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Anyone else into Waterskiing
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Native Vail Gal
Banned
Unfortunately.....I've water-skied one time and it wasn't a big thrill for me! I like to be in control of my speed....not have someone else in control of it for me! :o
Quiver Queen
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Sure did water ski a lot when I lived in Alabama (it was so hot you had to do something in the water!), and went to camps in Florida, but have only had two days on the water since moving to New England 12 years ago. Now I'm not allowed to ski due to arm surgery, but still have my 15-years old Kidder Redline in the garage. Barefooted one day, but felt like it beat the living puckey out of my body--not worth it!
Lilgeorg
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
If you want to see some fast water skiing , check out this short video clip. Our friend is the tug pilot. He is used to pulling hang gliders up into the sky but this is the first time I ever saw him yank a water skier
https://www.barefootcentral.com/videos/prettyfly.wmv.
https://www.barefootcentral.com/videos/prettyfly.wmv.
skigirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Lil: WOW!!!! Those Guys are GREAT!!!! WOW!!
We used to water ski all the time. My husband outgrow our boat and only liked to ski behind my brother's offical water ski boat, which is only in NY for 5 weeks at the end of June and beginning of July. My brother lives in Texas and brings his boat up every year for 5 weeks. I gave up water skiing when my shoulders could no longer take it and my husband stopped skiing as much when he blew his left knee apart. My brother still water skis all the time. He lives on Austin Lake, TX and spends 5 weeks in NY every summer. I still have to drive or spot for him when he is here.
We used to water ski all the time. My husband outgrow our boat and only liked to ski behind my brother's offical water ski boat, which is only in NY for 5 weeks at the end of June and beginning of July. My brother lives in Texas and brings his boat up every year for 5 weeks. I gave up water skiing when my shoulders could no longer take it and my husband stopped skiing as much when he blew his left knee apart. My brother still water skis all the time. He lives on Austin Lake, TX and spends 5 weeks in NY every summer. I still have to drive or spot for him when he is here.
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MaineSkiLady
Angel Diva
How'd I miss this older thread??
ME ME ME!
Been waterskiing awhile, started when I was 36. No course skiing, just recreational slalom, but it's great living 1/4 mile from a nice lake now (and 88 ft deep!) where there are few if any other boats - it's gone mostly kayaking now, which I also intend to pursue this summer. But yeah, waterskiing, it's way big in the Midwest, where I used to live. Now, we're often the only skiers on the lake! Talk about undiscovered!! Can't wait til June 08!
(But ouch, is filling that tank gonna be painful - :( )
ME ME ME!
Been waterskiing awhile, started when I was 36. No course skiing, just recreational slalom, but it's great living 1/4 mile from a nice lake now (and 88 ft deep!) where there are few if any other boats - it's gone mostly kayaking now, which I also intend to pursue this summer. But yeah, waterskiing, it's way big in the Midwest, where I used to live. Now, we're often the only skiers on the lake! Talk about undiscovered!! Can't wait til June 08!
(But ouch, is filling that tank gonna be painful - :( )
Native Vail Gal
Banned
NOT YET! NOT YET!!! 
I can't switch out of Snow Skiing Yet!!!!!
I can't switch out of Snow Skiing Yet!!!!!
MaineSkiLady
Angel Diva
Not to worry, not to worry! Around here, we try to see how close we can get these seasons together. At least DH does. Last year, he came close: October 23 or something like that, in a full wetsuit, for waterskiing (water was 50), and a couple of weeks later on snow. If he hikes Tucks and skis that in May, he COULD manage an overlap.
I, on the other hand, am a cold water wimp. Not enough body fat...
I, on the other hand, am a cold water wimp. Not enough body fat...
ski chick
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
We are water skiers
We spend most of our ski time on Loon Lake, just south of Schroon, in the 'daks. Last summer we spent a week on the St. Lawrence, and it was heaven. The water was actually warm! I grew up on that river, and don't remember it ever being that warm.
Loon is really tiny, so the water skiing can get pretty boring. Next summer- a wakeboard!
We spend most of our ski time on Loon Lake, just south of Schroon, in the 'daks. Last summer we spent a week on the St. Lawrence, and it was heaven. The water was actually warm! I grew up on that river, and don't remember it ever being that warm.
Loon is really tiny, so the water skiing can get pretty boring. Next summer- a wakeboard!
We've got a boat and we're a half block from the lake, but I haven't tried waterskiing yet (just got the boat last August). We've got skis and a wakeboard, and my SO and DS took to waterskiing like fish to water (lousy analogy, sorry...) and SO's DD got the hang of wakeboarding her first day out. Maybe I'll give waterskiing a try this season.
Our lake gets absolutely nuts-o on the weekends. We usually do a few laps around the lake and just anchor in a cove for swimming on the weekends, but weeknights are fair game for waterskiing since the crowds aren't there. I'd love to retire somewhere that has a big, uncrowded lake for boating/waterskiing in warm weather and some awe-inspiring mountains for snow skiing in winter. Still looking for that perfect place...
Our lake gets absolutely nuts-o on the weekends. We usually do a few laps around the lake and just anchor in a cove for swimming on the weekends, but weeknights are fair game for waterskiing since the crowds aren't there. I'd love to retire somewhere that has a big, uncrowded lake for boating/waterskiing in warm weather and some awe-inspiring mountains for snow skiing in winter. Still looking for that perfect place...
mollmeister
Angel Diva
We don't get out behind the boat in CO (no one we know has one, lol), but when we visit DH's family in NC, we spend most of our time wakeboarding on Lake Norman.
I have never been much of a waterskier (probably because I learned behind a boat that was NOT a ski boat. I am lucky my arms are still in their sockets), but I love wakeboarding. I am not all that great at it, which means that most of my attempts at really big jumps have ended in minor, but painful injury, but it's awesome to get out behind the boat. And it's fun to watch DH and his siblings, who have been working at it a lot longer than I have!
I should say that I have reservations about all the gas we're using, but I can't quite give it up entirely.
I have never been much of a waterskier (probably because I learned behind a boat that was NOT a ski boat. I am lucky my arms are still in their sockets), but I love wakeboarding. I am not all that great at it, which means that most of my attempts at really big jumps have ended in minor, but painful injury, but it's awesome to get out behind the boat. And it's fun to watch DH and his siblings, who have been working at it a lot longer than I have!
I should say that I have reservations about all the gas we're using, but I can't quite give it up entirely.
I've always wanted to water ski! Unfortunately, the boat we had access to was used by my whole family. The last time I tried to ski, I tried for about 20 minutes. This is with all 6 of my boy cousins anxiously waiting for their turn. When I couldn't do it... I decided to just enjoy tubing. I think that I am ready to give it another try this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MaineSkiLady
Angel Diva
Hmmmm - the above makes me think, long and hard....kind of like Kevin Costner at the end of "Field of Dreams" - "Maybe this IS heaven." (as opposed to merely Iowa)
But oh do please try waterskiing. This is a seriously wonderful sport that was once neck and neck with snow skiing for me for passion factor. (not anymore - summers short here, water cold, winters are better)
SouthernSkier
Certified Ski Diva
That is tricky. Water skiing is easy here in the Southeast, but snow skiing is not very good. Maybe New Mexico or Nevada - they have good skiing in areas, and I always *think* of them being hot. Pure speculation, though.
Mary Tee
Angel Diva
What water ski is anybody skiing on? Is anyone using a female specific ski? Does anyone know if there is any real difference, or in the water ski world is it still "shrink & pink"? I asked this question on one of the waterski forums and got a lot of responses from guys about which ski they thought their wives thought were the prettiest!
