Florida Ski Lakes

[guitarcarr]

Ok, we are thinking of moving to Florida. We live lakeside on a lake in NJ. We want to move to Florida and buy a lakeside home. There are so many lakes in Florida that its hard to figure out which lakes may have courses or not. We really would like to live on a larger lake that has a course. Can you guys give me some ideas of lakes in Florida that have courses? We will be going down there to look at homes and I just figured the more info I have the better before I go down to look. Thanks in advance!

 

Regards,

 

GuitarCarr

[ntx]

@guitarcarr Flordia is a pretty big state. You will get better feedback if you limit it to a city or area.

[SkiJay]

@guitarcarr According to the Orlando Sentinal, Florida has over 30,000 lakes. You can pretty much choose your location of choice in the state then narrow your search down to the 2,000 - 5,000 local lakes. They come in size very small to the fifth largest lake in the country, Lake Okeechobee. If you are looking for a lake property in Florida, you're in luck.

[jrs]

Check out this site and talk to Nancy Jackson for homes in South Florida.

http://www.okeeheeleerealestate.com/

 

[lpskier]

Lake Tennessee in Auburndale has many homes, a course, a jump and a Scot Ellis. The Butler Chain in Windermere is probably a good bet. Little Sand Lake has a course. Lake Pickett and Lake Drawdy, on the east side of Otown both have courses.

 

The best thing to do is to contact Kris LaPoint and Jennifer Leachmann LaPoint. They are both in real estate and are the perfect folks to help you find a ski home and you can probably finagle some sets with Kris while you shop. www.facebook.com/LaPointRealEstateTeam

 

If you have small children or pets, be careful as your lake will have gators. Just a heads up.

[Wish]

and how many people have you heard about that have been eatn By gators....? Compare that to lightning strikes or human deaths by running into animal with your car. Yes gators in every body of water in FL. Not worried. Daughter's been swimming in my lake since she was 12mths. But, if someone with a jet ski asks about my lake then ya.. GIANT JURASSIC PARK style KILLER gators here.

[lcarnes]

You should looks at Travers Sunset Lakes as well. There are still homesites for sale and you can't beat the set up for being able to ski almost any time, either with other club members, staff or coached. It's not the "Big Lake" you mentioned, but having the infrastructure in place to make skiing/jumping/trick possible whenever you're ready is worth it.

 

[Chef23]

There is a lake in Ft. Myers called the Ultimate Ski Lake with a jump on it and home sites for sale. It is a single purpose ski lake though. The nice thing about Ft. Myers is the weather is warm in the winter.

[Showskeer]

I have a list of lakes in Central Florida with slalom courses and information on trophic levels of the lakes as well. I am an avid skiier and a real estate agent in Central Florida (mostly Orange and Seminole Counties with experience in Polk, Ocseola, Volusia and Lake as well). I specialize in Lakefront property and would be happy to help you. Let me know if you are interested in Central Florida and if not I could help you find a lakefront specialist in whatever part of Florida you are looking. Alan Bloom, Keller Williams Heritage Realty, CentralFloridaLakefront.com

[GregDavis]

Contact Kris / Jen LaPoint, They live in Orlando, and are extremely knowledgeable about best ski lakes and lake Ft. Homes. 407-341-5817 Or Debbie Parish 407-376-1368

[Showskeer]

I could help you at Jack Travers place also but there are some serious limitations there. 407-463-8800

[lpskier]

@Wish Since you ask, 12 people have been killed by gators in Florida since 2000, and lots of pets. As a skier example, Carl Roberge lost his lab. But you are right about lightning being the bigger danger. According to the Orlando Sentinel, an average of nine Floridians are killed each year by lightning. In fact, the area between Tampa and Titusville is the most dangerous place in the country for lightning deaths (I didn't know that). On the other hand, more people are killed in California by sharks and avalanches. I'm not implying that living, skiing or swimming in Florida (or California) is dangerous, but that there are things you have to think about in Florida that you don't have to think about in NJ. Personally, I wouldn't be throwing the ball into the lake for my dog to fetch after dark. I can do that at home in NY with no worries.

 

Hey, I am flying into Sanford at 4:00 next Wednesday if you need a ski partner.

[Gloersen]

of course @Wish has been iso a ski partner ever since some of the boys pulled this from his lake; it was the smaller of the two... 1 stealthily remains.

[Wish]

@Ipskier Like most things, unfortunatly human error is the likaly colprate in most of those cases. Like swimming at night or dusk. Letting little dogs run about a settling stagnent pond. Feeding gators being one of the stupidest things to do and it's done a lot. How many of you would leave food outside of a bears den. Ok, when I moved to FL was frign shocked that most if not all bodies of water have gators at some point. Ya this MN boy was NOT happy to hear that having moved here to be in the water. And what I thought was bull frogs making those noises as we were tooling in after 6pm ski set.... ya not frogs. So did the research. Like any other wild carniverous animal...get to know them, respect them and don't be stupid.

[Wish]

@Gloerson Just saved that photo to my phone. I am so gonna use that the next time someone rolls up and want's to drop a jet ski or a wakeboard boat in the lake.... Nice..!

[uflbret]

@Gloerson, that pic must have been taken at a south FL lake because there's not near enough camo on those guys to be from up here in N FL.

Gators - meh! Some of the biggest ones I've seen were while skiing on the St. Johns near Astor during the Correct Craft Fan reunions. They've got much more important things to do than troll for skiers.

[BRY]

@wish They don't quite sound like frogs... http://crocodilian.com/cnhc/croccomm.html

Saw one once sunning by a drainage when visiting a couple years ago. Since I've moved to FL (10 months) I have yet to see one. No credible story from neighbors on the lake ever seeing one on our lake either. Apparently they don't like speed boat (ie skiing) traffic as it messes with their receptors. But... on the news there was a story of one that had about a dozen dog collars in its gut and another one in someone's house when they got home, came in through doggie door.

 

Overall gators are a much over rated threat. Now the snakes...

[Wish]

Man this thread took a left hand turn.... My experience has been the same. They hate boats. But snakes, "water moccasins" aka "cotton mouths", they do not care what is around them. They are very aggressive. I can't wait till I'm done redoing my dock. Hate mucking around it in hip waders and wondering. They scare me.... a lot.

[scuppers]

We did loose a dog to a gator but really It's the snakes! Last year 3 moccasins, 3 pigmy rattlers and a diamondback. Our springer has been bit on the nose by pigmys twice. One in the swimming pool!