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Bionaraq

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  1. My dumbass spent most of the season just trying to get up on a slalom. 6'3" 285lbs. So 0. ;) Glad to hear there are other big guys that can and do get up there to cut the course.
  2. Our first test drive of our new to us 2004 216.
  3. Turns out, the best solution is a 2004 Nautique 216 for me. Picked it up sunday. It needs work but answers a ton of my requirements.
  4. @LoopSki wait, what the hell happened to your gelcoat? it's all faded? ?? @AndersonSkiTeam that's a concern as well. I may just wait a year for the youngest to get bigger and see what the middle kids figures out he wants to do. Maybe i'll get that raise that never seems to show up. :smiley:
  5. @BraceMaker there is no course on our lake (Lake Wylie in SC/NC). A valid point but these guys are serious and we are not at that point yet. We ski after they have done all their runs in the cove so that we do not disturb the water for them. MY FIL also has a 1996 SN Body Glove. But for me it's a pride thing as well as the fact we already use his boat once a weekend to ski off. (but without my younger two so they are not getting the exposure due to size of the boat.) @LoopSki great pictures!.
  6. @jjackkrash valid point. The prostar would most likely mean I sell my 2013 Boss 302 (setup for Autocross that I do with my father). the alternative being that a 2001 Sport Nautique would let me pay off the boss and the wife's focus with the proceeds from the sale of our Yamaha. @skimtb i've looked for the 214/x14 several times but a nationwide search only shows 3 total, all of which are half the country away to even look at.
  7. @DW great point. Slalom has been my dream. (still struggling to get up on a single ski myself), my wife loves it, and my eldest wants to get there. Your comment makes me wonder if waiting a year or so for him to develope further would help. Or if he'd get better faster with the prostar.
  8. @BraceMaker correct, i trailer for every time I am on the lake (Lake Wylie, SC). @Billbert Thanks for the post. I'll look them up.
  9. As to the two boat theory, I would rather keep the ar240 (it's huge and works great as a party cruiser) and add a cheaper ski boat. But I cannot imagine the headache of launching both boats or going out early to ski, then coming home to switch boats to go back out. We are not on the lake and have to use a public landing and it can be the worst part of the day just trying to launch and retrieve with all the lakeidiots who cannot observe courtesy or load their shit before tieing up a rmap. MY FIL has a 1999 29' regal and his SN but only takes one out at a time. Essentially picking when he will ski and when he will party. He's been taking the SN out with us most of this summer, but i'm not someone that enjoy's asking all the time to use his boat to ski with.
  10. @LoopSki this one was the "show boat" for Atlanta, a ton of upgrades were done by the vendor and someone else paid the original mark up. Part of those upgrades were a ton of things done to quieten it. @Horton I honestly thought you'd tell me Prostar. :disappointed: Joking. The kids are not showing interest in wakeboarding and I have little interest in it myself. I'm just looking for a decent ski wake (not pro level). We are not champions by any means. I just find it hard to believe that there are so few open water boaters looking for a good ride and ski wake. I guess it's not "in". We obviously are a nautique family thanks to my FIL. The local ski crew all own Mastercrafts and spare no opportunity to joke about the Body Glove. That was until a month ago when one of them bought a 216 AN DD. @Vernon Reeve Great points. Thanks to all for responding. Most of this was frustration after spending hours hoping to find a boat that can do what I want. i.e. a 22 or 23' open bow, tower, decent all around wake. I will say that the Malibu Response TXI Open boat has taken a lead for me. Something about it just looks nicer than the Prostar's or Nautique's I'm seeing. I"m also having a hard time with sticker shock at the price of 2010+ boats. Coming from a 2015 Yamaha, the pre 2010's tend to look pretty dated and appear to have tech that is rarely supported. Something I worry about for the 2010-2020 boats. The last issue i have is that i'd really want to try go out for a Saturday in one of these boats before spending $70k on something. Only to find out it may not provide the water experience I'm looking for.
  11. @mike_mapple I think John? helped me, as I had to call in. The website would flash every time I tried to create an account. Looks like everything is on it's was as of this morning.
  12. Ordering from you now @mike_mapple Instant feed back and response is worth the money.
  13. Looks like she is going to go with the Carbon Omni. Waiting on a response from one place as their listing is a bit lacking in information (but saves me $150 bucks on ski plus bindings). If not Perfski will get the order. Perfski lists two Carbon Omni's a LTD and regular. I cannot find ANYWHERE else that shows this. @mike_mapple any idea why there are two? It's hard to tell in the images but it looks like one has a slight difference in the carbon fiber portion? Less flowers. ? https://www.perfski.com/ski/slaloms/slalom-ski-packages/ho-2022-womens-carbon-omni-with-double-womens-stance-110-s.html https://www.perfski.com/ski/slaloms/slalom-ski-packages/ho-2022-womens-ltd-carbon-omni-with-double-stance-110.html
  14. Clemson has a Ski Team. No real snow skiing nearby but i'd honestly suggest he goes somewhere that excels in his dream career first, as well as does a Coop or Internship. It's nearly impossible to distinguish yourself nowadays and "entry" level jobs require experience. Getting one of the above will help to show that you have experience IN the field. just my 10 cents (got to account for inflation.) https://www.clemsonwatersports.com/
  15. @mike_mapple We are in Charlotte, NC. I'd love to do some demo's though. We waited this long because my FIL insisted that the boat show would have ski's at a discount (how he got all three of his kids 1 year old Mapple ski's back in the day).
