The really "Old School" boating thread

[gn7]

I knew Sally from school in Hacienda Heights ...didn't realize at the time how much she accomplished in water skiing!
Pretty cool being pulled by Panic Mouse!

Not only did that girl hauls, she was very easy to look at. Not sure why, but she left the sport early. She could have accomplished a lot more.
I don't believe she was pulled by the Panic Mouse. Stearns was. I think she was pulled by Bob Nordskogs Viking Spirit.
Bob put up the big show with a couple box vans, bunch of crew wearing shop shirts, banners, the whole deal. He made it quite the deal. At that time, Nordskog Marine Center was building the engines for the Panic Mouse, so they used it to pull Stearns.

[westair]

Not only did that girl hauls, she was very easy to look at. Not sure why, but she left the sport early. She could have accomplished a lot more.
I don't believe she was pulled by the Panic Mouse. Stearns was. I think she was pulled by Bob Nordskogs Viking Spirit.
Bob put up the big show with a couple box vans, bunch of crew wearing shop shirts, banners, the whole deal. He made it quite the deal. At that time, Nordskog Marine Center was building the engines for the Panic Mouse, so they used it to pull Stearns.

Yep, very pretty with the blond hair and the long legs .... I remember that part well ... I think close to 6 ft also. She was a little ahead of me in HS and after she graduated that was the last I seen or heard of her. I'm always looking to see if she pops up at any of these ski events but I don't think she does. I thought maybe the Catalina Race since she is a past champion.

[gn7]

Yep, very pretty with the blond hair and the long legs .... I remember that part well ... I think close to 6 ft also. She was a little ahead of me in HS and after she graduated that was the last I seen or heard of her. I'm always looking to see if she pops up at any of these ski events but I don't think she does. I thought maybe the Catalina Race since she is a past champion.

I haven't heard anything about her once she left skiing. I don't know if it was because she got married or what. She just disappeared from the scene and Debbie Norblad, Lori Dunsmore, and Marsha Mier(Fitzgerald) took over. While Sally was skiing, she had to compete with Janie Mobley Welch. That was like competing against Force in Funny car. Debbie owned the joint for two decades. She was virtually unbeatable. Sally was younger and owned he age class, and would have taken over for Janie, but she left.

Maybe Skiskier knows what happened to Sally.