Old photos

[slalomskifreak]

I have some old photos that I posted. Here is the one of the beach towel (since I seem to see that mentioned quite a bit) from 88, it was $25.00 back then. Anyone else have any of their old catalogs/Star mag?

Peace out, Curt

[Ferdinand_DeMarco]

I've got some old pictures of me and Mabel in our 72 Glasspar Tri Hull from the 60's but I can't get them in here

some kind of message about being too big

[erkoehler]

I wouldn't mind seeing that exact same towl up for sale again.

[Mag_Red]

I was looking at those old photos you posted and guess what????? I have a kite just like that hanging in my garage :)

[slalomskifreak]

If my memory serves me right, I remember seeing a kite like that fly at Cypress Gardens back in the mid 70's. Have you ever taken yours up?

[Mag_Red]

LOL That's about when we bought it.........in the mid 70's. I was about 18 when I started flying it. Kind of amazing that my mother even let me go up in it :purplaugh

[slalomskifreak]

Parents were way coooool back then. :cool: How high did you go? My parents used to let my brother and I get away with all kinds of crazy stuff that I won't let my kids do without thinking it out first. We would play chicken on Hydroslides until my brother hit a dock. My dad's motto: "If your not getting hurt, your not having fun"

[east tx skier]

Found this one of Grandpa ETS tearing it up on the slalom stick.

[André]

Don't be shy Doug,Post the one with the old style handle!

[Danimal]

This would be cool to have...


http://kipbrockman.com/viewmaster/sports/Images/a967a.jpg

[Danimal]

Cool old Cypress Gardens Movie Clips

http://cube.phlatt.com/home/roadsideamerica/FLWINcyp1956.mov

http://cube.phlatt.com/home/roadsideamerica/FLWINcyp_sm.mov

[east tx skier]

Let's see. Here it is. My first time on slalom.

[jayderwin1]

nice handle, was that behind a MC?

[tex]

I've skied in shows where things would get boring...you would come down for the jump act and slip into your skis and get handed some double handles like that. Imagine having to go out and bang 3 helis and a flip out with double handles...good BS

[east tx skier]

nice handle, was that behind a MC?

Nope. Deckboat I/O by the Deckboat Co. of Gatesville, TX.

[slalomskifreak]

I love it! Keep the classic shots coming. I still have a double handle from back then. Did anyone have a "saucer (piece of plywood cut in the shape of a disk about 4 ft in diameter?

[Mag_Red]

I love it! Keep the classic shots coming. I still have a double handle from back then. Did anyone have a "saucer (piece of plywood cut in the shape of a disk about 4 ft in diameter? :purplaugh
Don't have a picture of it , but we called it the big cookie
. We would get 3-4 people up on it and had a ball! Damned that brings back memories. The closest thing we had to todays tubes was a 4-5' long canvas raft. It had a rope running along the sides. We would wrap our arms under and around it while holding the ski handle and the maniac we boated with would fling us around in circles behind his Clastron CV-16 powered by a 140 HP Merc. Needless to say it was FUN!!!! :firejump:

[Mag_Red]

Parents were way coooool back then. :cool: How high did you go? My parents used to let my brother and I get away with all kinds of crazy stuff that I won't let my kids do without thinking it out first. We would play chicken on Hydroslides until my brother hit a dock. My dad's motto: "If your not getting hurt, your not having fun" between 100 and 150 feet :eek:

[André]

between 100 and 150 feet :eek:
Bring it to Mag Mania 2.It should make some good stories! :toast:

[Mag_Red]

Bring it to Mag Mania 2.It should make some good stories! It may be Illegal to fly it down there now as there are power lines that span the lake. I do remember flying it down there when I was in college. I had no choice but let two inexperienced friends drive the baot while I took a flight. They did a pretty good job untill I looked ahead and saw some power lines. I freaked out :eek: as the only way to lose altitude was for the driver to slow the boat. Well I gave them the visual signal, but my buddies were too busy waving to all the boats following us :rolleyes: and weren't even watching me. Well I start to screaming at the top of my lungs to :rant: get me down!!!! Well they finally got the hint and dropped me like a rock about 100' before the lines. All I could think was I would look like something in a cartoon frying on those electrical lines :purplaugh

[André]

LOL!
Just like Willie Coyote when he turns into ashes...My boat mechanic have one and told me it was a marvelous invention to break a limb...

