Administrators Horton Posted December 1, 2020 Administrators Share Posted December 1, 2020 Quote Support BallOfSpray by supporting the companies that support BallOfSpray California Ski Ranch ☆ Connelly ☆ Denali ☆ Eden Lake ☆ Goode ☆ HO Syndicate ☆MasterCraft ☆ Masterline ☆ Pentalogo ☆ Performance Ski and Surf ☆ Reflex ☆ Radar ☆ Rodics OffCourse ☆ S Lines ☆ Stokes About Horton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller swc5150 Posted December 1, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 1, 2020 And that is why we decided against FL in favor of TX (DFW area). I thought I could share the water with them...turns out I mentally can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_MS Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Need a lot of diquat on those weeds before you could ski there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bruce_Butterfield Posted December 1, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 1, 2020 They should relocate that poor gator away from the duck hunters. Skiwatch would make a good home. Quote If it was easy, they would call it Wakeboarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_MS Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 We have a few boys here that will take care of it in a hurry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldjeep Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 My father in-laws lake down there has a gator, no big deal. It's the turtles you have to watch out for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 This how you handle them apparently ??? Cigar in mouth the whole rescue, well done! https://www.instagram.com/p/CH8jXV6lN1B/?igshid=n04wx1snzi9o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lpskier Posted December 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2020 @Horton Careful what you wish for. Nostradamus is predicting “the big one” in 2021. Quote Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted December 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2020 13 feet? Am I the only one that things 20 or 20 plus? Maybe it's distortion. Looks like a ski boat would fit between the head and tail length-wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MISkier Posted December 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2020 I agree with @6balls. Just check that thumbnail freeze frame in the original post and look at the separation. More than 15 for sure. Quote The worst slalom equipment I own is between my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Jody_Seal Posted December 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2020 Meh! Give em a snack and they become like porch dogs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Wish Posted December 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2020 @Horton we feed and care for them to keep undesirables like West coast skiers from moving to FL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ral Posted December 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2020 Just envy and bullying from the west coast (now that I "belong" to Florida)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BraceMaker Posted December 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2020 @Jody_Seal and just pee when you get in the water and they won't bother you right? I feel like those duck hunters should try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Jody_Seal Posted December 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2020 This one taken out of Ski Paradise in Mulberry Florida about 15 years ago. Clem lucine on the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Wish Posted December 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2020 Gainsville FL tournament. Paddle used to remove sunning gators from jump ramp by slapping the paddles on the jump surface. Also gators were under the long starting dock chilling near sign that read don’t feed the gators. Tournament stopped briefly while a gator, that was longer than the gates are wide, meandered across the course. My wife took one look and looked at me and said “don’t fall” while she laughed. We never went back. True story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dvskier Posted December 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2020 @Jody_Seal That gator would be small for Ski Paradise from what I hear. They e got some giants down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller teammalibu Posted December 2, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2020 One of my ski buds met that guy and his pup on the way to Fl. the other day! He keeps him on the leash when he is outside now! How many of you guys would do that if you didn’t know how big the gator was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted December 5, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted December 5, 2020 Quote Support BallOfSpray by supporting the companies that support BallOfSpray California Ski Ranch ☆ Connelly ☆ Denali ☆ Eden Lake ☆ Goode ☆ HO Syndicate ☆MasterCraft ☆ Masterline ☆ Pentalogo ☆ Performance Ski and Surf ☆ Reflex ☆ Radar ☆ Rodics OffCourse ☆ S Lines ☆ Stokes About Horton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller LeonL Posted December 5, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 5, 2020 I've seen some pretty big ones come out of Ski Paradise (Mulberry) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DaveD Posted December 5, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 5, 2020 I don't understand the issue, the gators just want you to pet them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MichaelWiebe Posted December 6, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 6, 2020 Two small gators at Ski Paradise last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Wish Posted December 6, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 6, 2020 Anyone else notice the guy wrestling with the dog eating gator never lost his cigar? Priorities. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ScottScott Posted December 6, 2020 Members Share Posted December 6, 2020 Always fun when you go to replace a deflated buoy, bring it in to the boat and give a squeeze to find a row of 1/2 dozen teeth punctures. Skiing through the course one time with my girlfriend driving, going out the exit 55s she says she hit something large (confirmed by the passenger,) not a lot of options of what that could be.....maybe a good size turtle.....maybe. I have this fear of diving down to replace a buoy and seeing a wide open mouth coming out of the darkness below......but we do it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Gloersen Posted December 6, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 6, 2020 Getting too crowded in FL; Gators migrating to your States too - they grow fast on venison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MichaelWiebe Posted December 6, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 6, 2020 I've skied in Florida for many years now, primarily in the winter. I've never heard of any gator attacks on skiers. The boat traffic clears them out. Do gator attacks on skiers ever happen? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller One_Ski Posted December 14, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 14, 2020 ...a pregnant pause ensues, as legions of fallen skiers lament their inability to respond... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller liquid d Posted December 14, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 14, 2020 Florida Reindeer! Merry Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jimski Posted December 14, 2020 Baller Share Posted December 14, 2020 Came across this poor little guy on lake mini haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Jody_Seal Posted January 4, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2021 We teach our florida skiers young how to tame the lake dinosaur! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lpskier Posted January 4, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2021 @Jody_Seal That looks like Mulberry. Quote Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando76 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Somehow I managed to get this one a few weeks ago to rollover. They’re incredibly docile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller liquid d Posted January 6, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 6, 2021 haha mulberry from at least 20 years ago with that crew of "kids"...They ain't kids anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Jody_Seal Posted January 6, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 6, 2021 @liquid d A lot of national champion titles there since that photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bruce_Butterfield Posted January 7, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 7, 2021 @Orlando76 so deepfried or grilled? How did he taste? Quote If it was easy, they would call it Wakeboarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MISkier Posted January 7, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 7, 2021 And, how was he lulled into that state of relaxation? With a .357 massage? Quote The worst slalom equipment I own is between my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougfan Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 @Orlando76 did you at least get a pair of shoes and a hand bag for your lady out of him??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando76 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 @cougfan that’s expensive for this guy. Even to get hide tanned and prepped its expensive. The season alone costs me an average of $3.5k just in fuel and tags and processing meat for 2 gators and we try not to go past 8’ in size. I could save some travel expense and a lot of time if I had an airboat instead of a prop job. Maybe that’s how I can sell wifey on idea of an airboat, she’ll get a gator purse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lpskier Posted January 7, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 7, 2021 @MISkier Lead poisoning. Quote Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted February 3, 2021 Author Administrators Share Posted February 3, 2021 Quote Support BallOfSpray by supporting the companies that support BallOfSpray California Ski Ranch ☆ Connelly ☆ Denali ☆ Eden Lake ☆ Goode ☆ HO Syndicate ☆MasterCraft ☆ Masterline ☆ Pentalogo ☆ Performance Ski and Surf ☆ Reflex ☆ Radar ☆ Rodics OffCourse ☆ S Lines ☆ Stokes About Horton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lpskier Posted February 3, 2021 Baller Share Posted February 3, 2021 I’ll bet his mom calls him “Sunshine.” Quote Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Cooper_Trelawney Posted February 3, 2021 Baller Share Posted February 3, 2021 Literally 'Florida Man'! Florida Man is always doing something weird, illegal and bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted February 10, 2021 Author Administrators Share Posted February 10, 2021 https://www.instagram.com/p/CLHctVHH2eg/?igshid=1qdh9js0vyxr8 Quote Support BallOfSpray by supporting the companies that support BallOfSpray California Ski Ranch ☆ Connelly ☆ Denali ☆ Eden Lake ☆ Goode ☆ HO Syndicate ☆MasterCraft ☆ Masterline ☆ Pentalogo ☆ Performance Ski and Surf ☆ Reflex ☆ Radar ☆ Rodics OffCourse ☆ S Lines ☆ Stokes About Horton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Wish Posted February 10, 2021 Baller Share Posted February 10, 2021 ya, that never happens off the California cost. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bruce_Butterfield Posted February 10, 2021 Baller Share Posted February 10, 2021 Oh great. Now @MS will have to get another tatoo. Quote If it was easy, they would call it Wakeboarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_MS Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 The tattoo ain’t gonna happen but I will take gators and sharks over Wokeastan any day of the week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sholcomb72 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 People that don’t ski always ask “aren’t you worried about gators”? I’ve never heard of a single gator attack on anyone skiing. It’s always people swimming after dark or golfers stomping around on the weeds looking for their ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lpskier Posted February 11, 2021 Baller Share Posted February 11, 2021 @sholcomb72 Yer right. We always get asked if there are alligators in our pond. I tell em if the want to see gators, go to a golf course or Gainesville. Plenty of gators there! Quote Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Jody_Seal Posted February 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted February 13, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Gloersen Posted February 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted February 13, 2021 that home needs a real good cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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