What was the first boat you single skied behind?

[rivermobster]

And where?

For me it was my friends Rayson Craft.

Lake Havasu, just outside of Crazy Horse. Back when the lake was flat, even on the weekends!

Edit: 74 or 75 me thinks

 

[guest hs]

77 Centurion jet day cruiser on Lake Havasu in 1978

 

[Activated]

Sea Swirl. White Lake, Michigan

 

[4Waters]

95 21ft Ultra Stealth 350mag with alpha one and a high five prop, lake Piru summer of 1998.

 

[rivergames]

My Dad's old 21' Bahner

 

[hav19]

'73 Sanger 19' Bubble Deck V-Drive / Pudding Stone

Back when you could get off work at 5 in Arcadia and make it to the Pudding Stone Inspection Station before they closed the gate and still have 90 minutes left to ski!!

 

[DeepVee]

1966 Century Black Raven.

 

[rivermobster]

'73 Sanger 19' Bubble Deck V-Drive / Pudding Stone

Back when you could get off work at 5 in Arcadia and make it to the Pudding Stone Inspection Station before they closed the gate and still have 90 minutes left to ski!!

We used to jet ski there after work till it got dark. No one on the lake but me and my friend. Ran all over the lake and the patrol guys just sat and watched. Good times!

 

[KENDOG689]

17' Tahiti in 1970.The rope would drag in the water till 10' before me.lol

 

[outboardrick]

My78 18' Southwind jet, at Cottonwood Cove. About 1979.

 

[Bpracing1127]

1991 ultra 21ft lx with with a 350, alpha drive and a high 5 prop. Single ski was lake Powell summer of 93 I was 7.

I learned attached doubles at 5 on Parker strip in the same boat.

 

[USClb41]

My78 18' Southwind jet, at Cottonwood Cove. About 1979.

Dude me too, 78 Southwind jet, lower Parker Bluewater Lagoon. Damn I wish I had that boat still.

 

[bowtiejunkie]

1965 Glaspar w/65hp Johnson outboard in front of Big River RV Park. Probably 1992.

 

[RitcheyRch]

My buddies 20.1 Stoker near McIntyre Park in Blythe.

 

[mitch6601]

1978 buckskin behind my dads custom built 18 - 19ft jet boat. Started on an H ski then progressed to doubles and a single by 1979. I used to love to shore start and shore stop there just had to get past the seaweed line back in those days. If you did it correctly as racey put it you never got your hair wet

I came in hot a few times and boy let me tell you nothing tells you to turn towards the middle of the river faster then seeing the shoreline coming at you while looking through the water.

 

[mash on it]

74 Eliminator Jet bote. 460 Ford/Berkeley. "Ski-Me".

Summer of '77 I was 7.

Silverwood Lake.

Dan'l

 

[cofooter]

Campbell Day Cruiser, Havasu Springs around 1980. Sisters husbands family had a place in the Springs.

 

[hav19]

We used to jet ski there after work till it got dark. No one on the lake but me and my friend. Ran all over the lake and the patrol guys just sat and watched. Good times!

Here You Go - July 1983ish - I was 19 couldn't afford the boat and the River so Pudding Stone was the Next best Thing! Didn't Move to Havasu Until 89'

 

[cole_skier]

Schiada, Needles


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[Music to my Ears]

Cobalt, Lake Arrowhead in 1975.

 

[rightytighty]

Mandela short deck with a 392 hemi. Great ski boat! Learned around 1980

 

[lebel409]

1973 or so, behind my uncles Schiada outboard, using my other uncles Murdoch ski. Blythe for sure, probably Mayflower... People tried to teach me when I was younger (6 or so) but I wasn't ready. By 13 I decided I was gonna do it. They tried 4 or 5 times and told me to get in the boat, I was "too tired", but I went for once more, got up, and tried to run them out of gas.

 

[DWC]

Schida with a 235 Evinrude w NOS. 1983 at a friends house on the water in Blythe. Spent most of our summers there and probably more mid-week time during high school than i should have.
Went from Blythe to “Campo Mosqueda” in Mexico with Arizona Kevin’s family. A lot of time behind their Old Nautique. Lots of cheap tequila, beer and food.
Damn good times. I’d never let my kids do half that shit.

 

[guest hs]

'73 Sanger 19' Bubble Deck V-Drive / Pudding Stone

Back when you could get off work at 5 in Arcadia and make it to the Pudding Stone Inspection Station before they closed the gate and still have 90 minutes left to ski!!

Cool I was born in Arcadia

 

[Groper]

18' Glenco or ? tri-hull
1978
Salton Sea

 

[farmo83]

1996 Mariah 240 Talari

Had a 454 with a bravo 3

 

[Racer56]

Behind the ski school boat in Lake Arrowhead. After that, a 1976 Cole flat bottom.

 

[TomD]

16' molded plywood Whirlwind with 65HP Scott Atwater 72'-73'. Saratoga lake, NY. Back when they used a ski belts, oh but that wasn't enough for my mom we had to ware an orange vest and the ski belt We would wipe out and NEAVER went under. LOL!!!

