Baller KRoundy Posted April 21, 2021 Baller Share Posted April 21, 2021 Continuing, these two are a “Wally Burr” purchased the summer of 1962 or 63 in Seattle. The other is an O’Brien purchased in 1967 (the year I was born, so I’m happy to hear my dad has his priorities in the right place), in Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaquaski Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Nice Terry I just aquired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Brewski Posted April 27, 2021 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2021 For Sale. Very rare skis. Very little or no water hours. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Brewski Posted April 27, 2021 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2021 Tricks. Not so rare. More like a medium or medium well... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DangerBoy Posted April 27, 2021 Author Baller Share Posted April 27, 2021 @Brewski Wow, what a nice collection! :o And everything in such beautiful condition! Gorgeous. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted April 27, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted April 27, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Brewski Posted April 27, 2021 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2021 @DangerBoy Thanks. Love just to look at them and it always makes me smile~! I am only restoring the Maherajah Lapointe because the surface was yellow it had not been skied. The case for it is brand new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ALPJr Posted April 27, 2021 Baller Share Posted April 27, 2021 @Brewski I will DM you about a couple of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DangerBoy Posted April 28, 2021 Author Baller Share Posted April 28, 2021 A couple more pairs that I have. The pair of doubles has got lots of patina. I think the Cut 'n Jump Competition Tricksters are from the early '70s? They're brand new. The guy I bought them from was the original owner. He said he bought them thinking they'd be a heap o' fun but they kicked his ass the two times he tried using them. After the second time almost being injured on them he got spooked and put them away never to see the light of day. There's not a single scratch on them anywhere. Both pairs are waiting for me to figure out where and how I want to display them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6_Buoys Posted April 28, 2021 Baller Share Posted April 28, 2021 @Brewski that is a fine looking collection. Would like to get some tips on how best to restore wooden skis. I just picked up one of those Cypress gardens Aqua King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Brewski Posted April 29, 2021 Baller Share Posted April 29, 2021 @6_Buoys my first and last is the LaPoint Maha. Too much work. PITA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Brewski Posted April 29, 2021 Baller Share Posted April 29, 2021 Just finished the LaPoint Resurrection today.... Resurrection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Brewski Posted April 30, 2021 Baller Share Posted April 30, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 75Tique Posted May 4, 2021 Baller Share Posted May 4, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PurdueSkier Posted June 28, 2021 Baller Share Posted June 28, 2021 I just picked these up today but dont know anything about them. I am guessing 50s but don't really know. I think they have either been refinished at some point or the original graphics wore off. It looks like the might have had some red on the tips and tails. Anyone have any idea what they might be or the age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Brewski Posted June 30, 2021 Baller Share Posted June 30, 2021 Who invited the strippers? Well here they arrrrrrrrr: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted June 30, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted June 30, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20Skier94 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 I have seen a couple of the Connelly wood ski's for sale in my area. What is the going rate for a good condition wood Connelly ski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DangerBoy Posted July 1, 2021 Author Baller Share Posted July 1, 2021 @PurdueSkier I'm wondering if those might be home made. As for era, my guess is 50s or earlier. 40s maybe. @H20Skier94 Are we talking inlaid mahogany Hooks, Comps or Comp 2s from the 70s here? Or something else? A fair number of the inlaid mahogany skis get listed and sold on eBay. Most people ask too much money for them and they don't sell. If you have an eBay account, sign in and do some completed listings searches for things like "inlaid mahogany connelly" and tick the box for sold listings only to filter out the listings that finished but didn't sell. Only limitation there is that it won't tell you what the final price was on Buy it Now or Best Offer auctions because chances are that something lower than the buy it now price was offered and accepted but at least you'll know what the upper end was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dchristman Posted July 1, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 1, 2021 @Jody_Seal why do you have that 2018 Radar screwed to the fence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litljenarey Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 @PerdueSkier I think those may be Aqua Masters that have been refinished, especially since you said they may have had some red at the tip and end. They would have been from the 50s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted October 6, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted October 6, 2021 @dchristman Delta Airlines helped me with that