rawly

Thanks @brooks for getting Trent to send this to me. He did say ALL of his students. Hope he doesn’t mind me sharing this with all the other Ballers who are up in the front row with me. Doubt there are many of us in any other row.   

19 hours ago, lpskier said:

Are there two dry lakebeds on either side of Ironwood Lake 2? Seems like one of them ought to be Lake 1.  Where did the water go?  Victims of the drought? Unused? WTF? 

This facility is owned by one family and they offer yearly memberships. The main lake was getting dangerously shallow so it was drained. The other two lakes were added , but enough memberships were not sold to justify the cost of pumping the water into both. We lose an average of 1/2 “ of evaporation per day in the summer. We are safe from the drought for now , but we will see what happens when the state implements the rationing plan that is being set up now. The place is now for sale on Ski it Again. Kelly Slater tried to buy it for his wave pool lake but they could not come to terms so he bought one of the lakes up in Lemoore .

Damn , I thought I was going through the DT’s while waiting on that 66” Vapor to get built , shipped , and bindings mounted. I now feel the pain of you Dinalli people 😬. Hope you found a driver. That’s a tough one when you are really psyched to ski. I hate to rub it in , but there’s always a driver around here somewhere 🤣

3 hours ago, C5Quest said:

@rawly what color and price?  I loved my 2018/2019 Vapors.  
 

Orange bottom , $400 or less 🤷‍♂️

Will be giving up my 2018 66” pro build for a good price to any Baller that’s needing one. My 2024 is getting built early next week. I can’t wait to ride that bad boy. 

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 🤣

11 hours ago, thager said:

@Horton Hmmm! For some reason I suddenly want to find an old LaPoint Mirage.....

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 

4 hours ago, whitem71 said:

You remember skiing in two piece wetsuits with that flappy strap between your legs

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 ?