Baller pgmoore Posted May 21, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 21, 2017 The ice may have only come out last week. But here is how the day started and finished in Northern Alberta. Good first day at the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihard Posted May 21, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 21, 2017 And no skiing in between? :O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller schafer Posted May 21, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 21, 2017 @skihard I concur. Trying to get @pgmoore to not worry about cold water and just Ski!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller pgmoore Posted May 21, 2017 Author Baller Share Posted May 21, 2017 @schafer in this case it was simply an issue of the boat not being ready. Don't worry... You and I will ski tomorrow :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted May 21, 2017 Supporting Member Share Posted May 21, 2017 Canada is beautiful. Too bad it's so effing cold. Also I recently learned that the sky actually does appear bluer further from the equator. That first shot sure shows THAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller cragginshred Posted May 22, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 22, 2017 Love the climbing and Mt biking in Canmore! I could spend an entire vacation in and around Canmore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted May 22, 2017 Baller_ Share Posted May 22, 2017 Makes me want to fish for Walleyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller sunvalleylaw Posted May 23, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 23, 2017 The Four Strong Winds of fame and song weren't blowing that day! Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Texas6 Posted May 23, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 23, 2017 @Than_Bogan - I've never heard that about bluer skies further from the equator? Do we have a "why" on that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted May 23, 2017 Supporting Member Share Posted May 23, 2017 @Texas6 Sure: One reason the sky appears blue-ish is that lower energy waves lengths of light, such as green, yellow, and red, are deflected away by the atmosphere. If all wavelengths were present, we'd see white. When the green-red band is reduced, we see light blue. Light heading toward the poles hits the atmosphere at a shallower angle, and thus an even high percentage of those wave lengths get reflected. If all of that band were to be reflected, our eyes see bright, pure blue. So near the equator the sky leans a little more toward white and near the poles more toward blue. (There may be other things at work, but that's at least one of the factors.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted May 23, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 23, 2017 @Than_Bogan Might be the lens glass or the filter or the developer medium or the BOS software, or the computer screen. ........, yada, yada, yada as you said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihard Posted May 23, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 23, 2017 Some of you southerners from here need to make some trips up north of the border and ski some of the sites. There are many good ski lakes and places to enjoy the raw beauty of Canada. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Billbert Posted May 23, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 23, 2017 Northern Alberta. Short season but pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted May 23, 2017 Supporting Member Share Posted May 23, 2017 Wow, 4 likes for off-topic science. Would have bet against that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihard Posted May 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 24, 2017 @Billbert what lake is that when you say Northern AB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Billbert Posted May 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 24, 2017 @skihard we are on Isle lake, just west of Edmonton. So technically middle Alberta is probably a better description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Justin Posted May 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 24, 2017 @Billbert , thought it looked familiar. I am out there as well, Eureka Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihard Posted May 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 24, 2017 Ah ok I'm originally from Millet just south of Edmonton! Looks nice. Hope the water is warming up for you all up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller pgmoore Posted May 24, 2017 Author Baller Share Posted May 24, 2017 @skihard - I skied with @schafer on Monday. The water at his place (near Lacombe) was 71F... Warm enough for just a neo top. It's still a different story at the big lakes, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Billbert Posted May 24, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 24, 2017 @justin We are practically neighbours. We are just around the corner from you on sunset beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DmaxJC_ski Posted May 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 25, 2017 @Justin @Billbert, Grew up skiing on isle, actually learned there, My family had a cabin there for about 18 years. Slowly stopped using after the weed cutting by law around 2000ish? Bought a new 08 vtx and went out for a cruise in mid summer. When it took 2 hrs to clean my boat I haven't been back. Tons of awesome memories and always some calm water to be found around the islands. Have since moved to gull, more people and harder to find good water, but with a good buddy like @schafer just 5 min away there is always good potential! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller schafer Posted May 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 25, 2017 Everyone is welcome to stop in for a set at my little piece of Alberta Paradise near Lacombe this is from Sunday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller schafer Posted May 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 25, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_quail Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Water at Shalom Park just south of edmonton was 16C a few days ago! Balmy!!! At Wabamun (a much bigger body of water) ... not so much. What a difference 7 degrees makes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihard Posted May 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 25, 2017 Everyone making me think I'm going to be bringing my ski with me when I come up there in July! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DmaxJC_ski Posted May 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 25, 2017 2-3 inches of rain and wind gusts to 60+ mph yesterday....snow in the western parts. 