Haven't been able to ski in two weeks thanks to the damn rain on the Texas gulf coast. It's clear, sunny, and highs in the mid 70s this weekend so I'm down like a clown for some skiing. Gonna drive the Texas State ski team this weekend with my new boat so they have ZO to practice behind before collegiate nationals. 

98 combined is just plain ridiculous! I'm bitching about 150 combined! lol

We got a cold spell with rain and cruddy weather, but today it is suppose to be 70 so we are going to hit it.  Then water is probably 40 though.  Hopefully tomorrow as well,

Todd

Rad. I'm heading back down to Florida from Milwaukee on Monday afternoon... looking forward to getting some skiing in with some slightly warmer conditions.

I'll mail a ProSkiCoach.com sticker to anyone who skis at or below a combined 98 degree lake/air temperature without a dry suit! If you get hypothermia it don't count though, so keep it safe.

Without a dry suit?? that's not right..........last weekend I pulled the dry suit out of storage and used it.......chicken here...........lol........
Been from Brazil I can't get used to the cold water............burrr.........
But, stickers...........ok, you got me convinced.........pictures coming..........soon...

Snow

I'm still out skiing.  I went out and did a barefooting set this morning with about 35 degree air and I'm guessing about 50 degree water, maybe a little cooler.  I took a set a couple of weeks back at a private lake a little north of Madison and we had 40 degree water and 35 degree air.  I rocked it with on wetsuit, heater shirt, or dry suit.  I also had to help take out the slalom course afterwards, but at least I got to borrow a jump suit so I could help somewhat.  I'm going home this weekend to do some barefooting and some slaloming (most likely without the course ) but I think it's about time to actually pull out the drysuit.

WadeWilliams wrote:

Rad. I'm heading back down to Florida from Milwaukee on Monday afternoon... looking forward to getting some skiing in with some slightly warmer conditions.

I'll mail a ProSkiCoach.com sticker to anyone who skis at or below a combined 98 degree lake/air temperature without a dry suit! If you get hypothermia it don't count though, so keep it safe.

I want one!  I've taken about 6 or 7 sets this year below that!

This picture is from 2006, but it's the only I've got that actually shows the snow on the shoreline.  Every year I take a non-drysuit run around my birthday (November 12) in central WI.  It's usually so cold that when I try to do my back deep, the cold water puts so much pressure on my lungs that I can't even take a breath when I turn over.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/berndawg3/4017688390/

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Last weekend in Ala.:  74 degree air/72 degree water
This weekend in Ala.:  39 degree air(low)/ 69 degree water 15 mph winds
maybe next week.....

I skied Tuesday 49/53 (w/ dry suit)...  (I loged my set but didn't show up on the recent sets board that I could tell)

Plan to free ski Sunday on public lake I grew up on and then maybe one more time Monday at the one club who still has buoys in.

I'll let you know if I get below 98 combined even if I won't rate a sticker w/ the cold water gear on!

and just a wet suit, we are tuff up here in  Canada

You can slow down the onset of cold hands by wearing nitrile surgical gloves under your regular ski gloves.  These are the kind we use:

http://www.medicalexamglove.com/kc_purple_glove.html

Eventually they'll get cold due to heat loss, but initially the thin nitrile layer keeps your hands dry, which goes a long way toward retaining their warmth.

TW

Another thing that works is glove liners.  I use the knit lightweight running gloves, they work well. I use them in the summer as well my hands don't get sore or calussed at all.

I use a seal sock on my back foot it is water proof and keeps the feet toasty.

Todd

Thomas Wayne wrote:

You can slow down the onset of cold hands by wearing nitrile surgical gloves under your regular ski gloves.  These are the kind we use:

http://www.medicalexamglove.com/kc_purple_glove.html

Eventually they'll get cold due to heat loss, but initially the thin nitrile layer keeps your hands dry, which goes a long way toward retaining their warmth.

TW

Cool! Never thought of that one!

Anyone who is deserving of the "Cold-Proofed" PSC sticker drop me an email with your address and I'll get one out to you!

I would love a proskicoach sticker.... but not that bad!  When the water is in the 50s, I'm in a drysuit!  Would still like a sticker though!

Garn