Just writing to wish all of our readers a wonderful holiday season. I have many things to be thankful for this year, and I'm sure all of you do too. I can't believe how lucky my family is to be able to enjoy each other and our wonderful hobbies and travel year after year. We are lucky enough to have good health, food, and shelter in this wonderful country, on this amazing planet. I try not to...Read more
Got out this afternoon at the public course. Fairly strong WNW winds made for some interesting skiing dynamics, for sure. No full passes- I think running over 4-ball with the ski was about as far as I got.I did take video, and it does not look pretty. What's amazing is that my PRIMARY thought on every pass was to keep the elbows in off the wake going into each turn, especially on the off-side...Read more
(Above: Eric's wife took this picture of our boat on vacation last year. One of my favorites. Actual lighting, no camera tricks)Well the weatherman says that the temps in Ohio are going to be at or near 70* F for the next 7 days. I'm convinced this is going to be the "season of dreams" for skiing.Sunday was our first official day out at the lake. We...Read more
In the spirit of showing people just how fun waterskiing is, I spent a couple hours today going through thousands of boating pictures taken from 2002-2009. I uploaded a select few to my Flickr.com account, then added titles and captions to every single one. I probably left out dozens of great pics but this was completely time consuming and I may have skipped over a few. You can browse through...Read more