any Canadians hanging around this forum

[BrianT]

Originally Posted by Shooter McKevin

Wow, you really wanted to get that thing wet! (I would have too). The wind was crazy. The kids saw the trees bending over and were stoked to fly some kites. I thought the kite was going to carry my 4yo away.

We left and launched around 4:30, no wind then and it came up real quick as we were leaving. It wasnt much fun trying to load with foot high white caps!!

[BrianT]

Going to Chestermere tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon. Weather looks like its going to be ok.

[pbgbottle]

Bump went to Pitt lake today ,and a bit of trivia. it is also one of the world's largest tidal lakes, saw 4 or 5 mastercrafts. not sure if any of them hang around this site. and none of them where from Alberta. saw an X2 ,X15,X star i think ,the others unsure of . heres a pic of my old tristar , sure doesn't bling like those new boats WOW

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[wheelerd]

Red Deer, central Alberta.
Mostly ride on Sylvan or Gull Lakes.
Here's the current MC with my two skippers.

[BrianT]

I haven't been to Gull Lake to boat. Went to camp there as a kid, how is it for boating?

[pram]

Originally Posted by pbgbottle

Bump went to Pitt lake today ,and a bit of trivia. it is also one of the world's largest tidal lakes, saw 4 or 5 mastercrafts. not sure if any of them hang around this site. and none of them where from Alberta. saw an X2 ,X15,X star i think ,the others unsure of . heres a pic of my old tristar , sure doesn't bling like those new boats WOW

this thread was getting boring without pics.
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Your boat looks like it is great shape, the new ones with bling have nothing on it

[Jetlag]

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Originally Posted by pbgbottle

anybody ever tried chilliwack lake. i normally skiied in the slough (ladner) i might get to pitt tommorrow.

We go to most of the local lakes except Chilliwack and Cultus lake. There are some great spots along the Fraser River all the way up to Pitt Lake but we mostly ski in Ladner and Deas Slough.

[pbgbottle]

thanks a bunch PRAM

.it is all original .it could use a freshin up .it looks better in the pic than it is . Doh! mechanically it is solid . it could use a good buff and polish one day tho. I have only owned it for about 9 months and have only had it out twice all is working great. but i"ve been sking
on and off for over 20 years now i am teaching my 3 kids .so far they love the boat a little faster than our old Zodiac . Doh!

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Originally Posted by pram

Your boat looks like it is great shape, the new ones with bling have nothing on it

i learned to ski in ladner years ago , i skiied behind an old blue 16ft zodiac in ladner for years if you ever happen to see it . I didn't hit the slough that much but did hang out around the corner skiing around that little island and hanging out at that little sandy beach quite a bit
nice pic of the slough , i would never ski at Cultas , the fraser is one of my favourites also
just for fun one day we skied under all the bridges . ALex fraser ,Pattullo Bridge ,and Port Mann ,then headed on to pitt. skied by the the floating casino in new west and people thought we where nuts. cheers Jake

Originally Posted by Jetlag

We go to most of the local lakes except Chilliwack and Cultus lake. There are some great spots along the Fraser River all the way up to Pitt Lake but we mostly ski in Ladner and Deas Slough.

[wheelerd]

Originally Posted by BrianT

I haven't been to Gull Lake to boat. Went to camp there as a kid, how is it for boating?

We like Gull because we can camp there as well in the Provincial Park and use the launch. The public launch is a zoo on weekends. It's a shallow lake so you have to know where the reefs are. The pic above was taken about 200 yards off shore and I'm standing in the water taking the picture! Once you get away from the south end which is the busiest we usually can find some nice water to ski or board. Because the prevailing wind is typically from the W or NW we usually hang out along the west shore.

[wheelerd]

Originally Posted by pbgbottle

. . . the fraser is one of my favourites also
just for fun one day we skied under all the bridges . ALex fraser ,Pattullo Bridge ,and Port Mann ,then headed on to pitt.

Aren't you afraid of hitting a stray floating log or something? Every time I'm in Vancouver and cross one of the bridges there always seems to be something floating down stream. It would be hard to see I would think because the water is pretty murky.