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Conference vicki::boats

Title:Powerboats
Notice:Introductions 2 /Classifieds 3 / '97 Ski Season 1267
Moderator:KWLITY::SUTER
Created:Thu May 12 1988
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1275
Total number of notes:18109

320.0. "Ski Lessons in New England" by IAMOK::KOSKI (I'd rather be in Winter Haven) Mon Mar 27 1989 16:09

    Waterski lesson info:
    
    I called WaterSki Plus in Spencer (MA) (508)885-3335. They are just
    getting ready to open up later this week. I was told that lesson
    usually begin in June, but there are sometimes exceptions (emergency
    ski lessons). 
    
    Lessons are $50.00/hour for 1-3 people. You can take individual
    1/2 hour lessons but they do not recommend this, as it can get quite
    tiring, especially for beginners. With 2 people you can take turns,
    10 minutes in, 20 min to rest.
    
    They are going to send me a calendar with the days that lessons
    will be, there are weekend lessons.
    
    I'm there...
    
    Gail
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320.1I'm probably going back this year.ULTRA::BURGESSWed Mar 29 1989 13:2210
	See my earlier recommendations of this place....

	I'd guess it warms up quite early there, a fairly small body 
of water, quite well sheltered, not very deep.  I don't know what feeds
it - probably not much THIS year  and I don't remember which direction the
open side is.

	R
320.2DONVAN::DECAROLISH2OSKIThu Mar 30 1989 17:4310
    
      They also teach "tricking" at WaterSki Plus.  Their son, who is
    in March's issue of WaterSki mag., is a 3-event competitor.  He
    teaches jumping, tricking and advanced slalomn.  
    
      I plan on using these people quite a bit this summer....maybe
    a bunch of us can get together for group lessons.
    
    Jeanne
320.3I can always learn somethingARCHER::SUTERI see a little open water!!!!Fri Mar 31 1989 01:5810
    
    
    re: Jeanne
    
    	Group lessons are a great idea! I bet we could get a decent
    size group together and I could even bring the Nautique so we could
    ski in between lessons if the group was big enough to have an in
    between.... I already know I can launch the boat on their lake....
    
    Rick
320.4Lessons in NH?WOODS::WILSONIt's sum-sum-summa time!Thu May 24 1990 17:4112
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    I know there is a place in NH that offers waterski lessons, but
    I can't think of the name or location. Any ideas. It's that time
    of year to sign up for my annual lesson...
    
    thanks,
    
    Gail
320.5Moderator action in progress...WOODS::WILSONIt's sum-sum-summa time!Thu May 24 1990 17:4610
    
    I've changed the title of this topic from "Ski Lessons in Mass." to
    Ski Lessons in New England".  It probably makes more sense to combine
    the New England states than have a topic for each state.  Any questions 
    or discussions regarding ski lessons in the N.E. area should be placed 
    here.
    
    Thanks for the suggestion Gail!
    
    Rick
320.6What did you think?BROKE::THOMASFri Jul 13 1990 14:264
    So did you folks ever take lessons at WaterSki Plus?  Give us a review.
    
    Anne_who's_thinking_about_taking_lessons
320.7The grapevine says...ROGER::GAUDETNothing unreal existsMon Jul 16 1990 13:118
Hi Anne.  I don't have first hand (or is it "feet"? :-)) experience with lessons
from Water Skis Plus, but I hear Ed is a very good instructor.  Both Ed and
April (Ed's wife) are very nice people, as I've done business several times at
their shop.  They usually sponsor Zenon Bilas (world class barefooter) for a
couple of weeks (might be right now) during the summer.  If you're into some
body-bashing, you might check it out.

...Roger...
320.83 1/2 stars for Water Skis PlusCOLBIN::WHITMANThu Jul 26 1990 17:1223
 I got some first hand experience at Water Skis Plus skiing school!!

I thought they did a great job.  This was beginner lessons (i.e. how do I
get my behind out of the water on two skis).  They started with a run down
of what to expect, with the emphasis on form.  

FORM when starting, 
     FORM when coming up, 
          FORM when finally skiing, 
	       FORM when approaching wake or waves, 
                    FORM when gracefully giving out.


They suggested 2 people share an hour so as to give some time for rest
between runs.  They started us on the BOOM, about 3 ft from the side of
the boat.  We then moved to a 5' rope to get the hang of coming up on a
line, but still close enough to communicate, then out to the 75' rope for
a taste of the real thing.  The lake (Stiles Revervoir) was small enough
so as not to be scary, but large enough to get a 2 or 3 minute straight run.

Through out the lessons the emphasis was on FORM...

Al
320.9thumbs upIOENG::DCARRMon Aug 13 1990 13:3913
    Another 'thumbs up' for Water Skis plus lessons.  As mentioned
    previously Ed is an excellant instructor as well as an all around nice
    guy. (I just spent another rainy Saturday in his store stocking up on
    ski paraphernalia I could probably do without.)  I went with 3 others
    people for a 2 hour lesson.  The emphasis on form helped get me over
    some hurdles.  Even though I've been slalom skiing for a few years now,
    his lesson helped tremendously.  I wished I had taken it sooner.  I am
    contemplating taking another before the end of the summer.
    
    Take the lesson !  You won't be sorry.
    
    Denise