Baller eleeski Posted May 9, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 9, 2017 Incredible effort on the part of the San Diego skiing community and especially SDSU to raise the money and put the effort to get a new jump in Mission Bay. Extraordinary efforts by Dee Johnson and Curtis Williams. I might be a bit premature with this post as the new jump is not in the water yet. Road issues and other logistics might still be a problem - everything that can go wrong has. But I saw the new ramp tonight and it's ready. The old rotten ramp is gone (interesting story for later?). San Diego jumping again soon! Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Edbrazil Posted May 9, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 9, 2017 Quite a bit of history there. Two Pro Tour tournaments (1990 & 1991). Kris LaPoint had a win in 1991. "Fun" dealing with 7 ft. of tides. Back When, I believe that Carl Roberge trained there. Late in 1973, Western Wood made a ski movie there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Mateo_Vargas Posted May 9, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 9, 2017 @eleeski any pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller eleeski Posted May 9, 2017 Author Baller Share Posted May 9, 2017 This is the old jump getting taken out. No pictures of the demo because the city cleaned it up before we could salvage the floats. The one time the city works fast! I'll try to get a picture of the new one today - if it makes it through the road construction to the launch (city not on time here). Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Mateo_Vargas Posted May 9, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 9, 2017 Berkeley has been working on a new ramp too. After 40 yrs in salt the Iron Maiden has been retired. I've been told this was the first steel ramp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jjackkrash Posted May 9, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 9, 2017 Nothing like a little out-da-front into nice "soft" salt water to wake you up in the morning. Great work SD and SDSU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ntx Posted May 10, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2017 @eleeski I think there might be a new resident to the San Diego area that might get excited about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Mateo_Vargas Posted May 10, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2017 Kickin' it West Coast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller eleeski Posted May 10, 2017 Author Baller Share Posted May 10, 2017 The new jump is floating! Of course the rains from the last few days have polluted the water so no skiing for a few days. Time to add the side curtains. Incredible effort and support from the community. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bassfooter Posted May 10, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 10, 2017 Right on @eleeski! Many thanks and a huge shout-out to Ashleigh Wallace, as well. It was her vision to have 3-Event water skiing back in Mission Bay. @Edbrazil thanks for the history. I've heard there's been skiing there going back to the 60s. There are still spots available for the Class C tournament June 17th and 18th -- the first 3 Event tournament there in many years. I'll share some photos in the next day or so. We just mounted the side curtains and got the jump positioned this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller eleeski Posted May 17, 2017 Author Baller Share Posted May 17, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rwskier Posted May 18, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 18, 2017 Many of you may know this jump since it came from Warman Lake. Sad to see it go but somehow I think it will get more use down south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller mattm Posted May 18, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 18, 2017 It looks really good where it is. I hope it get's used a bunch and enjoyed even more. Matt Mc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomme12 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Are the curtains on PVC floats? Was thinking about doing this on our jump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller eleeski Posted May 18, 2017 Author Baller Share Posted May 18, 2017 @tomme12 The curtains have pvc pipe with caps as floats. I don't know if they are foam filled as well. Not sure of the diameter, 8 inch? Maybe 6? I only helped a little with this project. Dee, Ashleigh and the SDSU team did most of the work. I'm sure I left out crediting some critical helpers - but I wasn't there enough. It is a jump... Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted May 18, 2017 Supporting Member Share Posted May 18, 2017 Personally, I think jumping is totally nuts. But I am VERY glad to see people creating recreational activities for themselves and others. GREAT WORK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jweber Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Sad to see that jump leave warman lake. Also glad it's getting used. It's a great ramp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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