GregDavis

Tim Cost, Nicole, Becky and crew, what an outstanding event. hats off to ya. thank you

Performance Ski and Surf sell a really nice Helmet for jumpers and other water sports activities. I race dirt bikes, and actually considered wearing one of these racing dirt bikes. It's light, full face, Awesome. I think they are made by Bell.

Love the comments, Now, how do we raise the $$$ for IN HIS WAKES. Nate and Regina are pro skiers, we would have to pay their expenses, and ask if they ( as Pros ) would do this for Kristi's kids and IN HIS WAKES .

I better add that I have not talked with KLP , Nate, the host site or Nautique about this yet.

OK, this is an idea I had. At the Nautique Big Dawg in Mississippi. June. 29/30. Old Big Dawg, against Young Pup? Nate would spot KLP 6 1/2 buoys. KLP at 34 mph, Nate at 36 MPH. All proceeds would go to; IN HIS WAKES. KLP's best score from Sat. Qualifying. ( 2 rounds ) Nate could get two shots at beating it by 6.5 buoys. any ties, we would flip a coin.

 

Now, I just have to come up with a way to generate $$$ Any ideas for raising some $$ for IN HIS WAKES??

 

This is just a thought I had, would have to get approved by Nautqiue Corporate, Nate and Kris would have to agree to it. and The Host site would have to as well.

 

Another thought is to have Regina again Big Dawg Field. Heads up at 34 mph.

Lets see, Nate can ski in the Big Dawg in 18 years.

Could be a good site for a Nautique Big Dawg ??

will any of the Big Dawgs Take down 41?

By the sounds of things, some of the skiers were getting down deep into 41 this past weekend at Cedar Ridge. Will and of the Big Dawgs take 41 down at The Nautique Big Dawg at Cedar Ridge ? Who?

Goode Nano Twist, traditional, Right, 65.75

 

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I agree, actual length of rope is much easier for people not close to the sport to understand. Metric measurement is also not good for sport in USA The rest of the country is does not relate to metric measurement. Football field ( USA ) 300 feet. Basketball hoop, in USA 10 feet.

OOPs Sorry about that, I had heard it was 3, which didn't make any sense what-so-ever.

It's fairly easy to figure out from a dollar and cents stand point.

 

1. Initial purchase price. If new to new, aprox. $54K to $39 K i.e. $15K diff

 

2. One year old, Pro Mo to Pro Mo 47K to 30 K $17K diff

 

3. How long are you going to keep boat?

 

4. How many hours will you put on per year?

 

5. In the long run, believe it or not, the cost will be close to the same.

 

6. Nautique you have the enjoyment of owning and skiing behind the best tournament ski boat in the world.

 

7. Nautique anyone can give you a good pull

 

8. Nautique When it is time to sell, you will have a much bigger potential buyer base, and boat will sell for right price.

 

9. Nautique Closed Bow, passenger seat, can sit two big adults three med. to small adults.

 

10. I know a guy who has been trying to sell his CP for 18 months. Just can't find a buyer, he keeps dropping the price, but still can't sell it.

 

11. I've heard, that the CP has a Coast Guard approved passenger capacity of 3 people. ( not 100% sure this is true, but if it is. Good Luck selling the CP

 

12. CP the boat is great to ski behind at all speeds.

 

13. You kind of Pay Now, or Pay later. with the Nautique you will have a greater initial investment, however, terrific resale, and most importantly, enjoyment of skiing behind and driving a Nautique 200.

 

Number One Objective: Safety two: Make it simple, less complicated to host a record tournament. Three: Same for all competitors. Number ONe is enough. I agree and support below 100% Greg Davis

 

 

The most dangerous part of the slalom course is the 27 meters from 6 ball to the exit gates. In the course we have 41 meters for a skier to score a whole buoy. At the exit gates we only have 27meters. This means skiers, in order to score a whole buoy, need to try to turn the buoy and often times hold on to huge amounts of slack rope, thus endangering the boat passengers and the skier him/herself. This happened to Andy Mapple at my tournament on February 13th. Andy said "If I would have let go of that handle, it would have gone through the boat." Andy strained his back on that day and didn't ski as well the next day

 

 

 

 

 

Simply pull the right hand gate ball back towards the 55m buoys by 14 meters. This buoy would be called the 14 meter buoy. This gives you an empty spot where that buoy used to be, but gives the skier a huge gate to now go through. This also requires the skier to start on the left side of the boat

 

as they do now.

 

 

This also solves the issue of the more dangerous 27 meter segment where skiers have to exit the slalom course. It makes that segment 41 meters like it is between one ball and two ball boat guide buoys and two ball to three ball boat guide buoys etc. etc.

 

 

One could adjust a slalom course to these new dimensions in about 20 minutes. You simply unhook the right gate hand buoy and put in a new anchor, line and buoy and place it 14 meters closer to the 55m buoys. Another way of saying this is to pull the right entrance gate buoy (the new 14 meter buoy) towards the direction from which the skier is starting.

 

I had a factory cover, ????? they are OK however, Skiboatcovers.com in my opinion is a much better value, and I love the waterline cover.

A great place for covers is SkiBoatCover.com 810-623-6798 or 800-345-3670 I have had 4 new 200's and Mike has made covers for all of them. I couldn't be happier. Waterline, sumbrella. Love the fit, the quality, the service and the price is fair. He made covers for all my Nautiques from 1996 to present ( holly cow 18 years ). Call ask for Mike.

Kris LaPoint has the best looking skis

5.3 wouldn't be my preference. One thing I liked about the 351 Ford, it had a longer stroke than the 350 Chevy. i.e. more torque. A 5.3 might put out same HP, but at a higher RPM. OK to decrease Cubic In. on cars, but not boats. Remember the Toyota ski boat, Their V8 had HP, but lacked torque. Just didn't work.

Never experienced any retailer quite like performance ski and surf. Bill, Danny and staff are knowledgeable, honest, willing to help in any situation, answer questions, even it they don't sell you anything. Very positive attitude, It's so refreshing to run across a retailer like Performance. I would highly recommend performance ski and surf to everyone. Hats off to Performance, I'm heading down to their new facility in the next few days to check it out. Thanks for all your help through the years. Greg Davis

Heard PARISH Tied the course record of 3 at 41. Winning at Moomba. Congratulations CP

Usually, the first time a guest, it's on us, glad to give someone a pull. If people come and ski more frequently, I like gas, rather than $$. We keep boat in boat house, therefore I transport gas. ( kind of a pain in the butt ), gas is way better than $$ for me. It's also nice when people are apprecitive and help wipe boat down etc.

ok, thank you looking for size 8 kids. gregdavis3@aol.com 407-617-3417

Looking for Size 8 Kids wet suit, in good condition. ( looked on Ski -it-again, however not much on there for kids. Thanks gregdavis3@aol.com

The popularity and positive acceptance of Nautique Sr. Tour, ( that was added to the Nautique Big Dawg World

Tour), seems to have attracted additional skiers who, most likely, would not have entered the Big Dawg. ( which was the objective), To answer your question, yes, the plan ( tentative) is to have three US Qualifiers in 2014. However, because we have Finals in conjunction with the Nationals, ( early Aug. ) it makes it difficult to schedule three qualifiers, not wanting to step on any State or Regional Tournaments. When finals were end of September, we had more time for a third qualifier. We'll make it work, it's a good problem to have, and solve. Hopefully, we can have a West Coast Qualifier in 2014. How about Florida, Mississippi, and West Coast?

Nautique Big Dawg World Tour Qualifier in Cedar Ridge is Full, Three on waiting list. Filled up very quickly.