THE EXCUSES!

Excuse #1:  I can't do it because I'm a pussy, but I'm OK with that! - Geoff Olinde, Arlington, VA

Excuse #2:  There was ARMOR-ALL on the handle! - Dave Miller, Leesburg, VA

Excuse #3:   The water is too glassy!  - anonymous

Excuse #4:   I need more speed!  Give me the speed I want, not what I need! - Desi Fielding, Washington, DC

Excuse #5:   I could do it if I was allowed to smoke on your boat! - Smokey, Sterling, VA

Excuse #6:   The boom is too high! - Dwin Perugino, Pennsylvania

Excuse #7:   My right foot is retarded! - Chris Attinella, Sterling, VA

Excuse #8:  My boyfriend and I are fighting!  I can't concentrate. Desi Fielding, Washington, DC

Excuse #9:   If you could just pull me in a straight line!!! - Dave Miller, Leesburg, VA

Excuse #10:   Isn't the skypole usually higher? - Chris Attinella, Sterling, VA

Excuse #11:   I can't turn that way because the screws in my leg will come undone! - Gerry Baressi, Laureldale, NJ

Excuse #12:  My suit is too loose! Dwin Perugino, Dallas, PA

Excuse #13:  The planets are not in proper alignment today. Mike Danko, Baltimore, MD

Excuse #14:  I'm psychologically unstable and I need booties to overcome it!!, Desi Fielding, Washington, DC

Excuse #15:  I'm too fat.  I have bad knees & shoulders...I'll just drive!, Ed Levine (BoatDriver Ed), Potomac Falls, VA

Excuse #16:  The boat keeps porpoising! Chris Attinella, Sterling, VA

Excuse #17:  I've been poisoned by a dorsal fin that stuck in my foot!  Click Here to check out the whole story! John Chall, Maryland

Excuse #18: My ex-husband is Canadian. Carla Kishbaugh, Chambersburg, PA

Excuse #19: I should have taken the advil before I skiied, Kevin Keith, Charlton, MA

Excuse #20: I blew that toe-up because I ate too late last night.  Kevin Keith, Charlton, MA

Excuse #21: I could do it yesterday when the video camera wasn't in the boat.  Richard Jordan, Sugarland, TX

Excuse #22:  I don't ski as well in this suit. - Dave Miller, Leesburg, VA

Excuse #23:  I can't concentrate when everyone chews food with their mouth open.
 - Brenda Wilkins, , Canberra, AUSTRALIA (this one sounds like Dave Miller was involved?!?!?)

Excuse #24:  I don't like water shooting up my nose - Brenda Wilkins, , Canberra, AUSTRALIA 

Excuse #25:  I couldn't ski as well as i wanted to because the driver of the boat (Goeff Olinde) would start off a little too slow, thus allowing the fumes from the boat to reach me and make me sick! :)) - Deniz Callahan, , Falls Church, VA |
Excuse #26:  I was having trouble because my hair was getting in my eyes- Geoff Olinde , Arlington, VA 

Excuse #27:  It tickled too much and my leg straps were too tight, Andy B, Annapolis MD

Excuse #28:  I must have hit a jetski wake.  Andy B, Annapolis MD

Excuse #29:  From the Driver:.... Ooooops.... I guess I should have gotten gas BEFORE we left.
  Andy B, Annapolis MD

Excuse #30:  I would have done it but those darn duck rollers got in my way! - Anonymous

Excuse #31:  I have mud on my feet.  That's what's fu&%#@g me up.  Tad Honsinger, Houston, TX

Excuse #32:  I had water in my drysuit. Richard Jordan, Sugarland, TX

Excuse #33:  The water is to cold , it is only 75oF - John Mylle WPB South - Florida 

Excuse #34:  It's always the driver's fault! - John Mylle WPB South - Florida
Excuse #35:  "Couldn't get the reverse wake crossing because there was a lip on the wake"- Geoff Olinde , Arlington, VA 

Excuse #36:  "I think I need to clip my toe nails", Scott Imrie, Ontario, Canada

Excuse #37:  "A fish was eating the hair on my legs", Ryan, Woodland, CA

Excuse #38:  "The reason I always come forward on my B-F is because my arms are too long in relation to the rest of my body", Dave Miller, Leesburg, VA

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Excuse #40:  "missed the toe-up because the RON SCARPA logo was upside-down!", , Dulles, VA

Excuse #41:  "Your boat is too powerful!", Xavier, Tampa, FL

Excuse #42:  "Always John's Fault!", Sara, Ft. Myers, FL