Administrators Horton Posted January 15 Administrators Share Posted January 15 You're 9-year-old tells you that she had a dream about skiing with @twhisper 7 Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Become a Supporting Member or make a One-time Donation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller aupatking Posted January 15 Baller Share Posted January 15 you've got $8,000 worth of skis in one corner of your office and none of those are the one you ride 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller chrislandy Posted January 15 Baller Share Posted January 15 you've still got the pair of wooden skis you learnt on in 1985 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Popular Post thager Posted January 15 Baller Popular Post Share Posted January 15 It's -9 F and you walk down to the storage shed to talk to your Nautique and make sure everything's OK. 7 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted January 15 Baller_ Share Posted January 15 if you participate on Ball of Spray! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skialex Posted January 15 Baller Share Posted January 15 When you take a picture of your garage for the storage ideas thread and realize that you have quite a collection. 81 skis including a special skis collection, a wooden reflex and some broken ski to be used in Adirondack chair project. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Popular Post The_MS Posted January 15 Baller_ Popular Post Share Posted January 15 You stop to look at every small lake and wonder if a slalom course will fit 31 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted January 15 Baller Share Posted January 15 You have a garden sprayer modified to fill turn balls partially with water. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller S1Pitts Posted January 15 Baller Share Posted January 15 You can directly relate to 7 of the 8 posts above. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BKistler Posted January 15 Baller Share Posted January 15 You’ve still got the 54” trick skis you used as a Junior Boy in your first tournament in 1964. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DonT Posted January 15 Baller Share Posted January 15 you check the water temp of your lake - when you know it's frozen over 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller aupatking Posted January 15 Baller Share Posted January 15 2 hours ago, The_MS said: You stop to look at every small lake and wonder if a slalom course will fit I used to do a lot of work in Nebraska and would fly into Omaha or Lincoln and drive west. Every exit on the interstate where they dug for dirt is a long pond. I figured 75 mph= 110 ft per second. Anything over 15 seconds needs buoys. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted January 15 Baller_ Share Posted January 15 @aupatking I think a few of the highway dig lakes along 80 have some courses on them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted January 15 Baller_ Share Posted January 15 (edited) You can barely walk due to a lifetime of accumulated injuries, but you can still count on your -35. Or in the case of my friend LH, Boy Scouts help you cross the street but you’re still good for age group national records and gold medals at Senior Worlds. And the most important option in your car is the seat heater, even if you live in Florida. Edited January 15 by lpskier 2 Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RAWSki Posted January 15 Baller Share Posted January 15 4 hours ago, thager said: It's -9 F and you walk down to the storage shed to talk to your Nautique and make sure everything's OK. @thager does it talk back to you? Only the really good ones do! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted January 15 Baller Share Posted January 15 Only if I connect the element 115 containment field to the inertial anti- gravity computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Rednucleus Posted January 15 Baller_ Share Posted January 15 ... you wish the glassy sewage lagoon along I-5 had a course down the middle 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BrennanKMN Posted January 15 Baller Share Posted January 15 You carry slalom rope sections with you daily... I've carried a -38 section on my backpack that has been with me basically daily for the last 15 years. It is always fun explaining the what/why to everyone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skibrain Posted January 17 Baller Share Posted January 17 You have three wind apps on your phone to monitor favorable ski conditions. None of which you look at November through April. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ DW Posted January 17 Baller_ Share Posted January 17 And wind speed is the most important datapoint on the weather station mounted on your boat lift. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Taperflex Posted January 17 Baller Share Posted January 17 ...when you suffer through another round of "Safe Sport". This year I had to do the whole thing from the beginning. Another hour and a half of my life wasted! 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ swbca Posted January 17 Baller_ Share Posted January 17 When you take your slalom ski all the way from Minnesota to Acapulco Mexico to take a 5 minute ride behind a Hotel boat with 3 foot rollers in Acapulco bay 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 503Kento Posted January 17 Baller Share Posted January 17 @swbca and here I thought I was the only one. 😉 2 Get high, Get fast, and do some good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ToddA Posted January 17 Baller Share Posted January 17 When your garage is +10 deg warmer than your house, b/c "you wouldn't want your boat to feel like it isn't well loved" in the off-season. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller LK_skier Posted January 18 Baller Share Posted January 18 On 1/15/2024 at 11:51 PM, The_MS said: You stop to look at every small lake and wonder if a slalom course will fit Ditto 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ swbca Posted January 18 Baller_ Share Posted January 18 (edited) When you have been the only skier using your course on your lake for 20 years and the neighbor ladies ask "what rope length was that?" when you pull up to their dock to say "hi" after a set. Edited January 18 by swbca 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 503Kento Posted January 19 Baller Share Posted January 19 You use black beans for buoys on the table at Chipotle as you discuss ski technique with one of your ski partners. 3 Get high, Get fast, and do some good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BlueSki Posted January 21 Baller Share Posted January 21 It’s ten degrees outside, you look out you office window over a river you wouldn’t ski, and then text other skiers, “the river is glass.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Popular Post Cooper_Trelawney Posted January 21 Baller Popular Post Share Posted January 21 @swbca here is a picture of my mom with my grandparents on the beach in Acapulco at the old Club de Esquis in Acapulco Bay. People have been taking their skis to the bay for a long, long time. My family still has that ski! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ swbca Posted January 21 Baller_ Share Posted January 21 (edited) 6 hours ago, Cooper_Trelawney said: @swbca here is a picture of my mom with my grandparents on the beach in Acapulco at the old Club de Esquis in Acapulco Bay. People have been taking their skis to the bay for a long, long time. My family still has that ski! That's a memorable photo! Thanks for sharing it. Edited January 22 by swbca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 2Valve Posted January 22 Baller Share Posted January 22 you're having a conversation with a stranger and you mention skiing. And they say, "oh, I love downhill skiing". And you reply, "did they just invent that?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Mastercrafter Posted January 22 Baller_ Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, 2Valve said: you're having a conversation with a stranger and you mention skiing. And they say, "oh, I love downhill skiing". And you reply, "did they just invent that?" Ha, while waiting to pick up a waterski at oversize baggage claim at home in Detroit last week, the guy asked what I was looking for. No lie, this is about how it went: "a waterski in a case" "is that different than a snow ski?" "well.. yes.. one is used in a lake and one is used on a hill" "is the lake frozen?" "no, it's liquid. You do it behind a boat" After this I walked away and let a friend finish the conversation because I wasn't feeling especially people-y. Made for a good laugh. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 2Valve Posted January 23 Baller Share Posted January 23 15 hours ago, Mastercrafter said: Ha, while waiting to pick up a waterski at oversize baggage claim at home in Detroit last week, the guy asked what I was looking for. No lie, this is about how it went: "a waterski in a case" "is that different than a snow ski?" "well.. yes.. one is used in a lake and one is used on a hill" "is the lake frozen?" "no, it's liquid. You do it behind a boat" After this I walked away and let a friend finish the conversation because I wasn't feeling especially people-y. Made for a good laugh. Love it. Similar to my conversations when I'm on my BMW motorcycle and someone in a BMW says, "I didn't know they made bikes". And I'll reply, "I didn't know they made cars". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ DW Posted January 23 Baller_ Share Posted January 23 Your snow skis have an HO sticker on them. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RAWSki Posted January 23 Baller Share Posted January 23 8 minutes ago, DW said: Your snow skis have an HO sticker on them. The "good old days" when you really could ski the same brand of sticks in summer and winter! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BKistler Posted January 23 Baller Share Posted January 23 21 minutes ago, DW said: Your snow skis have an HO sticker on them. I just added a Performance Ski and Surf sticker to my Dynastars. Did that after I discover that Performance tunes snow skis. They’ve got my business in both seasons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted January 23 Baller_ Share Posted January 23 @RAWSki I can only think of the following that made both snow and tournament water skis. Are there others? 1. Northland (Warren Witherall autograph) 2. Hexcel (KLP) 3. Goode 4. Hart (bought EP) 5. K2 (just got my ankle replaced from a crash on one of those babies in 1973). Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BKistler Posted January 23 Baller Share Posted January 23 Hedlund is the only other one that I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skialex Posted January 23 Baller Share Posted January 23 57 minutes ago, lpskier said: @RAWSki I can only think of the following that made both snow and tournament water skis. Are there others? 1. Northland (Warren Witherall autograph) 2. Hexcel (KLP) 3. Goode 4. Hart (bought EP) 5. K2 (just got my ankle replaced from a crash on one of those babies in 1973). Fischer… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 503Kento Posted January 23 Baller Share Posted January 23 Jobe made snow skis as well as waterskis back in like 1985. At least they had the Jobe name on them, no idea if they were made in the same place as the waterskis. Get high, Get fast, and do some good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RAWSki Posted January 24 Baller Share Posted January 24 Good list @lpskier Jobe was the only one missing from your list I could think of and @503Kento got that one. I am sure there are few very obscure others. I remember "honeycomb" cores had its moment on both the water and the slopes.... (Hexcel, SkiMaster, etc). I am sure @DWhad a pair of Hexcel 'split tails' at one time too!? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ swbca Posted January 24 Baller_ Share Posted January 24 (edited) 7 hours ago, lpskier said: @RAWSki I can only think of the following that made both snow and tournament water skis. Are there others? 1. Northland (Warren Witherall autograph) You know you're a very old water skier when you owned Northland snow skis and Northland slalom ski at the same time. and Warren Witherall cuts 2" of the back of your Northland ski a week before you head off to the 1964 Nationals in Massachusetts. (and uses the same saw to move the fin slot forwards) Edited January 24 by swbca 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ DW Posted January 24 Baller_ Share Posted January 24 (edited) @RAWSki - started on leather lace ups and cable bindings 🤣 Had a pair of Head 360's way back when and now have a pair of Head Kore's and they look the same, kind of an ugly flat black. Kind of like so many of my Goode's. Better not add up the $ spent over the years, if it's an expensive sport (and mechanical) for some reason I'm drawn to it. Back to the original topic - when the guest bedroom closet(s) is / are jammed full of waterski gear. Edited January 24 by DW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted February 2 Author Administrators Share Posted February 2 you see this on your kitchen counter and it doesn't seem unusual 6 Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Become a Supporting Member or make a One-time Donation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skibrent Posted February 3 Baller Share Posted February 3 …when your spine tingles anytime you see calm water -winter or summer 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Jaypro Posted February 3 Baller Share Posted February 3 On 1/15/2024 at 7:39 AM, thager said: It's -9 F and you walk down to the storage shed to talk to your Nautique and make sure everything's OK. @thager I do that all the time!! I also keep the road to the barn fully plowed knowing full well there is no need as we are months away....but you never know.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ swbca Posted February 3 Baller_ Share Posted February 3 When you cook bacon so your wife won't notice the smell of the stuff you are using to refinish your swim platform in the basement bathroom with the bath fan on. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Mateo_Vargas Posted February 4 Baller Share Posted February 4 When you only watched Miami Vice to see the last scene of the credits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BlueSki Posted February 6 Baller Share Posted February 6 When you mention that you went skiing (snow skiing) over the winter months to someone that knows you well, they assume you went to Florida for the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BlueSki Posted February 6 Baller Share Posted February 6 Your wife hears the music playing in Terry Winter Quarter Speed and knows what you are watching. She's a skier too, so she stops what she is doing and watches. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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