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    Posted: January-19-2007 at 6:58pm
he ran the ski team at Ford Lake out Michigan for many years.
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I learned to ski behind a 79 SN, it was cool. I was 5 when I learned. I was little so I liked tubing the best. Then when I was 13 I learned to trick behind a master crap. Then at 16 I learned to slalom and kneeboard behind a 88 SN 2001. Now my goal is to learn to foot this year if my dad can find time to show me. He hates going because he wants to ski but his shoulder wont let him. So I am hrd pressed to get him to the lake. He can really drive a boat though. He hates to drive mine though because he thinks he taking fun away from me that I should be having in the driver seat. Anyway my dad was also friends with a guy named Dude well that was his nickname I will check on the spelling of his real name before I put it on here. At any rate Dude was inducted into the barefooters hall fame just before he past away.
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Quinner, I skiied with Badgerland. It was awesome. Still have a lot of close friends that ski with them. Just about the time I left, the team really downsized. A lot of the old guys left and they struggled for few years. They're coming back though and should be a contender again soon.

Jbear. Definitely have to hoist a few. I would love to see the '80 up close and personal. We live two houses off of Lake Elbert. Don't go on the chain too often because it can get pretty busy but it's nice to cruise or to go see the Gardens show from the water. Harborside is good eatin' though which is nice. I usually go to Elbert, Ned, Ruby, Daisy, Rochelle, Buckeye or anyplace else the water is skiable and no traffic. 407-733-3599 is my cell number. Give me a buzz and we can arrange to hook up someplace.
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Backfoot; Ok so you are right next to us. When do we meet up for a cold one?

Where do you ski here? We usually put in at the ramp next to Harborside but those lakes are kinda busy.

You are most correct about the show rush, nothing like it. I wasn't ever really any good at other sports, skiing was it.

We've been here 3 years in June. Got here just in time for all the Hurricanes in '04.

Bet I'll be seein' ya soon! All the young guys on this site are gonna be jealous; I'm gonna meet your daughter before any of them! Eat your hearts out you PLBC guys.

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Backfoot,

What team did you ski with? My son skied with the Aquanut's for many years, the State Tourney in Wisconsin Rapids was always my favorite event of the year, always some really great teams and ton's of fun. The Aquanuts ran 3 225's on one of thier Dyne's for many years, they have cut em back to 175's or 200's the last couple seasons.
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Hmmm, this thread got me thinking. I should put a 250 hp decal kit on the pontoon engine!

I know these are salt series, but I've never seen a larger outboard. PLBC stands 5'11"
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Joel, I could be wrong but I though the Rock Aqua Jays had a triple rig with 250's on it last year.
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Ok, ok, so that may have been an exaggeration. I thought that 300's had just come out recently and that somebody had them on a 'Dyne. An employee at my last job had a kid on the team and used to talk about the boats all the time and that may be where I got the rumor. The main point was that the only trip rigs I've seen have been 200+ motors, and I was poking fun at the 150's. I don't actually care about this.
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I've been out of show skiing since '01. I agree with Hollywood. Triple 200's I've seen, and twin 250's. Nothing in the 300HP range. Doesn't mean that they aren't there. We were actually the first team to have a triple rig at a major tournament. Over the next three years there were at least 4 or 5 that came out for the big teams. I think that once you get to that level, the difference between a 150's, 200's and 225's pull comes down to the driver. We've pulled more with the 150's than other teams have with 200's at the same tournament. I've also seen teams use a twin 250 rig pulling another twin 250 rig that was in turn pulling the pyramid. Once they took off the second boat had a release up to the front bow eye that disconnected the first boat. Now you would think that two boats with 500HP would easily out pull a single triple rig with 450HP. They did it, but it took multiple tries to git 'er done.
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Trip 300s? I've never seen that. Most I've ever seen is trip 225s. Lately the trips are 200s and twins 225s. backfoot could probably provide some better info from the past decade of show dynes.
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Originally posted by backfoot100 backfoot100 wrote:

21' Hydrodyne that has three 150HP Evinrudes on the back end


150's? The Wonder Lake team here has trip 300's last time I checked (or possibly 250/275's - either way it's insane. I heard that they renamed that boat company, which was first HydroDyne, then DynaSki, to just "Dyne".