one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DangerBoy Posted October 6, 2021 Author Baller Share Posted October 6, 2021 It took me a while to collect all the skis but this summer I added another waterski Adirondack chair to my collection. Now I have three! :) Here's the new one Here's the collection together When we built the chairs, we duplicated the ergonomics of another chair that I thought was the most comfortable Adirondack chair I'd ever sat in. We copied all of the ergonomics of that chair exactly so now my three chairs are super comfy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller unksskis Posted October 7, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 7, 2021 I’ll never understand chopping up a good condition antique ski, to each their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller KRoundy Posted October 7, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 7, 2021 Those chairs look amazing! That is really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller teammalibu Posted October 7, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 7, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted October 7, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 7, 2021 Hmmm. Someone seems to like Albita. (Or, Abita). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller teammalibu Posted October 7, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 7, 2021 @Zman Abitabita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller JDskiNECA Posted October 7, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 7, 2021 I learned on a TapperFlex similar but older then the one in this photo. Then I was able to purchase this TaperFlex 3, Wide Tunnel-66 soon after getting up on a single about 1979-80. I skied that ski and carried it all around the West during different jobs hopping to bum a ski for many years. The Maja I found a few years ago, and to answer someones question about the small yellow washer, it is to keep the front boot from sliding too far forward and falling off. The Cut & Jump Classic is another ski picked up that I planned to make something out of. It is of little to no value so it found a home at the entrance sign to my home. As for my HO VTX & CDX they are not vintage enough to show and are still what I ski on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller teammalibu Posted October 7, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 7, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller SteveJustSteve Posted October 12, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 12, 2021 Vintage EP Honeycomb Jumper converted to Slalom Wake Jumper with custom MC Escher graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DangerBoy Posted October 15, 2021 Author Baller Share Posted October 15, 2021 @unksskis If you look at all my other posts in this thread you'll see that I have all my best skis up on the wall in just about every room in my cabin and the workshop as well. I have no more room to put up any more skis! The skis that I've collected and made into chairs are ones that have been collecting dust in people's garages and boathouses for decades without being used or even seen. What I've done is repurpose them and have given them a new life where now they are seen and used every day my cabin is open. Not only are they now works of art that everybody who sees them says are cool and help to give my place a unique atmosphere, they're also functional pieces of comfortable and useful furniture that get used every day. You may see it as wrecking old pairs of vintage skis but I see it as giving them a whole new life and purpose and taking them from obscurity and disuse in a dark corner of someone's garage to a life of prominence and usefulness front center stage at a place I love and cherish more than any other on this earth. And if you want to look at it from a monetary perspective, those chairs are worth WAY more than the sum total value of the skis that were used to make them. Have you seen what people are charging for water ski Adirondack chairs on Etsy and other places that are nowhere near as sophisticated and well made as mine are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skialex Posted May 9, 2022 Baller Share Posted May 9, 2022 Got these yesterday, as collectibles, full of historic value, I suppose… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skibrain Posted May 11, 2022 Baller Share Posted May 11, 2022 CDX is still a great looking ski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Cooper_Trelawney Posted May 11, 2022 Baller Share Posted May 11, 2022 That Connelly HP was a game changer for a lot of skiers in it's day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ALPJr Posted May 11, 2022 Baller Share Posted May 11, 2022 The VTX with dbl Ninety Eights was one of my fav’s. I replaced that with a Phantom Carbon, which Eddie told me it was the CDX mold with a carbon lay up. Stayed on that shape for 15 seasons :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RAWSki Posted May 16, 2022 Baller Share Posted May 16, 2022 Our ski-shack shelf (made from a platform) was originally supposed to only have "woodies" but we have recently picked up a couple vintage fiberglass models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller slow Posted May 17, 2022 Baller Share Posted May 17, 2022 I had the red and blue Sixam and then the green and black one. Wasn’t the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 1skinut Posted May 24, 2023 Baller Share Posted May 24, 2023 I’m not able to open the pictures in this thread. What is the best way to hang water skis on the wall without damaging them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.webp.a30f66e5f4553a0ea06e4fe12520951c.webp)
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now