Cold Water Poll

[bigD]

150deg is my bottom for water sports. Maybe 3 or 4 weeks left.

If I need any type of suit other than my board shorts it's time for dirt bikes for a couple of months then snowboarding, Then reverse the cycle.

A different sport for every season works best for me.

[FijiRob]

There are some hard core guys up here that ski a section of the Mississippi River that doesn't freeze over all winter. They were featured last year in WaterSki mag.

Air temp = 0 or less

Water temp = 33

Apparently they winterize the boat on the launch ramp for the drive home.

Not for me. But I may go watch this year.

[srud]

I guess we're spoiled. I prefer water > 80, and air about the same which is all but a few months of the year. Even 150 combined is on my bottom edge. I like 175 or above.

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Boomer - Spoiled is sugar coating it. Big sissy is more like it!

On our best days we get to the 150 mark, maybe 160. At 175 I think I would have to go find an air conditioner, too hot outside then.

[UWSkier]

Yep!

This is my friend Nate. He's a wimp. I went in a shorty! That was also the last time I hit a chunk of ice with my ski...

[reggie]

UWSkier...that pic may win the prize!!! What was the air temp???

[Slider]

Two Febs ago I went skiing on a lake that had ice out from every island and penisula. The air temp was something like 50 but the water must have been in the low to mid 30s. Wow what an ice cream headache. Since then I have been given a diving hood. I have yet to ever not be too hot in the diving hood and booties. This year I intend to buy a dry suit. I slide the H2O 12 months a year. There is a perverse pride in being the idiot on the lake on new years day!

Joe

[martho]

I would love to take a set on Christmas Day, however it is hard to find people who are not doing family things and can make a couple hours to go ski.

[Tom Sawyer]

I would love to take a set on Christmas Day, however it is hard to find people who are not doing family things and can make a couple hours to go ski.

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Yeah...eh..honey...say...would you mind if.....

[Slider]

I would love to take a set on Christmas Day, however it is hard to find people who are not doing family things and can make a couple hours to go ski.

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Yeah...eh..honey...say...would you mind if.....

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When we bought the heated seat the deal was that I can get a pull ANY day that I ask.

Joe

[stusumm]

You Northern Guys are nuts!!

[chathamsolutions]

I voted NO. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't be willing to do it.

The water just doesn't get that cold around here.

We went at least once a month last year. I'm sure we'll do that again this year. The water is just too smooth to NOT go in the winter.

[Slider]

We went at least once a month last year. I'm sure we'll do that again this year. The water is just too smooth to NOT go in the winter.

AMEN! The best skiing/wakeboarding is after the kids go back to school and before they get out.

Joe

[martho]

Yeah...eh..honey...say...would you mind if..... 

My wife is not the issue. It is just a tough day to get people together and be away from their family/responsibilities.

[M3Fan]

Yeah...eh..honey...say...would you mind if..... 

My wife is not the issue. It is just a tough day to get people together and be away from their family/responsibilities.

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My family or wife are not issues on Xmas day either- I'd be tough to get away from the hangover after the giant Hughes xmas eve party. That Glug gets to you quick...

[Tom Sawyer]

Yeah...eh..honey...say...would you mind if..... 

My wife is not the issue. It is just a tough day to get people together and be away from their family/responsibilities.

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My family or wife are not issues on Xmas day either- I'd be tough to get away from the hangover after the giant Hughes xmas eve party. That Glug gets to you quick...

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Ahh..extra anti-freeze will only help.

[UWSkier]

UWSkier...that pic may win the prize!!!  What was the air temp???

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I think it was around 45-50 on the water. Definitely sweatshirt weather. I was surprised how much ice we managed to break off and send over the dam with that whole Mustang.

[D-GOOSE]

You Northern Guys are nuts!!

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No way would I go in ice unless I had a dry suit and a bottle of jack.

That would only be once so I can say I did it.

[stusumm]

You Northern Guys are nuts!!

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No way would I go in ice unless I had a dry suit and a bottle of jack.

That would only be once so I can say I did it.

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Amen!

[BillFooter]

Sunset Bob, our friend Dave, and I footed one winter at least once each month so we could claim to have footed all year round. December was no problem. January was pretty cold. February was pretty brutal. There was ice in the marina but not in the river channel. Water temp was just above freezing and air temp was mid 30's.

[martho]

No way would I go in ice unless I had a dry suit and a bottle of jack.

That would only be once so I can say I did it.

It is just like anything else, once you have the gear it is fine. The people who go in cold water with a shorty are the nutzo peeps!

[stusumm]

No way would I go in ice unless I had a dry suit and a bottle of jack.

That would only be once so I can say I did it.

It is just like anything else, once you have the gear it is fine. The people who go in cold water with a shorty are the nutzo peeps!

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When you have to winterize the engine at the boat ramp just to get home.....that is insane!

[RTS]

What does "winterize" mean??

[Tom Sawyer]

No way would I go in ice unless I had a dry suit and a bottle of jack.

That would only be once so I can say I did it.

It is just like anything else, once you have the gear it is fine. The people who go in cold water with a shorty are the nutzo peeps!

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When you have to winterize the engine at the boat ramp just to get home.....that is insane!

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I just think of it just as a couple more plugs to pull. Usually takes about 10 minutes from water to road.

[martho]

With quick disconnects, the heater, shower and block take only seconds to drain

[edwin]

Coldest water we were in last year was 37... no reason to think this year will be any diff't