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Just got water skis

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Caveman.
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Yo, I just picked up a pair of wooden water skis from a garage sale and i am going to mount them up to shralp the pow pow this winter, should i take the fins off?
Aug 4 2007 5:49PM
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GatoGordo
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Nice.

Leave the fins on. I bet they will fall off if you hit a rock, or land on hard snow, but they could be great while they last.
Aug 4 2007 6:06PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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i have a feeling that wont work as well as you will intened it too
Aug 4 2007 6:07PM
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Caveman.
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i think they will work in deep pow but have no control anywhere else, there was a matchstick movie where mckonkey mounted ski bindings on water skis and shredded on them, i cant remember what it was though
Aug 4 2007 6:08PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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thats pretty sick i hope this works out for u, and i say take the fins off that will make it easier
Aug 4 2007 6:23PM
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fatbastard
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I've used waterskis at Squaw a couple of times. One day in good pow, the other when it was really wet new snow saturated with a bit of rain, but enough new snow so it was really smooth. They ruled--so good that I had no doubts in my mind that every other struggler out there could have used a pair. They were the best tool for the conditions. But when things get cut up, they'll be a little funky because there's so much surface area, and only use groomers to get back to the pow.
Aug 4 2007 6:30PM
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dave44
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This will be interesting
Aug 4 2007 7:51PM
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ski_DC
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id take them off, it will be easier to slarve with them off
Aug 4 2007 9:53PM
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TheButterHashira
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take the fins off. you will problys have to ski those bad boys like a huge rockered pow ski with out side cut. idk pontoons lack side cut alot(idk if they are rockered). you should probably try to sharpen the edges so you can get a grip of the snow a little better and you wont loose your footing.
Aug 4 2007 10:01PM
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ski_DC
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he used them in focused
Aug 4 2007 10:06PM
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Caveman.
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they already have major reverse sidecut
Aug 5 2007 3:09PM
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Rez4frederick
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bahahah, if you do that shit, video tape it, your probably going to eat mad shit :D
Aug 6 2007 12:31AM
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Casey
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you'd have the hardest time doing much on anything except super deep pow. probly really slow too.
Aug 6 2007 12:39AM
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TheButterHashira
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will that turn good? ya know when its like this () nstead of )(
Aug 6 2007 12:59AM
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Literature
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Do it Kip. That would be sick.
Aug 6 2007 1:58AM
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