  16. As an Update, I ended up purchasing a 71" Butterknife off of SIA. Looking forward to the season to give it a try.
  17. @APB I'd love to know where you found that, I quite honestly HATE all the ski companies websites. All pretty pictures very little actual information. Heck Radar's does not give you a great breakdown of all their ski's. I had to go to their youtube which is a guy in what looks like his basement rambling on about them. Now granted, I'm sure that's because 2021 launch was in 2020. And politics aside I'm sure that had an affect. Again, Thanks for all the suggestions. I"m going to give several of them a try. Especially finding the rear boot ones as my FIL is so set on dropping a ski being the key. So far I've had someone reach out with a 71" butterknife, and a 71" senate Lithium blank. The lithium is just too far out of my price range since i'd have to buy boots for it. Waiting on pictures of the butterknife, but may end up just buying a new 71" session. (with boots for 400 online.)
  18. @Killer no offense taken. I used a similar diet to noom; Optavia and got down to 250 lbs 3 years ago. It worked great for me in my prior job, but with my new job supporting sales and traveling i found it untenable to find a microwave to nuke a meal while out with customers etc. It's taken me the last three years to gain the weight back. (i was 295 when I started Optavia). In the last 6 months i've been "playing" with my diet finding what works for me that is sustainable while traveling and found what I think is not the insta kill that optavia/noom give. BUT something that is sustainable that is leading to lb after lb, week after week. For me what works is a type of Intermittent fasting. I do not eat breakfast on the road unless i've had a work out. And then it's a small bowl of oatmeal. I do not eat from the horrible for you, provided lunch and learn at the customers, i'll have a salad when sales does a followup to the l.a.l and dinner will be leaner meat and vegetation with only one or two drinks. At home i no longer eat breakfast, i'll have a much smaller lunch that I used to have, and i only eat a plate of food that my wife prepares for me, rather than what I'd dish myself. I actually have the easiest time when we boat, because i dont bring chips on board and I'm gluten sensitive so I cant eat any of the snacks people normally bring. The biggest single thing I had to do was stop snacking. I'm HORRIBLE at resisting pringles cans. And I have three young boys who all need snacks. I've also made the same mistake, trying to exercise the bad calories away. And you end up hurt very often. (sprained knee doing crossfit, injured rhomboid doing HIIT/BURN, tendonitis within weeks of returning to burn - etc.) my high point was a decade ago at 360 lbs and 60" gut. I've got the stretch marks to prove it. (and the excess skin). My bil thinks that a tummy tuck would drop me the 30lbs i need to be healthier just from removing the skin.
  19. @JayG80 I literally imediately bought the tool that he shows. I've tried several different excersizes so i'm ready for anything if it might help.
  20. @Than_Bogan Dad used to disappear completely below the water surface for 100' before the boat got him fast enough to ride up on the water. In his words "50% of my run was just getting the damn boots on, 25% of it was getting up, then 25% of the effort left for the run." Granted this was a 1991 supra, not a more modern FI boat. (the ski nautique pulls considerably harder in my opinion.)
  21. @JDskiNECA Thanks for the post. I avoided talking about it since my post had gone long enough already. I've worked out the last three years strength wise. To the point where if I do let go of the rope the handle is going over the driver's head. Currently I do lat pull downs, Rear dealt swings, hammer twist curl (for tendon strength), LIGHT bicep curls, light tricep extensions, and cable chest pulls (mimic rope pull), etc mostly for upper back strength. ( I have a full rack in my office with cable machine.) (and sit ups) I"m also running at least 3 miles to 5 miles x three times a week. I know I need to add squats and deadlift back in but currently running out of time for the week. I have "tennis elbow" in my left arm that just will not quit. It's been nearly 6 months since it started while doing HIIT workouts (Burn Boot Camp). I miss burn but cold not deal with the near constant flare ups of the tendonitis. So I'm trying to concentrate on exercises that do not flare the tendon but strengthen the muscles around it. Several years ago i struggled to get up on combo's even, and realized a lot of it had to do with body strength. I've been working out ever since with varied success. Dad actually got into skiing after reading an article circa 1990 about skiing helping with back pain. A doctor had told him he'd never be able to pick up my sister or me in the 80's again due to disc damage. Skiing strengthened his back enough to do all the things he wanted to again. I just want to say thank you to everyone for your advice. Forum's can be so hit or miss nowadays. Seems like this is one of the good ones where advice is freely given. And it looks like minimal arguing over what the advice needs to be as well. Thanks.
  22. I find it odd that there is not a quote button. @Clydesdale The combo's I'm on are from the 90's.; EP brand :smiley: I'm also skiing one of them and then a 68" Connelly (I forget the model etc) Trying to drop the combo to go to the slalom. (rather than purely the combo set).
  23. @markn can you clarify what a "get-it-up" handle is? We've just always used a Connelly Proline floating handle and line. @Mastercrafter I'm going to text you later today.
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