Pete-
August is definitely better than early June--the black flies and no-see-ums are brutal there, and leave massive welts!? There was not a fly to be seen this past weekend, and the water was in the upper 70's--warmest I can remember.
Bitzy-
If I drink alot, and read ti backwards, Pete's latin might make sense to me, but I think what you said is probably what he meant anyway, so why bother...
Derek-?
Thanks for the heads up on the rope--if you look closely, I was actually using the same rope for both skiing and wakeboarding, and I was using the wakeboarding rope--it was part of the deal when I bought the board (Hyperlite).? Based on what you said, that is probably the reason they through it in; limits theri liabiltiy.
About skiing vs. wakeboarding: I guess it is whatever you are used to. I find boarding incredibly counter-intuitive to whatever I've been doing for 30+ years of skiing, but its a ton of fun and I enjoy the challenge. The biggest problem for me is time on the water--can't learn much in 1 ro 2x/year!