Strangest thing you tried to ski on?

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   You kids - DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME! (OR AT THE LAKE)!!!

We used to cut out a sort of small rectangle of plywood with handles. Kind of a Chevy Bow Tie emblem but without the slant. Approx. 12" to 18" long (anything works). We'd attach it to a tow rope and wearing a scuba mask and a snorkle, we'd then drag along behind the boat and when you turned the handles downward it would make you dive rather quickly and you could go up and down, resurface (which is always a good thing), etc. etc. 

Absolutely do not try this without exercizing extreme caution. IT IS DANGEROUS! The boat we did it with was just a little outboard row boat and you want to go really really slow. Still, it works pretty good and is a lot of fun. Wear a life vest. You'll still submerge. Just be careful! Do I sound like a Dad? Oh, probably because I am!

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64X55 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: January-19-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 214	Post Options Post Reply Quote 64X55 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-05-2007 at 4:44pm
	You kids - DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME! (OR AT THE LAKE)!!! We used to cut out a sort of small rectangle of plywood with handles. Kind of a Chevy Bow Tie emblem but without the slant. Approx. 12" to 18" long (anything works). We'd attach it to a tow rope and wearing a scuba mask and a snorkle, we'd then drag along behind the boat and when you turned the handles downward it would make you dive rather quickly and you could go up and down, resurface (which is always a good thing), etc. etc. Absolutely do not try this without exercizing extreme caution. IT IS DANGEROUS! The boat we did it with was just a little outboard row boat and you want to go really really slow. Still, it works pretty good and is a lot of fun. Wear a life vest. You'll still submerge. Just be careful! Do I sound like a Dad? Oh, probably because I am!
	Inboards Rule!

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Munday Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Gold Member Joined: August-17-2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 538	Post Options Post Reply Quote Munday Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-05-2007 at 3:14pm
	After a srorm one day we found a picnic table off a guy named George's dock,my bro scott jumped in with a ski rope and rode it back over to his cove and we threw it back up there.Wish I'd had a camera he looked pretty funny it had x brace on each end sticking up. Munday

Poster112 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: May-28-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 206	Post Options Post Reply Quote Poster112 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-05-2007 at 2:55pm
	We used to ski on a wooden oar. We also used to "barefoot" wearing soccer cleats, vans (the original checker-boarded ones), or flip flops. I do not recommend the flip flops because if you catch the front edge they will damn near rip your big toe off. It's also hard to keep your heal centered on them, especially when doing a deep water long line start, which is all we did behind the Boston Whaler back in the day.
	I'd rather have a bottle-in-front-of-me than a frontal-lobotomy. 1985 Ski 1984 SW

CCrider89 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: February-10-2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 44	Post Options Post Reply Quote CCrider89 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-05-2007 at 2:34pm
	What is the strangest thing that you have tried to ski on? My son and I are going to try an ironing board this summer.
	CCrider89 Boating in the northern Adirondacks

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