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JBear, I'm in Winter Haven. Just a few miles down the road. Just got down here two years ago from south central WI. Luvin' it.

I'll agree with you on the rush of show skiing. The WI state show ski tournament is the largest water ski tournament held in the world every year. Typically draws about 3000 skiiers before the weekend is over. When you run three four-highs for an end pyramid and line up 36-40 people on the dock and pull 'em all off with a 21' Hydrodyne that has three 150HP Evinrudes on the back end, that's impressive. Especially when you're sitting there with a young honey on your shoulders and when the rope comes tight, the tow boat is actually already doing almost 20MPH. Almost brings it to complete halt before those triple engines grunt everyone off the dock. Then you build it and come around the corner into the show course, there are typically between 7000-9000 people standing on shore just screaming at the top of their lungs. You wanna talk about an adrenaline rush!!!! Whew! You feel like Superman!!!! The transom on the triple rig we had to rebuild about every three or four years. It was 3/4" stainless gla$$ed into the rear end with the biggest freakin' clevis hooks you'd normally see on a tractor. Cool stuff.
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Backfoot: Where are ya at? We are in Lake Wales. Just got here 3 years ago from Northeastern Ohio.

As to the subject matter at hand....my dad taught me at about age 10 behind his buddies boat. Had twin 45's! Thought it was hot. My brother found the West Shore Water Ski Club in about 68 and the rest is history as they say. Learned to do it all, foot, jump, trick, fly kites and show ski. Did all sorts of show acts. GN-6027's Dad used to sell our shows. Awesome feeling skiing in front of lots of spectators just like the pros.

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My younger brother and I learned to ski behind a mid 70's AMF slickcraft. Before we had a boat we used to sit on the beach in okoboji and watch Boys Town take out their kids and waterski behind a blue Ski Nautique. It was totally awesome to see them. I swore that someday I would own one and teach my children how to ski. I purchased my 88 2001 last fall. Come to find out the boat was owned by the same corporation ( boys town) we had seen 30 years ago. Just a different boat. My children can slalom and kneeboard already, but never behind a CC. Infact I have never been in or behind one yet, this summer is going to be awsome ...
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Originally posted by Hollywood Hollywood wrote:

The learning curve is so damn steep I usually toss the thing in favor of something I'm better at.


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The learning curve is so damn steep I usually toss the thing in favor of something I'm better at.
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Man, in my opinion, the trick ski the most fun of them all (barefooting is a close second). You can do any of the tricks that the wake boarders can do and it is not as awkward a stance as the wake board. Because your feet are in a stance like a slalom, close together but with your back foot in a relaxed open stance, you do not really have a back side and a front side, just a strong and weaker side like slalom skiing. With your feet so close together, your spin axis is easier to line up. Also when you wipe out, I don't think that you are as prone to injury, as you are going slower and because of the shorter and skinnier size, you get a softer landing (sink into the surface a little bit). Yes it is slippery when flat, but not on edge. You can do just about anything that you want to on one. I've done flips, line tricks, wake line tricks, toe tricks and even tumble turns. The trick ski is much smaller than a wake board which lets you spin faster and with no fins, your turns are smooth as silk for surface tricks. You gotta try it. I thought that I would like wakeboarding, as it is fairly similar, but the wake board is so much more sluggish and bulky.
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Originally posted by Poster112 Poster112 wrote:

What is the "slippery ski"?