29* or around 80f Tuesday.... good old Alberta. Hope my dock survived yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Justin Posted May 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 25, 2017 @DmaxJC_ski @Billbert We have had the slalom course out there for the last 20+ years. Ran a blue 92 Ski Nautique forever, now a white 95 Ski Nautique Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Billbert Posted May 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 25, 2017 @DmaxJC_ski My inlaws have a place on Gull. I have never had much luck finding good water but I have spent far less time there. Isle's water quality has been much better the last few years (knock on wood and don't tell anyone as more often than not we have it pretty much to ourselves) and it often seams like you can find good water on demand with all the shelter offered by the islands. Used to have a hard time keeping the old boat clean but after we bought our VTX, I discovered a thorough waxing at the start of the year goes along way to keeping it clean. It gets wiped down on the lift regularly after that and I have found that keeps it pretty clean.....and I am a bit anal when it comes to my boat. I learned to ski in northern Saskatchewan where the water is crystal clear so adjustment to central Alberta water took awhile. Long story short I have traded some water quality for convenience with my cabin located less than an hour from my house.....I often mange to get out a couple evenings during the week to ski. And yes after yesterday I need to get out and check on our dock and lift as well. Yesterday was an interesting weather day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted May 25, 2017 Baller_ Share Posted May 25, 2017 Having to adjust to central Alberta water coming from N Saskatchewan Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Billbert Posted May 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 25, 2017 @Justin I figured you were the one responsible for the course. Let me know if you ever need any help with it. We are out there most weekends and I'm always willing to lend a hand. We almost exclusively free ski but there has been talk of attempting the course on a more regular basis but have always been hesitant to play in a course that someone else has gone though the effort of installing and maintaining without permission......that and I'm a hack so its a good excuse not to be humbled the course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DmaxJC_ski Posted May 26, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 26, 2017 @MS there is no such thing as being a water snob here in good ol Alberta, if it's calm and deep enough to ski, you take it...lol I remember skiing in 4" of blue green algae back in the day on isle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller pgmoore Posted May 26, 2017 Author Baller Share Posted May 26, 2017 @DmaxJC_ski / @Billbert Everyone on this thread from Western Canada can appreciate exactly what you are talking about :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Fam-man Posted May 26, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 26, 2017 @schafer I actually drove by Lacombe a couple times this week. Maybe next time I will see if you're around to "break up the trip" Same goes for anyone close to Medicine Hat. Hoping to put our course in this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Justin Posted May 26, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 26, 2017 The lake has definitely changed for the better last few years. We try to keep it a secret. @Billbert the course is fair game, we used to battle with people in the early 90's but have found letting the jet skiers and fisherman use the area and make friends with them has meant less maintenance! We have the rec buoys out as well, great learning tool. Enjoy it! Not many slalom skiers around our area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Billbert Posted May 26, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 26, 2017 Thanks @justin If you see someone behind a white black and blue response or trying to wedge an orange, white and black VTX through your course thats us, come say Hi. Regarding the state of the lake our groups running joke is that when anyone asks where we ski the immediate answer is Wabuman, no one in their right mind would go to Isle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Glydon Posted May 26, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 26, 2017 Prince Edward Island, Canada ... brackish / salt water with extreme tides, hence the reason for the 250 foot long dock. Skiing for about 3 months of the year BUT this is home and I LOVE it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller aspski Posted May 26, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 26, 2017 Good to see all the local lakes get going again! Can't wait to get out this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller aspski Posted May 31, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 31, 2017 Does anyone know if there is a course on Sylvan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihard Posted May 31, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 31, 2017 Last summer my buddy and I ran around Sylvan on a pair of seadoo's and I was looking for a course everywhere......................no luck unless someone changed it this year? Think Spruce View used to have a course somewhere just west of Sylvan? Then again you'd need to do more research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DmaxJC_ski Posted May 31, 2017 Baller Share Posted May 31, 2017 @aspski I wouldn't think there would be one on sylvan, plus with the boat traffic there im guessing it would be tough to use one and even maintain one. Gull is difficult and there isn't near as many people on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ironhorse Posted June 1, 2017 Baller Share Posted June 1, 2017 Live in Calgary and ski in BC. Here are a couple shots from the last 2 weekends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ironhorse Posted June 1, 2017 Baller Share Posted June 1, 2017 Sorry about the sideways pic. I guess I was laying down when that was taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller aspski Posted June 2, 2017 Baller Share Posted June 2, 2017 Looks awesome! What lake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ironhorse Posted June 5, 2017 Baller Share Posted June 5, 2017 Moyie, BC just outside of Cranbrook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller FSSPCat Posted June 5, 2017 Baller Share Posted June 5, 2017 @ironhorse about an hour south of you in Sandpoint. Also, I don't think I have ever seen Moyie that calm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller aspski Posted June 6, 2017 Baller Share Posted June 6, 2017 Moyie lake looks awesome. I have never been there, but will be driving though next week for a friends bachelor party in Sandpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 @schafer, Nice looking setup. Are you across highway 2 from Barnett Lake? I have been scoping that lake for years and noticed a course on it a couple years ago. You been skiing there long? I'm on a lake up near Sherwood Park, similar setup to yours there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller schafer Posted June 7, 2017 Baller Share Posted June 7, 2017 @Wes that's the spot. This is our third summer there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ironhorse Posted June 7, 2017 Baller Share Posted June 7, 2017 FSSPCat, most mornings until 10ish. But the last few weekends its been amazing. Feel free to hit me up and stop by for a pull and a cold one, I'm across the lake from Hwy 3 when just entering the town from the east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Fam-man Posted July 28, 2017 Baller Share Posted July 28, 2017 @ironhorse I just heard of a course on Moyie, is that yours or do you know who's it is? We have some friends that camp out there and were trying to entice us to come out from Medicine Hat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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