Unique Ski Sites

LoopSki

what are some unique sites out there. weird set ups , strange locations etc.. not your typical 2200 x 250 out in the flats, in the sticks , wrapped in trees with islands on both ends. Most unique I've seen is outside of Sao Paulo Brasil .

Broussard

There is a lake that has the boat lane dug out and the skiers path. I've heard it referred to as "snake lake" and I believe it's located in Oklahoma.

jayski

Quickset in Canton, crazy fun!! Super short, skis Amazing!

MISkier

Dixboro Ski Club in South Lyon, MI.

1650 feet. 6 buoy course. No real curve in. The north shoreline is contoured in near-unison with the buoys to provide the right pocket for turning. Skier setdown requires advanced boat handling to get them deep enough and not run the boat aground.

When you get up (at speeds above 32 mph), you are pulling out for the 55s while still planing out.

Kimbymon

@MISkier gee thanks. Call out my club.. just because you felt the need to “swim backwards” go get a few more feet in your set up. 😜. At least you come up on the ski with both feet in. I drag my back foot and am still shoving it in the boot as I go left at the 55’s.

Chef23

John's Lake in PA is supposedly very unique I haven't skied there. Oakham in Mass and The Pond in Avon are both short and unique slalom lakes well below 2200 feet.

BraceMaker

@Broussard coyote waterski club owasso oklahoma. "suicide lake"

There was something I saw on instagram of a skier turning in for the gates at a different site and basically skiing into the trees.

Wish

Jacksonville. Never have I skied a lake so crystal clear with 100'+ pines along the length of the lake blocking most winds in most directions. The Resurves at Pine Lake in DeLand FL is man made, 20+ feet deep and wide enough for 2 side by side slalom courses. Skis great and also very clear water.

Nando

This used to be a ski site in Twig, MN (northwest of Duluth). It was an old gravel pit. Now the owner's kids have homes on it. The course was on the east section of lake, offset to the south, and you shortened (or spun) west of what looks like a fairly wide opening in the photo but always felt narrow. Entering the course from the west, you couldn't see the course until you were through the narrows and then it was time to pull out NOW! Despite the odd setup and cold water, the place skied like a dream.

lpskier

@Chef23 John’s Lake is in NJ. Short set ups. Big scores.

dbutcher

@BraceMaker I haven't skied it, but I have seen Suicide Lake. It's a north/south lake not far off the north end of the runway of the Tulsa, OK airport. There are two other lakes at the same site. Oklahoma has plenty of south wind. Suicide Lake has a short berm about 50' (maybe less) ahead of each turn ball that effectively keeps the water smooth at each turn ball. I expect one could get used to it and not be freaked out.

skihound

Pretty cool course on a public lake in Port Orchard, Washington. Called long lake haven't skied there yet gonna try to get out there next summer.

DaveD

Although I've never skied there, I get a kick out of the U shaped lake on I-69 near Muncie, IN. You need to do a right turn at both ends of the lake. I think it's only a 4 ball course.

andjules

I've never skied it (hope to someday), there is a ski club outside of Budapest, Hungary; their site is as narrow as any I've seen (and not long @ ~1650')

You can search Facebook for slalom.hu and see some videos like this one:
https://facebook.com/slalom.hu/videos/1443466692426862/

skihart

@dbutcher We need pics. That sounds insane. Even a google earth shot.

Tom351

@skihart
https://goo.gl/maps/nSDPfeWw8nK2

andjules

@Tom351 Wow! If you're late and pull all the way to the ball, you better get your S-turn down pat!

Drago

I can hear lawyers ringing in my head

UWSkier

Lets out a single tear and a sniffle.

https://goo.gl/maps/fxKij7DPfsG2

Orlando76

On the private lake I typically ski north of Orlando on the one end you enter the course on a curve as the boat accelerates. As you start to feel the whip of the curve you’re still wiping the water out of eyes and you feel you have to start pulling left. Only if you pull out too soon you’ll ski right into a dock. We clear it by maybe 10’. It takes an alert skier and an alert driver.

dvskier

@Orlando76 How far past the dock are the 55's?

jjackkrash

@skihound, send me a PM if you need a tow and want to ski the pads next spring or summer.

jjackkrash

One of my favorite places is the whole world.

fu_man

@andjules Jeez. That course in Hungary.....That is insanely narrow! How many skiers take an occasional OTF and end up 10-15 ft outside the buoy line? The kind where you are sure you are going OTF then for a moment think you might be OK, only to finally come to the realization that you are definitely going OTF. Happens to me at least once a year.

Moved2ski

20 some years ago I skied with some guys in Nebraska that put up a portable course on a public lake. It was an oval with an island in the center. You drove in a circle like a racetrack with the entrance gates coming out of turn four and the exit gates in turn one.

Broussard

hockeyref74

How abou Swerve Water Sports in Tennessee my wife calls it the puddle

bishop8950

Goode ski lake in Ogden has a pretty crazy set up. Pictures don’t do it justice. I should have gotten video of the boats spinning in on both ends.

Drago

From the good ‘ol days: Indy pro tour was about 1,500’, one side spin was inside the boat, the other side was a whip. Detroit was on a big lake, but in order to get close to the beach, had to duck under a tree sticking out over the water just before the gate pullout. Shreveport had giant lily pads floating by. St Louis had a vertical sea wall the length of the course. Camden was on the river with current, and needles and nasty trash on the shoreline.

Edbrazil

The old Marine World site in Redwood City, CA was only about 1050' long. Pro jump tournament there starting in 1974. Had to do whip-style jumping. Later on, they even did 4-buoy slalom.

bkreis

GMSC is just west of Miami international and 12 miles from SOBE! @ob1 waterski atlanta is also a city site near ATL.