Baller Bulldog Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 I wanted to add some more choices but I can't seem to edit my picks...sorry feel free to add surfing or other fun things. "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Rpc29 Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 Where does a Sky Ski fit in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 Fishin, tubin, swimmin..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashman Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Ony other thing I do is surf and I do it because a) it doesn't take much energy after I've already skied and b) I can drink a beer while doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeprunc Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Didn't see tanning in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MattP Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 Tricking, Jumping, sometimes Wake Skate. I will drive wakeboard, tubing ext Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller tfriess Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 I would also add tricking to the list but with one group I ski with, barefooting is the priority. My friends and I will do few NAKED barefoot runs granted its early enough in the morning(note this lake has houses all the way around it) Also wakesurfing if we have the right setup,kneeboarding, and wake skating. Oh and my friends and I will usually budy surf behind the boat if water is too rough. We like to get creative and try to ski on different objects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller andjules Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 ummm, not a good question for a "only pick one" poll. Especially one that didn't include wakeboarding or wakesurfing. The answer at our cottage is "all of the above". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GOODESkier Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 Almost more exciting than running 38........ watching my 2 and 4 year old children ski behind the boat on their ski trainers! I say almost...... but they ski like that more than I have run 38....... Family on the boat at the lake is where it is at, even better if it is on a private lake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ozski Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yeah family stuff and tricking. My 3 year boy just got up on the trainer and I was so proud of him that I have no shame in admitting I shed a tear... I have now created a bit of a skiing monster.. very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allycat Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 by toys my kids do a lot of kneeboarding rarely tubing my youngest ski s on two(need to get him a slalem ski soon he wants one) i enjoy a wakeboard and am thinking of getting a wakeskate after wake surfing the other day for the first time but don t have a boat capable of that.oh the occasional spot of fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rockdog Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 My kids have upgraded from the biscuit to trainer to the kneeboard. When skiing with the other 'crew' it's slalom then barefoot, nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bdougherty Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 Skiing with family and just generally being a lake rat. @GOODESkier I also have a 2 and 4 year old who ski on trainers. What a thrill watching them try and enjoy new things. It is great to share your love of the sport with kids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller chris_logan Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 I guess I am of the small crowd where you slalom and jump. Tricking for me is solely for the overall score, evening the playing field for skiers who have opposite talent in slalom and jump. I bet if I had patience (and more time), I would ride a trick ski more in practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerR Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 All of the above, and fishing. I love fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Waternut Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 Is wakeboarding and wakesurfing so disgraceful that pulling a tube is more preferred by skiers? I voted ski with family even though I don't have a family because I refuse to vote for pulling toys...aka tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller eleeski Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 What is "slaloming"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Fatroll Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 We have done everything with our boat except jumping and pulling those Demon Spawn inflatables. We will not own a tube. My wife is an avid barefooter, my oldest son (7) skis, and wake/kneeboards, my middle son (5 1/2) kneeboards and rides the skimmer (with skiing and wakeboarding to come this summer) and the youngest (4) will start skimming and kneeboarding (maybe more but we shall see) this summer. They all drag on the boom once my wife is done with her footin runs, and I have exhausted myself in the course. When my brother visits, he is the trick skier and I am one of the few people over the age of 15 who still kneeboards. I have found it far less abusive that wakeboarding. And like @TylerR we fish, just not from the Nautiques. Of course, my wife and I taking a booze cruise is high on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 I trick a little and I pull my kids and do pull a tube when we have company over. On my lake my kids will slalom, trick, wakeboard and wakeskate. Unless we have company the kids don't tube that much. We also spend some time floating around and swimming off the boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerR Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 You haven't fished until you've taken the mc out for a quick fishing break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Ham_Wallace Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 We slalom, when we aren't slaloming we do other things. Jumping, (tricks are a waste of perfectly good boat gas), fishing while waiting the next set, possibly a little night surfing, after all that, BEER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gregy Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 Also wakeboard and trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller oldjeep Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 Wakeboarding. I managed to eliminate tubing about 3 years ago when the tube got eaten by mice and I refused to buy another one ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller eleeski Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 An interesting thought on tubing: why not get a bunch of kneeboards? Drag the kids around on those. Go slow and they all can do it. If you have a skilled bunch of kids out there, go a bit faster and they can get up on knees and spray one another or do tricks. It is much safer than tubing, builds skills, can accommodate multiple skiers at once and the kids love it. Never had a kid not go on a kneeboard (out of maybe a hundred). All come in with a smile. My boat has never pulled a tube. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller swc5150 Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 We've pulled pretty much anything we could dig out of the garage or storage shed. The list is far too long, but includes a snow skis and a bobsled. That was before the days of having young, impressionable kids around. Now it's tubes, combos, barefooting, air chair, etc. I will admit I may try the bow cover of the new Prostar, should we find one of those in my brother's garage soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Garn Posted February 5, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 Hydrofoiling. We always have one with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdubs Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 cleaning - I wished I spend as much time skiing as I spend cleaning - I would probably be a good skier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryno Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 @GOODSkier and @ozski are on the money... Get beside your little ones on the disc - it's even more memorable... this is my eldest at 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted February 5, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted February 5, 2014 Thanks for all the responses. "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihard Posted February 6, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 6, 2014 One can always try CHALLENGES??? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted February 6, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted February 6, 2014 @skihard that photo is CLASSIC!! Well done! "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MattP Posted February 6, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 6, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted February 6, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted February 6, 2014 @MattP I like that shot too!! "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad_Footer Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Definitely barefooting - normal routine is to get a few barefoot runs in first thing in the morning before even getting on the slalom ski. Father time clock is ticking - figure I only have a few years left to get my surface turns down pat :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller LittleRipper Posted February 6, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 6, 2014 swag @tfriess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted February 7, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 7, 2014 Fishing, or playing at the sandbar with the kids. And maybe a beer or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted February 7, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 7, 2014 There are other things to do behind a boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller igkya Posted February 7, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 7, 2014 Fishing and of course drinking a few cold ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GAJ0004 Posted February 8, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 8, 2014 I barefoot and kneeboard too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Brewski Posted February 13, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 13, 2014 Why was urinating not on the list? Everyone does it so I just had to do it. Sorry~! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klundell Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 You can do things beside slalom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dchristman Posted February 14, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 14, 2014 Well, maybe this doesn't count as another activity... I did lose a paddle and I got around #5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east tx skier Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I make beer next to the boat. Does that count Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted February 14, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted February 14, 2014 Wow @east Tx skier THAT is an impressive set up!! Well done! "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Ilivetoski Posted February 14, 2014 Baller Share Posted February 14, 2014 @east Tx skier Market this to college ski teams. You would not find a single team who would not think this is the greatest idea in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east tx skier Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 @Bulldog @Ilivetoski Thanks. It's been a long time in the making. Finally got a removeable tongue fitted to the boat trailer so I can back it straight in, get the car in the garage, and (with the car in the driveway) not have to walk around the boat to get to the rig on brew days. Priorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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