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You forgot to mention oil and keeping your eye on the engine temp. Those are the two killers of longevity in a ski boat. Must have a lot of good memories in that boat. Tough to get over the emotional attachment to some. If it fits your needs , keep her.

If you’re for real , Skip , you will have no problem finding a baller willing to help you out before the move next year.You’d become a minor celebrity around here for getting back into it at your age. Doubt anyone would have a loner ski you could squeeze those huge feet into though. If your efforts at getting up are anywhere near your creative writing skills , you got this. I really liked the jet ski part. I do that with tubers. Get the boat up to a descent speed while doing circles around the tube that is staying in the center of the circles , then you straighten the boat out , give it some gas and they jump the wake. We call it a slingshot. I do see the possibilities of a jet ski slingshot with a small child on a pair of trick skis 🤷‍♂️

No Corinthian leather 🤣

Too late , Kim’s mom has already bought it from Hutch 🤣

@Horton can you reach out to Trent and get us the overhead gate glide picture he was referring to in the gates episode ? Thanks

That would be the beaver tail / long John combo. Wasn’t skiing back then , but learned to surf wearing that get up. Kids these days don’t even know what it’s like to get rashes in the arm pits from paddling around in those old wetsuits.

What friends ?

Classic rock was just rock when you started listening to it.

You watched the Pro Tour on ESPN. And still have some on VHS tapes 🤣

I am in Montrose on part of a dirt bike safari trip . I pulled up on a hillside and was looking down on a beautiful ski lake. Figured if I hit up this sight I’d find a baller who skis there. Too bad riding is consuming my life and my waterski that hasn’t been ridden this season is 850 miles away from here. Might have to hit you up @Marco if I get back this way. Will trade you for rides if you ever make it to Arvin. Heck this is about the time frame that @Than_Bogan is supposed to be moving west , any progress on that ??

Long Beach Ca used to allow skiing in the L.A. river and San Gabriel which both fed into the harbor. A portable course was used in both. Thank you Jerry Arnett. There is a power plant on the San Gabriel , so the outlet water from that warmed the channel up. Hence the name , the warm water channel. Both were shut down to boat traffic in the 90’s. Flat water , but dirty as hell , especially after the rain.

So this is why Rico is getting the new Mastercraft. I was wondering why he was selling his low hours ‘21 Prostar that still has that new boat smell to it……enjoy that new job !

I would go with Steth. STand half an E and half an E and TH. What makes you bring this up @Horton , is it the air in Hollister or the lack of a ski lake in your front yard ? The guy painted it all white , it looks good. Not that the tan didn’t look good. Haven’t seen the guy use his boat once yet , and I spend a lot of time up here ?‍♂️

Goode Power Vest will allow you to ski at your current level no problem. I used mine after rotator cuff surgery and continued to use it for my bad back. Wasn’t using it this year until I recently messed up tendons in my arm. Can barely lift anything with the bum arm , but can ski no problem. The straps on the gloves can be adjusted to get no pressure on your arms at max load.

Does explain alot. That’s why I can relate with you @thager . Getting kicked in the head caused #1 , 5 from crashing my dirt bike and 1 from an out the front off the jump ramp. Scary stuff when you don’t know where you are and why you’re there. Haven’t ever thought about a helmet for slalom. If I did , I’d look into what the speed skiers use. They are thin and don’t catch water in a crash.

Congratulations on the 3 buoys. Just wait till you get all 6. Then it’s the next 6 and the next 6 and the next 6.

That’s why we keep coming back. THAT FEELING. I am sort of all over the place when I ski , but when I calm down and stay over my ski and in synch with the boat , remarkable things happen. My remarkable is only 35 off , but the feeling of running a real smooth pass is hard to beat. That’s why I keep coming back. Chasing THAT FEELING.

Crazy how those hours could possibly scare people away when it will go 3,000 hours no problem.

Did that help you find it ?

One of my favorite ski pictures. Got it off one of these threads a few years ago. Not sure who or where , but like it a lot.

The Ram-Lin under my 2009 196 is more like a Rust-Lin. It has only seen fresh water. The trailer under my kids 1991 Brendella is in much better shape.What a shame that is.

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