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The real G. Harry Stine was hailed as the father of model rocketry and has been dead for about 15 years. It seems safe to assume that our self appointed Professor is bored with winter and living in a snow bound climate in his mother's basement. He does have a keen grasp of the obvious in his writings which generally indicates that he is not an immediate danger to those around him. I really just wanted to vote for Ginger.

Where would you like your future Darwin award sent?

Definitely get the white one.

Kodak Playsport is easy to use in the boat environment since it's waterproof, takes good quality HD video, has cheap extra batteries, uses memory cards, has 4x zoom. How can you go wrong when it only costs $129. You most likely will only study each days skiing only one time to see what you are doing and that's it.

6 sets of 6 passes attempted first day I was on a private lake. Didn't have enough grip or strength left to even tie my shoes for a week. At our free skiing secret spot, we once had a guy down as a guest who was a very good non-course skier but also happened to be a pro motorcycle racer. Bruce Miller, he won the Baja 500 & 1000 twice each in the early 80's and came in 2nd in the Baja 2000 in Y2K. That cat could ski 3 times farther along the river than any of us locals. I guess when you can stand up on a Honda 650 for 32 hours at 50+ mph average speed across the baja desert when you are nearly 40, then smooth water seemed easy. As Than Bogan implied above, a world class elite athlete can make it look easy.

I'm one of the mid-week morning skiers at the 2 lakes farthest west. Rarely any boats working at any of the lakes except during summer. Most homes are 2nd homes with few full time residents. The 2 lakes 5 miles east of the photo probably have the most full timers and the lakes form a very nice little community. You just need to work in the Bako area cause it's a 90 mile commute to downtown LA with lots of traffic at drive time. I drive 2 hours, 130 miles each way from the OC but avoid heavy traffic times.

Pictures and details please! Trent said they would be essentially the same but the liner would be a little thicker... Sort of the midpoint between the RS-1 plump and the Strada thin. If so I'm getting some when I retire my RS-1's.

I have a similar cover as East Texas Skier for my Malibu. Made by Evolution Cover. About $750 last year. Awesome and so fast and easy. Cinches strap below the rub rail. Check out then call Cory for great service. Www.evolutioncovers.com

The 1993 thru 1995 MC Prostar 205 is great. I've had a 94 205 since new. There is some spray at shorter line lengths compared to modern hulls...never been there though. The Ski Nautique Open Bow (SNOB) is a great boat but the open bow is a climb over the dash flat playpen style vs. the walk thru and deep seats of the MC 205. So if you have smaller children that could be a consideration. I agree with Jody and others that the 1997 era SNOB I've skied behind is awesome.

Ok Phil anytime. I try to use the name of the person on the other end of the rope whether I'm holding the handle or the throttle.

Drill a hole in the side of a small tube such as a lipstick case, insert the old dipstick, and fill the tube with epoxy. No idea if this will actually work but that's all the effort I'm willing to put into coming up with a lipstick on your dipstick reference.

Make an athletic move towards the ball... Works for baseball, golf, tennis... Slalom. Since my body is apparently incapable of performing like a CNC machine, I will be satisfied with what could best be described as a series of linked recoveries. These various recovery adjustments are required due to my individual experiences, physiological characteristics, and the persistent failure of the real world to provide me with perfect playing conditions. I'm going skiing.

The 67 length will be perfect and either ski will work. My weight is steady at 176-178 pounds and I skied the Triumph at 28-32 mph for a season. I then sold it to a buddy who weighs 190 and wanted to slow down as well. He loves it. Also skied the Theory and loved it but went with the Senate C.

Probably a misspelling ... won instead of OWN. Both spellings cause the same excitement.

Ditto RS-1's. Size 9.5 foot in size 9 boots. Green superfeet inside. Single plate. 3rd season. Heated to plump them up after 1st season, still so comfy. I leave the liners in when I take my feet out.

I loved my O'Neill Throttle for the 11 years it lasted. Then got Oneill Boost full baggy but it has stayed in the truck this year. I now use an Aleeda 4/3mm full wet suit and skied it down to 43 water, 45 air and was totally comfortable with no chill besides gloves. This new generation of super stretch neoprene full suits that are glued, taped etc and have the neck gaitor setups are as dry or drier than my Throttle. Similar to O'Neill Psycho series. So flexible, water tight, and easy the get on and off.

Water skied Friday with no neoprene and drove home saturday thru snow in the foothills outside of San Diego. Heading to Mammoth Mountain monday morning for the 20 foot base like any sensible person. So Cal rocks.

Top club level tennis players will go thru multiple racquets and shoes during the season. Top pros on tour may change racquets several times in a single match. Mostly for the fresh strings. Tennis balls only go around 9 games in a tour match. When I was a working musician, I changed guitar strings every week, now yearly at best. My point is that these are all consumable goods by design. The harder or more they are used, the faster they wear out or break down. In skiing my feeling is that gloves, ropes and skis are the consumables. Add up all the costs of skiing, boat gas, depreciation, maintenance, driving to the lake, tournament fees, etc. A new ski every year or two is just another that should be expected. When used as designed, it will wear out.

Spademann bindings were the bomb, great concept and still valid since I've seen some similar "stomp in" snowboard bindings. Interesting concept for water ski release. Did any of you 1970's snow skiers ever "do the Burt"?

I have an Evolution cover for my 2007 Malibu Response LXi. The boat is parked year round outside in the Arvin sun, rain and wind. After my original cover from Malibu failed, I decided on the Evolution after checking out Malibu Crew message board. I've had it a year and I love it. Perfect fit, easy to put on solo, one heavy duty cinch strap. Not cheap but worth it. Www.evolutioncovers.com . Lots of pictures on the website. Cory Anderson was great to deal with.

East tex skier- I had Hexel Sundance skis with Scott Superhot boots as my mid 1970's hot ultra lightweight snow ski setup... Along with a classic fluorescent orange, green and yellow outfit that will never go out of style.

I'm with ski6jones above... Get naked in front of an educated woman that you don't know that well at least once a year... If she's a doctor, even better, it should be easier to explain to your wife and will only cost you the price on the exam, instead of half your sh*t and 50% of all the rest of the money you will ever make in your life. I learned that from a friend... I'm celebrating my 26th anniversary with my 1st and only wife snow skiing this week (very similar to slalom). Every December Dr. Mary H. checks me out for odd moles and gently asks me to cough. Yeah baby!

I have a 1994 Prostar 205 that I've had since new. The floors were made of expanded honeycomb aluminum. Same stuff as in Hexel snow skis from way back and in airplanes. I had a soft spot after about 8 years between the engine box and the transom. Dealer replaced the modular panel for free since I was original owner. Another ski buddy had similar soft spot on a 1996 PS 190 and we replaced the floor panel with marine plywood. We replaced that panel of carpet as well and it faded to match the next summer. That was 3 years ago and no worries. It is a simple repair if you're handy or quick for a boat carpet guy.

O'Neill Boost or similar full baggy. Pick a size with plenty of room for your waist and chest and ignore the height as long as it's taller than you. Use leg spray wuss guards to prevent any excess baggy leg length from dragging in turns. If you wear your vest inside the drysuit you can get a clean burp of unwanted air. My XL fits my 6'3, 180 lbs as well as a 5'10, 205 lbs buddy. You'll probably want a larger size to fit your studly chest but the height doesn't get much taller in the XXL and larger sizes so no worries. This must have been worth saying twice

O'Neill Boost or similar full baggy. Pick a size with plenty of room for your waist and chest and ignore the height as long as it's taller than you. Use leg spray wuss guards to prevent any excess baggy leg length from dragging in turns. If you wear your vest inside the drysuit you can get a clean burp of unwanted air. My XL fits my 6'3, 180 lbs as well as a 5'10, 205 lbs buddy. You'll probably want a larger size to fit your studly chest but the height doesn't get much taller in the XXL and larger sizes so no worries.