AggieSkier

I can't make a specific recommendation but there are some good closeouts on men's & women's gloves at H2Osmosis. Men's are mostly XL or XXL HO 41 Tails $30, Radar BOA $42, Women's Connelly $24 h2oproshop.com/closeoutdeals.html Seth sold his pro shop to Brian in Saranac NY. Brian says he will be offering more closeouts as he goes thru the inventory. My wife uses Men's gloves. A lot of womens gloves do not have finger tips - a benefit if they have long nails.

My PCM transmission went out about 12 years ago. I was using Mobil 1 Synthetic tranny fluid. The head technician at the local Correct Craft dealer (at the time) said the synthetic may have contributed to the problems. He said PCM specifically recommends against synthetic fluid. I have also read not to use Type F and never put in more than 2 quarts. Now I change every 100 hours with Castrol Dex Merc but I'll be watching for other recommendations.

Put 11 gallons of Sensient granules in on Friday. Applied over 4 lakes. Looks good. We were blessed with 1.6" of rain on Saturday night. The lakes are now full and did not lose the dye. Lucky we did not get 6-7" of rain that some Houston areas got

Measure the amount of fluid removed and put the same amount back in. A 2002 Ski Nautique has a 2 quart capacity and the fluid reservoir has 2 levels. The vacuum removal tube needs to go in the smaller diameter dipstick hole to the lower level. I usually get almost 2 quarts. Don't overfill and don't use synthetic fluid. www.planetnautique.com has lots of good info on maintaining your boat.

I used neoprene spray leggings to keep water from shooting up the legs of my drysuit. Pull legging up over suit cuff but bottom of legging at ankle below binding top

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Lake_(Western_Australia)

@Marco I would not call it milky, here is another photo. Remember that this lake has only about a 1/3 dose of dye. Took a ski set right after treating. Skier alternately dropped at what we were calling Caribbean or Muddy Swamp ends of the lake. Dye makes it seem so much nicer. Wish I had taken a pictures when we dropped a single granule of dye in a glass of water. Deep blue.

@Marco Here are before and 15 hours after photos. 1 gallon sample treatment applied from 2 ball towards shorter end of lake. I think 2.5 gallons might be good enough for the entire lake.

Sensient's sample jug of SensiPro Pond Colorant arrived and eased away my application concern. The product is the consistency of sugar and pours easily from the wide mouthed gallon container. Quicker, easier and cheaper. Overall the granules are less messy and faster to pour than glugging liquid dye out of a small mouth jug. It takes 8 gallons of liquid dye for one of our lakes. We pour the dye then rinse the jugs a number of times before putting them back in the boat. 3 granular jugs vs 8 liquid jugs - less chance of spilling dye into boat. After an hour, the dye is dispersing out nicely, I think we just cut our dye budget by 25%. One application tip - besides pouring downwind and moving at fast idle - pour granules out to the side of the swim platform. When poured directly behind the boat the dye will eddy back up on the platform. Same thing occurs with liquid dye but I always forget that until midway through the first jug.

Thanks @JDarwin. I'm getting a sample from Keith at Sensient. It will be interesting to see how much on an issue wind drift is with the granule application. Any application tips? The granules are the consistency of ground coffee and is not in water soluble packets. Sensient also offers more costly 5 oz WSPs. Keith said 1 gallon of their granules is equivalent to 3 gallons of Aquashade liquid. He also said Aquashade is 22% solid dye and their dye is 90-95% solids. Based on that, why doesn't 1 gal of granules equal 4 gallons of Aquashade? Aquashade has blue and yellow components, Sensient is only blue. We buy Aquashade at $42.50 plus tax FOB Houston distributor's warehouse

My neighbor sold a boat and the buyer used Showroom Transport. Very reasonable. http://www.showroomtransport.com/ Lots of Canadian buyers so I'd list it on Calgary & Edmonton Craigslist.

It's nice to see the 2014 Waterski Nationals will be in Texas. San Marcos River Ranch.