[tex]

I remember watching my dad come up on a disc fully clothed. He would have a lawn chair with him and sit on it while riding it. Oh yeah, he would also light a cig. and open a beer and finish both while riding across a rough lake. He was so cool!

[Upper Michigan Prostar190]

I remember watching my dad come up on a disc fully clothed. He would have a lawn chair with him and sit on it while riding it. Oh yeah, he would also light a cig. and open a beer and finish both while riding across a rough lake. He was so cool!

Tex, my dad did the same thing!!!!! he also put a step ladder up on the disc and climbed it. I am going to look for the pictures right now!!!!! :D

[Upper Michigan Prostar190]

Hey, I found the pictures of my dad on the saucer. These babies are from the 70's I couldnt find any of him on the ladder, but I found the ones of him on the lawn chair with sunglasses. I dont know if you can see in the pics, but he is wearing sunglasses and holding a beer and cigar. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v457/guitarzan1972/saucer2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v457/guitarzan1972/saucer4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v457/guitarzan1972/saucer3.jpg

UMP

[Upper Michigan Prostar190]

oh yea, he is standing up going backwards in the last photo. Sorry about the chopped photo, Mom's photography skills were lacking. :o

[tex]

Greatness!

[Upper Michigan Prostar190]

Thanks Tex!! :toast:

SO is that what your Dad did too? something like that on his saucer like you mentioned? :confused:

Ya know, I am half tempted to take that beast out and put it back into service this summer. I have it out in the shed, still the original red paint. Im thinking about it.....what you guys think? should I get it out? Dad told me he will gladly sit in the boat and coach me how to do it. He says he is too old and fat to ride it himself these days.

UMP

[Ric]

I love it! Keep the classic shots coming. I still have a double handle from back then. Did anyone have a "saucer (piece of plywood cut in the shape of a disk about 4 ft in diameter?
ya we did have a homemade saucer like that when I was a kid
I found it last year in a friends garage and intend to get it out this summer for ole time's sake!

That's funny about the chair on the saucer fellas.... I hear tell that my grandad did that exact same act on the saucer (sorry, no pics)

[tex]

i rode one last summer. we have a guy in our show who does the whole chair thing...he does a hand stand on the chair and then pitches the chair and takes the disc over the jump. he is old school. i need to try the jump so i can tell you guys about it! the pic...just like my old man!

[erkoehler]

Classic pics UMP, and still a classic act in many ski shows up North.

[Upper Michigan Prostar190]

I never realized that saucer with the chair thing was that popular. Thats neat they still do it. Dad wants to teach me. Boy a boom would come in handy for that. He could be right there in teh boat to shout directions at me. :D He taught my buddy to do 180's on it about 10 years ago, but he didnt stick with it. Dad did 180's, 360's, the chair, and the step ladder. He laughed when he looked at the pics last night when I showed him he was on the internet. I am still thinking about dusting off that old saucer and learning it this summer. He bought that from some place in Wisconsin that made them. He cant remember the name or where it was. But I do remember faintly as a child going to that place and buying that saucer.
My buddy calls that saucer a "ski torture device" :D

so does anybody else have one of these old relics lying around??

UMP

[Upper Michigan Prostar190]

ya know, I was thinking he used to have another device he called an "aqua plane" it was red and yellow. it was basically a sheet of thick plywood about 5 ft X 2 ft and it had a rope handle on it. and your tow rope attached to the front of it. and you rode it like a big ski on the water. so you were towed on it, you sat down, kneeled, or if you were really daring, stood up. and like tubing, you were at the mercy of the boat driver. he said that thing would build up SERIOUS speed on hard corners, especially if you transfered your weight and helped a bit. He said he took some nasty high speed falls on that board. :eek: I remember that thing was still in our garage about 15 years ago..... but I dont know what happened to it.... havent seen it in a long time. I will see if I can locate it for old times sake. :confused:

UMP

[slalomskifreak]

My dad still has our saucer. He is looking for the old pics to scan into the computer. I remember my brother and I standing between his legs while he did 360's on it or he would put us on his shoulders. That was the first thing we ever rode. I have the old ski's we learned on when we were 5. I will get a shot of them, I think they were homemade.

I can't ever imagine going over a jump on it. :eek: It scared me enough just to fall and guess were it was going to pop up. I got cracked several times on the head or legs by it.\

Curt

[Kevin 89MC]

UMP, awesome pics of the saucer! A few of my uncles used to do the chair & ladder trick. Sadly I don't think anyone ever took any pictures.
I learned to ski (?) on the "piece of plywood" aqua skier thing growing up as well. Pretty fun until you fell, and that thing submerged a few feet. It would oscillate back and forth as it surfaced. That f'er caught my knee once, that was the last time I ever rode it! Ahh, the memories . . .

