Baller gregy Posted January 4, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2016 Skied in the river when I was a kid with a 14' flat bottom aluminum boat and a 25hp Johnson. It wouldn't pull me up on slalom, had to kick off a ski. I would pull my cousin through rapids in the river, I never had the courage to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skiinxs Posted January 4, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2016 When I was a kid I skied behind a 9 1/2 hp outboard on a fishing boat. The boat had to get a little bit of a run at it and I had to do a dock start, but it would keep me up and hold speed. (I was a LOT smaller then:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dchristman Posted January 4, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2016 I rode tricks behind a sailboat once... I'm not sure how you calculate the horsepower on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 It was a 7.5 HP aluminum fishing boat and I was ten. Does that still count?? "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller mellig Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 Deep water starts behind a 65 hp outboard was a long strenuous process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BrennanKMN Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 I have gotten up on trick skis behind a 25 hp john boat. Tried to do a single trick but I dragged the boat down too much for it to get enough speed. I was 22 at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ALPJr Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 20hp Johnson 13' Whaler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ MISkier Posted January 5, 2016 Baller_ Share Posted January 5, 2016 I learned behind my grandparents' 1949 Chris Craft 14 foot runabout with our choice of 15 HP Johnson or 25 HP Goodyear Sea Bee. I even dropped a ski behind this boat and slalomed on a single jump ski with no rear binding. I skied a few times behind our 12 foot aluminum boat with a 9.8 HP Mercury. We used a pair of 1950s Cypress Gardens 72 inch jump skis for instant planing. I attempted to row that same 12 foot aluminum boat with a skier using those same jump skis. I got them partially planed out, but just couldn't get the job done. My first deepwater slalom start was behind our 1966 Sea King 14 foot runabout with a 40 HP Evinrude. I skied that until I was 16. I took a big cut across the wake, stopped the boat, and it caused the driveshaft to crack in half. We "upgraded" to a 1974 Ebbtide Lakemaster with a 50 HP Johnson. I skied various other boats (40 HP, 70 HP, 85 HP) in addition to my parents' boat until I bought my own at age 30. In that time, only 1 boat exceeded 100 HP - a 1976 Larson Shark with a 140HP I/O. The worst slalom equipment I own is between my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller HPskier1 Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 Learned behind a 1960 something Starcraft with a 33 hp Johnson. Skied it until the mid 80's in to my teens with dropping a ski. Of course if I tried I could also stop the boat even at only 135lbs. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gt2003 Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 55 HP Evinrude I believe behind probably a 1960's or 1970's Kingfisher bass boat. It would pull me and my friend both up on 2. Slalom was a different story and a lot of water was taken on during the process. As I got older and heavier I remember having to drop a ski then slowly sinking back down in the water a bit. I probably weighed 150 at the time so not too bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoner Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 1985 Kawasaki 550 Standup JetSki had 40 or 43 hp. Brother and I decided that we were going to try to destroy one another. One on the JetSki, the other on a slalom ski. We chose green for the rope and the winner was last on standing. Got up everytime and only ran into JetSki and brother probably 50% of the time. Not sure if a winner was declared. It was a long time ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Edbrazil Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 Tried it behind my Chris Craft kit boat with 10hp, but it didn't quite work. Next boat I had was a Glaspar G3 with 40hp. That worked, but was sloooow getting up on 1 ski. For a 1-ski dock start, the boat had to start with most of the towline slack. Took some convincing, but the next step was a 75hp on it, which worked well enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ntx Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 I taught my 5 year old sister with a 12 foot meyer rowboat and a 6hp Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 1959 or so Larson Thunderhawk with a 65 HP Mercury two bladed prop. Worked finr until I was a buck fifty. Buddy bought a Nautique and I never went back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller h2onhk Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 early 60's 14' Crosby with a 1982 25hp mercury outboard. 2 skis and drop to a slalom.....actually learned to barefoot off a kneeboard behind behind it around age 10. It was a neat fast little boat. Dad still has it and uses it frequently for cruises. Kind of kept the tradition going with my oldest daughter a couple years ago with out little 14' Lund and 25hp Merc. She was 5yr old at the time and loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 15 hp. Also as an adult used jumpers behind the same boat to help a kid get up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Orlando76 Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 Fortunate enough To have quite a fleet of boats to choose from for teaching my son to ski (once he's 2-3) including the same '75 SN that I learned to ski from (at 3) I think I'm gonna teach him with my 17' Carolina Skiff with 50 hp. Smaller wake at slower speeds, I'll be closer to him and overall I think it'll be less intimidating to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted January 5, 2016 Baller_ Share Posted January 5, 2016 10hp 50s Johnson. 