Why I ski in California

[Horton]

https://youtu.be/bwRK_LiEnZY

[jetpilotg4]

You dont have to be faster than the gator just faster than your friend!

[Horton]

For the Ballers in Oz and South America

NOT FOR CHILDREN

 

https://youtu.be/vXNjmQ0esPE

 

[Horton]

Completely unrelated because it is January (and also NOT for children)

https://youtu.be/3t0vjDnC7SM

[ScottScott]

@Horton Not for children hell....I couldn't watch it either (the crock video that is, I watched the other one.)

 

I'm still skiing this weekend though.

[MuskokaKy]

great thread! (N) heading to mccormicks next weekend..always afraid one is lurking underneath me. Afraid whenever i go down. LOL.

It may be freezing in Canada but its nice to jump into the lake and not be scared lol.

 

Having nightmares tonight. thanks @Horton !!

[ScottScott]

How timely....the Golf Channel's Morning Drive has a segment on "gator safety" coming up. I bet they don't cover what to do when you're IN THE WATER with the gator though.

[Wish]

I'll take gators over the political climate of Cali any day of the week and twice on Sunday. My survival rate and nerves stand a far better chance against the gators.

 

PS gators in every lake here all the time and they target skiers (wakeboards even more). The exception being all the great ski schools (wakeboard schools have gators). So all who may be thinking...please feel free NOT to relocate to FL lakes.

[MuskokaKy]

gotta love that Florida hospitality! lol

[wtrskior]

@MuskokaKy don't worry Michael takes care of the wildlife :). Don't ask about the snakes though!

[ahopkinsTXi]

This is why I deal with winters in MI. No spiders, snakes, gators, crocks, sharks, etc... :smiley:

[Wish]

@ahopkinsTXi Frostbite, scraping windows, shoveling snow, layers upon layers of cloths, slippery roads, white outs, no skiing for like 7 months. Ummmm..no. ;)

[dchristman]

@ahopkinsTXi These sound pretty scary.

 

 

New Jersey isn't safe, either! Pacu in NJ

[Than_Bogan]

Pacu don't seem very scary if you just wear a freakin' bathing suit!

 

Of course, introduced species often bring many unforeseen consequences...

[MISkier]

I'm just waiting for that first ocean freighter to dump a juvenile bull shark or two out of its ballast while cruising to port on Lake Michigan.

[skidawg]

I'll take gators over California taxes any day of the week

[Horton]

It is a socialist Paradise

[ozski]

Down here the big salt water crocs grab a few people every year, most of the fun and games happen up in the northern areas but they are slowly moving south along with some tiny but lethal jellyfish that like the warmer water. To be honest the jellyfish cause more chaos with at least 15 - 20 people put in hospital this summer - you can't see them coming either because they are no bigger than your thumbnail... I lived and skid in Florida for a couple of years and the gators never got in the way, I have heard that the big imported pythons are getting out of hand however.

[Horton]

@ozski almost everything in Oz is freaking deadly poisonous. Snakes, spiders, jellyfish, and who knows what else.

 

[ozski]

Oh yeah your right but its not always the things that make the news that do the damage. The 2 biggest killers in Australia right now are probably the fork and the couch... don't get me started. But anyway Great Whites make the news and the Bull sharks probably put the most bites on people out here because they get into the rivers and they don't see real well..

[ScottScott]

Bull sharks get up the rivers here too. I know of a couple sightings pretty far up river, and a couple attacks in florida intracoastal areas.

[Wish]

This is how we take care of pesky gators on our lake. We named him fluffy.

 

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[cragginshred]

And there's No hurricane season!

We just have to watch out for rattlesnakes in the boat house

[ozski]

So I'm driving up the lake today and on the radio -

 

A man has been killed by a 3.5-metre crocodile at the notorious Cahill's Crossing in the Northern Territory after trying to walk across the East Alligator River in actions police have described as "foolish".

 

 

 

[rockdog]

@ozski we had a red-bellied Black snake go swimming around the other day when we were skiing. Didn't really want to see that if I'm honest, rare though but always in the back of your mind.

[rockdog]

Heard about that guy being taken by the croc also, there's always idiots we must account for. For those in the US, I wonder if you've seen our show "Outback Wrangler", it will give you an appreciation for what a killing machine these creatures are... slightly more dangerous than gators I'd say, thus we don't ski with them.

[Horton]

30 years ago a brown snake chased me out of the water at Bedrock. You guys in Oz are crazy to ever leave the house.

[ScottScott]

New Florida Gator Video

 

Man, they're fast.

[DmaxJC_ski]

@schafer makes swamp smell, beavers, and freshwater shrimp look pretty good... Beaver lodge ski club for life!

[lpskier]

Following up on @wish and @skidawg, a gator's bite out of a skier is unheard of, while the Cali taxman's bite out of your wallet is guaranteed. NY too!

[schafer]

@DmaxJC_ski touché Alberta ain't so bad.

[LoopSki]

Lake McClure Ca.

 

 

[Mateo_Vargas]

California gator.

[Edbrazil]

Nice big kitty.

[ALPJr]

@"Mateo Vargas" and @Edbrazil in the same thread. Instant classic

[Horton]

That is awesome!

[eleeski]

That's way scarier than an alligator.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/05/19/mountain-lion-cougar-panther-attack-kills-man/626259002/

 

I actually worried about that last evening on my bike ride at my lake. Since I was checking on a killer bee hive, I was probably at more risk from that. But those big paw prints around the lake...

 

Eric

[Keith_Menard]

I was really down on skiing in Massachusetts after getting to ski Rini's place. I am feeling much better about it now...thank you.

[pregom]

@"Keith Menard" there can be other issues in Massachusetts... :smile:

[Stevie Boy]

So what you generally here is, those gators are not interested in you.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5821941/Woman-dragged-Florida-lake-alligator-walking-dog.html

[MISkier]

@Stevie Boy, I believe gators are generally not interested in anything bigger than they are. A 12.5 foot gator didn’t have any such size problem this time. This is why the Florida wildlife department will remove and relocate gators larger than 5 feet from populated areas (they charge you for smaller ones). According to a story I read, that gator had been reported previously, but trapping and relocating had not been successful.