[Upper Michigan Prostar190]

funny you guys mention that. My dad also had that saucer come back and wack him in the ankle. that was the last time he rode it. It took a long time to heal. but, he rode it many times and only had that happen once. I am also wanting to buy a pair of trick skis this summer just for funnin. :)

[tex]

Anybody got a sit and ski...the yellow thing?

[Ferdinand_DeMarco]

DisneyWorld was built in 1972?!?!?!?

time flies


Ski Show link http://home.cfl.rr.com/omniluxe/ski.htm

[erkoehler]

12 years before I was even born! :D

[Ferdinand_DeMarco]

12 years before I was even born! :D
:rolleyes:

[erkoehler]

:rolleyes:
What??? :confused:

[Upper Michigan Prostar190]

I htink he is questioning your age there Erk.

[BeavenX5]

ya know, I was thinking he used to have another device he called an "aqua plane" it was red and yellow. it was basically a sheet of thick plywood about 5 ft X 2 ft and it had a rope handle on it. and your tow rope attached to the front of it. and you rode it like a big ski on the water. so you were towed on it, you sat down, kneeled, or if you were really daring, stood up. and like tubing, you were at the mercy of the boat driver. he said that thing would build up SERIOUS speed on hard corners, especially if you transfered your weight and helped a bit. He said he took some nasty high speed falls on that board. :eek: I remember that thing was still in our garage about 15 years ago..... but I dont know what happened to it.... havent seen it in a long time. I will see if I can locate it for old times sake. :confused:

UMP
I build 2 aquaplanes like these 7 years ago for my kids and for a friend kids. My kids learned skiing standing up on this device behind the row boat and its 4HP evinrude, they were 3 and 2 years old at the time. I though this was the best device for beginning. The next year they started on trainer wooden skis with ease. Last summer, at 9 years old, my doughter was doing a pretty good slalom... next year is the course...
For adults, this can be very dangerous as it does pickup speed around corners like a tube. I installed 2 fins on it a couple of years later: much better... I will see next week-end if I can get pictures of it.

[jbfootin]

I build 2 aquaplanes like these 7 years ago for my kids and for a friend kids. My kids learned skiing standing up on this device behind the row boat and its 4HP evinrude, they were 3 and 2 years old at the time. I though this was the best device for beginning. The next year they started on trainer wooden skis with ease. Last summer, at 9 years old, my doughter was doing a pretty good slalom... next year is the course...
For adults, this can be very dangerous as it does pickup speed around corners like a tube. I installed 2 fins on it a couple of years later: much better... I will see next week-end if I can get pictures of it.
I will be watching for the pictures, and if you could give some advice on building this would be great. I don't mean to threadjack, but with young children, I would like to build one of those also.

[NORTHERN LIGHTS]

anyone ever hear of a "zip" sled? at least that's what we called it.
plastic, about 4feet long and had a ski handle that you held on too. this was the "latest and greatest". in the late '70's actually the plywood disk worked better. looking at some of those "old" pictures sure brought up some great memories of childhood and being at the lake.

[M-Funf]

anyone ever hear of a "zip" sled? at least that's what we called it.

We built something similar using a pair of old skis and a piece of plywood. hooked a rope up to the front. It would hold two big kids easily. It was tons of fun until you got a splinter :eek:

I need to get up to my house and dust off the old photo albums. I'm sure there are some funny pic's in there! :rolleyes:

[NORTHERN LIGHTS]

TONS OF FUN--THOSE WERE THE DAYS
A little about your "life should be a journey".
Every year I have a party at my place with about 150 or so people. We raise money for the Barbara bush childrens hospital. that quote was on the back of this years t-shirts and people went wild! My company is a screenprinting and embroidery co. so every year we have a new wild custon tee.
Do you know were that quote came from? I know i picked it up on the net but I can't remember where. I'd like to give credit were credit is due.

[M-Funf]

Do you know were that quote came from? I know i picked it up on the net but I can't remember where. I'd like to give credit were credit is due.
I wish I knew...I've searched to no avail. If I knew, I would surely tack their name on the end...

