Wetsuit season begins tommorrow

[skibrain]

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Hah. We bring a cooler (of hot water) early and late season for slalom skiing. I figured I'd get my barefoot run AND ice my insoles and it would all be good. Wrong.

 

[skibrain]

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Got out this afternoon. Foggy and drizzle, but stayed cozy in dry suit despite 53 degree water and 57 air.

 

[bill 22]

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You guys are crazy. You need to leave your drysuit up north, grab your shorty and come ski with us where it’s still a little warm.

 

[skibrain]

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Woo hoo! Hit 70 ski days for the season today.
If we can keep it going for another couple of weeks it would be nice to say I skied in all but three months this past year.

 

[oldjeep]

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Woo hoo! Hit 70 ski days for the season today.
If we can keep it going for another couple of weeks it would be nice to say I skied in all but three months this past year.

Nice going. We gave up Oct 6th and stored the boats

 

[sangerwaker]

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Woo hoo! Hit 70 ski days for the season today.
If we can keep it going for another couple of weeks it would be nice to say I skied in all but three months this past year.

70 is a lot of ski days. I'm jealous. You can easily cover one of those missing 3 months by joining the guys that ski every New Years day. Usually ski out of Hidden Falls park in St Paul, providing the park gate is open. Otherwise they usually go to the Mn River and launch in the State Park on the south side. I usually go, but have missed the last couple years. Send me a PM if you want to go this year and I'll get you hooked up with the boat owner, Paul.

One of my buddies, Jim, has a personal goal to ski at least once per calendar month. Easy to do April thorough November, but he hasn't missed a month in over 27 years! All in MN too! Just the fact of being physically able to do it amazes me. No broken bones or injuries that would prevent one from skiing.

 

[oldjeep]

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My father in-law skis 12 months a year, but he cheats by moving to FL for the winter

 

[skibrain]

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I foot with Lloyd Loerzel from time to time. Crazy photos from those guys on the river with ice-covered boats and lines.

 

[Lake Lizzard]

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I'm a sissy. I'm in a shorty when my friends are in shorts. I'm in a drysuit when they go to wet suits. When they go to drysuits - I'm adding more layers under drysuit. In the spring - reverse this order. Oh well - thankful to be on the water year round!

The coldest I've ever gone was 32 degrees air temperature and 33 degree water. I decided to never do that again!

 

[Lake Lizzard]

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Forgot to mention the best thing about going to a drysuit - absolute glass for water. Nobody else is crazy enough to be out there!

 

[maproy99]

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I will be going out April 1st or 2nd (when the lake opens for the year) and I will be taking my temperature gun out with me and I'll show you a pic of the lake temp. I have a feeling no one here really believes me about the "hot tub temperature" lake