@Brady My 2 cents Lot priced at a premium and generally selling first are the ones located mid-lake and also at the very ends of the lakes. End lots like your #45 offer a great view down the entire length of the lake. I would eliminate the park areas on the left and right sides in the sketch and sell those lots. People like to congregate to watch events. If you need more park area then increase the size of the middle 2 park areas. Eliminate off-water lots or you will have 2 classes of owners with different dues rates and priorities. Shift the right lake up page and add waterfront lots at the bottom of the drawing. Waterfront probably sells at 3X the off-water price.

A galvanized trailer is a real benefit if you keep your boat on a cradle. Not so much if you trailer the boat and store both in a garage. My painted trailer hangs from beams in an extra high garage with riding mower and a utility trailer parked below. If I had to store it outside then I'd prefer a galvanized one that won't rust away.

Saw an article on an app to detect skin cancer - called SpotCheck. Apple & Android Article says "Average patient waits 38 days. With spot check, you snap a photo of your mole and it will be analyzed by a board certified dermatologist in 24 hours. "Nothing replaces an in-person visit, but you can get real time piece of mindfor free." say NYC dermatologist Bobby Buka who developed the app." Doctors affiliated with SpotCheck see users within 2 weeks.

Flex bar for golfer's elbow. There is another exercise for tennis elbow. Most skiers have golfer's elbow.

A segment of the Fast N Loud TV show was filmed in Lago Santa Fe this summer. They buy a 1968 Shelby Mustang and then go tubing behind a Master Craft. Not that great of a show - but it is cold outside. It repeats on Saturday morning. Discovery Channel Saturday December 15th 11:00 a.m. Eastern Apache/Road to Chopper Live - Part 2 The Gas Monkey Garage crew exchanges some festive, Build Off-themed "gifts" with Jesse James and the Teutuls. Richard flips a rare but rough 1968 Shelby Mustang, scoring a ski boat ride in the deal. Aaron and crew race against the clock to finish the 59 Chevy Apache.

@Horton Eddie should get an Industry Leader tag or something other than Baller @eddie roberts jr. I built a flex tester and have a simple question. When you measure the ski flex, do you record the scale measurement when the ski initially reaches the .1" deflection or do you flex ski to .10" and then allow the scale to settle to a static number? Seems like a couple of pounds difference. Thanks

@brady I'm close to your size and have the Green/Black 69" Senate C with Vector bindings (size 14) set all the way forward. Looks about like 31.5" when I measure with rear boot on. Tried the middle hole and kept moving them forward until I could not go any further. Here are stock settings for 2011 Senate C from another site, wish Radar would do a better job with fin settings on their website. http://www.proskicoach.com/skis/radar/senate_c/2011

4liquidpeace.com/Neoprene-Wetsuit-Beanie-Cap.html has beanies too

I sent a Sahara drysuit in to O'Neill for repairs 2 seasons ago to repair a leaking seam. I was fortunate to have NOT used Aqua Seal because O'Neill included a note on the repair ticket stating they don't fix any suits that have been treated with Aqua Seal. Aqua Seal is good stuff, I have used it on wetsuits and previous drysuits but don't use it if you might send the suit in to O'Neill.

Looks like you could build hotel style valet cart that incorporates four 2 ft x large dia vertical PVC pipes to hold skis. Padding the top of the tubes. You would also have a convenient way to move gas cans, an ice chest or tool box as needed. Take a 1" strip of velcro and secure it to the frame. I use a 1" x 12" strip in my storage shed horizontally stapled across the edge of a shelf. Makes a great place to stick drying ski gloves. tophotelsupply.com/product_p/783-3135.htm http://www.bellmancartsolutions.com/Architectural-Brass-Ski-Cart-p/ab-skicart.htm

Here is a video of Andy's trick run at "Senor" Worlds

I just ordered a set of Wally ski balls along with a few boat guides. Wally claims his boat guides are also super fade resistant. We will see. His guides are cheaper than the Polyforms. One thing to remember for course safety is that AWSA requires 16" of bungee or equal under the ski balls. I bet during low water last year that some of our bungee was much less than 16". This spring, I'll modify the sub buoys to be height adjustable. @Horton you should hit Wally up for a BOS ad banner.

I'm similar size and using your same ski. Sinking is an issue at 15'. Try starting at 22' off and 32 mph.