[east tx skier]

anyone ever hear of a "zip" sled? at least that's what we called it.
plastic, about 4feet long and had a ski handle that you held on too. this was the "latest and greatest". in the late '70's actually the plywood disk worked better. looking at some of those "old" pictures sure brought up some great memories of childhood and being at the lake.


I grew up riding them (zip sleds and bob skeds), and my father-in-law has a working blue "Admiral Zip Sled" made by the General Plastics Co. They are great starters to get kids on the water. They also make for an easy transition to skiing or boarding. They were sued out of production some time ago. This is a 4 yr old relative (anonymous) of mine. As you can tell from the expression, they are lots of fun. :)

I've said it before and I'll say it again. If anyone has one in good condition they'd like to sell, I'll take it off your hands for a fair price.

[NORTHERN LIGHTS]

THATS IT--BLUE ZIP SLED- i'D ALSO LOVE TO HAVE ONE!
I was just a little sh**t and that got me hooked on water sports

[east tx skier]

I really prefer the orange "Bob Sked." Basically the same thing, but it has handles on the side that makes it easier to ride/stand up. There's also a yellow plastic one that looks like two pontoons with a center piece. The yellow and orange ones are what we grew up with.

As for the Bob Skeds, unfortunately, hundreds of them met their end when Schliterbahn in San Marcos got rid of one of its water slides that utilized them. I've been in touch with them, and they were all destroyed according to the person with whom I spoke. As you can tell, I'm very interested in getting hold of one of these things for my kids. The blue one has many patches on it.

[slalomskifreak]

Here is an ad for a "saucer".

[hacker]

I know a guy that has a set of these... won't sell them, hard to get together with him to even use them. Anyone have know where I could get my hands (feet) on a set of skis like this?

http://hydrofoil.org/images/Busta2.jpg

[east tx skier]

I think George either has one or made one. ICBW though.

[Upper Michigan Prostar190]

I had an orange sled type of device like that blue one in the pic. We didnt use it for many water sports. Unfortunatley my buddies and I during our foolish teenage years used it behind a snomobile in the winter and destroyed it when we hit a rock with it. THat thing was awesome for a tow behind!! I would like to pick one up for the boat now.

[east tx skier]

I got dibbs!!!!!!!

[pq2]

we started being pulled in a windsurf board, then my father bought the orange "ufo" (thats how we just to call it).

btw, my father also tried to do the big kite stuff attaching two windsurf sails, BIG CRASHES.

got to find those pictures

and thanks for taking back those memories

[Upper Michigan Prostar190]

I got dibbs!!!!!!!

DOnt worry Eastie!!! I wasnt trying to cut in front of you dude!!. :)

I was just sayin I wouldnt mind picking one up if I happend upon one somewhere. In the rare event that I find two of them in my end of the earth, I will hook you up with one. Sound good?

UMP

[east tx skier]

I'm just messin' around, ya know.

[richardsoncd]

http://cgi.ebay.com/SLED-PARICON-FLYING-SAUCER-SN-DISC_W0QQitemZ7216626129QQcategoryZ1303QQssPageNam eZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

is this that saucer thing you were talking about

[slalomskifreak]

Naw, that is a plastic saucer sled for the snow I believe. The one's we are talking about are made of 1" plywood and don't have the "neat guy" handle's on the side. Plus it weighed a ton and didn't really fit in the boat.

Curt

[Ferdinand_DeMarco]

I htink he is questioning your age there Erk.


no, I was just thinking

I've got underwear older than this kid :rolleyes:

[milkmania]

no, I was just thinking

I've got underwear older than this kid :rolleyes:



hey old man!

That's just too damned much information!:mad:

[André]

no, I was just thinking

I've got underwear older than this kid :rolleyes:
LOL! :D :toast:

[tex]

I might know of a guy who has a couple of zip sleds here in town. PM me and i will try and hook a brotha up!

As i said before...anyone remember the sit and ski?

[milkmania]

LOL! :D :toast:


geez, don't encourage him8p

[AirJunky]

As i said before...anyone remember the sit and ski?
Never did it personally, but............
http://www.airjunky.com/history/sitski.jpg
Murphy tells me it's a good way to get blasted in the nuts as you ski. :shocked:

[east tx skier]

Tex, you've got PM.

[tex]

We had one in Germany...we got bored between shows one day and i won a case of beer by making a step-off on one of those. It was one of the scariest(spelling) things I did on the water. Imagine 0-42 in the blink of an eye on the whip in a pond behind a barefoot 200. oh yeah...then step off that hunk of metal...i went one for one and drank good german beer that night. A buddy did star strap doubles on it...he did not get beer for that!

