Ask MS?

[skidawg]

Someone ask MS what he did today?

[thager]

Ward,

 

Well, he either peed his pants or he ran 39.5 Which is it?

OK, MS what did you do

do today?

[Horton]

Worse

[thager]

MOP?

[skidawg]

Any other boat judges out there pulled a "schneewind"

[thager]

Dawg,

 

You're killing me here! What did he do?

[skidawg]

Almost ready to tell, need more guesses

[HO 410]

Forgot to shorten the rope.

Someone ran the easiest -39' ever... strike that, a pretty good back-to-back -38'

[lkb]

Skied in just those ski panties he wears? The only reason I know he has them is because they were draped over his ski in my boathouse one morning.

[acmx]

Panties, you didn't touch them did ya?

[thager]

Somebody south dakotaed and he shortened the rope for the next speed?

[lkb]

acmx, no way! I did get a picture though.

[thager]

Last guess. He kissed a man?

[Horton]

Forgot to shorten rope after Scoke ran 35. Darn Scoke was too nice so everyone else was mean to MS.

[skidawg]

Yup

[Horton]

Need Eric Lee next year so we can spread some abuse off MS.

[jdarwin]

and MS was my Chief Judge this weekend!

[ForrestGump]

That's ok, cause Scoke got payback. When Brian Brown was skiing, he just skipped 35 completely and went 32 to 38.  I guess he figured if he had to run it twice, then Brian didn't need it at all.

[scoke]

 

and now the rest of the story....

Cottonwood tourney,  Round 1: MS in the boat as the judge/rope wrangler.JD at the wheel behind his sweet Nauti 200 (one of the best i've felt).

Off the dock, run a decent 28 and sit at the end. Think about the cleanup on the next pass.

Run a solid 32 and we sit at the end. For the round my goal was to get a good start at 38 and get a look deep into the pass.

He hooks it to blue and i find a nice rhythm and roll through 35 pretty easy. Ok so boat crew and i start chatting up what we are looking for and what my gates going to be etc. the usuals...

 38: I go easy as I can through the gate and have a super sweet setup at 1 ball. Hookup clean with rhythm out of 2 ball. Great active edge change into 3 ball. As I hook up out of 3 ball i am thinking "3 ball at 38 normally doesnt feel like this. It's supposed to have more swing to it. Son of a gun, he forgot to shorten the rope." pull to 4 and have a really nice edge change, clean connection and swing out to 5 ball. As i am turning 5 ball I think "ok maybe this is 38 and i am in the zone and skiing out of my mind??" pull to 6 and stand up and ski away.

 We are heading towards the dock and everyone is yelling and cheering. Before I sit at the end of the lake, I yell "i dont think he cut the rope". Sure enough, the rope was still on blue and not purple.....

[skidawg]

Guess I shoulda locked MS in the Porta instead of Horton!

[jdarwin]

http://www.lakesatcottonwood.com/Horton.jpg

[Dirt]

Should have locked them both in there together. Thanks to Joe Darwin and everyone who put on the most fun tournament I have ever attended. The site is amazing and the people are great. The party Saturday night at Joe's house was outstanding with mexican food, margaritas, beer, the best pie and cake I have ever tasted, swimming pool, hot tub and the LSU game on his outdoor patio flat screen!

We stayed with Ward at Olde Ward's Pond. We had a practice ride and six rounds of skiing with a turn and burn format. If you are on the fence about turn and burn, attend this tournament and it will let you see how good it is for the sport. We had a plane to catch in Dallas (3+ hour drive) and I would have missed my last two rides had it not been for this format. Others chose not to turn and burn because they wanted a rest in between, wanted a different boat, wind direction/velocity, etc... 

[Old MS Accout]

I am staying out of this.