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Oh ya it could just take it and drop it in the lake. Ice floats can crush or move most anything.

Yeper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The freezing is not the killer. The spring ice floats can kill A lift with no problem!!!!!!!!!! If you are in an area that is protected you can do it but I would not and don't. My lake can look open one day and a wind can move an ice float in and it may look completely closed in an hour. To costly to even think about it.

That would be so nice to have the boat in a garage. I would think that would be winter storage also. Well for me, I live in a area that needs winter storage.

My ski partner sacrificed his cell phone yesterday.

Air 77 lake 85 this morning.

Three pair of proscription glasses. Some small tools. But I did get one pair of glasses back about three years later and still have them and use them as backups.

Dad's going to ground someone!

" could be early season issues? " Yeper I have them all year!

Made it look to easy!

I have been using 303 for many many years.

For me my ski boat is just that. I would likely move to a smaller boat. CC196 or Carbon Pro. Don't need anything fancy just a supper ski tug. I don't see the new boats being so much better that they are going to make me spend the cash for them. I also like simple, Dash, no Cats is a plus but that might not be depending on what I could find.

Much of our early skiing is in dry suits but I have skied in March in a shorty. One Week after we were back in dry till mid may. But then that's Michigan. Last year I skied in a shorty in Oct but back in a dry the next night. Day by day for me. I am so use to dry but can't what to get to a shorty.

jimbrake One of my ski partners had both of his knees replaced on Feb 7 and skied in May. ( Free skiing ) he had significant swelling after so backed down till June and from then on all was well! Good luck.

Some time from March to May. Two controlling factors for us. Ice and debris. We don't have a lot of snow now so maybe we will not get Hi water levels witch will hold the debris down. We do have cars and trucks on the lake so plenty of ice.

Loyal maybe but not really. I have owned my Malibu from 07. But then I had some constraints when I bought it. Wife wanted an open bow and I had a very good Malibu dealer at the time. If it would have been just myself I would likely have A CC196 on the lift. As for skies I have moved around. H O, Goode, and D3. I have picked what I thought made my performance best and still forgiving. I need forgiving! And still on Wiley's for bindings. But then I know none of them have been the limiter in my performance. Still looking for something that can fix Old and fat.

Oh no stitches just bruised ego. Dammer that looks bad.

Speedy recovery! I hit something years ago and could never find anything. It crushed my Goode 9500. Sent me flying! Never thought about it but we do have some big turtles. Oh ya Goode gave me a new ski.

Winter is done when my boat goes back in. I just finished two hours of plowing.

I always put a This end forward on mine.

I am using an elliptical and a rowing machine Concept2. I run 6miles 55 min. And row 10,000 m also in about 54 min. Not in the same day. One or the other.

That would be when your lake is more solid ice then your drink! Or you can walk on it. Or you can't get your dry suit wet without drilling holes in the hard $#it.

So I find myself not just doing A good workout but more often then not trying to do better then the day before. Do you find yourself competitive in your workout or just have a good workout? Most of my off season workout time is done at home on machines so its easy to see numbers. I even go back years to look at how things have gone over time. After all I am getting younger or do I have that wrong. Is it good to be competitive with your workouts?

picked this up to pull.

All I will say is I would look at a Dry if you like cold weather skiing. I go from Dry to a short. I have only used my long wet suit once in the last five years. Buy I am in the north and some of our best skiing is early spring and late fall. So we get a lot of use out of our dry's.

66 and don't see skiing coming to an end. We don't have a course anymore ( Thanks DNR) but love getting better not just skiing! I run at 35 off @ 36 just because it feels good and is fun! I do know how humbling a course is but I know if I had one I could give many a ran after a few months to get timing back. The newer boats and skis are amazing. They can mack a super old fart!!!!!!!!!!! Ya HOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooo! Crap now that the season has ended I have moved back to the mechanical equipment to keep tuned up and that just does not make me smile like an hour or two behind a good boat.