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05-21-2005, 11:29 AM
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Newbie introducing himself -HELLO!!!
Hello!!
My name is Don, and I am a newbie here. A bit about me: I am located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. SInce I was a young boy seeing the Tommy Barlett Water show in Wisconsin Dells I have dreamed of owning a Mastercraft Ski boat. My parents were waterskiers, and taught me to ski at age 12. I learned to slalom at age 16. My buddies and I skied through high school and college and then we kind of got out of it. Anyway, to make long story short, I gained lots of weight and couldnt ski, so a few years ago I changed my life and lost 125 lbs and got in shape again. I was able to ski again being at 190 lbs and healthy. so I skied the last few summers bumming rides off people I knew at the beach. That started a fire inside me to ski again that I couldnt stop. I realized I could really ski again, and I wanted to get back into it. I have had alot of issues happend in my life with my family in the last year, my Dad had prostate cancer, my uncle died of lung cancer, and I just realized that life is SHORT, you gotta make the most of it while you can. We may not be here tomarrow, so I said "hey! I am 32 yrs old, I am in shape and healthy, I can afford a boat, WHY NOT! I am not getting any younger!" I vowed once long ago that if I EVER owned another boat, it would be a Mastercraft. I bought myself a Mastercraft boat a few weeks ago after a long search. Its a 1991 Prostar 190 with the 351 and Powerslot pkg. Its a very sweet boat in excellent shape.  I found this site while searching for info about Mastercrafts in general and it looked like a great site to join. I am a guitarist also, and I belong to a web board with a bunch of guitar enthusiats that are interested in Jackson guitars, anyway the site and people are terrific and full of valueable info, so I know the value of a great web community. Being a newbie, and this being my first Mastercraft, I probably wont be able to contribute much to you people that know much more than me about Mastercrafts, but I promise I will try my best to contribute what I can and be a good member here. I hope to learn alot and have fun here. I hope to make a few friends and meet some MC and Slalom enthusiats too. I have posted some pics of my baby here, and I uploaded some to my gallery, so please check them out. I hope this all works with the photos, I am new here, so please bear with me if I have technical probs posting. Feel free to say hello! and if your in my general area, give me a shout, mabye we can hook up and ski sometime. Thanks!!! 
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05-21-2005, 11:31 AM
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Welcome, Don! Great looking boat.
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05-21-2005, 11:35 AM
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Welcome to the board UMP 190!Congrats on the lost weight and getting in shape.Nice of you introduce yourself this way.You'll find many infos here regarding your MC and on many other subjects...including guitars and music!
You're totally right in my mind about not waiting to enjoy life! Happy skiing !
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05-21-2005, 11:50 AM
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Don...good for you!....there is no better way to get in shape...I love the UP...spent my childhood in Eagle River...love the smell of the air...you probably dont even realize how good it smells!...great to hear stories like yours!
Last edited by scott88prostar; 05-21-2005 at 10:58 PM.
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05-21-2005, 01:41 PM
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Hey Big Don welcome to the board. Sounds like a great story. Your boat looks great. Don't worry about what you can contribute it's a more the merrier thing around here. Welcome.
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05-21-2005, 02:56 PM
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hey Don! Welcome aboard!
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