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    Middle Age Water Skiing Safety

    In late summer of 2014, I started the thread about reaching middle age and wanting to slalom ski again. Well, it took almost a year, but I finally succeeded last summer. As the season of 2016 approaches, I am thinking more about how to enjoy this (and subsequent) years without incurring a...
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    Our Boat Buddy Dog

    Perhaps there is already a thread like this, but I could not find it. I know there are mixed feelings about dogs on boats, but ours LOVES being out with us on the boat. All I have to do is ask her in the morning if she wants to go on the boat and she will be waiting by the door with her tail...
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    Wet Suit Recommendations

    As I assemble my Christmas wish list, the idea of a wet suit for early and late season water skiing has come to mind. I did a first pass search online, and quickly realized there seem to be an infinite number of options - most of which I do not understand the pros and cons of. Im looking for...
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    Good Boat names

    Had a rough year with work in 2014. Purchased boat in September in a fit of realizing that I should work to live, not live to work. Named it over the winter - inspired by the Jimmy Buffett song. The font is actually the same font used on the album art of "Songs you know by heart" - Buffett...
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    I have reached middle age, and want to slalom ski again...

    After looking at all the pictures from yesterday, I see a common thread in most of them - tail deep in the water, tip high. I am also pretty sore in my upper body. My first reaction was that I must have been going too slow and the ski was sinking, but in theory we were going 30 (what I asked...
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    I have reached middle age, and want to slalom ski again...

    Had a lot of fun this morning trying Skibrain's suggestions. Its going to take more work, but I loved how much more in control I felt crossing the wake up on edge. Even the combo ski was fast crossing that way. Tried 4 pulls on the new HO, was up once, but went over the front in the first...
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    I have reached middle age, and want to slalom ski again...

    Success... at long last. I think anyone within a mile of Carter Lake probably heard my rebel yells once I was up. After reflection, I think the last time I was up on a slalom was 1986. Its every bit as fun as I remember it. I tried 5 pulls on the big ski, and just could not get up, even with the...
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    I have reached middle age, and want to slalom ski again...

    This weekend was yet another failed attempt. Once again, thought I was up, but the ski sank, and lost the rope again. I feel like I am SO close, then lose it. It really is ticking me off. If I could have just held on for 2 or 3 seconds longer, I think it was a done deal. Took three or four...
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    I have reached middle age, and want to slalom ski again...

    I caught boat fever big time this summer. My daughter and son in law invited us out to the lake this year (older Rinker Captiva), and I got out several times with my nephew on his Malibu. Yep, I got the sickness bad. In my day, I was a decent slalom skier, mostly behind a 74 Silverline with...
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    Considering "oldish" boat - Am I crazy?

    I guess I am experiencing a late mid life crisis - at 54, I am interested in purchasing my first boat. Given current financial commitments (college, weddings, etc etc), I am in the market for a used boat. I want something we can ski from (Hope to be able to get back up on a slalom ski, and...
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