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learned on a 17' 1959 Aristocraft with a 75 h.p Evinrude. Have got a picture, at age 4, riding on my dad's shoulder's. He's 80 now, and when I look at that picture, I think I can still remember when it was taken..wonder why this stuff is in my blood. Hope I can have/create those same memories with my kids.
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What is the "slippery ski"?
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Thanks for the offer !! I'm in Northern California, so I don't think we could get much further apart logistically than that. I will definitely pick up a training DVD as you have suggested. A buddy of mine has a barefoot boom that he cannot use anymore due to his inadvertant upgrade to a Malibu Response, which doesn't allow a straight boom to fit due to the windshield shape going past the pylon, so I've got dibs on it for cheap.........(free).
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I would disagree with the high arch thing. It's completely the technique that gets you where you want to be at. You just need someone to teach you the basics. I taught 8 year olds to foot so anyone older is a snap. If you were in FL, I would be happy to work with you. If you were to pick up a video from Ron Scarpa or Lane Bowers, they are very good at working the basics to get you started on the boom. Knowing somewone that is a footer would also help in getting the basic techniques and starts down on a one-on-one basis.
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Alan,

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Originally posted by todicus todicus wrote:



It's prbably the only new years resolution that I will actually keep.........


My new years resolution, not to log on to CCfan during work. Made it til Jan3rd
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I have been told that people with high arches have a hard time barefoot skiing, as opposed to people with flat feet.......... is this true ? One of my new year resolutions is to learn how to barefoot. I used ski shoes a couple of times when I was a teenager , and it was a blast until I wiped out and shoved my eyeballs unto my brain from the impact.

It's prbably the only new years resolution that I will actually keep.........
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Never skiied until I met my wife and her father taught me when I was 18. Then at 30, tried barefootin' and thought it was the single biggest adrenaline rush in the world. About killed myself self-teaching barefoot behind a '77 17' Crestliner tri-hull with a 140 In-line Merc. Read a lot of WS magazine and went out and proceeded to find out what not to do. Started on a kneeboard and needed a boat driver that knew just how far to trim the motor up, no more than a 1/4 tank of gas and the smallest observer that we could find to coax 36MPH out of that thing. It was cool. Then we got our inboard and the learning curve was dramatically cut down. At about 35, joined a nationally ranked show team with my girls and that was awesome. For seven years, the team was our life and we learned so much, not to mention did a lot a skiing. It was a pretty significant commitment though. Then we relocated down to FL and this year I want to compete at barefoot just to see how that works out.
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I learned to jump and run the course in college and went to a handful of tournaments. I hope to figure out that damn slippery ski this year and possibly find some INT tournaments in the future.

2007 will be my rookie show ski season.
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Started at 4 behind a 27 foot Sea Ray. Moved down to a 15' Boston Whaler and then a 17' Whaler before two of my friends that lived on the same Bayou got barefoot Nautiques and one got a 79 Ski Nautique like the one I bought this past summer. I trick skied and barefooted, but not competition. My friend, Jay, was a national barefoot champion for at least two years in the mid 80s and was coached by none other than Mike Seipel. I was a pretty good trick skier, but after seeing what Jay's dad put him through to compete, I had no interest in competing. He did get to practice with the tournament boats (BFNs), and it was cool to drive and ride in the boat with the extra speedos and judges jumpseats on either side of the motor box. As he was sponsored by Eagle, I got good deals on barefoot suits, too.
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I tried and I tried barefooting all I ended up with as eninima, off the side no problem, we even had these shoes that were the size of bozo's feet that you laced up for barefooting, I dont know what they were called but they didnt work for me either.
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I was fortunate enough to grow up on Lake Powell. I started skiing when I was very little. But my parents didn't teach me. I learned from the seasonal employees who worked at the resort. It was all open water skiing at Powell. Not until I was in the military and moved to Georgia did I start competing. Lake Powell is beautiful but a small ski lake with not so much as a ripple is incredible. Only cla$$ C tournaments. Usually a really good bunch of people at tournaments. Always find a ski club affiliated with AWSA when I get moved. My daughter is also a competetor. My oldest boy turned to wake boarding in his late teens. My youngest boy does not like to compete but he can run a full pa$$ at 15 off at 34mph.
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