Goals for 2008

1. 100hrs on the boat
2. Teach 3 people to ski
3. Improve my skils behind the boat
4. Build/play around with a disc
5. On the water before May and after Sept.

Front toe holds shortline
Backdeep longline
Consistantly run 34 mph (like I used to)
Ski more acts on show team

Conventional doubles with Carolyn pouring me a beer bong.

1. Finish the Tique
2. 6 footers behind the '90
3. Pull the Skier to GL
4. Longline backdeep
5. Back-to-front
6. Front toehold on 5' line
7. 28 off @36

Hollywood wrote: My skill level has plateaued the last 2 years, if I don't get these done it will be pretty disappointing.

Try plateauing for 25 years. I tried bacerds footin' a million times in the early 80s. No boom, no teacher, tried back deeps, stepping off, back tumble ups, off a kneeboard, never made it. A few almosts, but never there. Tried a couple times in the 90s when I hooked up with a friend with a boom. Almost but not quite. After a 15 year hiatus, started working on it with Tim last summer after he got back from GL.    This summer for sure!! (This site will do strange things to an otherwise somewhat normal person.)

To be alive this time next year to read this topic for 2009, no tickets in the boat this year(both of those might involve staying away from the Chicago Mafia)and to enjoy the ride in between!

Oh and world peace!

Tim, are you running 22 off consistently at 36? Are you kidding? If so, you are one hell of a sleeper slalom skier. 36 at shortline is very, very intense to watch. Whole 'nuther ballgame.

Also, is a front toehold that hard? I've never tried it but I thought it was one of the lower-level tricks out there. I'm not trying to sound like a smartass here, I'm actually curious as to why it's that hard.

Ok Larry and HW, I'm all for bacards too, it's been 15 years for me and I want to get back to it. I stepped off and as much as it can beat you up I don't really care to learn a deep so I'll have to learn to flip that darn ski around again.

1. go bacards again

2. Push Hw past that plateau, You need more boom time man.

3. get as many of my old barefoot skills back that my body will allow.

4. organize an Illinois river "Boom Blast" we'll crank up and down the river showing off the false courage the boom can give you and then head to Boondocks for afternoon recovery.

5.get behind a boat where I can actually do some real hard core BF wake crossing. ie: not an 81 SN.

6. Enjoy every trip out on the boat no matter how bad the water is or how lousy I ski.

Thanks Bruce- but I need a lot of work. Joel, Im not running 22 @36 yet- 28off is a stretch goal for this year. Ive been at 22-28 off for a long time, but usually work 32-34mph. The INT instructor had me go up to 36mph and back to 15off (for the first time in ~10 years). Gotta get consistent at 36 and start cutting line. I just need some more time on the ski... we did a lot more barefooting in '07!

Not sure about the toe-hold, as Ive never tried one (HW might know better). Im gonna get a handle this year and find out firsthand.

TRBenj wrote: Not sure about the toe-hold, as Ive never tried one (HW might know better). Im gonna get a handle this year and find out firsthand.

firstfoot??

Toeholds are not a big leap. Used to do them in the old days. The luster wore off that star after falling more than once and busting an ear drum. You tend to torque when you fall, given the pull point, driving the side of your head into the water. Thats not to say its not on my to-do list for this year too, though - perhaps with ear plugs.

1) I'm with Joe in NY about the injury free season
2) More HP's for the BFN
3) Bacerds on the boom
4) More time on the AirChair
5) Wakesurf
6) Meet up with more of you clowns
7) Attend a reunion (damn show ski schedule)
8) Improve myself and my teammates/sons endurance runs
9) Find more lakes with the BFN (Ford lake 87)

This is just a few, and they are in no particular order, except for #1
Steve

Riley wrote: Todicus, how much does wine cost out there? I like good wine, but try to keep the purchase price to no more than $6.99/bottle. I try to buy just CA wines. I know you can spend a lot on wine anywhere, but are there lots of wines out there for between $1.99 and $6.99 that are good?

Charles Shaw is good and cheap, and made in the Napa Valley. $1.99 to 2.99 a bottle.

Southern Australia wine is flooding the market, and pretty good. You can buy it at Target in a box, which equals 4 bottles and costs $15.00. A good friend of mine is a wine maker at Rutherford Hill Winery, and he always has a box of that in his fridge.

But honestly, you can tell a pretty big difference between the cheap stuff and the 15 to 20 dollar variety.

Buy a BFN (that should help the chicago contingent with our lists)
Back deep and steps longline
Front toe holds
2 laps barefoot on Quinner's lake
Ski the course more often

todicus wrote: Riley wrote: Todicus, how much does wine cost out there? I like good wine, but try to keep the purchase price to no more than $6.99/bottle. I try to buy just CA wines. I know you can spend a lot on wine anywhere, but are there lots of wines out there for between $1.99 and $6.99 that are good? Charles Shaw is good and cheap, and made in the Napa Valley. $1.99 to 2.99 a bottle. Southern Australia wine is flooding the market, and pretty good. You can buy it at Target in a box, which equals 4 bottles and costs $15.00. A good friend of mine is a wine maker at Rutherford Hill Winery, and he always has a box of that in his fridge. But honestly, you can tell a pretty big difference between the cheap stuff and the 15 to 20 dollar variety.

When I select a wine, paying a higher price doesn't mean it's going to taste better, so I go for the low end stuff. I was just wondering how cheap it goes out there because very seldon can I find anything anymore for much less than $6.99. I've got friends that come to Maine in the summer and we eat and drink a lot. One guy is into wines and has a huge wine cellar. They don't mind if I pick up the tab for the lobsters or haddock, but they do not want me buying the wine. LOL

Get the foam out
Learn to surf
Burn more gas in boat than car/truck
Meet you guys at GL

Great topic, Mike.

I would like to get up long line BF.

Successfully run the entire slalom course at 15 off.

Continue to get into better shape. I have lost 35 pounds since October!

Not have to replace my engine for a third time. Keep my boat out of NECC service dept and on the water.

Mike, let's work on carving out some time over the summer to foot, ski and board. Get yourself a BF suit.

Ken