Spuddy

I was excited to see the new ProStar as well. I talked to a couple of the dealers at the booth and it almost seemed like I was more excited than they were about the new boat. I am not sure they really understand what huge changes were made. Could be the fact that I am in Toronto and most of the dealers are representing a wide range of boats and DD ski boats make up only a tiny fraction of their market. Anyway here is a shot of the boat in Toronto.

We had something similar with our '97 196. Would do the same as yours on take off but would also start to cut out over 30 mph. It was the anti-sphion valve which was restricting the flow of fuel.

Those are impressive numbers!

Wow looks awesome!

The weather here has not been that bad which made it even more difficult to pack things in but have made the mistake of leaving the boat too late and this time of year the weather can change overnight.

Here is a pic of my 97 Nautique after we put it away this past weekend. Being up north this is always a bitter sweet time of year, thankful that I am able to take part in such a great sport every summer but it is always difficult to put the boat away for the winter. Not sure if anyone else feels this sentimental about this stuff or maybe it's just me!

I have been enjoying the site for some time I guess it's time for an introduction. I am from the Toronto area in Canada. I ski for the most part on a lake about 2 hours east of toronto. Have a 1997 SN 196 with StarGazer. We have had a course on our lake for about 16-17 years now. I currently ski on a 67.5 S2Practice I have run 3 @ 35 34 mph, best in a tournament was 2 @ 32 36 mph. Our season is far too short and I envy reading about all of you guys in the southern states skiing almost year round. My season was cut even shorter this year as I had to have surgery on my knee a few weeks ago to remove an infection. I am doing quiet well now the only real limitation the doctor put on me for the next month is not to submerge it! So skiing is out! Anyway as I said I am enjoying the site keep up the great work.