Anybody Water Skiing?

[leadsthebest]

Does anyone on here actually water ski anymore? I ski several time a week, and would love to learn how to run a slalom course. My goal by the end of the year is to ski in a tournament. Anyone know of a course around the Columbus/Starkville area?

Thanks

[donia]

there used to be a ski team long ago that practiced on a course just off of the hwy on the west side of hwy 82 tenn tom bridge...run by a guy out of starkville big on mastercraft (i think it was a club sport at the time, as a college buddy was on the team ..always talked about how intense it was watching the ski jumpers practice).

[jcr286]

The Cavenaugh's have a ski course on Columbus lake going in towards tibbee creek from the dam. I can send you the exact location if you need it. I skied with them a couple of times, and they are super nice people. I remember them saying it's kinda shallow getting back in there, but if you know the lake, then you should be fine. Here's an article on Mrs. Brenda.

http://www.educ.msstate.edu/featured/index.php?id=193

She can lay it down and her husband is pretty good too.

I'm pretty sure it is their personal course, so you may want to contact them to see if they mind even though it's on a public waterway.

[leadsthebest]

Thanks for the help.

So I take it no one really skies anymore. On our lake there are several nice wakeboard boats with nice towers, that only pull tubes from the towers. We are really the only people that actually ski. One friend of mine has a wakeboard boat, and all they do is wakeboard. The only other people that ski are a couple of young guys in a bass boat. I smile every time I see them. They are doing it for the love of the sport.

Thanks again.

[rjohnson]

Skiing is pretty basic. Not much you can do or get better at. Wakeboarding has replaced that because you can always work on something new or add a grab or extra 180 to a trick you already know. Not much of a ceiling on it for the average joe unless they just don't want to learn anything new. We seldom see anyone skiing down here on the Pearl River.

[cwink]

Thanks for the help.

So I take it no one really skies anymore. On our lake there are several nice wakeboard boats with nice towers, that only pull tubes from the towers. We are really the only people that actually ski. One friend of mine has a wakeboard boat, and all they do is wakeboard. The only other people that ski are a couple of young guys in a bass boat. I smile every time I see them. They are doing it for the love of the sport.

Thanks again.

Haven't skied since we sold our boat back in 05. But I never could get into the wake board thing.... If I got in the water I was on a ski. Now you got me itching for a new boat..

[leadsthebest]

Skiing is pretty basic. Not much you can do or get better at. Wakeboarding has replaced that because you can always work on something new or add a grab or extra 180 to a trick you already know. Not much of a ceiling on it for the average joe unless they just don't want to learn anything new. We seldom see anyone skiing down here on the Pearl River.

I would have to disagree. It may seem basic, but you can always, on a slalom, improve by going out further from the boat and laying down as far as you can. I also enjoy wakeboarding, barefooting, and waksurfing. It is all fun to me.

[rjohnson]

Skiing is pretty basic. Not much you can do or get better at. Wakeboarding has replaced that because you can always work on something new or add a grab or extra 180 to a trick you already know. Not much of a ceiling on it for the average joe unless they just don't want to learn anything new. We seldom see anyone skiing down here on the Pearl River.

I would have to disagree. It may seem basic, but you can always, on a slalom, improve by going out further from the boat and laying down as far as you can. I also enjoy wakeboarding, barefooting, and waksurfing. It is all fun to me.

Yep anything on the water is fun to me. Will be out there this afternoon after work having fun.

[LODI QUACKER]

Not anymore. Too old, hurts too bad for too long.