Serious question, no snickering: waterskis mounted up alpine...

[rabbit]

I was thinking about just sealing them back up with some sort of spar varnish, polyurethane, or epoxy. Still not sure if this would be best for durability or glide but it is the best for waterproofing.

I never really stopped to think about it. I just went; "Hey! maybe I'll have to treat these like my dad used to do skis when I was an evil little tyke..."
I would not be surprised if any or all of those options were found to be superior.
That being said, tar smells nice.

[Island Bay]

Hard to get good glide on P.U or epoxy. Tar is your friend.

[wooley12]

I was thinking about just sealing them back up with some sort of spar varnish, polyurethane, or epoxy. Still not sure if this would be best for durability or glide but it is the best for waterproofing.

Wood ski bottoms were prepped with a coating of a pine tar with the consistency of maple syrup. Brush it on, heat without burning with a torch and wipe off ALL the excess. Cool and rub on and polish (not iron!!) your wax of the day. The tar seals and will hold wax. I've read that they sell the same product called Stockholm tar to seal horses hooves at horsey stores.

[peds]

All set yet?

[east or bust]

Not yet. I'm working in the shop over winter break so I will try to get them mounted up with something in December.

Thanks for bumping, forgot about this thread!

[peds]

Morning everyone!

Someone on the waterskiing forum that I was asking for some advice on a couple of years ago stumbled upon this rather magnificent picture, and I thought it was worth sharing here.



I particularly like how similar they look to my Jobes, I wonder if they are a slightly earlier/later model of mine, just with the name scrubbed off. Very interesting.

Just as an update, I broke my shoulder at Christmas and haven't been skiing nearly as much as I'd have liked to this winter, and snow conditions have been pretty bloody terrible in my part of the Alps for the most part this year, so big fat powder skis haven't really been the tool of choice anyway. But the winter isn't over yet, hopefully I'll get at least one day on the Jobes before the summer starts again...

[Shredhead]

I particularly like how similar they look to my Jobes, I wonder if they are a slightly earlier/later model of mine, just with the name scrubbed off. Very interesting.

Those graphics are very similar, but to my knowledge, Jobe and Maharajah were never affiliated. Maharajah was alway known for they're very long, wood racing skis.

[peds]

Oh, righto, they are a totally-different legitimate company then? For some reason I had assumed this monoski was a similar business model to Rax Skis, just chopping bits off of other skis and re-selling them as a new product. I didn't even look into it. Thanks for the insight!

[JayPowHound]

I just re-read this entire thread and will now begin my fleabay search for waterskis.

Thanks for the inspiration!

[Shredhead]

I just re-read this entire thread and will now begin my fleabay search for waterskis.

Thanks for the inspiration!

I've got water skis out the ass and I'm not even bothering. They'll ski like shit and you might even fuck yourself up.
This is coming from a guy who's water skied on a door.

[east or bust]

If forgot my pair of waterskis at home this winter, still binderless though. Otherwise I can think of a couple days which would have been perfect for a maiden voyage.

[detrusor]

Take a pair of those water skis out of your ass and send the most likely pair not to kill me along. I'll give er! Serious, send me a pair. I'll pm you


Killing it with the 3-5 year old crowd!

[peds]

I've got water skis out the ass and I'm not even bothering. They'll ski like shit and you might even fuck yourself up.
This is coming from a guy who's water skied on a door.

La-a-a-ame...

They ski like sex with twin sisters and the human body is ridiculously good at fixing itself.