Footin with the PLBC boys

I think we could put together a pretty good size bunch of skiers for a weekend trip. We'll talk it over this weekend but it's going to be a long winter so don't hold your breath for details. This could be our spring warmup trip and then finish off with Shelbyville again after laborday, with a stop at GL in the middle ofcourse.

I'd like to put together a weekender on the Illinois too and I'm definately in for atleast one trip up to the PLBC stomping grounds.

CCFan tour dates to be announced. Stay tuned.

Wow.....really miss a lot when you're gone for a few days. Yes, the wife and I have been talking about seeing how many we can get together at our place in the spring. We're not on the water, but only about a 20 minute drive to water that's smooth 90% of the time. We'd like to have something here, 'cuz we've been to Chicago lots of times to hang out with everyone there. For reference, I'm in South Bend, which is 1.5 hours from downtown Chicago, same from Kalamazoo, 3 hours from Indy, and about 3 hours from Toledo. Nothing in concrete yet, but I think we could draw a big group.

Rob

rleinen79 wrote: Wow.....really miss a lot when you're gone for a few days. Yes, the wife and I have been talking about seeing how many we can get together at our place in the spring. We're not on the water, but only about a 20 minute drive to water that's smooth 90% of the time. We'd like to have something here, 'cuz we've been to Chicago lots of times to hang out with everyone there. For reference, I'm in South Bend, which is 1.5 hours from downtown Chicago, same from Kalamazoo, 3 hours from Indy, and about 3 hours from Toledo. Nothing in concrete yet, but I think we could draw a big group. Rob

Count me in!

- JHughes79

Rob
Count me in. I'll caravan with 87.
Steve

It seems you guys have let this thread die? Whats up with that?
I saw a post about putting a boom on a BFN, worried about the edge of the gunnel...don't worry about it, it won't mess it up. we used ours for years like that...plus it was barefoot school boat...over 3000 hours on it


I have upgraded from it to a Sanger

tullfooter wrote: I'm not touching the "upgrade" comment. That BFN is choice. Steve

   HAHAAA ! Saw that BFN pic on Wakeworld the other day. Post some links to your youtube vids Andy, lots of footers on this site.
   That's one hell of an extended pylon you got there.

     Mike

Did I say upgrade?
I mean't update because the BFN was every bit equal to a Sanger in quality and footability. But Sanger is pulling the tournaments and is pulling the Worlds in New Zealand in January 09. So a footers gotta do what a footers gotta do.(no I'm not sking in it and did not ski any events this year but I have/will again wait I take that back I did do this:









I read the whole 10 pages and loved it all.
watched a bunch of videos. (I was socked in a thick fog all day the sun never came out today- it sucked)

yeah, I've been roasted a few times over on wakeworld but it's alot of fun over there, I was banned for posting a link to that naked backdeep(you guys have it here under Hollywoods Backdeep! LOL), the owner of the site personally kicked me off...mentioned a "twig and berries" but after 6 or 12 months...I don't know how long it was I went back over and it(he) let me in...I've been trying hard to behave myself and so far I am still allowed.

Here's a link to Roy's 75 barefoot videos plus one to Brian's they are sacfooter and norcalfooter on youtube.

barefoot videos

more barefoot videos

In some of the posts I heard some mention an end? to the season?
what the heck is that?

I am GlassSeeker too...=bftskir

bftskir wrote: It seems you guys have let this thread die? Whats up with that?

What, it's only been idle for 8yrs, lmao, see if we can wake it up to go along with Joel's "10yrs ago ALREADY" thread.

The "learning to barefoot" thread kinda became the catch all for footin' talk. So happy to see the growth of barefooting on CCF.

I would love to learn how to barefoot!! never have before.

No Bruce we did not know each other before CCF. We got together to ski iirc via PM's here or on PN for the first time in the spring of 2005'.

My first face to face was with Ken at his home lake, Cochitchuchitutuchitihcithiitieeuit or something like that, one day after work. Next time was with Ken, Keith Tim and Brad up at Brads house. I think both of those were 2007. I remember first meeting Keith, I was like meeting a rock star.

Took me until 2013 to meet anybody face to face, but I started lurking probably around ten years ago and remember this thread and others that eventually led to me learning how to (crudely) barefoot myself in late 2007.

Oddly for this site, I don't even own a boat due to my career. I just convinced my parents to buy a '97 SN in the fall of 2006. We do all the maintenance ourselves thanks to this site and have spent hundreds of hours together in an around it working and playing and the boat is still like new (~400 hours now).

Since nobody cares to argue over politics or global warming (or science generally) anymore (where are the Daves?) I don't chime in much because that is where my actual expertise lies. Even though I don't post much I am still on at least once or twice a day on average and consider ya'll my internet family (since I shun facebook, etc. for the real social media, web forums). If Green Lake relocates to Indiana this summer I hope to see a lot of you there!

Don't recall who the Bohnert brothers are. Don't recall Marty Martinique or Terry there in '06. I have a picture of a blue hulled first generation Mustang that I can't put an owner to.

Adding:
Raindog
Tribal

I remember that it was a good time! and it was hot!! the band stand in the park was like playing in an oven! 2006 and 2007 were a couple of my favorite years!

yes you are right Mojo.....the goose was a riot !!

I think Keith was there that year too?? right?

Paul,