SoCal Jet Boats
Discussion => The No Wake Zone => Topic started by: bjaming on June 11, 2013, 06:45:18 PM
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*shakes cane* you damn kids! :mad:
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Wakeboarding is "cool" right now. So are the 80k wake monsters that tow them.
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Nobody left to teach them, mostly.
My kids'll do it, not goos at it, but enjoy it, But lets be honest, today even our "family" boats have progressed into extreme MPH monsters.
Kinda why I keep the Charger around. Back in the day, when I was learning to ski, my Unc thought it was great if we "Nephews and Nieces" survived his roosts and 55 or so MPH in his Olds powered Sidewinder! (Unc is a COMPLETE motorhead. This was back in '77 or so and these things rarely did 50 MPH).
ONE TIME he was towing both his wife and daughter at Saguaro Lake, who kept giving the thumbs up for more speed, and he didn't have any more to give.
He sold the Sidewinder on Monday, bought a new Biesemeyer 18' hull by Friday, and had built a 500HP 454 for it by the following Friday.
He NEVER got a thumbs up again......ever........until the day he sold the boat in 1996...... His reasoning........ "Nobody will EVER ask me to go faster than I can"........
The ones into Jet Boats these days are all about 'Hitting 80+ MPH' , Wheelies and Roost. These youngin's forget what it's all about and why they exist in the first place.
Crewcheif is the exception to the rule, as am I. But we, and MRS Crewcheif, remember what the boats were built for and why.
Ray
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I always preferred knee boarding myself.
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Teach them to keep jets alive.... Good times will follow.
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I still ski, every year. not far (as I used to)
Taught the wife to pull a skier. She's even pulled me on a slow day @ the river (shhh!, no observer...) I've taught several kids how to ski, even pulled a wakeboarder before.
My old man could dry start on a single ski, and make it look easy, he skied well into his 50's (Thanks Dad)
That's all I got
Daniel
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When I was a kid both my parents skied every other weekend.
When I bought my boat it came with a Connelly single ski... I've been really wanting to get that thing out! This might be the year it happens.
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i learned to ski at about 14. when i bought my boat i bought a new ski! was stoked, and then thought shit whos gonna tow me. my wife wont get in the water if she cant see the bottom! its a jaws thing! i guess! (yah i know fresh water) my son is the only one left , he is trying. and loves tubing! my two girls are too young, but im hoping they will love to ski.
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I'm 20 now so I can't say I'm a grown up yet but when I was a kid my dad gave us 2 choices you could ski or hold the flag and there was never a wakeboard to be found in our camp. But now it's like pulling teeth to get people to go out with me because my boat doesn't put out a monster 3 foot wake. But I can honestly say my favorite memory was from last summer skiing behind my own boat with my old man pulling me
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I'm 20 now so I can't say I'm a grown up yet but when I was a kid my dad gave us 2 choices you could ski or hold the flag and there was never a wakeboard to be found in our camp. But now it's like pulling teeth to get people to go out with me because my boat doesn't put out a monster 3 foot wake. But I can honestly say my favorite memory was from last summer skiing behind my own boat with my old man pulling me
Nice! i bet it was!
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I know one thing though when I have kids there going to learn how to ski before I'm gonna let them touch a wake bored
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Cause they are all inside playing video games!
Dam kids these days
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Shit like I said I'm not very old but don't get me started on that. I think the only time I was aloud to pick up a video game was when I had a cast and couldn't be outside
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But now it's like pulling teeth to get people to go out with me because my boat doesn't put out a monster 3 foot wake.
you know its funny. theres some people in our group that ALWAYS blame the boat or say that they need a bigger/better boat so they can get better at wakeboarding. im sure im not the only one that thinks a pro wakeboarder could still do upsidedown helicopters behind a $5k bayliner just as fine as a $100k mastercraft or malibu. hell most of the guys doing big tricks arent even behind a boat anymore they're being pulled back and forth on a cable/pulley system.
pull em behind your boat and if they dont like it they can go buy their own... :mad:
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pull em behind your boat and if they dont like it they can go buy their own... :mad:
[/quote]. I couldn't agree with you more I've had better trips on my 4000 dollar jet boat then my girlfriends parents 100,000k Centurion
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I'll throw the ski prop on the whacker for anyone who wants to ski behind a boat with no wake this weekend....early
Morning runs (not too early...around 7 or 8 maybe). Just, when you're done, we gotta see if it'll drag my fat ass outta the water on the old Connelly Rocket.
