Whats In Your Closet?

[darrel409]

I'm gonna piggyback on the previous topic, because new stuff causes this situation. Last night i was cleaning up and putting some gear away and i was blown away at all the stuff i have accumulated over the years. This was the inventory...
4 ski handles
1 set double handles
1 barefoot rope
2 barefoot handles
1 wakeboard rope/handle
4 color slolom ropes, from old to new
3 sets of double skis, diff. sizes
2 kneeboards
1 retired wakeboard
3 surfboards
3 tourny level skis
3 orange type 3 vests
2 neo vests
3 4 buckle vests
3 flags
3 wetsuits spring-full
1 dry suit
2 barefoot suits
2 rash gaurds
2 pair neop shorts, one in florescent orange/green-nice!

This is just the stuff at my house, i got a whole nother s-load at the River and in my boat.
So, Whats in your closet??

[Hollywood]

Off the top of my head:

Barefoot Boom
Skylon
2 homemade jump seats
Front toe-hold barefoot handle
Wakes handle (T handle, minus the T)
2 slalom handles
1 wakeboard handle
1 junk handle
90' spectra barefoot line
70' fly high wakeboard line
70' slalom line
60' multiuse line
1 molded vest
1 non-uscga neo vest
4 uscga neo vests
Several 4 buckles
Several Orange Type 3
2 Throwables
1 Rash guard
1 neo top
1 neo shorts
2 spring suits
2 barefoot suits
2 step off slalom skis
1 cup
1 jump helmet
1 pair combos
2 tournament slalom skis
1 kneeboard
2 pairs slalom gloves
2 tubes
1 wakeboard
1 wakeskate

onthewater, go take inventory, what did I miss?

[NautiqueJeff]

Not too much stuff around these days.

Three wakeboards
15 vests
4 ropes
3 pairs of gloves
1 Mapple slalom ski
1 pair of shoe skis
1 pair of combo skis
A ton of boat stuff

Here's one thing that's pretty interesting...
This was my first slalom, and I still have it!
It is an O'brien Krypton from back in the day.
I swear this thing weighs 50 lbs!

[Hollywood]

I just finished a binding-off restoration on my Nash Neonics
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~kfleisch/web%20pics/IMG_1262.jpg

If we can't find this floating in the water even after a few cold ones, there is a problem.

[ag4ever]

Where did you get the rubber for the bindings?

I have a stack of old wooden skis that all have rotten rubber, and would like to clean some up for display.

I can one better the O'Brian, I have a late 60's early 70's taperflax that has a factory fiberglass graphics that would rival the nash, and it even has shag carpet for grip tape.

I also have an early 80's O'Brian WTC

[skinautique]

2 Slalom Skis
2 Sets of bindings
Ski Rope
2 Handles
3 Pairs of Gloves
2 Shorty Wetsuits
1 Drysuit
2 Rashguards
1 Trick Ski
Trick Ski Rope and Handle
2 Life Jackets

[Hollywood]

ag4ever I painted the original black rubber bindings. I'm sure it will all flake off after one summer.

[MacedayDave]

I have this wooden O'Brien slalom ski hanging in my family room. Does anyone know what era it is from? The yellow lettering says Competition 68". I found this ski at a nearby lakefront home out by the road on trash day.

[Mikeski]

That Obrien is around 1970 +/- a few years. I started working in a waterski shop around 78 and they were before my time but there were a few still being used. I remember using matchsticks to repair the adjustment thumbscrews when they pulled out of the wood. I believe the yellow graphics preceeded the red graphics which were succeeded by the red, white, and blue Obrien Mach 1 which was one of the earliest successful fiberglass skis.

My closet/garage:

The "Sea-deucer" a homemade slalom built for two, vintage 1956 (on display in garage, yes I have skied on it)
My late father's 1964 Majaherajah 5.5 with Mister M bindings (on display in garage)
A 1970 vintage K2 four waterski (they made a couple hundred, on display)
A 1968 vintage Taperflex stars and stripe formica top wood bottom slalom
A 1972 Stinger honeycomb
A 1974 Stinger Profoam
A 1979 Mastercraft Mirage
1972 Stinger HC trick skis
Two pairs of home-made shoe skis
74" Jobe Graphite Jump Skis with hideous graphics 1990
67.5 Goode 8200
67 HO Burner
65 Obrien Mapple
67 Obrien Mapple
65 Connelly Iconn
Air Chair
Jobe Tantrum Wakeboard
Hyperlite Hamilton 137 HC w/powerboots
Hyperlite Belmont w/LF Ultra Suctions
Obrien Clutch w/Ions
Obrien Demented w/Ultras
CWB wakeskate
Barefoot gear
wetsuits
life jackets
ropes
I am getting a headache..., maybe I need to have a garage sale.

[Hollywood]

74" Jobe Graphite Jump Skis with hideous graphics 1990

I am getting a headache..., maybe I need to have a garage sale.

I agree. Any interest in selling those jumpers?

[MacedayDave]

Mikeski -
Thanks for the feedback on that old O'Brien ski. Since it appears to be about 35 years old, I will probably leave it hanging on my wall and not attempt to use it! :)

[Mikeski]

I like to keep the Jumpers just in case I want to take a set in the future...