Carlos Suarez Tricks

klindy

Here's a YouTube video of Carlos Suarez trick skiing well before flips were the rage. I found it in the comments of the recent Waterski Magazine post about the 5 best trick passes ever (10 really I guess).

It's unusual to see even one counter-rotated trick during an entire tournament. In this video there are a couple dozen!

Pretty awesome!

Nando

One of my ski partners tricked quite a bit with Carlos back in the day (Carlos spent a few summers in South Canada). He claims Carlos never used a release- said you have to know how to release yourself by relaxing your rope foot. Anyone know who the second skier in the video is? I have a hunch it's Paul Chapin, but it's not the highest resolution...

klindy

@Nando‌ I'm reasonably sure both passes are Carlos. I'm also reasonably sure the second pass isn't
Paul.

Chef23

I love the reverse toe wake O into the wrap in.

Nando

Yup- when viewed on a real screen, not a phone, I can see they're both Carlos. We need a good judge to add scores...

eleeski

Wow! Carlos rocked!

I thought I had some funky variations of the tricks. I might have to try some of those.

Eric

klindy

Here's another link of Carlos Suarez. Some of the same footage as above but a fair amount more. Amazing tricker and overall skier!

Horton

@klindy‌ I fixed your videos

klindy

Thanks @Horton

Wish

Did I see him flip the rope over his head to get it between his legs?!?!

dchristman

@wish I don't think so, definitely inspirational though. I love his quick rtwbb t5f and rtwo t5b combinations. Here's another vintage world champ. Check out the unusual to tw5b combo... I have never seen anyone do that TO! Anyone here ever tried it?

Horton

@dchristman‌ Oooo I had forgotten about that reverse wrap in TO. Not sure I have ever seen anyone else ever do that. As for the TW5B I played with that trick in my 20s. Is super fun and super scarie.

The wrap in TO is wacky too. I never had the balls to try it.

klindy

Love it! In this second video of Carlos above he does a wrap in TWO which is super cool and never seen today.

dchristman

@klindy I did the TWO wrap in back in the 80's, but to have the stability to land that and then do the quick t5b really impresses me... and that quick rtwbb t5f ... super impressive on an old Saucier trick!

dchristman

Check out some of these toe trick combinations

eleeski

Wow!

dchristman

Carlos was my inspiration until Cory came along!

Bruce_Butterfield

Now that’s a sight I really did not need to see. I was torn between an Awesome since it is really funny and a Dislike since you have just about the ugliest white ass I've seen.

liquid d

man...you can't unsee that.

Horton

Carlos spend some time at my parents lake back in the early 1970s. I was too young to remember but if you mention his name to my 84 year old mom she is still pissed at him. Apparently he was quite a character. :-)

Chef23

Everything about that video disturbs me.

dchristman

It's difficult for me to comprehend why anybody would be disturbed by the elegance of the human form in slow motion. It's good I didn't post the Dangling Toe Back Moon Deep