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[Grub54891]

Neighbor had a round plywood disk he made for skiing on. They would take a wooden chair and once they got up they would set up the chair and sit down and get pulled around the lake.

 

[redneck joe]

Need to wnd your career like this...

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[DeepCMark58A]

The ski is 12" wide, ideal dock start ski.

 

[Timr71]

Wow! That's such a large and wide ski. I've seen something similar to it. Looks like an aircraft carrier.

 

[Scott Danforth]

I have a set of late 60's Thomson "Big Boy Specials" they are almost 11" wide and nearly 8 feet long. you can ski behind a 12' row boat with a 15hp motor

 

[sangerwaker]

We used to trick ski behind a 10' aluminum duck boat with a 5.5 HP motor when I was growing up.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

Wow! That's such a large and wide ski. I've seen something similar to it. Looks like an aircraft carrier.

It is called Big Easy. I am a beat up, used up 59 years old I need it as easy as possible.

 

[redneck joe]

I have a set of late 60's Thomson "Big Boy Specials" they are almost 11" wide and nearly 8 feet long. you can ski behind a 12' row boat with a 15hp motor

I pulled may a skier behind that exact set up back in the early 80s...

12 fiberglass Sears ted williams gamefisher with a 76 15 rude.

 

[Chris1956]

OK, I skied behind a 3.9HP Merc on a rowboat, on a picnic table top. It was more like surfing.

 

[tphoyt]

I had a 12’ Ted Williams for a while with 7.5 and it was fun I’m sure that 15 hp was a real blast.
For what they were they were decent boats.

 

[redneck joe]

I had a 12’ Ted Williams for a while with 7.5 and it was fun I’m sure that 15 hp was a real blast.
For what they were they were decent boats.

Was yours the fiberglass? They were rated for the 9.9 but dad was always a rebel with horespower on the boats...

 

[tphoyt]

Yep. Two thin skins with foam in between.

 

[redneck joe]

Yeah at 16 that was my first fiberglass repair job all along the keel.

 

[Scott06]

It is called Big Easy. I am a beat up, used up 59 years old I need it as easy as possible.

I bought a big easy thinking I could get up slalom still couldn’t do it… I’m 53 but i could never slalom… two skis, wake board no pro….. just can’t slalom

 

[stresspoint]

Going to attempt to water ski today, last time I tried it did not go well. I am going to try a dock start on the Big Easy, I refuse to ski on 2 skis. I know I don't have the core strength but all a steer can do is try.

give a couple of days riding a knee board , i hadn't skied for 25 years and had a shot , needles to say i had no hope , a couple of days on a knee board and i was skiing in a strait line , ha ha tried cutting but fell every time , no arm strength .
i have a training bar that i could have used any time , but pride is a strange emotion .

 

[jimmbo]

Neighbor had a round plywood disk he made for skiing on. They would take a wooden chair and once they got up they would set up the chair and sit down and get pulled around the lake.

That would be a Saucer. Quite common in the 60s

 

[Grub54891]

That would be a Saucer. Quite common in the 60s
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Yup! We would do just that ^^ The only issue with them is if you lean forward to much it would go under, then shoot back up right at you! If you weren’t paying attention it could knock your teeth out!

 

[Chris1956]

A disk is child's play. I watched a guy get up deepwater on a slalom ski and a canoe paddle. He dropped the ski and skied on the canoe paddle.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

give a couple of days riding a knee board , i hadn't skied for 25 years and had a shot , needles to say i had no hope , a couple of days on a knee board and i was skiing in a strait line , ha ha tried cutting but fell every time , no arm strength .
i have a training bar that i could have used any time , but pride is a strange emotion .

I believe my knees would explode if I tried to knee board.

 

[southkogs]

That would be a Saucer. Quite common in the 60s
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The kids and I made one several years ago to monkey around with. They were less than impressed.