DaveD

I want to know why my eye brows need to be trimmed now.

With the conductivity of carbon fibers, would it be a bad idea to use it around the boats electrical systems?

Another caption: Seriously dad, you couldn't find a doll for me to play with?

Skied Breck in early Feb the day after they got 10". It was great. They've been getting snow ever since. My only complaint about Breck and Vail is the long lifts. It seemed like every run was 30% black and 70% blue/green. How about a shorter lift that just serviced the steeps. I hate burning my legs out cruising for a mile after a steep. We didn't have to deal with the famous long lines at either Breck or Vail but did have to deal with them in the evenings when we ventured into town for dinner. Check out http://www.onthesnow.com/ for information on conditions of all the resorts. Check out the epic ski forums to get first hand info on conditions. You can also read Eric's posts complaining about the conditions at Squaw. :)

@oldjeep hits a key point. What are you doing when you are not working out? I exercise every morning before work and try to keep my eating under control. It wasn't until I started taking my kid to the gym after dinner that I started to drop some weight. During the winter I struggle finding something to keep me off the couch after dinner. Just getting on the treadmill for a 45minute brisk walk after dinner was enough to get me over the hump. The walk isn't so much that I don't feel tired when exercising the next morning.

The Detroit boat show had 2 direct drives. Silver Spray was the only marina that had stuff from their pro shop but it wasn't enough to fill the trunk of my car.

Nice job getting all that in there, you must be a packaging engineer. How much is it costing you to ship that?

Put a sharp edge on those blades and you have a cool weed harvester.

I'm hoping that is somewhere close to Breckenridge.

You'll have to excuse Horton, his new diet of raw venison and tree bark is making him cranky.

How old is that Google Earth photo?

Ty does a lot of coaching in Michigan during the summer.

Karl, how about Placid? Great site and close to Grand Rapids & Lake Michigan beaches. Best of all, an ample supply of Founders Centennial IPA.

BOS - Because chicks dig waterskiers - Then they divorce them because they don't want to be second fiddle to the addiction. Probably want to leave that second part out of the slogan.

BOS - beats the Hell out of trying to sell carbon fins.

BOS - the next best thing to being on the water

BallofSpray.com - Because everyone wants to be like Horton BallofSpray.com - Keeping Waterskiers off the streets BallofSpray.com - The next best thing to internet porn

I like the last one but I'm worried that people would be asking how that chubby girl is skiing with the half amputated arm.

I do anything that's needed including cleaning up goose poop.

For you John, we’ll replace the laser with a string that you can line the zip tie up with.

Taking Horton’s zip tie idea to the next level, it seems like it would be relatively easy to put a laser at each end of the lake pointing at each other down the center of the lake. Sensors on the front of the boat would monitor the position that the laser hits the boat. A simple series of LED lights (green in the middle, yellow to each side, and red to the far right and left) could be put in above the steering wheel that would show the driver which way they are off center and to what extent. This would give the driver constant feedback on position instead of them having to wait for the boat guides. If the position lights are recorded for each pass, it might be used to give quicker feedback to the judges for deciding on re-rides.

Great drawing, the kid's got talent. You're really shredding it in some pretty tough conditions.

After seeing your picture, I will stop feeling sorry for myself. I screwed up my back last Friday and start physical therapy tomorrow morning. Heal up quick. Dave

48 degrees and breezy this morning. Going out at 2pm instead. If the wind is going to blow, might as well wait until it warms up. Taking the trick ski just in case.

Joel, that was Pictured Rocks on Tuesday.