What were your "firsts" this year?

[Bill22]

@jetpilotg4 RTP, R style or double boots? lol. Is he your first? Being a dad is a blast! I am still a rookie, my son is almost two.

[jetpilotg4]

@Bill22 yes to our first!! So far so good! Im a double boot guy, so maybe he will be too!

 

[jipster43]

Watched Terry Winter and Trent Finlayson run 41' on the same day. Totally insane!

[Stathis Ventouris]

Run for the first time 4,5@35 off at a tournament last weekend.

[Jody_Seal]

Men 6 trick PB!

[JackQ]

Set a new PB in record tournament, 1st PB in 10+ years, now at 63 years old. 3 1/4@39

[akale15]

- Finally ran -22/36 and tied my new practice PB 2 @ -28/36 on several occasions!

- First time riding on hard shells and made the Reflex purchase.

- First season my wife and I didn't ski with the Flag on the 4th of July since we've been together.

- Wife and I welcomed our first child, Adalyn on July 24! (hints the no 4th of July skiing, or skiing in general for her this year.)

- First time the ski season ended in August...sold the promo, backup boat broke and ski partner @bbrannan broke his arm.

[DaveD]

First time I've skied into the second week of October. Might ski into the 3rd week.

[shansen345]

Ran a full pass in the course for the first time ever (I'm a newer skier) - it was at 28mph, 15 off in June

Ran full pass at 30mph, 15 off

Ran full pass at 32mph, 15 off

Ran a tournament opener at 30mph, 15-off

Skied and drove at Radar Lake

Skied in Arvin, CA for the first time

I know those are all lame scores in the grand scheme of things, but these last few months have been a HUGE deal to me!!

[Than_Bogan]

Those are in no way lame scores. Excellent and exciting progress!

[ALPJr]

First season in 5 years that I haven't been nagged by injuries. I think that's due to it also being the first season in 30 years that I trained at 32 mph instead of 34. Thanks for ZBS @JeffSurdej and usa waterski.

[shansen345]

@Than_Bogan Thank you!

[JeffSurdej]

@ALPJr fantasttic to hear

[sunvalleylaw]

First time heading to California to ski a private lake. (Liquid Zone). Will be back.

[CaleBurdick]

I went to Minnesota for Regionals for the first time and it was a blast!

[AdamCord]

Broke my PB by 2 buoys

Broke that PB by another 1.5 buoys

Set NY state M2 Record

Tied newest PB 2 more times

Won Eastern Regionals

Won Nationals

Competed in my first pro event

 

Not bad for a 33 year old, definitely the most fun summer I’ve ever had skiing!

 

[wolfgang]

I skied a private lake for the first time. Thanks Kim and Andre, and Gwen and Brian!

Oh and I love my 2017 senate graphite, it’s the best thing thats happened to my skiing in years (and years).

[ozski]

Over the last couple of weeks I have learned that KD is back and in a big way. Their new ski is the business, I'm hitting some new milestones on it after only a few sets. Well done @twhisper , Wayne Briant and anyone else who had a role in developing this ski.

[C5Quest]

Ran a few -15 at 34 mph and -22 at 32mph. Working on consistency at 32 mph

Skied with Matt Rini and Freddie Winter on the same day!

[ShererSkier]

I had the worst crash I've ever had slaloming. 28 off, kind of an OTF and didn't come out of bindings.

 

 

Didn't ski the rest of the day afterwards, a real bell ringer. I also ran 28 off for the first time a couple days before this.

[Marco]

First year I didn't beat my daughters score in a tournament. The last tournament I skied with her I had to take a huge slack hit just to tie her score (both skiing @ 34mph). You know you're getting old when your daughter is poised to start skiing more buoys than you...

[dnewton]

First year joining a ski club, and having access to a course.

Bought a zero off boat.

Ran ran my first pass in the course in February.

Ran -28@34 at the end of the season.

 

[Beeker]

Finally bought my first inboard, a long time dream for me!