Baller Stevie Boy Posted February 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 24, 2017 Hi Guy's & Gals Thought I would share a couple of my favourite quotes, from water skiing. One came from Tom King fantastic photographer "Doesn't Make Me Happy" The second was when I was Jetty Marshall, a skier had just skied and equalled the score of the top skier, as he got onto the jetty he was then told that he would have to ski again to decide the winner, he decide to go straight back out with the agreement of the other skier, when he got back in the water, because of the circumstances, a official started to explain his options, at this point the skier replied. "I Don't Really Care - Hit It" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller JAG Posted February 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 24, 2017 One time, my buddy and I were pulling a guy barefoot. (Me driving, him spotting). The guy was going through this elaborate process how to pull him up. "ok, give me a bump and take it to 18mph, then I'll give you a signal with my foot to go to 22mph. I'll then give you a quick nod and that's the signal to go to 30mph. Hold it there for exactly 5 seconds and then accelerate to 34". I look at my buddy and go, "did you understand all of that?". He looks at me and very softly goes....."Just nail it". :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Edbrazil Posted February 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 24, 2017 Advice from Joe Cash at his Sarasota ski school in 1964, about jumping: "Accelerate into the ramp. Don't just spring, EXPLODE!" I think that advice still is good, some 50 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted February 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 24, 2017 Something to be said for "just nail it" with barefooting. Years ago when trying my first flying barefoot starts from the top of a houseboat (while friends slept inside, hung over), my first attempt I see the rope go limp as I drop to the water. First failure. "A little quicker please, boat driver". Second attempt, rope goes less limp. Second failure. "Please, hit the throttle a lil quicker". Third attempt, success, flying barefoot attempt works, we add the act to our ski show coming up later that day. I ask my driver, OK, what did you do different on that last attempt? His reply, "as soon as you moved to the edge of the houseboat, I threw the throttle all the way down". Speed is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegile Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 "You can't get hurt in the air!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted February 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 24, 2017 Drew Ross used to say "Less is more!" Still haven't figured out how that helps my asymmetrical violence style of skiing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OTF Posted February 24, 2017 Members Share Posted February 24, 2017 @ Thager what Drew meant is that if you (thager) ski LESS then I ( OTF) would be MORE comfortable.........you scare me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted February 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 24, 2017 @OTF Learn to react and duck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted February 24, 2017 Baller_ Share Posted February 24, 2017 Just before leaving the dock for a jump set: "Remember: Safety is job number three." Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BRY Posted February 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 24, 2017 "you have excellent error management" first thing a coach once said to me at a clinic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted February 24, 2017 Baller_ Share Posted February 24, 2017 Someone needs to repost the "shit skiers say" vid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypresskier Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 "Well he should be able to hang on to that, as he is as fit as a butcher's dog" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted February 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 24, 2017 Don't forget, "New and improved." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ThePantsManCan Posted February 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 24, 2017 While in the boat waiting to pull the next skier, my then 2 year old son liked to drop knowledge bombs on us. My favorite was: "The Go-pellor is Shark!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller JC McCavit Posted February 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 24, 2017 Not sure where this originated, but boy is it accurate! "The more I practice, the luckier I get" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller JAG Posted February 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 24, 2017 "It's only water. What could go wrong?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Intheday Posted February 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 24, 2017 a guy setting up for a barefoot run "this is 90% the driver unless I get this then it's all me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ScottScott Posted February 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 24, 2017 A couple tight setups I've seen where its commonly heard "Try not to run into the dock" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted February 25, 2017 Baller_ Share Posted February 25, 2017 @MS here ya go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted February 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 25, 2017 Running the slalom course a series of linked recoveries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Fam-man Posted February 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 25, 2017 Every time I get in my 4 year old say "just follow us" Another one from my brother in law is "why barefoot where nobody can see" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Sethro Posted February 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 25, 2017 No matter the speed at which we approach a dock, even if it's the perfect speed....someone in our group will typically yell "brace yourself, coming in hot" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Luzz Posted February 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 25, 2017 @Thomas_Gustafson: "One more" Ski coach at Jolly Ski, Organizer of the San Gervasio Pro Am (2023 Promo and others), Co-Organizer of the Jolly Clinics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted February 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 25, 2017 @Luzz That's good. My buds acuse me of too many, "one more, down and back".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller fu_man Posted February 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 25, 2017 From a couple of years ago sitting in the boat with Lucky: Lucky Lowe: Some day I'm going to get my hips fixed and then I'm going to win a Big Dawg and then maybe they'll put me back in the magazine. My brother: Would you really go back to competing? Lucky: "If you was John C. Holmes and your d--k was broke and then you got it fixed, wouldn't you go back to doing what you do?