7yrs old. Didn't want to ski. Hated the idea. Got paid/bribed $1 by relatives and friends of the folks that were at the cabin. $8s later...I skied. Man I can be bought cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MichaelGoodman Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 18 HP Johnson on a 12 foot aluminum boat. Took a while but it would pull 2 of us as skinny kids out of the water on one ski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Roger Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 I learned behind an 18' Regal with 150hp Merc. This was before the HP was rated at the prop, so subtract about 7% or around 140hp. Seemed weak, but then I see all these posts of sub 20hp skiers and I'm amazed they could get out of the water at all :smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Nando Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 When I was about 15, my cousin's family had a 14' Crestliner with a 55HP Chrysler. I bet him I could stop it while slaloming behind it. (I had no idea if I could, but...) Sure enough, pulled out, made a big turn and the pull caused it to cavitate so bad it came off plane and the noise made him shut it down. I don't think we put any money on it or anything, but I won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PatM Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 Learned on a 9hp row boat. Use to beat on my buddy's 6hp row boat when we were 13, skiing on two skis and using a skim board as a sub by pushing the nose under water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Edbrazil Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 My next-door friend had a small boat with a 25hp that we skied behind. The family had a Garwood inboard, probably about 90-120 hp. Think that we were able to do shoe skis with the small boat, including a deepwater start, although they were longer than most shoe skis. Back when, we didn't have to worry about Nazi water cops, and skied without an observer. I remember barefooting starting off a disc, aka Flying Saucer, which sort of helped, except that it would slap-slap-slap like crazy when getting over about 20 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller eddie_roberts_jr Posted January 5, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2016 Was able to pull 2 slalom skiers up from deep water behind our 14' wood runabout with a 40 horse merc. Very small cupped 2 bladed prop. So small the motor would turn 7,300 RPM at full speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted January 6, 2016 Baller_ Share Posted January 6, 2016 I learned to slalom behind a Boston Whaler with a Merc 30 hp. Smallest was a Merc 6 hp. Biggest was a 60 foot 100 passenger tour boat (the 6 hp gave a better pull). We pulled a skier behind a 15 man war canoe. Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Texas6 Posted January 6, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 6, 2016 Jump to 1:40 http://ow.ly/3yNtkN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Erik4c Posted January 8, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 8, 2016 65 hp boat on a HO Burner with old school double handles and a 75 foot rope. Working on finding the video. It took 30 seconds or so to actually get going fast enough to stand up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPT Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I know for myself I have skied behind 18 hp and even learned to slalom behind the same boat. Later when I started to compete I skied with the Puslinch ski club (the original home of the McLintock's) we use to do a ski show on our tournament weekend and for the show we pulled the smallest kid we could find on two skies behind a canoe with four guys paddling. He probably only stayed up for about 100ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted January 8, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 8, 2016 33HP Evinrude on a 14' Aluminum Starcraft. Which was basically a John boat with a deck and steering wheel. I took the windshield off and put two strips of black no-skid on the deck for racing stripes. Yea, it was a race boat. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller adkh2oskier Posted January 8, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 8, 2016 10 HP fishing boat on 2 skis way back in the mid 60's. Smallest Slalom skiing was behind a 35 hp West Bend outboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Than_Bogan Posted January 8, 2016 Gold Member Share Posted January 8, 2016 In fact, @skibrain, I might take that thought a step further: Should we be actively promoting skiing behind 13-ft boats with 35 hp? Nearly 2/3 of us seems to have started that way and we all became addicts. Is there a lesson in here that starting in a very casual way is actually even better (for the future of our sport) than growing up with a Nautique in your backyard?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Bruce_Butterfield Posted January 9, 2016 Baller_ Share Posted January 9, 2016 I got up for the first time behind an 18Hp Evinrude when I was 6 and we moved up to a 35Hp Chrysler on a 14' Penn Yan a short time later. I skied behind that until I was about 16. It was a big deal one year at Boy Scout camp that they had a Boston Whaler with a 55Hp motor! That was the cat's ass at the time. Skied behind a Mastercraft for the first time in 1982 when I was 20 and took my first shot at the slalom course. Damn kids don't know what they've got these days If it was easy, they would call it Wakeboarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Alberto Soares Posted January 9, 2016 Baller Share Posted January 9, 2016 @Bruce_Butterfield - pretty much like you, started at 7 on a 25hp, then with a 50hp till 20 when started skiing on course with an inbord with no transmission Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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