it sure looks good in a list. @Jody_Seal has seen me in @Horton state of "insane raging fury" in Axis AL. Probably Milton FL too. Product of setting up a ski in 85 degree water and going to a spring fed lake.

[aupatking]

I want to add AZ. I'm in Phoenix a bunch this summer. Ballers, where's best?

[igkya]

@Horton Delaware is a state? j/k. Skied there several years ago with a group of 6-8 skiers. Hard to imagine they fall below NM... but you are the king!

[akale15]

IN, MI, OH, IL, FL, LA, TN

 

@OB in 6 years of course skiing I have only skied on a total of 14 or 15 different courses so 49 in one year is extremely impressive.

[jstaab3]

KS

OK

TX

IL

MN

IA

NE

LA

FL

CO

CA

UT

KY

TN

MO

MS

MI

IN

 

[Zman]

As soon as I saw this post I knew @OB would be tough to be beat. He had an impressive summer in 2013.

@OB how many SportTubes have you gone through? Come ski in Bama sometime with us! We're moving over from GA this week.

[Than_Bogan]

Wow, that's a tremendous advertisement for SportTube!

 

Also, this thread IS kinda fun. Wasn't quite sure it would be.

[aupatking]

I'm at 3. It's not much but take 20 years off and start over. Here's the prettiest place I've seen yet.

AL

FL

CA

 

[gregy]

TX

AR

LA

FL

HI

 

Not a very big list but I noticed Hawaii wasn't on many list. I skied on the slalom course on the river in Kauai during my honeymoon. The rental company even had a Kidder Redline just like mine. I free skied a bit then ran up to 1 bouy at 28off. The guy was really surprised.

 

College? There was a lot of drinking involved I might of been I different state and not even known it.

 

 

[dchristman]

Good skiing - come and see us again!

[Than_Bogan]

@OB Wait a second! PA wasn't on your list of never-skied-states.

 

Now I must question if everything I've ever read on the internet could be a lie!

 

Perhaps we should try to add NH to your list this summer? There's one site that's just over an hour from Logan where I sometimes beg up a set.

[Edbrazil]

I think that the above photos from @aupatking may be from Bell Acqua. That site has some

key distinctions in water ski history, that I could elaborate on.

[Horton]

For sure Bell Aqua

[nam1975]

OH, MI, IN, IL, KY, TN, SC

 

I should get out more.

[rawly]

Any retirees out there that have done a " Ball of Spray U.S. Tour " in a motorhome ? I plan on it in a few years. Tour the country and hit up Ballers along the way. Right now I'm just Ca Fl Nv Az and Mexico. Almost Hawaii , packed my barefoot suit for our honeymoon , but never used it.