lhoover

Happy May Day! Just a reminder you can join us 1 week from today to ski with Wade Cox in Houston. Contact me via email listed in first entry.

The great Wade Cox, HOF inductee, will be in Houston on May 8, a Wednesday, afternoon only. Come ski with us at our great site, NE Houston, just 25mins from Bush Airport. We will be using a beautiful 2019 MC promo, graciously furnished by Dr. Jerry Bautsch. At just $75 a set, ski tuning included, it's an event you should not miss. RSVP with Lowell: khoover@wt.net

Michael, I would be most wary of Kelvin and gang. They have sweeeeet boats, they live on a beautiful 4 lake site, they are extremely nice folks, and they are most accommodating. Who needs that? Who wants that?

Call me, Michael. We'll be around at our little lake NW of Bush airport less than 30 minutes. 713 8 75 85 46

So Jody, or whomever, what do you reckon is the thinking with CC by certifying both boats for tournament use? Why would they not want the exclusivity of AWSA sanction to be with their Ski Nautique? And do they control the promo folks as to their choice of boats? Inquiring minds would like to know.

You are mucho correct, andjules, concerning Mike Morgan. Dr. Morgan held the slalom record for years in Men3. Oh, by the way, he also held the jump record in Men3. Oh, and by the way, he also held the trick record in Men3. Mind you, this is a medical doctor in a professional career, raising a family, who just happens to own the record scores, simultaneously, in all 3 events. Let's talk about conversation in the GOAT realm, in addition to the underrated category.

Shane, you bicycle loving, long haired hippie, how have you been. In case some of you ballers don't know, this is the same guy who thinks R&D starts with a stripper pole as the pylon. Dan and I want it known that we are delirious with elated happiness that the Big 3 actually spend money on the tiniest, least profitable segment of their product line, tournament boats. We just don't necessarily understand it.

My bud and I were solving world problems today and lamented the fact that there are rarely, if any, 3 event boats displayed at Boat Shows by the Big 3. We could remember not that long ago that not only was this the Flagship boat of said companies, but also the ONLY boat of said companies. Now it is the least expensive, least profitable, and (usually?) the worst selling boat in their inventory, and probably has been for a decade or more. Knowing that, why would any company put countless cash and man hours into R&D for their bottom feeding product? Look at Correct Craft as a starter. Ten or twelve years ago, why would they completely redo the 196 and introduce the 200? Better boat, we are sure, but that much better for the money expended on the caboose of their fleet? Now the '19 comes along and same question. Seriously? THAT much better for mucho bucks expended? MasterCraft did the same thing a few years ago when replacing the TT197, an outstanding boat. We can understand better gauges or screens or amenities, better bells and whistles, better engines and trannys, but ridiculous R&D money spent on the boat itself? Then Malibu does the same thing a couple of years ago and just got us to wondering what we are missing. Of course, we are the Masters of the Universe (just ask us) while being clueless, for sure, but does anyone have some inside baseball knowledge as to why they do this for their least profitable boat? Makes for good Winter time jawing, anyway.

Ron, come on down to God's country. We haven't skied since yesterday and not going again until tomorrow. Gotta love S Texas. As Lisa would say, turn right and head South for 17 hours and you are here!

Ron, yall come on down to God's country where we are still skiing to our heart's content. Wait...let me go to the grocery and liquor stores first. You can tell I have personal experience with you and Lisa.

Simpson, call me at 713 8 75 85 46

Congrats to all the AK folks. We know why Bob McVitty excels...he is now training in Texas!

Rent this massive, 4 BR, 3 Bath, 2400 sf. house on a private lake in NE Houston. A 2 car garage, plus a carport, plus 2 nice porches/decks that face the lake make this a very unique place to live. Lake membership is included on one of the best slalom lakes in Houston. For more info, email padeegan at gmail. com

Thanks to all for your input. I'm going to recommend 2.

Bruce, she is 44, trying to run the course for the first time. I have a boom. She does not own any trick skis now and was asking me to buy 1 or 2. Leaning toward 2, don't you think? I can give her a few basics, not much.

Forgive the interruption of this thread, but it is you trickers whose opinion I seek. A middle aged woman wants to learn to trick, never having done so. Should she learn on 1 or 2 ?

OK then, so much for the obvious. Buford's College Fund

The Silver Bullet

contact me at khoover @ wt. net

Please allow me to reiterate a thread starter from 6 yrs ago. My thinking has only been strengthened through the years. What think you? Dear ZO, Allow me this opportunity to thank you for the unbelievably fine product that you bring to our sport. You have developed for the boat industry, without question, the most precise and most consistent speed control ever devised and applied it to our specific sport of water skiing. You perform like none other while allowing for choices that suit nearly any style of skiing. No matter the hull difference and weight variance of boats within the same brand, no matter the infinite choice of props, no matter the multiple choices of engine, you deliver. If I put nine people or none in the boat, if I have tons of junk or none in the boat, if I have a full tank of gas or running on fumes, you don't care. If I change skis, or gain weight, or adjust my binders and fin, you are still wonderfully consistent. Your job is to make doggone sure that the mandated time is exact, at each buoy, and you are near flawless. You care not that I am a terrible driver or the best, because your job is the correct speed. With the simplest of input, with the infinite choices of speed desired, with the ease of just enter and go, you are without peer. I realize that there is a ton of moaning and groaning about your exclusivity, or your lack of choices, or your furnishing too many choices. I know that the folks who buy the least expensive boats that our Big 3 manufacture usually do the most complaining. Meanwhile, practices are so much better because of the simplicity of your use. Tournaments run so much smoother because times are never an issue. Divorce rates are down since “perfecto hubby” can't complain about speed. Records submitted for approval don't worry about subjective driving, dispensing with the “in the bucket” nonsense. Skiers keep skiing better because they know of, and rely on, your consistency. Knowledgable skiers examine their inconsistency, not yours. You perform every time, just as programmed. Can you improve? Of course you can, nothing being perfect. But while you may tire of the mostly outrageous, non-productive, with little merit criticism, please know there are lots of us out here who adore you. We thank you, and hoist a fine drink in your name.

Just saw a nice thread talking of the dominance and greatness of Nate Smith. And that is very true. But folks, we are watching, and have watched for over a decade, the greatest 3 event female in the history of our sport. And the greatest female slalom skier ever, period, end of sentence. She just won for the 4th yr in a row the Swiss Pro Tourney by an astounding 5 buoys. The only female to run the 39off pass the entire weekend....and she did it 3 times. And lest we forget, this is a former Tricks World Champion! Just amazing, so enjoy the run with her and congratulations to Regina, the best ever.

Many thanks, Scot! Dave, perhaps an adult beverage, or four, could entice you to pull the trigger?

Thanks, Scot, but that is not it.

Owner facing a work re-location and must sell. Boat is in Houston, always on private water. Has ZO, trailer, cover, black bimini, hot water shower, 1230 hrs. Runs true and sweet, well maintained. Email me for pics since I have no idea how to post any! khoover @ wt . net SIA45762

Thanks, 6balls! I need a tutorial on that.