[Jim]

Never did it personally, but............
http://www.airjunky.com/history/sitski.jpg
Murphy tells me it's a good way to get blasted in the nuts as you ski. :shocked:

Bought one of these at the swapmeet for $10. Kids love it and it draws lots of attention. Too big and bulky though. Definately need to leave it on the beach when not in use.

[erkoehler]

I've never even seen anything like that before! When were they made?

[Upper Michigan Prostar190]

Ive never seen those either. Looks intereting, but a bit dangerous at he same time. :confused:

[bradamerry]

those things can be fun to ride. For alittle while anyway. :D

[3event]

On our lake, late 50s probably, family friend in action, behind "rowboat" with tiller control OB. Classic stuff. Frame grab from now digitized old movies. We are glad Grandpa had an 8mm camera!

[Ric]

Tex our friends had the sit ski and while we got a kick out of watching the elders ride one, it was like a moped or a fat chick , I at least wasn't gonna be seen on it!!!

UMP, I am picking up our old (about 50yrs) saucer this weekend. I found it at an old friend's place during the evacuation last year and am going to bring it home this weekend for my kids.. They'll be the fourth generation of ours to ride this little handmade jewel.. pics to come!!

[Upper Michigan Prostar190]

Ric, did you ever pic up that old saucer?? :confused:

[Davo]

Found these babies while cleaning out my office....I used to love da kneeboard....this was 1980 somethin'....

[Davo]

Used to do backrolls both sides and over the top rolls both sides...

[Davo]

Here's my favorite old photo....I thought I lost it, but it turned up recently! This was probably 1990...my buddy took the pic and I developed it in a high school photography class (B&W). Chillin...

[oxberger]

I remember the disk, but I remember it because my dad was "thrifty" and I helped him make one. He was a maniac on that thing. I, unfortunately, do not have the photos and don't know if he still has the disk. I have a set of Mastercraft trick skis that match the jumpers shown early in this post. I've only been on them twice in my life and wiped out both times... inhaling half the river at the same time. My dad to this day still has the precursor to today's kneeboard. He has a glide slide. It's white plastic, about 6-7 inches thick and a little longer than todays kneeboards, not quite neoprene padding, and a drain plug in the back. You really couldn't do many air tricks, but 360's and jumping from wake to wake were awesome on that thing.

[east tx skier]

Found some old pictures. Laugh away!

Ah the zip sled (bob sked). Incidentilly, I should have one just like this on my doorstep (finally) in the next week or two if all goes according to plan (knocks wood).

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/dnortonames/DougonZipSledBobSkedearly1980sLBJ.jpg

Look Ma, no hands!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/dnortonames/ZipSledsnohandsearly1980sLBJ.jpg

[LakePirate]

Found some old pictures. Laugh away!

Ah the zip sled (bob sked). Incidentilly, I should have one just like this on my doorstep (finally) in the next week or two if all goes according to plan (knocks wood).

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/dnortonames/DougonZipSledBobSkedearly1980sLBJ.jpg

Look Ma, no hands!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/dnortonames/ZipSledsnohandsearly1980sLBJ.jpg

Nice Pics

Hope you aren't counting on USPS.

[east tx skier]

Graduated to 2 skis.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/dnortonames/Dougon2skis.jpg

[east tx skier]

And then they go and humiliate me with a two handled rope. ;)

And for those who argue my taste in swimwear hasn't improved ...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/dnortonames/DougonWoodSlalom80s.jpg

[east tx skier]

So as the story goes, I got on an O'Brien as quickly as I could.

I even sprung for the matching $5 gloves.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/dnortonames/DougSlalommorecomfortable1986.jpg

[east tx skier]

I got a little better.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/dnortonames/DougObrienhalfdecentcutfor1986.jpg

And have pretty much skied about the same with little improvement ever since then. :(

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/dnortonames/Doug1986OnSidePull.jpg

[east tx skier]

And we didn't even have a MasterCraft to ski behind.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/dnortonames/DeckBoatWaterPicearly1980s.jpg

But our driver was never thirsty. ;)

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/dnortonames/BKpullingZipSleddersearly1980sLBJ.jpg

[east tx skier]

Nice Pics

Hope you aren't counting on USPS.

Don't know. I just estimated shipping and sent cash before he could change his mind. When you find the deal you want, you do what you gotta do to make it happen.

[east tx skier]

What, no cracks about the shorts? You guys are slippin'.

