Calcasieu Ski Edit
 

Hey all, this is a link to an edit I just finished that we filmed this fall during our National Championship that we held on the Calcasieu in Moss Bluff. Thought some of you guys may get a kick out of it!


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9as-o6_gbFU

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That was cool.... How does the surfboard work? Is it tied to the back of the boat or what?

Nice acrobats.....

No, same as surfing an ocean wave. If the boat has enough weight in it it will push a big enough roller at 8-12 mph that you can surf it.

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I never knew that but have found a bunch of videos with people surfing....

my knees just started to hurt all of a sudden

Ankles hurting for days.. We used to hydroslide a lot growing up. I thought I was pretty good until now.. Some pretty sizable guys bitting it pretty hard!!

Surfing the tanker wakes in the Houston ship channel.
https://us.search.yahoo.com/yhs/sear...ouston+channel

Watch the you tube videos

I don't see how they do it


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Most of us ride with different pads and seats. Also the new boards are completely different than the old school stuff. They flex a little so they land way softer and pop way higher off the wake.

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This is my board, lots of extra padding on it and you sit with the ball under your butt. Keeps you off your ankles and have a shock absorber besides your knees and back. I wouldn't be able to ride anymore without it.

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We're staying at Sam Houston in May if anybody wants to meet up and drink some beers. Planning on trying to catch some fish too while we're there.

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That looks like a blast, I'd be worn out after a day of that

Spectacular runs, I really enjoyed it!

Does anyone solemn ski anymore?

That's much different than the 1985 hydro slide that we grew up on.

I have not skied in 25+ years..... but mostly did Solemn back then.

I always did want to run a solemn course and try a ski jump.... but there were none around back in the 60/70's.

I was looking through some old stuff last week and found an old ski vest I use to use. It is made of rubber/foam material and still in very good condition. Problem is..... there is no U.S. Coast Guard approved label.

Used to be a ski jump in lake charles in late 70s early 80s. Somewhere in that time frame

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I grew up in Baton Rouge.

I remember that. They used to have a ski team in LC also. I think it was maybe the Solari's that had the ski jump.

We used to ski on the river all the time. I can remember holiday weekends skiing with us and the Cagles being the only boats on the river. Talk about nice.

Calcasieu ski club back in the day.

Plaquemine ski club on the bayou across from baton rouge was huge back in the day. Run by Lonnie Marchand the owner of Cinch Hydrofoil and kneeboard accessories. We still go visit Lonnie whenever we are that way. He's in his 60s and still skis every week.

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