Christmas water skiing

chachee52 · 12-21-2025, 11:42 AM

Someone is out on the Broads right now water skiing!! Forget about the cold, a little choppy to be skiing. I'll try to upload the video is I can a little later.

tis · 12-21-2025, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by chachee52

Someone is out on the Broads right now water skiing!! Forget about the cold, a little choppy to be skiing. I'll try to upload the video is I can a little later.

No thanks.

chachee52 · 12-21-2025, 12:07 PM

Been trying to get the video loaded, I guess this site doesn't take MP4s. I'll try later to reformat it.

Donzi Minx · 12-21-2025, 03:49 PM

This brought me back to the late sixties when in a Budweiser induced haze I skied behind our old Chris Craft a couple of days before Thanksgiving. Not out in the broads but in front of Diamond. Was the water cold......

camp guy · 12-21-2025, 07:14 PM

I remember seeing Santa skiing on the river in Manchester several years on Christmas Day (or did I just have too much egg nog?),

chachee52 · 12-21-2025, 07:45 PM

This was before the wind really started whipping around
https://photos.app.goo.gl/oFCKRkdYzxap69x27

Grant · 12-22-2025, 04:36 PM

Dude (or dudette) is an immediate legend.

LIforrelaxin · 12-22-2025, 05:20 PM

It is nice to see that craziness still exists..... Back in the day, I remembering getting the dock in, then the boat, and skiing a week after ice out was declared... The trick always was trying to find someone who wanted to drive, and another to be the observer....

In this day and age with Dry suits or even a heavy wetsuit, I am surprised you don't see this more.... As long as the lake isn't iced in it is all fair game....

chachee52 · 12-22-2025, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LIforrelaxin

It is nice to see that craziness still exists..... Back in the day, I remembering getting the dock in, then the boat, and skiing a week after ice out was declared... The trick always was trying to find someone who wanted to drive, and another to be the observer....

In this day and age with Dry suits or even a heavy wetsuit, I am surprised you don't see this more.... As long as the lake isn't iced in it is all fair game....

I agree. I was going to take a birthday swim on Saturday, but man the wind will kill you. I don't mind the cold water, but coming out to wind...... that's a different story!!!

BroadHopper · 12-23-2025, 08:46 AM

Late 60s, early 70s, member of both Winnisquam and Winnipesaukee ski clubs will outdo each other on who would be the last to ski before ice settled in!

Most of the time it is off Glendale docks, because the launch ramp is always available. Michelob and peppermint schnapps were the courage we need!

We would set up a bonfire to warm up! Those were the daze............

LIforrelaxin · 12-23-2025, 12:20 PM

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I agree. I was going to take a birthday swim on Saturday, but man the wind will kill you. I don't mind the cold water, but coming out to wind...... that's a different story!!!

Agreed, it is the getting out that is the killer.... I was asked one time if I felt the cold while I was skiing, I never did.... it was a cold plunge getting in, a little shiver getting the ski on, and absolute fun... the water felt warmer when I let go of the rope.... But getting in the boat, and going back to the dock sucked... good thing there was always a fire, to warm up by.....

prp77 · 12-23-2025, 06:03 PM

A Facebook post from the brave group that skied yesterday:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17g...ibextid=wwXIfr

bobkatfly · 12-23-2025, 07:56 PM

Water skiing on Winny, ice boats on Wentworth yesterday, fly fishing for trout on Newfound river, ice fishing on Kanasatka.

NH.Solar · 12-23-2025, 09:34 PM

Did this many a time in the younger days with the local gang as it was the only time we could ski through the hole in the wall and spray down Bob Howes dock (he loved the photo we sent after) ...different days. ...Can you say Ice Cream headache??!

chachee52 · 12-23-2025, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by prp77

A Facebook post from the brave group that skied yesterday:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17g...ibextid=wwXIfr

In a shorty even!! Brave

tis · 12-24-2025, 06:22 AM

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In a shorty even!! Brave

Yes, can't imagine the legs and feet.

Cobalt 25 · 12-29-2025, 03:46 PM

These skier videos in cold weather reminded me of the barefooter thru the Channel behind a snowmobile. THAT was interesting!

fatlazyless · 12-29-2025, 08:06 PM

You know, I don't mean to brag, but I am like the greatest 74-year old water-skier that ever water-skied since water-skiing was first invented!

So, what can I do now in late December with the 33-degree Lake Winnipesaukee water? I can do a one ski, slalom dock start sitting on the edge of a dock with 40' of slack in the line that whips me off that dock, and finish my run with a stand-up beach landing on a sandy beach so's I never even get wet! Not even a little bit wet!

So's, how about that ......

! ...... gimme some applause here, please!