[Tryin-again]

CAn't joke about them..... Someone might find my old pictures - I remember some worse than those.... Especially the red/white flowered "jams" the lady next door made for us.... (For you youngsters there was a lot of nifty colors/designs in the late 60's - early '70's)

[hacker]

The guy pumping out the boat is a young hacker. You talk about ugly shorts!

[hacker]

Same spot ~35yrs later

[Davo]

The guy pumping out the boat is a young hacker. You talk about ugly shorts!

DAMN! Talk about some nice old boats!

ETS - I can't believe you bought one of those sled things. LOL

[east tx skier]

DAMN! Talk about some nice old boats!

ETS - I can't believe you bought one of those sled things. LOL

Got it for my 13 month old son if/whenever he's ready to ride it. No better get 'em on the water young and eventually transition them to skis tool/toy that I know of. Plus, since they haven't made them in close to 30 years, you've got to jump on them when you find them. I've been looking hard for well over 3 years or longer.

[Davo]

Right on...it looks like a good training tool. If it doesn't arrive you could always fashion one out of an old ski handle and a hydroslide. :D

[east tx skier]

Oh, I think it will get here. I just mailed my check on Friday. Found a guy on another forum that had one he was ready to part with. They have at least 3 different varieties that I'm aware of, the one pictured above (same as the one I'm getting) being the one I hoped I ended up with because of the handles on the side.

The blue ones (admiral/captain zip sled) are nice because they have a reservoir that keeps them stable in the rear, which is nice for the kids.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/dnortonames/ZipSledAd.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/dnortonames/BobSked.jpg

[east tx skier]

Well, we got the Bob Sked/Zip Sled last night. It's in great shape. My 13 month old climbed up on it and sat down for a ride around the carpet, which led to instant giggles. It may be a few years before it sees the water, but I've gotten my money's worth already.

[TMCNo1]

Well, we got the Bob Sked/Zip Sled last night. It's in great shape. My 13 month old climbed up on it and sat down for a ride around the carpet, which led to instant giggles. It may be a few years before it sees the water, but I've gotten my money's worth already.

I love the color!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!It will look good in the back seat of the MC!

[Mi.mc]

I love it! Keep the classic shots coming. I still have a double handle from back then. Did anyone have a "saucer (piece of plywood cut in the shape of a disk about 4 ft in diameter?

i have one that i still use whenever i dont feel like slaloming

[Upper Michigan Prostar190]

Well, we got the Bob Sked/Zip Sled last night. It's in great shape. My 13 month old climbed up on it and sat down for a ride around the carpet, which led to instant giggles. It may be a few years before it sees the water, but I've gotten my money's worth already.
Where did you pick up the Bob sked??? I had one of those. destroyed it by towing it behind a snowmobile!:cool: teenagers arent always bright dontchano!:o

[BriEOD]

Well, we got the Bob Sked/Zip Sled last night. It's in great shape. My 13 month old climbed up on it and sat down for a ride around the carpet, which led to instant giggles. It may be a few years before it sees the water, but I've gotten my money's worth already.
I've got one of those but it is orange.

[east tx skier]

Where did you pick up the Bob sked??? I had one of those. destroyed it by towing it behind a snowmobile!:cool: teenagers arent always bright dontchano!:o

I saw a piture of it on planet nautique and pm'd the guy saying whenever he decided to get rid of it to drop me a line. He responded with a cash price and I took it. Just got lucky. I've had a few good leads over the years that never panned out until now.

[C36]

Here are a few from circa 1971. This is our family's first ski boat - complete with 35 hp Evinrude OB. That is my mom getting ready to go - gotta love the "bathing cap" in the last two shots. :rolleyes:

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... getting ready for the dock start on two skis...

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... out behind the boat.

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A good portion of this thread has been devoted to ski sleds, discs, etc. Here is another device called the Ski Skimmer in Overtons

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/overtons/detail/pdetail2.cgi?r=detail_view&item_num=11204

I copied this design and made one years ago using a 2' x 4' piece of plywood - cost me about $9 at the time. We used it to introduce toddlers to the sport. Their first experience is being pulled by hand in shallow water. A brisk walk is all you need to get them planing. Our slogan was "if you can stand, you can ski".

When you pull them behind the boat (just above idle speed), its a good idea to have the boat end of the rope tied to a handle, and have the person let go when the kid falls. The thing can do a slow nosedive and the kid may not let go at the right time.