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Castaic
Lake, California
Friday
July 5th, 2002
I've
ridden with Joe Balint once before in Havasu during the Just Ride
stop last summer, he had just purchased his (new to him) Super Air
Nautique and we all had an awesome time helping him break it in.
So when I made plans to travel to the Los Angeles area to visit
my brother for the 4th of July holiday, I dropped Joe a line and
inquired if he had any room that weekend.
The Ski Cove at Castaic, look such Horrible conditions!!!
Look the ink, it's Scott Byerly.... Nope, just my
brother Bob getting ready to ride
While
out visiting my brother Bob, who recently moved to Irvine, I took
the opportuity to hook back up with Joe Balint and catch a little
SoCal love from the wakeboarding scene out at Castaic Lake. What
a great set up, even without the Ski Cove, the landscape is beautiful,
the people are freindly and the fog is trippy! We were up early
and met Balint around 7 hoping to catch a few runs before he headed
into work for a half day.
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Surveying all that is Castaic's Ski Cove, I'm contemplating a
dock Start!!!
Two Differnt Angles of the Horrible Dock Start Attempt
The
crew that morning consisted of Joe, Gene one of Joe's Co-workers,
Bob and myself. Getting the boat set-up and in the water by 7:15
was key, it allowed all of us to take three passes in the ski
cove and thoroughly wear ourselves out. The early morning fog
at Castaic is normal, but being from Arizona it was a phenomenon
I was unfamilar with, although it made for quite an adventure
pulling out of the loading dock.
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