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Hey Pat, I've got a beautiful classic Vogue ski that matches your boat perfectly. I might have to bring it along this weekend.
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Even tho I'm too old to dance and too fat to fly..... I can still ski!!!!!
And my kids do tooooooooo
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I'll throw the ski prop on the whacker for anyone who wants to ski behind a boat with no wake this weekend....early
Morning runs (not too early...around 7 or 8 maybe). Just, when you're done, we gotta see if it'll drag my fat ass outta the water on the old Connelly Rocket.
You ain't gonna be up before 10 ANY morning this weekend......who are you kidding? :screwy:
I wish I could be there guys! First one I've missed in 5 years! But work and politics going on.....I gotta be here....... :banghead: :banghead:
Ray
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taught my son (6) how to ski last year. He loves it and cant wait to go again this year. My 4 yr old daughter said she wants to try it as well. we will see.
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taught my son (6) how to ski last year. He loves it and cant wait to go again this year. My 4 yr old daughter said she wants to try it as well. we will see.
Exactly the age mine were learning this Bill! ;)
When Unc sold the Biesemeyer, that was the day I started getting Nagged by Cin to get a boat.........although SHE never got on the ski!........ 8)
Ray
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What's so great about skiing
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i pulled amanda around on a single ski last weekend. As for me i kinda like the barefoot stuff. i just need to practice it more and amanda is not too comfortable pulling me at the faster speeds.
anyway My kid will be keeping it old school and single skiing before he learns how to wakeboard
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wakeboarding is the new sking, kids wanna flip and spin, i grow up on a malibu doing everything from barefooting to kneeboarding, now days i know all my friends are into wake surfing, drinking beer sport. if they grow up on a boat they tube or wakeboard its kinda sad
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I just went a bought a Maha 360 last week from a lady in Glendora. I don't know if any of the skiers here now the ski, but it's a super nice ski for us old guy's who grew up skiing and aren't ready to just float and drink all weekend. I started wake boarding a couple years ago. It's fun, but I suck at it, lol. I'll keep trying and learning on the board, but skiing is what I grew up doing, and will continue to do.
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What's so great about skiing
I wouldn't try to make a case for skiing being better or worse than wakeboarding, but it is fun as hell. It is just the evolution of things, similar to how boards have taken over the ski slopes in winter. Now snow boards I have a real problem with as they get in a slalom skier's way both on the lift and going down the hill. More importantly however is their unpredictability and complete inability to stop in a hurry. This endangers everyone around them. On the water, wakeboarders only endanger themselves but they do tear up smooth water. However, they have no problem with using rough water where a slalom skier will only want to ski on the smooth stuff. Honestly it is usually the ridiculous stereo hanging off the tower that bothers me the most. I HATE having to listen to other people's music when I am out on the water.
My 9 year old has zero fear on the slopes. If he skis half that hard, I will be one proud Papa. I have a big framed picture of me dragging a shoulder at the river. He is gonna have a pretty high bar to clear, but I think he will be able to do it if he chooses to take up a ski instead of a board. I am not going to buy a $40,000 boat to go slow in however. Not now, not ever.
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I'd have to agree with GC in the sense that it is just a different animal. I have ski'd, knee boarded, single ski'd, tubed, and wakeboarded. I think kids should still try skiing, but water sports just like everything else evolve. About the snow boarding thing I don't know. I've never had a problem stopping fast on a snowboard personally. I've also only been hit snowboarding by a tiny asian girl on ski's lol.
