Baller Razorskier1 Posted April 17, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 17, 2018 I believe I skied my last tournament round last fall. Ah well. What can you do? Maybe I’ll get lucky and get another shot sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted April 17, 2018 Supporting Member Share Posted April 17, 2018 Given what I recall of the plot, it seems to me the fact that you're posting here is a bit of a win. How goes the fight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted April 17, 2018 Author Baller Share Posted April 17, 2018 Highly unpredictable @Than_Bogan Lots of unpredictable ups and downs. Trying to figure out what I can and can’t do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted April 17, 2018 Author Baller Share Posted April 17, 2018 I think you all know I lost all of my left peripheral vision in my November surgery and can no longer drive a car. Obviously this also impacts other activities. We will see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Keith_Menard Posted April 17, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 17, 2018 I didn't know that :( My Mom passed away from Glioblastoma last year...I know what a hard bumpy road this is and hope you can still find a way to enjoy the sport you love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jayski Posted April 17, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 17, 2018 @Razorskier1 one eye is still good enough to ski, there is an Italian guy that skis with Tgas that is blind and runs the course, pretty amazing. No reason to throw in that towel yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Keith_Menard Posted April 17, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 17, 2018 Impacts can be an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted April 17, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 17, 2018 @Razorskier1 glad you are still here with us. We have a guy we ski with@MikeT who skied one season with a patch on one eye due to some double vision issues he was having. Remembers that for motivation as you get stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dvskier Posted April 17, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 17, 2018 Hey Jim the FAA examiner for my private license only had one eye due to an accident (non aviation related). He flew a J 3 Cub from MA to FL on several trips landing at remote gas stations to refuel along the way. He went on to earn Commercial, Instrument CFI and CFIi ratings. All can be overcome if the desire is strong. Reading of your marathon Ski sets I have no doubt that your desire is very strong. Keep the faith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Stevie Boy Posted April 17, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 17, 2018 @Razorskier1 you have endured a lot and come a long way, just a suggestion but would it help if you got out on a pedal bike,to get used to your vision as it is now. Wishing you well always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Mrs_MS Posted April 17, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 17, 2018 @Razorskier1 Its no big deal to not do tournaments. Just enjoy it as you always have and make the most of the sport so dear to us all. I haven’t done one in 3 years now and MS has none planned this year and has done less in the last few years. I would actually prefer visiting places like Ski Watch and such when there is no tournament. At tournaments I see MS in the morning and then at night!!! LOL Stay strong Jim we all love you! Please come this summer and hang out with us...we will have fun :) Xo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted April 17, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 17, 2018 @Razorskier1 Hang in there Jim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted April 17, 2018 Baller_ Share Posted April 17, 2018 Every time I look at purple, you are on my mind. Hang tough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shansen345 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I'm sorry to hear that. Wish you the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted April 17, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 17, 2018 It's a little different than that, ballers...left visual field in both eyes not simply left eye. Now...here are some of my Jim Ross tournament memories: First a barefoot tourney: most don't know this but you don't want to endurance barefoot ie) footstock style against JIm. I don't suck but I have diggers to show for it on video of the two of us in rough water. We both skied Footstock in the early 90's. Jim got the worst draw EVER. Most guys are going down well before a full figure 8...shoot 2 of my guys missed their step-offs and I go to the next round without expending energy. Every time Jim goes out there he's against a stinking pro and goes a couple 8's before digging in...so many miles on his feet without the reward...yah had to feel bad for the guy. Pickle Farm, Iowa. So believe it or not at one time in Jim's life he wasn't a stud in the course. The boat was supposed to pull his opener at 32 mph 15 off and I think they blew down the course at 36. He got like one buoy and then skied super close to shore where we were and was like "That's not 32!" Dream Lakes, Iowa. Horrible wind comes up second round right down the course...like it's white capping. Almost all skiers scratch. Jim takes 35 opener into the wind and runs it. Smoothed out after 5 ball, he says. Waterloo, Iowa. He wants 38 really bad and keeps crushing 35's in the 3 round tourney getting deep 38 but not out the end gates. The last one he is getting later and I'm on video screaming at him to pull. He clears 6 ball and has a ton of slack...I think he could have stepped onto the platform of the boat. Hangs on and the slack hits at the end gates and he goes all Wyle E. Coyote out the front not letting go til he hits the water. His ski sits perfectly vertical between the end gates. Waterloo, Iowa: my first tourney at 34 mph in M3. Jim is boat judging and I run 5 @38. Jim runs 38. As it turns out @razorross3, Jim and myself all PB that day. Glenwood: Jim's back is all screwed up...his quad isn't even firing. I manage to screw up my back, too, and decide to scratch next round. Jim goes out and runs 35 basically on one leg and half way down 38. I put my name back on the board, go out to the end of the dock. Jim sets my ski down for me, and opens my binding so I can drizzle soap in there and get my foot in cuz I can't bend over. Ran 35 as well and half way down 38 as well. What can I say...he's always been my role model (even when he's not very bright)! Jim goes to skiwatch...tells me it's the coolest shit ever, that big dawgs are skiing there and I go with him every year since. Beer, sun, ribs, friends, some great skiing, some whacky stories, some more PB's all good. Jim was there for my lifetime PB and no one was happier for me. Mitch has since joined us there annually and cranked out PB's like every single round. Skiwatch: Jim runs 38 and I'm running the camera...I'm all fired up. He comes back at 39 and is killing it mid course and I'm coming out of my skin. He implodes at 5 ball. I go running my ass off for the starting dock this would be a 2.5 ball PB and in reality he HAD it. Halfway down the announcer says "Dave, you can come back. The boat judge (a baller who knows who he is) didn't shorten the rope". I'd make fun of @MS if I didn't do the same stupid thing a number of years later to another skier :smiley: Non tourney stories...well that would fill a book. From running 38 thinking I got my bro this day and then he runs 39, from barefoot lines at midnight, from breaking 3 ski ropes slalom skiing in one day, from 30 consecutive passes 32 off or shorter in one set, from a few warm up passes and 12 straight 35 of passes in one set, from "come back here I'm going to beat you like a pinata", to teaching SO many kids to ski, to finding panties on the throttle ball in the morning (just glad I chose to ski first)...yikes what a ride. No one more tenacious then and now than my bro Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted April 17, 2018 Baller_ Share Posted April 17, 2018 @6balls @Razorskier1 38 is easy when you think it’s 39. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller aupatking Posted April 18, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 18, 2018 Jim, if you can, or want, you can come ski the Plantation about halfway between Ski Watch and Ski Chaste, any time. I’d be honored to pull you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted April 18, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 18, 2018 Throw big spray and wear an eye patch... chicks gotta dig that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted April 18, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 18, 2018 Jim, Joe (another brother) and I learned to barefoot about the same...stepping out of skis long line in trunks and vests behind a metal-flake outboard rocket boat (Switzer SK 175). Jim was injured I can't remember just what so Joe and I are having mixed success with Jim driving...taking some diggers, sometimes staying up for a while and thinking he we had it there. Jim is giving advice and we're getting tired of it. "Listen pal...think you know so much... YOU get out there!" He goes back and nails his first step off clean and just keeps going. Once we all kinda had it down...we decided a 3 bro barefoot pic would be cool. My Dad pulled us though that outboard would barely get us all out of the hole. Seemed one way or another someone would miss their step-off and take a digger...usually Joe or myself....ok it was mostly Joe who stands nearly 6 ft 7. It took about 10 tries and if I remember right Jim didn't whiff all day. I was 12, Jim was 21 and Joe 22...all back there in trunks--they were shorter in those days--vests, no gloves, no neoprene. Just three brothers giving it hell with their Dad at the wheel. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller carlm6298 Posted April 18, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 18, 2018 I'm pulling for you !...kind of like a skier who wants to run the course for the first time...mentally and physically not easy....we want it sooo bad but know with a bit more time and help we will get to 6 ball and out the gates! Yesir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Brady Posted April 18, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 18, 2018 Jim, we all love you brother!!! You may not be able to see as well, but each and every one of us who know you can see quite clearly that you are a fantastic human being!! Now put those girls on your biceps again and hold them tight. Chasing balls has nothing compared to being close with those you love. So brother, you may not be pulling 39 anymore, but in life you are running 43 off!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ RichardDoane Posted April 18, 2018 Baller_ Share Posted April 18, 2018 sorry to hear, we would have loved to have you and @RazorRoss3 back in the PNW again, and glad to just take ski rides for fun if you get out our way this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller customski Posted April 18, 2018 Baller Share Posted April 18, 2018 Been thinking of you Jim, keep on fighting and know we all have you in our thoughts. Lets hope its not your last tournament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted May 1, 2018 Author Baller Share Posted May 1, 2018 No two days are the same. I try to walk every morning and lift every afternoon with Susan or the kids. Some days I have to dig awful deep to find that energy. Today is one of those days. Keep digging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted May 1, 2018 Baller Share Posted May 1, 2018 Keep after it Jim. Some days are a struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Keith_Menard Posted May 1, 2018 Baller Share Posted May 1, 2018 My Mom had GBM...one of the things her physical therapist always said was each day do something, because it's always better to do something than nothing. Her and I walked arm in arm almost every day because she was largely unable to walk on her own. As you said...some days she really had to dig deep...her courage and strength inspired all of us who were there with her. Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Skoot1123 Posted May 5, 2018 Baller Share Posted May 5, 2018 Been thinking about you Jim. Keep it strong and press on in the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted May 9, 2018 Author Baller Share Posted May 9, 2018 Appreciate more than you can know everyone’s thoughts and prayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted June 1, 2018 Baller_ Share Posted June 1, 2018 Just got an update from @Razorskier1 and it’s not good. He is unable to ski now. I can’t even digest it and now I am thinking about how much I love to ski and what if it was me. Please up the thoughts and prayers for Jim and also take some time to reflect on the important things in life. Hang in there @Razorskier1 I am pulling out all the stops for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ALPJr Posted June 1, 2018 Baller Share Posted June 1, 2018 Pulling for you @Razorskier1 . Like @MS said, hang in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted June 1, 2018 Author Baller Share Posted June 1, 2018 In short I’m done skiing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted June 1, 2018 Author Baller Share Posted June 1, 2018 It’s all good and I’m OK, but the time has come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Keith_Menard Posted June 1, 2018 Baller Share Posted June 1, 2018 Have I mentioned how much I hate cancer and specifically Brain Cancer? I hope you can still remain involved in the sport some how. It sounds like your passion for it is very deep and you have much to pass on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller swc5150 Posted June 1, 2018 Baller Share Posted June 1, 2018 May God bless you and your family Jim. h8cancer.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller UWSkier Posted June 2, 2018 Baller Share Posted June 2, 2018 God bless! Typing this from a hospital room in Taiwan where my wife (dual citizen) is recovering from thyroid cancer surgery. Prayers from overseas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Stevie Boy Posted June 2, 2018 Baller Share Posted June 2, 2018 Hard times, please do not be a stranger, you input is valued, you still have a lot to offer the sport of water skiing, prayers and love for your family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ RichardDoane Posted June 3, 2018 Baller_ Share Posted June 3, 2018 So sorry to hear, I will ski for you tomorrow at the Broho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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