Jdubs

If there's a problem yo I'll solve it.

Boat looks beautiful. Give @TWhisper a shout for the ski skinz too. Daughter loves her ski that Terry did.

I have lived in both the DFW and Sacramento. Never spent time in Daytona so I can't say too much other than most everyone considers Florida the mecca for water skiing, but the gators kind of freak me out. As far as the other 2, I have lived in Sac town for about 7 years and presently in the Dallas area for about 8 years. I would say there are pluses and minuses to both, but they are really both great for skiers so in my book you have some great prospects. Pluses for Sac town - very water ski - friendly. Winters are short and for most the ski season starts in March and you rarely see a freeze. Cost of living has been lower in the last few years, but seeing a rebound from the housing crises so you probably will see a return on investment if you buy a home. There are some great tournament sites in Sacramento and to name some of the most beautiful like Short line lake in the Elk Grove area as well as some others. There are also great membership clubs that are really great like Winchester Lake and Bel Aqua (where I used to ski) I was always hunting buoys so I never really ventured out on Folsom lake or any other big lakes. Yes you are right about the off season. You have a some near by snow ski resorts just up the road. Heck - in reality you could really go snow skiing, water skiing and hit the beach all in the same day if you were really wanting to make the drive. Pluses for Dallas - There are a good amount of great Cheap tournament to ski and live at. Here where I live and ski on Princeton Lakes the community is only a little more than half way full and there always is a lot or two for sale at about 70k ( about 20K more than that with a dock to store your boat. As well houses on a record capable lake can be bought at around $300k and many are an acre or bigger. The winters are much colder last a little longer than Sacramento, but mid to the end of March you see the lakes start getting busier. I would say that any where you go that you have to consider the family and look at the local school district. I would say that I have had good luck with the school districts in the area. Dallas has snakes its true, but I can say once June hits they kind of go hide and for the most part. The only thing you normally see are water snakes and like they say - everything is bigger in Texas.

Not many now it but Owen did his Master's Thesis in Architecture on a project to build a resort featuring a water ski lake and hotel to be located in the middle of Los Angeles during his time at Montana State University.

50mph Huh? No wonder the Ferrari emblem.

So the question was... What is your first thought on a boat with almost no hours? - Someone needs to get their priorities straight.

@Ilivetoski I understand your thinking, especially being a broke college kid, but when the time comes to buy a boat and you want a great Nautique promo boat - hit me up... But just so you know... I sold this year's boat in Oct and have my 14 sold as well (even though I haven't taken delivery yet). I think that the boat market is doing great. No - not everyone can afford top of the line ski boat, but if you work hard after graduation - you'll more than likely get what you desire.

Boats are overpriced right? Wrong... You can get mad at the boat manufactures if you like, but the real blame is the dollar value declining that drive prices up. Everything including fuel price is up. I am not going to get into politics, but if you had x number of gold coins 10- 15 years ago you would probably come close to spending that same amount of gold coins on getting a Corvette, boat, gallon of gas ect. Houses are the only exception right now, but if you look at the trajectory of printed dollars injected into the economy and the min wage increasing - its a good sign you are going to see prices continue to rise. Guess we better get used to it. Unless things change you are going to see a 100,000 ski boat in the near future. The real trick is to maintain your wage increasing as it correlates with inflation. Good luck.

cleaning - I wished I spend as much time skiing as I spend cleaning - I would probably be a good skier.

Lol I have 2 older - 8 & 9 years old and now a 5 month old and found out yesterday one more on the way. How does this keep happening?

Just curious about how many slalom courses / ski jumps are on the other 10,000 lakes. Given the lay of the land, MN would not seem worth it to pay a premium when there is so much other lake access.

I don't really need a roof, just a big ole heater and walls for wind protection.

That design looks killer. Terry did a ski wrap for my daughter. It came out really nice. The ski is too small now, but she still won't let me sell it. At least she has a baby sister that will get some use out of it in comming years. The guy really has talent.

Actually looks like the tower would not effect short line

So I guess you have to know some one at the factory to get 2 Metal flake colors next to each other. Try to create that one on the Nautique website and it won't work. "You may only use the same metal flake color for adjacent flake". And yea I could certainly fish out of that boat. People be sayen - that be one sweet fishen boat and ya getten thar quick with that ZR 6.

My son was on the OBrien siege jr. and my daughter was on an old Kidder (which she doesn't use but won't let me sell). Still have the little OBrien if you are looking to buy one. I am guessing you don't care if it has a Gopro mount on it. I also have a Wiley's XXS binding that mounts up If you are looking for a new one - I also have an Obrien elite jr 62" I am also looking to let go. If you are interested my wife would love to rid the house of some of our old skis.

Oh thanks. That was a couple of years ago so I think they are both on 59" ski. Boy was 5 and girl was 6.

JB Weld is the epoxy I always use on any ski, but you are going to change the entire dynamic of the ski.

Only pointing back to my kids, but you can simply flip to mount forward too.

I have only seen this in gloves, but I am curious if any of the folks making water ski bindings are using or have any plans about using the BOA Closure System. I think that this could be an improvement over the current lacing buckle and strap systems out today.

Why did they stop calling it Obamacare? LOL

I will try to stay away from politics on this, but this sport has never been really cheap nor is it looking like its going that way. If you look at the past you can see a parallel between the cost of a mildly equipped Corvette compared to a nicely equipped MC or SN ski boat. It takes the roughly the same amount of gold bars to buy a new boat it as it did in years past. It just takes a lot more dollars to buy anything. They just keeps printing dollars at higher and higher speeds these days.

Glad to hear manufactures moving into the space.

You may already know all of what I am going to tell you, but it is information that I wish I would have known going into all of this. As a parent that started kids really young - I just have a few suggestions. If you get new skis they are usually over buoyant. These little ski's will frustrate kiddos. Skis will get crossed and have a really hard time getting up. HO and probably others sell a combo ski tail weight that keeps the tips naturally up out of the water. Until you have a chance to get tension on the line kids normally have the most trouble and many times they want to be done before the whole fun starts. My other suggestion is to look for wooden, less buoyant skis and if your kids are less then 4, I would stick to a skimmer ski trainer. As far as talking to your kids, I would give them 3 rules to skiing success: 1. knees bent 2. handle low. 3. elbows straight. Most importantly, make sure they are having fun. Some kids need a little tuff love, but if anything helped my kids, even more than instruction, it was all the cheering and high fives for accomplishments they had.

I got a promo 2013 SN 200 open bow for sale in the Dallas TX area. Hit me up if you want a peek.