rj60 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Hey fellow Ballers what a great article Trent Finlayson wrote about Coxy and his return to coaching. I got to tell you that i skied with him yesterday and even though the water was 68 degrees, overcast conditions i had the best ever session. I wrote a blog a few weeks ago on BOS and just let me say this i have a personal best every time i go out there. Give the guy a shout,or send out a note welcoming him back to the water ski world. I know he would love that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted March 28, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 28, 2014 Back in the 80's when I was in NY, my training partner went down to ski with Carl Roberge. He came back and said he had a great time, and talked about some teenager that was skiing with Carl everyday, and just wait, he will be kicking everyone's tail real soon. It was Wade Cox. My friend was right, a couple years later and he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted March 28, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 28, 2014 Wade Cox = Legend! "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatRe Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 @AB I went to Wade's "a couple of years later" - your friend was right. During my friend's college years, he was Wade's training partner. I too was living in NY and was invited for a visit. I cannot begin to tell how amazed I was with his skills. His endurance & focus, hmm... multiple (a lot of) 38s, back to back, spin as soon as possible after the gates and repeat. He technically fell (ski not in contact with the water) at buoy 2 during one of the passes. He held the handle, planted, kept skiing and a couple of buoys later he was back on schedule. Carl stopped by and asked if we wanted to ride in the boat. We were in the passenger seat before answering. I'm a newbie and now on cloud nine. They advised in terms I could understand. It was fun to hang with them. Both are gentlemen. I'm glad to hear Mr. Cox is coaching and wish him all the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller liquid d Posted March 28, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 28, 2014 Wade has a job on April 11th at Ridgewood Lakes Golf! He'll be the one witnessing a Hole In One for the $25,000 prize! Warning--- If you miss the green , he has been known to make some comments. Come on out and play golf...register now...it's coming up soon! ps: Carl and Sammy should be playing again this year too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rfa Posted March 28, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 28, 2014 Wade is a legend skier and awesome guy...skied a few times with him in MA...good learning and good fun! These are from about 12 or so years ago...with my (then) young son and some friends (on a very cold June day in MA...). Best wishes for his new coaching school! Hope to meet again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markchilcutt Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 We will be skiing with the legend the end of April!! Super stoked!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GregDavis Posted March 29, 2014 Members Share Posted March 29, 2014 Wade, Would love to have ya join the pups at the Big Dawg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bishop8950 Posted March 30, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 30, 2014 Beyond being a legend and a great coach, Wade is hilarious and a great guy to hang out with. You will learn a lot and have a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Garn Posted March 30, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 30, 2014 Wade will be in Utah June 30th and July 1st! Lookin forward to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipkimball Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Skied with Wade at his ski site in February and it was AWESOME!! Conditions were perfect, and more importantly, Wade was an incredible coach. He is more knowledgable than just about anybody in the industry, and he loves working with people of any skill level. In our group we had my buddy skiing into 38 off, and my niece who skied on a single ski for the first time. Because of Wade's history in the sport he knows about every boat, every ski, and every technique tried since the beginning of time (kidding - but he knows A LOT). He has an easy style, laughs a lot, and LOVES THE SPORT. We will definitely be back to ski with Wade. He is BACK!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxjon Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 @chipkimball, where is he based? Does he have a website? Can't find him on line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gregy Posted March 30, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 30, 2014 I skied with Wade in Houston last year. Great experience. I was also at Carl's, been close to 30 years ago. Remember him driving, also Kristi Overton showed up, what a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted March 30, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 30, 2014 Skied with Wade, too, on a traveling tour to Minneapolis. Great guy. He stopped by @razorskier1's place afterward and hung out with us for beer and bean bag toss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Edbrazil Posted March 30, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 30, 2014 Wade is part of the Pro Tour history, for longest runoff. At OWC Orlando one year, both he and Andy tied and tied again for first place. I think that happened 4 times. This was buoys at 41 off, with various parts of 1 and 2 at 41. Eventually, Wade won, after Andy Mapple "rung his bell" on a fall and couldn't answer the bell for the 5th runoff. Something else. Although, in more conventional non-pro skiing, the runoffs for placement at the 1977 Nationals in Berkeley probably lasted longer. And never fully resolved all the ties, as the skiers got into impossibly short line at that time, and there was a tie finally declared. Tech. controller had to add 3 loops to the towline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted March 31, 2014 Baller_ Share Posted March 31, 2014 I had the good fortune to be there when Wade won that runoff. Was crazy to watch. And just think about the skies back then. About 2mn into the video is where the runoff begins. . http://youtu.be/VxopDkLHQXo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Edbrazil Posted March 31, 2014 Baller Share Posted March 31, 2014 @wish Many thanks for finding that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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