Water ski show teams

Wow...didn't realize I was footin' with a star......shoulda got an autograph.

Did a little show skiing in the 70's and 80's with The West Shore Water Ski Club. Always was a blast. Like Eddie said....when ya ski by and hear that crowd......cool.

john

That 3 man with 1 going in reverse around the boat 4 times had my vote for the best trick... they even played Motley Crue's Kickstart My Heart during it making it even sweeter. Saw a lot of gainers off the jump and that dude Jordan did one slaloming. Hollywood tore it up barefooting on his opening run and then hauled one off the beach after an 8 year old girl back deeped... all in all it was an impressive display.

Johnny, We saw Little Crow, Aquanuts and Chippewa. Got there a little later than expected and left in a hurry since Rob had quite a drive home and we were all pretty toasted in the sun.

From the little bit of skiing that we saw, I would have to say the most impressive individual was the guy from the Aquanuts, I think his name was Josh. For overall on water athlete the guy was incredible.

Johnny
Are you on a team?
Did you see Wonder Lake do the prebuilt pyramid hot pick up with a total of (6) three highs?
A friend who used to ski on our team does a one man jump act on Mad City's tam, including a 720. It's on YouTube.
I wish I could have been there.
Steve

tullfooter wrote: That's what's nice about D-1. You guys have a beer tent. Us D-ll'rs have to sneak ours in.

What do the D-3's have to do? Just checking to see what my son and daughter had to go through!!

That's what's nice about D-1. You guys have a beer tent. Us D-ll'rs have to sneak ours in.

behindpropeller wrote: ANy of you guys going to be at D1 Nationals?

Saturday afternoon and all Sunday. Look towards the beer tent.

I will be there on Sunday 8/12

Team Competition Running Order

ANy of you guys going to be at D1 Nationals?

87
That could work out really good, weather permitting. We were supposed to have a show in Cadilac but plans fell through. Bingo, open weekend. If the weather cooperates, the lake will be hopping.
We'll figure it out when it gets closer.
Steve

87
I'll be lucky to get my tune up done this week. I thought I could get it Wed but I'll be putting that hoist in. Heading to Warsaw Friday morning for Div ll Nationals. I'll let you know how it goes. Shoot for the weekend of the 11th if you can. Dinners on me at the Inn.
Steve

Quinner
I agree with the 40-41mph. That's where I like to foot when we're just playing around. When we do two ski bomb outs, 45-47mph makes for nice hard water. For endurance racing in the rough water, we like a little more speed. Some of the better endurance guys will run 50+. That's not us, we would like to be able to run at 45.
Steve

87
Friday night was great. The White lake Inn put in a new outside tiki bar. The crowd was good. My son did a flying barefoot start off their dock. The lake was rough enough to paractice footing. The boat ran great until the ground cable pulled out of the terminal end on the block. Jambed it back in, crimped it, we were off and running. Somehow I need a little more speed. I was able to run 43mph with a footer behind the boat and three guys in. I need 45-46mph for my 215lbs. I'm going to tune it up this week, put a timing light on it and see how she runs. I'm getting a hoist put in at White Lake so I'll have access to the boat anytime, rather than having to keep it on the trailer.
Maybe we can put something together for the weekend of Aug 11th.
Steve

Two MC's and a twin rig Hydrodyne.

Steve

Rob

I won't be in the booth, I'm just announcing for the Spray Master's jump team. I'll be on the stage. I'll have my Reverend Horton Heat concert shirt ( It's a work shirt for the jump act) and then something with a Spray Masters logo on it.
See you there. Don't tell anyone but I know where some cold ones will be stashed. Oops, this is the internet.