 

[OldSchoolBoats]

1982 Cole Mini Cruiser
Lake Mohave, Telephone Cove Nevada

 

[mitch6601]

I remember always asking my dad which way we were going to go and his standard response was ""just follow the dam boat"" still to this day makes me laugh and I use that line as much as I can in any situation I can adapt it too. What I know now is that as a DAD and a boat captain you are very busy and concerned when setting up to pull someone up. As a kid I had no idea there was a lot going on I just wanted to ski. Another line we always used while at the river was there was no exact time for anything (no exact time plans). It was always rivertime. I use that line too but now just say laketime.

My father started to teach me to drive the boat the same year I got up on a single - that was cool. It all started to make sense after that. I was hooked and always hated leaving the river!

 

[old rigger]

16' 1961 Catalina Conquest, 75 hp Evinrude Starfire. Boat was brand new here with me, mom and dad and Bullhead City in the back ground.

 

[96scarab]

My dads 1974 century raven 190 Canandaigua Lake Ny.. I haven't seen this boat in 25 years. I did a google search for 1974 century raven and it was on the first page.. I couldn't believe it!

 

[wallnutz]

Stoker with a big ass Yamaha outboard at Bartlett Lake.

 

[Tamalewagon]

My dad's old 1977 21' Sea Ray. BIG ass wake for an 8 year old to try to cross.

 

[RodnJen]

1969 Fantasy w/ Merc 125 on Parker while staying at Riverland.

 

[HB2LHC]

CARRERA 202 XR .

 

[jbird]

CeeBee Avenger with Merc OB at Lake Nacimiento.
This was the start to what would become an addiction.

 

[ltbaney1]

what ever boat Mike Mack was using for lessons at the time, in front of Badenochs in parker. right about 23 years ago. thanks for making me feel old.

 

[cakemoto]

1975 Hawaiian
Lake buena vista
1990

 

[DrunkenSailor]

My Dads 18' Bayliner with a merc 200 on it. Carlsbad's Agua Hedionda Lagoon sometime around the early nineties. I was out there almost every weekend well into the winter skiing. One of the best years of my life. The next summer I wanted to try wakeboarding. Kept trying to hold the damn thing under the water straight up and down like a ski. I never hurt so bad the next day after anything in my life. Went to the boat show a couple of weeks later and someone had a how to video on auto play in the booth. I stood there for an hour and watched it. Next day I was up on the first try.

 

[Lavey5150]

Bahner w/ a Black Max Smoker-Whipple Bay 1983-84 ish (Way back when it was fun) Havasu Palms damn I miss the Palms.......

 

[SLEEK28]

1960 Crosby 15 footer with a 35HP Evinrude. Not a powerhouse by any means.

 

[SoCalDave]

1969 or 70 on Watts Bar Lake in TN behind my uncles 1963 Starcraft.

 

[brgrcru]

My parents boat, 1974 looked just like socaldaves boat. it had a I/o with a 4 banger. I think a sportster 16'

 

[Ragged Edge]

Pops 16' Larson with a 90 Evinrude. Mid 70's while on vacation at Table Rock Lake in Missouri.

 

[bocco]

1956 Chris Craft Capri. 21ft. It had a Chrysler Marine hemi with two two barrel carbs. It had a wake bigger than me at the time. About 1962 on Clear Lake Ca.

 

[SBMech]

Ruth Lake, summer of 76'. Behind my uncle's flattie. Belt no vest lol.

We all used to laugh when we were going there, my Grandma's name was Ruth, so she would always say we were going to "her' lake for the week!

Miss them so much, they were the best. Learned more about life and love from them than my parents!

 

[rrrr]

My first time was in the big irrigation ditch on the east side of the Rio Grande, between Alameda Blvd and the Sandia Pueblo. The tow vehicle was my 1970 Toyota Land Cruiser, with the rope tied to the roll bar.

Several friends and I would skip afternoon classes, buy a case of beer, and hit the ditch. I was 6'2" and 220 lbs, so getting up on one was pretty much impossible. Using two skis, I would stand on the tall grass on the opposite bank, hit it, and before the tow angle pulled me into the other bank, I had to be on plane and turning.

Once I was stabilized, I would drop a ski and go single. The tight confines limited the amount of turning.

One day a Bernalillo County deputy showed up, and told us he was gonna take all of us to jail unless someone could get up on a single ski first try without crashing.

One of my friends was a really good skier, so he did the honors. Fortunately he got up and skied away on the first try.

This is example 73 of the 100 reasons I had to have both knees replaced before I was 55.

 

[H2O]

It was a 13' Boston Whaler with a 35 hp Merc Outboard. I was so young I can barely remember...but what I do remember is a tag on the Whaler that said "35 HP MAXIMUM"

I used to pester my father to upgrade us from the 35 hp to the coveted 40 hp max.

The sickness starts early!

 

[oldschool]

My uncles Hondo flat "Color me Gone", Bass Lake around 1976.