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Sharpshooter
07-24-2013, 08:42 PM
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mcdye
07-24-2013, 09:36 PM
Me.. oh back in the day, fun times.

Mikey
07-24-2013, 09:43 PM
Those look rather modern compared to what i learned on.

94Boom
07-24-2013, 11:04 PM
I do. I actually came across a pair like this this weekend in the shed at the girl friends cottage. She looked at me like I had 2 heads when I suggested hanging them in the cottage as décor.

Brian

86century
07-24-2013, 11:19 PM
We still use a pair of crusty old wooden skies to teach with.

They are extremely wide witch makes it easy to get up on.

BensonWdby
07-25-2013, 12:58 AM
For sure - almost killed myself trying to slalom on the designated slalom ski. Had about a 1 inch fin if I recall.

zabooda
07-25-2013, 04:38 AM
I still have my Cypress Gardens El Diablo in the attic and in perfect shape. Every year, I used to wax the ski.

SEARK
07-25-2013, 10:33 AM
I have a friend who still has several pairs. They ski on them everyweekend. I didn't think anyone else still had any around.

viking
07-25-2013, 10:36 AM
I learned to slalom on a wooden ski.........think it was called "the shark"

papou
07-25-2013, 10:58 AM
Yep i remember maybe a little older then them tho .

EricU
07-25-2013, 03:57 PM
Grew up in the SF East Bay (Oakland and Walnut Creek) and I still have my Maja that I have had since around 1974(?) Hard to remember!!

I want to refinish it, but I need to get the print redone.

TeamAllen
07-26-2013, 11:07 AM
I learned and skied on a ski like that and I wore some kind of safety float belt not a life jacket PFD.

kaneboats
07-29-2013, 11:20 AM
We had some of the Cypress Gardens and also the highly coveted "Banana Peel". Mom and Dad both got new Taperflex slalom skis that were the class of the river for a while.

maxpower220
07-29-2013, 12:24 PM
... wore some kind of safety float belt not a life jacket PFD.

Those were great, your waist would float up, leaving your head and feet dangling in the water.

kaneboats
07-29-2013, 12:36 PM
And they called it a "life belt". ha ha ha

tarkus70
07-29-2013, 01:02 PM
Still have mine. They are hanging on a wall but I still have them.

viking
07-30-2013, 09:37 AM
I learned and skied on a ski like that and I wore some kind of safety float belt not a life jacket PFD.

Forgot about those.........Loved them at the time but looking back WTH! A big white belt wasn't going to do much for safety.


We had some of the Cypress Gardens and also the highly coveted "Banana Peel".

A buddy found an old Banana Peel at a garage sale and we had it out this past weekend. Flash from the Past!

kaneboats
07-30-2013, 09:46 AM
Post pics of y'all sliding on the Banana Peel.

trayson
08-02-2013, 11:13 AM
When I was a kid, my mom had a beautiful wood Murdoch slalom ski... Not bad!

http://thumbs3.picclick.com/d/w500/pict/111035222186_/Vintage-Murdoch-Wood-Slalom-Waterski-66-Excellent.jpg
It looked like this but with high boots front and rear...