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jjackkrash Posted February 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 25, 2017 "He who waits the latest is the coolest." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted February 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 25, 2017 If we can take this to snow skiing too....you and your snow ski bud trek a lil off-piste on a powder day, then, you both stop as the two of you spot an awesome line of fresh POW through the trees, when you turn to your bud to say....oh, wait....your partner is gone? Ah, "no friends on a powder day". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Luzz Posted February 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 25, 2017 @Zman ooh, yeah that too… Thomas quote is generally about photoshoots and how he makes your turn that super hard onside turn 27 times. I mean, pro photographers want the perfect shot ;) Ski coach at Jolly Ski, Organizer of the San Gervasio Pro Am (2023 Promo and others), Co-Organizer of the Jolly Clinics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sohoskier2 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Getting some coaching from Franck at Florida Ski School and the quote we heard all morning was "I like the intensity BUT...work on x, y, or z" We took that one back to our home lake and now use (read abuse) it endlessly to give each other a hard time after a pass that does not turn out very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted February 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 25, 2017 @Luzz it isn't just the pro photo guys. This past summer with my father-in-law along to take pics, "I think if you can just drive over there another 20 yards the sun will be perfect". I then hop in the water and see him telling my wife to drive "20 yards over"....right into the two sets of rollers hitting each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted February 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 25, 2017 @fu_man that's awesome! A young very young @razorross3 to @razorskier1 after pulling off his drysuit...Dad, did you pee you pants? With no answer he simply kept repeating it! Dad, did you pee your pants? Dad, did you pee your pants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted February 25, 2017 Baller_ Share Posted February 25, 2017 When some of the best quotes at your lake becomes a tshirt x 2. Great group of skiers with an even better sense of humor. Headed up theis year to get 13-18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted February 25, 2017 Baller_ Share Posted February 25, 2017 Hmmm..? Pics not embedding and just stating as a thumb nail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rodecon Posted February 26, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 26, 2017 A coach/ acquaintance struggling for anything positive to say after watching my first pass through the course: "well, you had a good 1 ball" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ktm300 Posted February 26, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 26, 2017 "You look like the wheel man fleeing from a liquor store robbery" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lhoover Posted February 26, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 26, 2017 And as the late, great, Ken White used to say: "STOP PULLING, BOYS!! We PULL in the shower. We LEAN on the rope." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted February 26, 2017 Baller_ Share Posted February 26, 2017 Another Lucky-ism: "That boy reminds me of a bucket rolling around in the back of a truck, waiting to fall out." Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Bruce_Butterfield Posted February 27, 2017 Baller_ Share Posted February 27, 2017 I dare not get started on the Whiteyisms.......... If it was easy, they would call it Wakeboarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Bruce_Butterfield Posted February 27, 2017 Baller_ Share Posted February 27, 2017 Well crap, I couldn't resist......."You're so hunched over through the wakes, that you look like a monkey *$#%^ a football." If it was easy, they would call it Wakeboarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Luzz Posted February 27, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 27, 2017 @Wish The board is currently up to 43, so plenty of Tees for you all to collect haha. Not sure if it made it on the t-shirts, but one of my favorite has to be "Something ain't right" Ski coach at Jolly Ski, Organizer of the San Gervasio Pro Am (2023 Promo and others), Co-Organizer of the Jolly Clinics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ScottScott Posted February 27, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 27, 2017 I'll have to remember " the lake is uphill." Kinda like every bike ride I take seems to be uphill.....there AND back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller parkerc2112 Posted February 27, 2017 Baller Share Posted February 27, 2017 "Knees, trees, freeze" "Hips up, knees bent, shoulders back, entercourse" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted March 1, 2017 Baller Share Posted March 1, 2017 @parkerc2112 "Hips forward to entercourse". From old McCormicks tee shirt from the 80's. At least where I saw it. Still have the tee, though a 'little' tight. Guess bent knees and shoulders back works too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Drago Posted March 1, 2017 Baller Share Posted March 1, 2017 I forgot what I told 'ya, but keep doin' that. A coach from the South Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Edbrazil Posted March 7, 2017 Baller Share Posted March 7, 2017 Vs. Jumping: back in 1964 by Joe Cash. 2 pieces in one sentence. "Accelerate into the ramp, and don't just spring: EXPLODE!" As long as you don't explode into an upside-down big wreck. You may not actually be accelerating, but you are keeping the towline loaded. Vs. easing off or straightening up, once you see that you're getting on. Water and air drag sucks away speed quickly. This advice was from when I was at his Sarasota ski school during Spring Break. I picked up about 20 feet there. But, settled into some bad habits when I got back. Then, I saw Jimmy Jackson winning the 1964 Nationals, and picked up how important body position at the base of the ramp is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PBD Posted March 7, 2017 Baller Share Posted March 7, 2017 I was getting coaching a number of years ago with wifey driving the boat. The paid professional looks at my wife halfway though the set and says to her, "He doesn't listen very well, does he?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Marco Posted March 8, 2017 Baller Share Posted March 8, 2017 "This is the only sport when the later you go, the earlier you are"- Me Jason Parades had an awesome comment when I dropped after a pass attempting to do something (I can't remember what) he told me to do. he said "What are you Marco, dyslexic?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller liquid d Posted March 8, 2017 Baller Share Posted March 8, 2017 If you're done, I'll finish the rest of these loops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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