Baller BKistler Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 …you can remember: Narrow gates in slalom. Form points in jumping. Rideout bonus in tricks. Mixed Doubles as an event. Who’s next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Rednucleus Posted July 8, 2023 Baller_ Share Posted July 8, 2023 You ask the lake owner to put a handicap rail on the dock to help you put your ski on 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller S1Pitts Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) Your first ski was made of wood and was top of the line. Edited July 8, 2023 by S1Pitts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 You know me.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted July 8, 2023 Administrators Share Posted July 8, 2023 you remember extra trick points for holding second ski over your head 2 Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Become a Supporting Member or make a One-time Donation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Popular Post Horton Posted July 8, 2023 Administrators Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2023 disconnecting the secondaries on a four barrel carburetor for slalom 10 1 Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Become a Supporting Member or make a One-time Donation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller JayG80 Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 Your ski had a carbon fin 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihacker Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 @Horton, my 97 malibu tantrum I had to do that, then one day it occurred to me that I traded the boat in and forgot to hook them back up........oopsy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted July 8, 2023 Administrators Share Posted July 8, 2023 you skied on an EP 9 Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Become a Supporting Member or make a One-time Donation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Cooper_Trelawney Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 You know how to read meters and hang a stopwatch along the side of the boat. Bonus points if your favorite handle was a Performer. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller OldboyII Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 ... your time has come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ DW Posted July 8, 2023 Baller_ Share Posted July 8, 2023 Life before jet skis 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted July 8, 2023 Baller_ Share Posted July 8, 2023 Bonus buoys after a miss in slalom. Skiing with a life belt. Fins that attach to the bottom of the ski. Fins with no wing. Very large turn balls. 6 Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Cooper_Trelawney Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 Dynafoil with the dial adjuster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rawly Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 You watched the Pro Tour on ESPN. And still have some on VHS tapes 🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ETskier Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 When fishermen became allied with you against jet skiers. Wooden handles, double handles 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Jordan Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 You coveted a Maheraja slalom ski...😄 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Jordan Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 Your friend down the lake had a Tri-hull with an 85 horse and you thought it was the cat's ass... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Cooper_Trelawney Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 If you subscribed to 3 magazines: The Waterskier, Spray and World Waterski 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 Your wood slalom skis had sharp pointed tips. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted July 8, 2023 Baller_ Share Posted July 8, 2023 Hot Summer Nights was THE coolest thing on television. Skiing, beer, and bikinis. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bikesrus Posted July 8, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 8, 2023 Your first ski was made by “Cut and Jump” and the top looked like denim 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller fu_man Posted July 10, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2023 You used/wore something made by Casad. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MDB1056 Posted July 10, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2023 You remember when Hexcel skis came on scene. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 2Valve Posted July 10, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2023 You know what a dwell meter is (and how to use it) 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rawly Posted July 10, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2023 Classic rock was just rock when you started listening to it. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted July 10, 2023 Baller_ Share Posted July 10, 2023 You had to have double boots cause that’s what the pros were moving to. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller sheskis7 Posted July 10, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2023 You jumped on Ramp Masters, and when the tip of the skis started splitting you cut them off and they would send you a new pair. and they only cost $50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller LeonL Posted July 10, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2023 @2ValveI bet you get few on the dwell meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted July 11, 2023 Baller_ Share Posted July 11, 2023 Groovy described not only your attitude but the bottom of your ski. 1 Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jipster43 Posted July 11, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2023 You remember the day your buddy brought home a Skurfer. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 2Valve Posted July 11, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2023 18 hours ago, LeonL said: @2ValveI bet you get few on the dwell meter. Definitely something the young kids know nothing about. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Garn Posted July 11, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2023 Your double-handled rope had a male and female end so that you could attach them together in the middle of a run. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BraceMaker Posted July 11, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2023 @2Valve I'm not quite 40 so maybe bridging the gap but I used mine Sunday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted July 11, 2023 Baller_ Share Posted July 11, 2023 jumped on a 12' wide jump.....Texas style! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BKistler Posted July 11, 2023 Author Baller Share Posted July 11, 2023 @Jody_Seal …with no side aprons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BKistler Posted July 11, 2023 Author Baller Share Posted July 11, 2023 From my wife: when you borrowed a pair of banana peels to learn how to ski backwards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Vernon Reeve Posted July 11, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2023 You were born before the Internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller swc5150 Posted July 11, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2023 "banana peels"!! Now that brings back memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PatM Posted July 11, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2023 @Vernon ReeveBorn before the internet? I graduated college and I believe I was married before the internet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller whitem71 Posted July 11, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2023 You remember skiing in two piece wetsuits with that flappy strap between your legs 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Cooper_Trelawney Posted July 11, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2023 @BKistler @Jody_Seal yall mean on a ramp like this (behind my daughter). Local ski club's show ramp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BKistler Posted July 11, 2023 Author Baller Share Posted July 11, 2023 @Cooper_Trelawney similar dimensions but made out of 2x6 s and tongue-and-groove flooring with oil drums for flotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MrJones Posted July 11, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2023 You were the back up slalom timer... on shore. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller cruznski Posted July 12, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2023 @lpskierNorthland Shark was groovy. I had a Cut N Jump Larry Penacho (i think ) ski - ash with mahogany stripes. Also you are an old fart if yur inboard had a chrome stick coming out of the floor that was forward neutral and reverse and a foot pedal for throttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller cruznski Posted July 12, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2023 This is the boat you learned to slalom behind 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lottawatta Posted July 12, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2023 If you remember the smell of the 2 stroke smoke behind the twin rig hydrodyne. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lottawatta Posted July 12, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2023 If you remember tying your jump skis together and soaking them before you jump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller kc Posted July 12, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2023 On 7/10/2023 at 8:20 PM, lpskier said: Groovy described not only your attitude but the bottom of your ski. @lpskier My first tournament I rode a Cypress Gardens El Diablo. The bottom was groovy. My buoy count, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rawly Posted July 12, 2023 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2023 4 hours ago, whitem71 said: You remember skiing in two piece wetsuits with that flappy strap between your legs That would be the beaver tail / long John combo. Wasn’t skiing back then , but learned to surf wearing that get up. Kids these days don’t even know what it’s like to get rashes in the arm pits from paddling around in those old wetsuits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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