All set here ......... OK! ......... hit it! Rough water, calm water, medium water ....... it don't make no difference to me!

12-21-2025, 11:42 AM	#1
chachee52 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 519 Thanks: 6 Thanked 105 Times in 83 Posts	Christmas water skiing Someone is out on the Broads right now water skiing!! Forget about the cold, a little choppy to be skiing. I'll try to upload the video is I can a little later.

12-21-2025, 03:49 PM	#4
Donzi Minx Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melrose, Mass. Posts: 194 Thanks: 0 Thanked 184 Times in 53 Posts	Christmas water skiing This brought me back to the late sixties when in a Budweiser induced haze I skied behind our old Chris Craft a couple of days before Thanksgiving. Not out in the broads but in front of Diamond. Was the water cold......

12-21-2025, 07:14 PM	#5
camp guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: formerly Winter Harbor, still Wolfeboro Posts: 1,224 Thanks: 317 Thanked 560 Times in 310 Posts	Christmas Skiing I remember seeing Santa skiing on the river in Manchester several years on Christmas Day (or did I just have too much egg nog?),

12-22-2025, 04:36 PM	#7
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,510 Thanks: 387 Thanked 234 Times in 128 Posts	Dude (or dudette) is an immediate legend. __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

12-22-2025, 05:20 PM	#8
LIforrelaxin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas, Lake Ray Hubbard and NH, Long Island Winnipesaukee Posts: 2,970 Thanks: 1,064 Thanked 912 Times in 539 Posts	It is nice to see that craziness still exists..... Back in the day, I remembering getting the dock in, then the boat, and skiing a week after ice out was declared... The trick always was trying to find someone who wanted to drive, and another to be the observer.... In this day and age with Dry suits or even a heavy wetsuit, I am surprised you don't see this more.... As long as the lake isn't iced in it is all fair game.... __________________ Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....

12-21-2025, 12:07 PM	#3
chachee52 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 519 Thanks: 6 Thanked 105 Times in 83 Posts	Been trying to get the video loaded, I guess this site doesn't take MP4s. I'll try later to reformat it.

12-21-2025, 07:45 PM	#6
chachee52 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 519 Thanks: 6 Thanked 105 Times in 83 Posts	This was before the wind really started whipping around https://photos.app.goo.gl/oFCKRkdYzxap69x27

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12-23-2025, 08:46 AM	#10
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,667 Thanks: 3,280 Thanked 1,132 Times in 814 Posts	Memories Late 60s, early 70s, member of both Winnisquam and Winnipesaukee ski clubs will outdo each other on who would be the last to ski before ice settled in! Most of the time it is off Glendale docks, because the launch ramp is always available. Michelob and peppermint schnapps were the courage we need! We would set up a bonfire to warm up! Those were the daze............ __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

12-23-2025, 06:03 PM	#12
prp77 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	A Facebook post from the brave group that skied yesterday: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17g...ibextid=wwXIfr

12-23-2025, 07:56 PM	#13
bobkatfly Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Center Tuftonboro Posts: 411 Thanks: 61 Thanked 60 Times in 52 Posts	Crazy things going on. Water skiing on Winny, ice boats on Wentworth yesterday, fly fishing for trout on Newfound river, ice fishing on Kanasatka. __________________ Bob F Amherst till the big 66 comes (made it!) Winter Harbor/Mirror Lake till the big guy comes

12-23-2025, 09:34 PM	#14
NH.Solar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Jackson Pond, New Hampton Posts: 248 Thanks: 48 Thanked 142 Times in 79 Posts	Did this many a time in the younger days with the local gang as it was the only time we could ski through the hole in the wall and spray down Bob Howes dock (he loved the photo we sent after) ...different days. ...Can you say Ice Cream headache??! __________________ Peter NH Solar

12-29-2025, 03:46 PM	#17
Cobalt 25 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 230 Thanks: 231 Thanked 36 Times in 20 Posts	barefoot thru the Channel? These skier videos in cold weather reminded me of the barefooter thru the Channel behind a snowmobile. THAT was interesting!

12-29-2025, 08:06 PM	#18
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,168 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,103 Times in 812 Posts	You know, I don't mean to brag, but I am like the greatest 74-year old water-skier that ever water-skied since water-skiing was first invented! So, what can I do now in late December with the 33-degree Lake Winnipesaukee water? I can do a one ski, slalom dock start sitting on the edge of a dock with 40' of slack in the line that whips me off that dock, and finish my run with a stand-up beach landing on a sandy beach so's I never even get wet! Not even a little bit wet! So's, how about that ...... ! ...... gimme some applause here, please! All set here ......... OK! ......... hit it! Rough water, calm water, medium water ....... it don't make no difference to me! __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!