Stewpro

Stokes X ! Don't wait , it's the best in flotation and protection , you never regret buying the best !

Bullfrog Lake Mentality along with new owners and managers of Nautique having failed at making a true performer ski boat ( that looks like an old Glastron as well ) simply shifting attention to failures of the rank in files and athletes to hide their own inability to make the right calls and turning a profit with , wait for it ........ The Sledge Hammer !!! But we're still growing the sport , right ? Pathetic ......

Still hitting it on Divorce Lake , last Thursday afternoon due to time change on Sunday , Saturday skiing mostly after time change and weather permitting 70 + temps

Seems the more options you get with ZO the more skiers try to get back that PerfectPass feel, and yes the trick mode looks and sounds like more fun (something we seem to be missing alot lately since the down your throat intro from zero off and Nautique ! Just sayin'!

Haven't had a total knee replacement but I managed to go out the front coming off ball 3 and somehow my ski came around and smashed my left knee completely breaking the patella in half. Operation put two screws to hold the patella back together with some added tension provided by surgical wire or string across the screws while healing. Physical therapy looks pretty much the same as a TKR but with some obvious differences in structure. Wonder has any other skiers had this type of operation and if so how does it fair when it gets back to skiing the course ?

left or right foot foward ?

Come on Skiray I got your back ! Go ahead and go to Mickey D's eat whatever you want,you forgot you sent me that Quattro and it'll support that extra poundage ! Should have it dialed by the time that quarter pounder with cheese starts to show ! Got the whole Divorce Lake team evaluating what needs to be and where ,sweet carbon fin right now ! After seeing how much wider this thing is all around I'd say you can super size all winter ! So far we figure it's a cross between the FX200 and a Vector so you'll be running 22 off with a Big Mac drippin' of the front of your Jacket ! I gottta admit ,Taperflex is right , you need to be back in God's country!! You guys are missed !

2.449 6.845 .715 Quattro Stock ! Just skied one last week supplied by one heck of a great guy, he is one of those that it was not intended for. I'd say its a more " C " type turning ski with sneaky fast acceleration and very little effort to get it to perform. I'd consider it to be the EP- FX 200 of today with afterburners! It is wider than most others tip to tail hence the sneaky fast acceleration. Haven't got it dialed quite yet but you can appreciate the inner potential first ride - it's got the power of UGLY that makes it perform while having a lot of fun , oh yea stuck a Relex carbon fin on it to help the turns , it does help but ain't nothing going to help that clamp , what a piece of sh-t ( yesteryear ) Truly puts the fun back in chasing them bouys , anybody got any flex numbers out there ?

Not sure about the numbers but I had a 106 and it was sweet , I just dialed in a new SansRival Carbon fin and it is really sweeet! It is thin like the A2 and super stiff vertically, different lay up than the Reflex. The Reflex is thicker also.Really like the Sans Carbon,fast and turns like a Formula 1 car ! What did you think of it Horton ? I know you're still testing the Sans ?

What kind did ya get / Lace up or D3 like ? I'm not so sure the hardshell is actually "Safer" than another type- that's a whole other thread. I like the security of not losing the rear foot if ya get crossed up at the wake, i.e. header! The newest D3 lace ups look like they have really good lateral control as well as some others that are similar. Usually the change in boots is the harder to get used to verses a new ski so most recommend putting your familiar bindings on the new ski first 'til you get used to the ski but hey, you're probably stronger right now and you gotta do some tuning anyways so drop the speed a couple of m.p.h. and rip it up ! Fun stuff and a whole new list of excuses !

Oh Yea, twice ,one year left 2 ribs onside into the wake another year I actually spun around from my toeside and went into the wake on my back and cracked one on the leftside back No fun at all . Takes alot longer than you think to heal up comeplete. Back on the water in 5 or 6 weeks but about 5 or six months before I didn't bother me at all. Sucks , just gotta Man Up and stay away from funny friends ! Hurts to laugh !

After you fill the hole with the epoxy (Marine Tex is best )put a strip of electrical tape across the hole and flip the ski over so the hole is upside-down to cure.

How can we be The Man when You are The Man ?! Is that what Horton sent ya instead of the A2 ? Bummer !

Tough Audience !

I just got off another message board I sometimes check out for another perspective and boy did I get one ! This may be late but when I saw that being a HortonBaller ; if you will, makes you an elitist I had to laugh. Not sure if it is the large ego's out there or just overly sensitive skiers that lack confidence in themselves or what but it really made me laugh to read the jeers and taunts toward John's web sight. I'm certainly not an original baller so maybe I don't qualify as an elitist but I wish I were just so I can keep my sanity and stay a part of Horton's group. I met the guy and he is the real deal in my book! I don't see any of the non ballers taking trips to promote the sport nor do I see the quality in just overall posts and threads on many of the other sites. I guess when you are an elitist you are no longer in touch with what got us here to start with ; just a love of the sport ! Stewpro