Ski course turn ball lines

[PTM]

Hey Everyone,

I lost a lot of the lines on my ski course and need to make up some new lines for both the driver balls and turn balls.

Anyone have suggestion on how to make up these lines? How long should they be? I'm gonna wing it but thought I'd ask for some input before hitting the Depot.

Thanks,

PTM

[Woodski]

Great info here:  https://skiertoskier.com/

[Steve B.]

Tell us a little more about the course. Lake, river, depth, what are you using for anchors, do you have sub-bouy's in, magnet system ?

Steve B.

[PTM]

The course is in a lake probably 8ft deep. The course is anchored at both ends and no magnets - pretty much and old school course

[Rednucleus]

So anchored at both ends - this is a portable course with center main line (nylon or cable?) and pvc tube arms?? Any idea what brand?

[asnowman]

Our course is an insta-slalom course, and I have just bought buoy lines from them.  At $7 bucks plus shipping, it would cost me more to make the lines up myself.  Seems like every couple years i just order a bunch.

https://www.insta-slalom.com/products.php

 

[ahopkins22LSV]

45 minutes ago, asnowman said:

Our course is an insta-slalom course, and I have just bought buoy lines from them.  At $7 bucks plus shipping, it would cost me more to make the lines up myself.  Seems like every couple years i just order a bunch.

https://www.insta-slalom.com/products.php

 

This is what we used on our course. The last few years we used wally skier turn balls. They are way softer and you basically need zero air in them so if you hit one it isn't a total blowout every time. We did have to add a small weight to the end of our pvc arms to keep them down though. Otherwise the wally skier buoys would float too high even with no air in them. I used mini plastic water bottles filled with sand for reference.

[asnowman]

10 minutes ago, ahopkins22LSV said:

This is what we used on our course. The last few years we used wally skier turn balls. They are way softer and you basically need zero air in them so if you hit one it isn't a total blowout every time. We did have to add a small weight to the end of our pvc arms to keep them down though. Otherwise the wally skier buoys would float too high even with no air in them. I used mini plastic water bottles filled with sand for reference.

All our buoys are 1/2 filled with water, you certainly feel them, but not always a blow out, messes with turn a bit. We tend to only lose a line or two a summer since we started filling our buoys. 

Our course sits in about 12-15 feet of water, very open to public "use" especially from the obnoxious camp down the cove from us. But its usually the waverunners that cause our buoys to detach. I started using lighter weight zip ties as well to protect the lines.

[PTM]

Thanks everyone very helpful!