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  • First Real Post - A new season begins!
    Monday, March 19, 2007
    By: jhughes
    Welcome to the site! After two months of coding and design, Fifteenoff.com is finally a reality. I figured a site like this would be a great way to blend my career skills with hobbies such as slalom skiing, writing, and photography. I'm an IT professional in my late 20's and this will be my 4th season skiing the course. Since my first full slalom pass, I've gotten more comfortable in the course... Read more
  • Happy Fall! Pouring the foundation
    Saturday, September 22, 2007
    By: jhughes
    The pics in this post were snapped from a rarely-had 2nd boat in the course the other day by Jon Desmond. My apologies for the lack of posts this month- I've been pretty busy lately with multiple projects going at work and a new baby in the house. I'm still trying to figure out how it could already be September. It seems like just yesterday I was writing my first few posts here. This is certainly... Read more
  • How NOT to change the oil in your boat.
    Wednesday, July 18, 2012
    By: ScarletArrow
    I've changed the oil twice so far this summer in my 2011 SN200.  I use Mobil 1 Synthetic 10-40 with a Motorcraft filter (FL-1A).Ordinarily we would get in our skiing and get the oil nice and hot, then put the boat on the trailer when we do the change.  Now that the boat is on the lift, it's we've deemed it too inconvenient to drive around to the other end of the lake to hook... Read more
  • Mind over matter
    Sunday, March 8, 2009
    By: jhughes
    So, an interesting thing happened the other day at the driving range. Yes, another golf reference— bear with me here as we aren't able to ski all winter here in Chicago. I've been taking golf lessons since November with a terrific coach. I typically take an hour lesson every other Saturday. We've made huge progress with my swing and I'm consistently amazed with the parallels between golf and... Read more
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