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  1. BKistler
    All those stepovers. Those were the days.
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    It’s a wonder that microbus could pull that boat out of the water. Rated towing capacity of zilch. Liked the gnarly rope.
  3. BKistler
    Strange that a podcast about the greatest trick event the world has ever seen somehow becomes a discussion about slalom. Just saying…
  4. BKistler
    Congrats Joel and Erica. Incredible tricking.
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    It’s only the first round and it’s already the best trick event in history.
  6. BKistler
    Charcoal lighter works well, at least for small stains.
  7. BKistler
    Wow.
  8. BKistler
    Trolling for sharks with live bait. EP makes a nice toothpick.
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    I say customs. There was some sort of fee involved that apparently could have been avoided.
  10. BKistler
    Be sure to check customs implications. I sold a ski to a guy in Canada and shipped it UPS as I always do. Turns out he had to pay a significant customs charge that he would not have had to pay if I had shipped it by US Mail.
  11. BKistler
    @thagerThose are friggin classic.
  12. BKistler
    What a hoot. I image that it also comes with its own zippered kit bag. My late grandfather claimed that he and two partners owned the patent for the original Dewalt woodworking machine in Lancaster, PA. One of the partners sold the rights to another company and skipped town causing the other partner to commit suicide. It took my grandfather years of work to dig the partnership out of debt. I sometimes wonder how things might have turned out if he had been able to retain the rights …
  13. BKistler
    Way cool. Homage to Cypress Gardens in another town. Somebody in Winter Haven missed the boat.
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    Fate?

    BKistler replied to Cam's topic in Skis Fins Bindings

    By the way…do the ibuprofen or the whiskey but don’t combine them. That will make you old before your time.
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    Fate?

    BKistler replied to Cam's topic in Skis Fins Bindings

    I’m 71 and tricking as well or better than when I was younger. I remember my orthopedist laughing when he came into the exam room and saw me for the first time. “Here’s an old guy that thinks he’s a teenager,” he said. Exactly the point.
  16. BKistler
    @wettek69My thoughts exactly. Although CC would probably not pursue legal action on a one-off item, it’s still probably a technical violation of copyright or trademark law.
  17. BKistler
    @MDB1056Without any Google searches, I think Minnesota.
  18. BKistler
    @MDB1056Joe Cash. That photo was in the lobby of AWSA Headquarters (Carl Floyd Rd.)
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    @teamsharkeyInteresting. If I understand you correctly, Ricky was doing a flip in practice, not in competition, correct? One ski or two ski? Straight line or figure 8 boat path?
  20. BKistler
    From the days of ash and mahogany. My first real jumpers were hand-me-down Hedlunds with reinforced tips and tails.
  21. BKistler
    @lpskier My wife tells me they are Russian. Not too happy about that since she’s of Ukrainian heritage.
  22. BKistler
    They can stay in Abu Dhabi.
  23. BKistler
    @dchristman Great article. Thanks for posting. Confirms my hunch. I think Sammy Duvall was probably the first to do a flip in competition. He started by doing one on the way back to the dock after his run and eventually incorporated it into his run. It would bring the crowd to its feet. @thager Alan Kempton was the first to perform a ramp flip in competition. He was probably not the first to perform a ramp flip. I have seen references to a Cypress Gardens skier doing a ramp flip on short conventional skis decades before.
  24. BKistler
    I once saw a clip of Ricky McCormick doing a two-ski (!) wake flip by having the boat drive in a figure 8 and launching into the air where the two wakes combined. Don’t know the date but it was before anyone was doing flips in competition. Wondered if he was the first to ever land a wake flip of any kind.
  25. BKistler
    Nice ski vest.
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