I recently submitted a video to Seth Stisher at waterskitrainer.com. I thought Seth did a good job of analyzing the video so I posted it here hoping that it could help someone else. This input will also serve as a baseline for my progress this year. Joel,
I have watched your video several times. There are some passes that are better than others. There is one pass (in the barefoot suit) where you...Read more
Here’s a news flash for y’all: I will NEVER run 41-off. It’s just not in the cards. I started skiing in my late 30’s, I have a day job, and in spite of my quest for a “life sponsor” NO ONE is going to pay me to ski. Sooo….why am I bringing any of that up? Because I do something in the off season that I think everyone should do to raise their game...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
The photo above is of my trusty Martin acoustic guitar which I purchased new in 1996. This guitar was purchased with months and months worth of savings from my 5.50/hr job in highschool (yes, kids worked back then- but that's a different story). Martins are very high-end, well made, durable acoustic guitars. They are made to take decades of use and abuse, and they only sound better with time. The...Read more
