Wake skiing

Yes, myself and a couple friends dabble a little.

HA! you may love it. I'm ok with wakeskiing. I grew up waterskiing, started wakeboarding when I was 14, snowboarding when I was 18. As far as doing stuff ie: inverts/spins/ramps I feel much more capable with my feet strapped in. That being said, on wakeskis and snow skis(just picked that up this year) I get scared to death. I do water ski jump (front flip, heli spin) over the ramp so I'm ok there but the wakeskis are intimidating to me.

Being a park snow skier you may pick these things up right away. We're having a good time riding them though. Want a used pair? I could sell you mine to try out

Mine are the first ones that HO made in 2008. On my phone now so I'll get you some more info when I'm back on the PC. And yes... The knees are what scare me too...

Tim, you can do quite a bit of things on these skis. They compare to twin tip snow skis, and also like having two wakeboards on your feet...to keep it simple.

the skis in this video are the same ones I own.

I was very tempted to pick up a pair at one point, to try them out, but the entry cost is a little high. I would have been more apt to pull the trigger if there was some way to try them first.

I have a hard enough time getting my friends to pay for their own beers, let alone skis.

Maximal691 wrote: I have a hard enough time getting my friends to pay for their own beers, let alone skis.

If I can get gas money from my friends/family then I'm happy.

get a trick ski, much cheaper way to go about it

the wake skis would be fun at a cable park

If I thought trick skiing was just as much fun/exciting to show others thats what I would have done. but...trick skiing is about as lame as tubing...IMO

mdvalant wrote: If I thought trick skiing was just as much fun/exciting to show others thats what I would have done. but...trick skiing is about as lame as tubing...IMO

Wow, as accomplished of a skier you are I'm rather flabbergasted by this. Clearly you do not have the patience to trick ski, which is probably why you don't think it is impressive either. I think any trick skier enjoys watching other trick skiers, no matter their level. Not all skiing is for show either. I got a couple friends trick skiing this summer and it was possibly the most fun I had on the water all year.

Hollywood wrote: mdvalant wrote: If I thought trick skiing was just as much fun/exciting to show others thats what I would have done. but...trick skiing is about as lame as tubing...IMO Wow, as accomplished of a skier you are I'm rather flabbergasted by this. Clearly you do not have the patience to trick ski, which is probably why you don't think it is impressive either. I think any trick skier enjoys watching other trick skiers, no matter their level. Not all skiing is for show either. I got a couple friends trick skiing this summer and it was possibly the most fun I had on the water all year.

I don't think having the patience is the correct term. I think more uninterested is. Guess I could try it but there are so many other things I would rather be doing. Sorry to knock it without being any good at it. (I can spin on one and two and do wake 180's) but that's beginner stuff compared to some of the greats. I dunno, just wasn't for me! I'm weird though, 90% of you guys have probably attended a 3-event tournament once in your lives...I never have, never have skied the slalom course either, although I would LOVE to give that a shot just to say I can do it!

mdvalant wrote: I think more uninterested is. Guess I could try it

Well that explains it. I think you'd gain a lot of respect for trick skiing if you put more time into it, especially on 1 ski.

mdvalant wrote: never have skied the slalom course either, although I would LOVE to give that a shot just to say I can do it!

I'd LOVE to watch you attempt your first pass as well.

You can slalom and barefoot rather sloppy and still make a pass. Gotta be fearless to jump, but trick skiing requires a lot of patience and a certain amount of eloquence to be successful, neither of which can be faked.

I'd put swiveling right up there with tricking. I swiveled once with M3Fan on a cold October day. My foot cramped up immediately after shoehorning it into the binding. Miserable, yet humbling experience. I was all over the damn place. I nearly pissed my pants (in the drysuit) watching Joel get up and ride it completely crouched down dragging his back leg around the whole time. He couldn't stand up. That night we went to Magicman's halloween party and drank away our sorrows. Johnny tried it too, I know there was video of it but not sure if it's around anymore.

When I first learned what trick skiing was everyone was just using 1. I tried it and thought the same thing as you, WOW, this is not for me never gonna happen... Months later I saw an eBay ad for a pair of trick skis. OH, so this is how you learn to trick ski. Made sense, you don't learn to slalom ski right off the bat either. I just never thought of using 2 trick skis.

I'll watch and drive swivel all day, you can have your sausage fest!

You guys got me interested in trick skiing. Found this video, has a catchy beat as well: