Did I Just Do That - Addicted

[Stevie Boy]

I have to confess and accept that I have a serious problem, I am addicted to Carbon Fibre Water Skis, I currently have a 2015 Radar Vapor Lithium ski that works really well for me, I am not a top class skier and the ski will do everything that I need it to, I have lost count of the number of skis, I have brought over the last ten years, I do not believe I have just done it again, I have just brought one of the most expensive ski,s ever, what am I doing, will the 2017 Pro Build be a good move or a bad move ?

 

How am I going to tell the Wife ?

[dchristman]

@Stevie Boy yes, it's a sickness. Here's what I do to hide my disease... Buy a lot of old skis to camouflage the new ones. They all look the same to the wife ;) Maybe we should start a support group. We can do interventions and hold the skis of the afflicted for safekeeping while they recover... yeah, that's it, safekeeping.

[bigskieridaho]

@Stevie Boy she will probably be mad, you should give it to me.

[Orlando76]

I'm contemplating opening a separate, secret bank account with PayPal attached to it just for waterskiing.

[paco]

Wow! This all sounds just like me! @Orlando76 , best idea yet!

[wtrskior]

I sold my "dummy ski" last year as it was just collecting dust and was offered a good price for it.

 

I now realize I need to replace it for this season so when she looks in the "ski room", still sees a ski and doesn't think twice about all the hard work you're putting in at the office when I cut out early to hit the lake.

 

Don't forget to leave your old vest, rope, and gloves hanging nearby as well.

[aupatking]

Replace non-skiing wife

[mikegile]

Good move! That ski is awesome, a noticeable step up from your current mode.

 

Cheaper than most other addictions

[cragginshred]

In the guitar world we call it 'GAS' or 'Gear acquisition syndrome'

[Horton]

One thing I can tell you is it's a bad idea to leave your new ski in your bed on your wife's side. They never think that is funny. Of course I would never do this.

[Mateo_Vargas]

And another reason not to use dual-lock.

[klindy]

We already have a support group! It's called www.ski-it-again.com I'm no help in how to break the news however....

[Bill22]

My UCI (Unregistered Carbon Item) arrives tomorrow 2016 Vapor Graphite 66".

 

@Orlando76 just ship it to work. Not that I have ever done that.

 

@klindy ski-it-again doesn't help! It only makes it worse.

[ToddA]

@Stevie Boy , can you use the "What...This old thing?!?" response when she finds the new stick? Just tell her that a new ski justifies her clothing allowance.

[ToddA]

Also, you might get away with, "Radar felt the need to send me a new ski as a "replacement" in the off-chance that something were to happen to my other ski...At the retail price". That last part may or may not be mumbled...

[bishop8950]

Embrace your addiction, don't fight it. Resistance is futile.

[Shell]

@aupatking i like your way of thinking:)

Have a wife who ski's and id bet she be hiding a ski or two on you! Or she would at least deff understand, i know i would:)

[ozski]

Wife watched me ski the new Nano XT last week and remarked how balanced I looked on it. Wife and ski are both keepers.

[ToddA]

Seriously, though, a ski is much less than a lifetime of Prozac and counseling, right?!?

[Shell]

@ToddA what is Prozac and counseling??? ;)

 

[ToddA]

@Shell...It is what I have convinced my wife I would need if I had to ever give up skiing! ;). Whenever I have picked out new gear, and she looks at me with a "questioning" in her expression, I just say, "Prozac and Counseling..."

[Shell]

@ToddA VERY creative :) i like!

[sunvalleylaw]

*Drops in to brag about wife's Christmas gift to me, but decided against it.* ;)