Learning to Waterski

[Don Sleeth]

Here is a neat slide show of a roll of film I took as my 11 year old, Michelle, learned to waterski out at our new cottage. The boat and driver is my neighbor there, Robert, and really great person, ex-policeman.

Day one, she is on the pole, day 2 she is on the rope. The first 3 photos were supposed to be "scenic" but there was not enough light. The lady in the boat is my wife Lucie.

Waterski slide show (http://www.blackphotocentre.com/blacks/control/photosite/lucie@ottawa.com@blacks/view/show/frames,phch.photosite.view.ScreenViewShowsAndPhoto s?showcid=pr73015210355)

don

[Guy]

Neat. She'll remember that all her life.

[BaldLoonie]

Look at that smooooooth water. When I taught the niece to ski, she didn't have a pole and it we had 3' waves! Where were you, Don? Charter a helicopter to get those pix?:D

[acmanko]

Nice pictures. Looks like you will be in the market for a boat and slalom ski soon.

[James 3528]

Would not open.

[Don Sleeth]

Originally posted by BaldLoonie
Look at that smooooooth water. When I taught the niece to ski, she didn't have a pole and it we had 3' waves! Where were you, Don? Charter a helicopter to get those pix?:D

Yeah, I had never seen a pole before, it really helped her a lot, let her get the feel and then the next time she was up first time on the rope!

The ones on the pole, I was on the boathouse with my zoom lens and the ones on the rope, I was in the boat, with my fingers crossed! The pics were taken with my Canon S-10 35mm and the developing shop scans them to the web for you, pretty neat.


Originally posted by acmanko
Nice pictures. Looks like you will be in the market for a boat and slalom ski soon.

Yeah, you can believe that Michelle has been saying the same thing! Somehow our brand new kayak just doesn't quite cut it anymore.

James, the slide show thing is a java program I think, so it may take a while to load, try just waiting a while.

Here are a couple of stills. James, this girl is one of your fans and still has a picture of Froggy and Kramer on her wall.

http://image.internetimagingnetwork.com/getImage?pid=ph72853530369&size=IMAGE_RES_4

http://image.internetimagingnetwork.com/getImage?pid=ph72853730371&size=IMAGE_RES_4

don

[James 3528]

Here are a couple of stills. James, this girl is one of your fans and still has a picture of Froggy and Kramer on her wall.

That`s because she`s smart.

[DeltaT]

Cool! I taught my daughter and a bunch of her friends how to water ski and they still talk about it to this day.

[RoBoTeq]

Whoops! I thought this was a Polish joke.

[Don Sleeth]

Originally posted by RoBoTeq
Whoops! I thought this was a Polish joke.

LOL - it took me a couple of seconds to get that one Robo, but I got it :) Pretty good too!

[actnowhvac]

Thank you for sharing this great moment.
This is my first trip to the "General Discussion"
and these pics made it worthwhile.
Nice forum.

[classical]

Don we bought a new Sea Doo deckboat this year for the express purpose of teaching step daughter to ski.
She is 21 and never done water sports before she loves it.
The enjoy the towables even more not as tiring.
We are going out tomorrow with her and a few of her friends.
Sea Doo is a Canadian company very nice boat.
Al

[rob10]

Great pics Boss. I dare ya to post some of you pulling a Belly Flop of those skis. :D :D :D

[Freezeking2000]

I want to see you do that boss!

I am 265 lbs and i can still get up the first try on water skis. I want to see the pics of you !

Thanks for sharing this with all of us on the board!

Brian

[RoBoTeq]

Speaking of jokes Don, I tried water skiing years ago. Worst case of water rash you'll ever see.

[condenseddave]

What isn't Robo allergic to?:D'

[James 3528]

It`s a shame you guys up there only get to play in the water 3 1/2 days.

[selfemployed]

I remember learning to ski and then slalom. Good fun and great exercise. Glad to see you taking time for the finer things in life (family). One question though, is that a tattoo on her right arm?

[Don Sleeth]

Originally posted by selfemployed
I remember learning to ski and then slalom. Good fun and great exercise. Glad to see you taking time for the finer things in life (family). One question though, is that a tattoo on her right arm?

LOL, observant! It is not a real tattoo, it comes off in about week.

Originally posted by Freezeking2000
I want to see you do that boss!

I am 265 lbs and i can still get up the first try on water skis. I want to see the pics of you !

Thanks for sharing this with all of us on the board!

Brian

Hey, I got up too, first time I had water skied in over 30 years! I went around the loop one time and these little computer-guy legs were getting pretty tired! LOL

No belly flops Rob, but no pics allowed either! :)

I am up at the cottage with the family right now. We arrived last night, kids promptly threw me in the water fully dressed. Even had my infamous favorite running shoes on, of course. :D

don

[mccool]

Cool slide show.Was that done by Black's or yourself?
I am headed to Ontario in 1 week, have not been back since 79. Looking forward to visiting Wasaga beach, Toronto Zoo and maybe Niagra Falls if time permits.

[RoBoTeq]

Originally posted by condenseddave
What isn't Robo allergic to?:D'

I certainly deserved this one, but, I was thinking more like comparing to "road rash". But then, you knew that.

The people driving the boat got the biggest kick out of my not letting go of the tow rope when I went down. I kept thinking I could get back up again.

[Don Sleeth]

Originally posted by mccool
Cool slide show.Was that done by Black's or yourself?


The slide show is by Black's.

Here are the pics you've all been waiting for!

Note the extreme speed, almost makes it look like my hairline is receeding

http://www.hvac-talk.com/myimages/dsfast.jpg

And here, the highly dangerous and acrobatic, One Hander!

http://www.hvac-talk.com/myimages/dswave.jpg

:D

[acmanko]

cool. what is the water temp there this time of year, down here its to hot to enjoy.

[Frizbosh]

Nice pics, Boss. Michelle must have a cool dad. ;) Never seen one of those bar thingies before. I haven't been waterskiing in years. My abs are burning just looking at those pics. When the work breaks, maybe I should start spending a little time on the lake again :D

[Freezeking2000]

Thanks for the Picture Boss,

If I am bold enough to have a picture of my Fat ass on SKIs I will post one also.

Not too bad on those things boss!