Show Off Old Water Ski Photos!

jbear wrote: I'm just glad our IT guy took pity on me and did a house visit so I could get back on. john

Well....knew it was to good to last. Had to take the danged computer to the pro. Just got it back yesterday afternoon. Seems to be ok now. Lost all my e-mail addresses. Send me a e-mail would you Chuck? And have Ethan send one too if you don't mind.

john

quinner wrote: Thanks for taking the time to share all these great photo's and stories! I have some old video, my Dad and his bro's skiing as teenagers, me and my bro's skiing as little kids and some other stuff. Had it converted from 8mm to DVD, now I just need to figure out (and find the time) to get some of this stuff on You Tube, Photobucket or whatever? Growing up we never had an opportunity to ski on an organized show team so we just made our own, we did a show at our annual picnic for our lake community, here is a newspaper article dating back to 1976. No CC tow boat for us, just an all wood boat, can't remember the brand, with an 85hp OB, broom stick ski handles and ski belts, LOL.

I use to live on that Lake @ Candlewood Knolls!!!

Gotta love broom sticks and the ski belts! Great pictures! Love seeing the old photos!

Thanks for taking the time to share all these great photo's and stories!

I have some old video, my Dad and his bro's skiing as teenagers, me and my bro's skiing as little kids and some other stuff. Had it converted from 8mm to DVD, now I just need to figure out (and find the time) to get some of this stuff on You Tube, Photobucket or whatever?

Growing up we never had an opportunity to ski on an organized show team so we just made our own, we did a show at our annual picnic for our lake community, here is a newspaper article dating back to 1976.

No CC tow boat for us, just an all wood boat, can't remember the brand, with an 85hp OB, broom stick ski handles and ski belts, LOL.

1991 Show Nationals Shoe Ski Act!

You bet, Brant has a really sharp head turning boat. Something about that color combination! Also, the boat really handles and drives nice. Brant really has that boat dialed in for holding speed! I have had a blast pulling Brant and Scott and their family's with his 89!

DrCC, great pictures of your 1974, looks perfect. Tells us a little more about that boat! Glad to see that you kept the chrome horns!

DRCC,

That one looks exactly the same as Skierox's 1984 blue on blue Ski Nautique. It had the same interior design with no coaming pads. Wow, really cool, even the prop had not been installed yet shown in the picture. Scott sold his 1984 to buy the 1999 Python. Back to Brant's 1989 Ski Nautique. Skierox and Skierbrant have a video documenting the day that Brant purchased his 1989, really fun to watch. They had perfect weather with awsome company, Orin and the Zman (the seller of his 1989) plus Brant and Scott. I sure wish that I could have been there that day. Scott will never forget when Brant's dad thanked him for finding this beautiful black, yellow and gray Ski Nautique! Money well spent!

Here's what mine looked like in 1982.
Bought 22 years later.

I found the picture of Orrin and Pauly doing their trick for the Hydroslide picture contest in Spray Magazine! Somewhere I have the magazine too!

I have some 1964 8mm footage.   Not tournament or ski show, just family vacation.
My Dad towing eight skiers with my Uncles 18' Crestliner w/ a 160hp I/O.
Took a few minutes to get everyone out of the water.
It has been transferred to VHS, I'll see if I can get some decent screen shots.

Very cool thread Brant.

I remember when we thought a three tier pyramid was sooo cooool!

John, I think you've got a couple of pictures that need to be shared on this post . . .

Chuck

Remember when the Hydroslide came out? We had to have one! Here is Pauly-Banana! Somewhere I have a picture of Pauly and my Dad when they entered the best picture for the Hydroslide contest in Sprays Water Ski Magazine.

Here is my Dad

Another good shot of the rig!

Very cool shot.That boat I believe was sold to the Solberg family here in Madison as they had a blue one.They sold it to a high school friend and eventually it was traded in to a local Mastercraft dealer.From there it turned into dust as I cannot find anything on it anymore.Can you make out the Registration #'s on it ? JR's red/white/ and blue trimmed boat did have a 454 in it.Keep the pics coming.