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Once I get my post fixed up (headers will melt rope right now, need a higher connect, one of those that bolts onto the back of the motor I think) I'll pull any of you fellows behind my boat :D
I'd actually love to try and get up on a single ski, maybe I'll have to try that this summer (it's been sooooo many years)
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i pulled amanda around on a single ski last weekend. As for me i kinda like the barefoot stuff. i just need to practice it more and amanda is not too comfortable pulling me at the faster speeds.
anyway My kid will be keeping it old school and single skiing before he learns how to wakeboard
Hit on her sister and THEN see how fast she's willing to pull ya! ;)
Ray
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They got better things to do like smoke pot and play video games, kids just arent what they use to be with all this technology and really poteint weed
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I grew up skiing. Coolest thing was a ski chair. We rented one at Nacimiento one time and bought one when we got home lol. My kids never got a chance to learn since wife and I didn't get a boat till they moved out. They like to tube but won't try skiing..
On a side note if any of you want to ski, bring your gear and I'll drag you around anytime. I was the only one Dad trusted to pull him lol.
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Ray, grab your balls back from whoever's purse they're in and come to the river ya big pussy
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Ray, grab your balls back from whoever's purse they're in and come to the river ya big pussy
LMAO! :thumbup: :beer:
Ray
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i dont know about kids but, my 50 some thing year old wife will be strapping her ski's on this weekend at big river for the 3rd time in her life. she is trying damn hard to learn how to ski.....
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last year at mead my 84 year old grandpa strapped on some skis and kicked some ass!! it was awesome..
he keeps saying how everyone is such pussies now. lol. people with 24ft boats and smaller are scared to go to catalina. he was like we used to ski there on a 18ft flatbottom. lol.
its different times now.
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last year at mead my 84 year old grandpa strapped on some skis and kicked some ass!! it was awesome..
he keeps saying how everyone is such pussies now. lol. people with 24ft boats and smaller are scared to go to catalina. he was like we used to ski there on a 18ft flatbottom. lol.
its different times now.
He's right! I grew up at the beach. I would either ride my bike or my mom would just drop me off for a day of surfing since I was like 12. I had a friend who used to sail a little Hobie Cat or a skiff between Seal beach and Avalon almost every weekend when he was in 7th grade. This would have been early 70's.
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i dont know about kids but, my 50 some thing year old wife will be strapping her ski's on this weekend at big river for the 3rd time in her life. she is trying damn hard to learn how to ski.....
That's awesome, good for her. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Well I'm 24 and grow up skiing... Yes wakeboarding is fun, but it's a different animal. But I'd rather be going fast than upside down. When I first was learning it was all I wanted to do, and we had a rule that you can't do anything but hold the flag until you ski! One day I hope to ski as well as my father. He skis hard and fast, and doesn't give up till he eats shit.
I personally love skiing, one of the biggest things I was looking forward to was the day I skied behind my own boat with my Dad pulling me. And it was better than planning because it happened it be perfect glass, and I pulled him also. And he hadn't skied in a couple years...
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I'm 27 and I will only ski, tried the wakeboard and 2 concussions later I gave it up. My folks have been skiing since the 70's and still do to this day and they're both 60+ years old. Even when they eat it hard, they'll still give a thumbs up and a smile after they crawl into the boat. These pics are my mom, my dad, and me taken within the last year.
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Pics don't like to work, here's the one of my old man
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Nice!
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What's so great about skiing
Exactly, texting and video games are much better for kids. :(
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Chad your old man is working that surfboard in the first pic. Just how big is that thing? But I gotta say that "ringing one's bell" isn't just limited to wakeboarding. I fell real hard (skiing after many tequilas) once near Water Wheel, an area I know very well, and was completely convinced that we were very far from camp when in reality we were only 5 minutes away. It was a very humbling experience.
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I feel bad for kids these days. Gone are the days where there were 4 gas cans in the boat cause we were on it all day. We didn't really have a choice cause we were sandbar camping. When there's no AC you gotta be on the water all day. Now all we do is hang out in coves and drink and tell lies all day. I see the kids and the teenagers are either sitting in the boat bored out of their mind, or they're drinking with everyone else. I didn't even know a cove existed until I was 16 lol.
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GlassCutter, that's my mom on her "old lady ski" in the first pic.. haha She needs it to get up, but hey at least she's still rippin it at 60+ years old..