Razorskier1

New skis are always so exciting!

It isn't about the weight. I use 135 for squats and 225 for dead lifts. Could I lift a lot more? Sure, but to what end? I'm working on hip mobility and core stability. That doesn't require a ton of weight. I feel like I have gotten plenty of benefit without risking injury. Lifting more isn't the objective.

I owned a 1988, which I suspect was newer than that one. However, a great all purpose boat. Lots of space and goes like hell. Also tracks well (double tracking fins in the front and the outboard in the back do a lot for tracking! Slalom wakes small, but firm. I skied mine in the course for years before I got my first inboard in 2000. Kept it in storage for a few years after that because I couldn't bring myself to part with it, knowing I'd never have one of those again. Finally sold it to a barefooter from Illinois. Fun as hell!

Image is backwards. I was driving. Susan still can't drive after her right foot surgery in mid-January. Great timing, I know.

Road trip to radiation!

Heck if I know . . . I just ask people smarter than me for suggestions.

In other news, looks like ice-out is near! Today or tomorrow!

I've done that. It can help you to keep from loading too soon.

Thanks you all for your support. Chemo and radiation start Monday for a six week cycle. Then a month off followed by six months of chemo. The battle is joined.

great boat. I love my PS

Confusion will reign in the boat and at the scoring desk. Get ready to slow your tournaments by 25%

Mine is an old obrien plate with an Andy Mapple special made overlay.

Apparently a lot of ballers were also ballers!

My older brother said "how many times will Jim get back up? One more time than the number of times you knock him down. Good luck cancer.

Ya, off topic, I know. Was just reflecting on the sport that was my first love and thought I'd share something probably none of you would have guessed. By the time I was a sophomore in high school, I started dunking. One-handed, off the run, every time. That was fun! Started working harder. By my senior year, I could get eye-level with the rim and reach over the top of the painted box. Then it got really fun!!! My arsenal at the time included cradles, left-handed, right-handed, two-handed tomahawks, 180s, up and unders, and alley oops. Just after high school playing pick up ball I ripped down a glass backboard with a big two-hander. Of course, taking a 190 lb guy up in the air and back down all those times is why I have knee problems now!!!

Fun. The focus for 2017 is fun! Live every day, drink every drop.

Did my first ramped up leg workout yesterday. Muscles are sore - so nice! Weakness begets weakness. Strength begets strength. I will not let this make me weak!

Just warning you, I'm an average skier and driver.

Planning to have my stuff with me and, time and energy permitting, grab a set now and then if you'll have me @MS.

@horton -- I'm hoping to pimp @MS once his ice is out! That's an easy trip from Mayo (25 minutes). Still a little unclear how my depth perception is shaking out. Will figure it out once the Vapor is on my feet.

Chasing, chasing, chasing. We do finally have a plan. I will be entering a radiation clinical trial at Mayo on March 6th, 5 days a week for, six weeks, along with chemotherapy. In the meantime life has been a bit of a blur -- doctors, appointments, prescriptions, phone calls from the same! Nice to have a plan, but it doesn't get less busy! Monday of next week treatment planning all day at Mayo. Tuesday morning more at Mayo. Tuesday afternoon plane to Houston to see MD Anderson for a consult. Thursday back from Houston, have a weekend at home and then on to treatment. For now, it' time to go to the gym! Susan and I are cranking the exercise. I don't plan to shrivel during therapy -- I plan to grow!

Incredible.

@Than_Bogan I don't get it, but they said the beard stays! Rock on!

Morning walk! Still working toward the Will Asher beard

Thanks to all! I'm not the best skier in the world, but I am a fighter. Game on!