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Random Quote: she said "tie me up and you can do what you want'', so I tied her up, and went fishing.
Any of you old f**ts remember this one? We were doing some cleaning out and ran across this. I remember when I could actually get up on one of these. That was a few years and pounds ago.
Edit: Sorry about the pic size. We just got a new camera and am having a hard time trying to figure it out.
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Oh Yeah! of course you needed the "El Diablo" to go with it!
Sister had the "El Diablo" and I had the "Alfredo Mendoza". I used hers most of the time though. Dam I'm getting old.
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I remember those! I was always too young to try it back then, but I want to find it now...
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I liked the Alfredo Mendoza but I also had a Dick Pope Jr. that was a little narrower. Our favorite "bust your tail" ski was a regular canoe paddle. Barefoot was OK but not as much fun.
i Had one of those. Loaned it to a cousin years ago ,,,,, asked for it back a few weeks ago said his mom and father inlaw threw it away he doesn't know how
bad I wanted to choke him
When I got my current boat (kids old enough to do stuff behind the boat on a rope...)
I dragged out all our old Cypress Garden ski's and tried to get em in shape. Lots of rotten foot bindings and corroded parts. Sadly the Dick Pope's were too far gone, but I was able to re-finish the 'Busters' AND keep the logo decal on em. Which is good cause they are just the right size for the kids...
Yeah, we had a Ski Skat and the dog-bone lookin things...no one ever got good on em, and they were a pain...no idea where they ended up at...
Kind of funny you posted that. I had some guys cleaning and tearing down and old storage bldg at my office last week and they came across my old ski skat. Man I had a lot of fun on that thing
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Can you give a quick lesson on how o get up on the Ski Skat
I bought on at a yard sale and have tried to get up a couple of time
This is more difficult than bare footing
I have the El Diablo and Little Monster and Big Monster. Back when people water skied instead of tubing on giant hot dogs those were fun "hotdogger" skies.
I remember the ski skat! When I was around 12 I used to go skiing with these teenagers from NY (we all camped in Maine all summer) so I could spot for them. They used to let me ski a lot too... my older bro was supposed to take me out on our boat but he was too busy with the teenage girls LOL.
Anyway, with those NY guys I got the chance to try out trick skis and the ski skat. I have some pics of me (not digital) on the ski skat and in one of them I'm engulfed in spray! Way cool.
marshwabbit, you should show a pic of the fin on that thing - I remember it being HUGE!
Cypress Gardens "Ski Skat" 
