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Thank you.

Does anyone know where the Nationals are going to be in 2024? Just trying to plan ahead.

Hi Bruce, Ricky was doing it on one ski with a double up wake. I think that I have it (or maybe had it--not sure anymore) on super 8. It was in practice when we were taking a break. We didn't have tricks in the tournament. I don't remember if he was doing it in competition that year.

Water Ski Inc. put on a pro tournament in July of 1975 in Warsaw, Indiana. Some of the competitors were Ricky McCormick, Wayne Grimditch, Mike Suyderhoud, Chris Redmond, Bob LaPoint, Kris LaPoint, Rusty Carter Jr., Bobby Young, Bruce Cockburn and others. During the week before several of the pro skiers put on ski clinics. I drove for the trick clinic coached by Ricky McCormick. During breaks from the clinic Ricky would practice. He was doing a wake flip at that time. I'm not sure if that is the first, but probably close. It was a wonderful week, great time, great people. Ricky did a lot for my skiing. I am forever grateful. It was a great tournament at a great site with great weather. Memories I cherish! Randy Sharkey

We use a vat of antifreeze to winterize our boats. We disconnect the hose coming from the thru-hull fitting where it attaches to the raw pump or the transmission cooler and attach our hose ( same type of hose that is on the boat). Drain the water out of the block, manifolds, heater, shower, etc. and replace the plugs. Put stabilizer in the fuel tank. Put the hose you attached to the boat into your antifreeze vat. You need about 8 feet of hose. We have adapters for different size exhaust thru-hull fittings, Example: If your exhaust is a 3" stainless then use 3" exhaust hose connected to 3"pvc fittings and elbows to allow the antifreeze from your exhaust to go into your vat. If you have 4" exhaust then use 4" materials. Remove the flapper and attach the hose (hoses) with the hose clamp. Use whatever hose and pvc is necessary to go from your exhaust fittings to your vat. Start the engine and let it warm up. It will come to temperature soon so keep an eye on the temperature gauge. When the engine up to temperature shut if off and change your oil. Change your transmission fluid at the same time. Restart your engine. Fog the engine at this time if you need to. Stop the engine and check you fluid levels. Remove the battery cables and charge the battery to make sure it is at full charge. Combat corrosion by spraying all the electrical fittings with WD 40 of an equivalent. Check your antifreeze vat with a tester to make sure is good to at least 40 below. We have about 15 gallons of antifreeze in our vat. When we are finished we drain the block, manifolds heater, shower, etc. into a pan under the drain hole in the boat and put it back in 5 gal jugs for use next year. If you do not want to us antifreeze in your vat, then you can use water via the same method and you boat will come up to temperature because you are recycling the water, Again watch the temp gauge so it does not overheat. Then after you change your oil you can pour antifreeze into your engine. This method also will tell you if your raw pump impeller is in good shape or not. This method makes sure that antifreeze is everywhere in the system that previously had water because the thermostat will be open. It will also go through your heater and you shower and anything else that had water from the lake. Hope this will help you. Team Sharkey