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@brady Patsy's vs. Grimaldi's is a pub fighting topic around here. The families have been fighting for years. Grimaldi's is the best brick-oven pizza in NYC. I say that with hesitation because there are so many. Patsy's is close, but Grimaldi's in Brooklyn and Hoboken is the best. So I guess what I'm trying to say is, if your gonna go "off the wagon" fall off at Grimaldi's.

Paleo diet. Cross-fit and specialized interval training. Bikram yoga. Nothing more is needed.

Does anyone know the general forces experienced in slalom skiing? G's pulled in the apex. Lb's of pressure taken when the boat hits. Top speed crossing the wake. Etc. I apoligize if this thread is reduntant to some of you, but I just haven't been able to find any centralized reliable information. Thanks.

Todd Hershberger, I'm a master carpenter/fabricator/cabinet maker living in the New York City area. I've been skiing for as long as I can remember, but i never ran any buoys and ive been dying to get in the course lately. I never had access to a course. The jump and course got taken out due to insurance reasons when i was six. I geuss I would consider my skiing as marathon skiing. As hard as you can, as fast as you can, for as long as you can. The best workout on the planet in my opinion. My family members were pretty good instructors, but i've set some personal goals to receive quality coaching next spring. Hit the course i just found relatively close to me a couple days a week and enter my first tournament by mid to late summer of '13. I love to water ski and I come from an old school water skiing family. My parents met skiing in a show team in the 60's and both sides of the family still have cottages on the same private man made lake. My brother now takes care of the place in Shanksville, Pennsyvania. My favorite place in the world. My uncle has a long standing state record in Men's jump, but the only time I ever went over the jump is on a beach raft as a kid when my dad and uncles had a couple to many. Ive been trying to learn as much as possible about course skiing from this forum and I believe it has helped me aquire valuable information. Thank-you @horton and all you "ballers" out there.

Hydrogen fuel cells are closer than you may think. My friend is spearheading a project for her company buying property for service stations world wide as I write this. And has been for the last two years. And we're not talking start-ups here. Fortune 50 corporations. Gas will get to unaffordable levels for the applications we have grown so acustomed to using in our everyday lives. Every credible analyst in the industry is in agreement on this.

It's getting really hairy around here and the worst is yet to come. The wind is consistent and the "tunnel" effect created by the tall buildings is increasing it exponentially. The Hudson is about 2ft below cresting at low tide. There's a high tide this evening when the storm comes ashore and massive flooding seems imminent. Does anyone around here have a cable winch? I'm looking to get a swerve set down Main Street later.

@otisg Thanks! Yes, Twin Lakes is definitely first on the list. I've heard nothing but good things about Brad and the people up there. Hopefully, this storm is kind to their site. (Fingers crossed)

@otisg haha! Yeah, non-perishables! I wish I could say that the perishables (beer) had some effect on the gramatical error, but its unlikely. Yeah, we'll see. Either way it should be interesting, and i dont have to work tomorrow because the subways are shut down, so thats a plus. Have you ever skied the quarry on Long Island that I read about in a issue of waterski mag a couple years ago? We need to find that secret spot in Brooklyn ASAP!

With all seriousness though, any and all precautions were made. Camp stove has gas, plenty of water and non-parishables on hand. I live on the third floor of a brownstone and the car is parked on the palisade cliff. We're just gonna sit it out with friends.

I live in Hoboken, NJ/NYC area. It looks like its gonna get pretty wet around here. Irene, last year flooded the streets and the storm surge is expected to be higher due to the full moon and tide. The grocery stores are insane, but there's still plenty of beer around here. Haha! We should be OK.