If you are an avid water skier and you want to get up early in the morning when the water is like glass and go out and do some runs on the slalom course then finding your dream home on a lake may be more restrictive. There are only so many lakes in Oakland County that have water ski courses on them. In order to have a permanent water ski course you have to apply for a permit. I have listed below what is needed to get one.
You and I have different ideas of what is important to us when it comes to a lake home and living on a lake. Some Metro Detroit lake home buyers want a Slalom water ski courses on a Oakland County lake in Michigan. You may want your grand children, wife, or children to learn and compete in slalom water ski races. You may love to water ski and having the course already on the lake would make your day. It would save you a lot of time setting it up when you wanted to do a few runs.
Being an avid water sports enthusiast and having a water ski course on your lake in Oakland County is definitely a plus. There are only so many all sports lakes in Oakland County that have slalom water ski course on them. It is like having a store or restaurant on the lake. It is a little addition for lake home owners without being a nuisance. I did some research a few years back on which lakes in Oakland County have slalom water ski courses on them. You cannot just put up a waterski course on a lake in Michigan for people to use. You would have to get permission from other lake residents to do it. You have to apply for a permit from either the DEQ or DNR. It is not an easy process. You have to get a certain majority percentage of the lake home owners to agree to it. It usually has to be in one location all the time. You can contact the state to get the full requirements of what to do to get one on your Oakland County Lake. It’s not an easy process so it is easier to buy a lake house on an Oakland County MI lake in that already has a ski course on it.
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I contacted the state and got a list of all the lakes that had a slalom water ski course in Oakland County Michigan. Usually there is an avid group of water skiers that get out on the lake in the early morning hours when the lake is quiet and the lake surface is like glass. These are the skiers that are usually out there first thing in the spring and late into the fall.
They are the die hard water skiers that love the slalom water ski courses. Here is info about slalom skiing if you do not know about it. There are a lot of rules to go along with it, but simply put; a boat travels straight through a set of 26 buoys. The skier is being pulled by a rope attached to the boat and has to enter the course through the first pair of red gate buoys, go to the outside of all 6 red turn buoys and then exit the course through the last pair of red gate buoys. There are predetermined speeds and rope lengths. With each speed and rope length, a credit of 6 buoys is scored. If the skier completes the course without falling or missing any buoys, they receive credit for those 6 buoys, and in addition, they receive credit for all passes that preceded that particular pass that they just completed, even though they did not actually ski them. See chart below. At that point the skier typically will either increase the boat to the next predetermined speed, or if they are already at their maximum allowed speed, they will shorten the rope to the next predetermined length. This is usually done in sequential increments to the next speed or next rope length, but a skier can skip up.
What lakes in Oakland County have permanent Water Ski courses? Here they are!
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Below is the complete list of the lakes in Oakland County that have Water Ski courses on them. If you would like to find a lake house in Oakland County that has a water ski course on it give me a call at (248) 310-6239
Upper Long Lake Watkins Lake Waumegah Lake
If you and your family love water sports, but need to find the house that will allow you to pursue them, you need help from Russ Ravary. This list, Russ put together, will help you find the lakefront home of your dreams. Russ is knowledgeable about our local lakes, and he will help you find the home of your dreams! Be sure to mention the buyers bonus deal, he has going on now! Summer will be here sooner than you think, so plan ahead and get out on that water as soon as you can! Using the right realtor for the job is key to finding the perfect lake home. So don’t waste time with inexperienced realtors… use Russ Ravary, Oakland County’s lake real estate expert! Call Russ Ravary, (248)310-6239 & yesmyrealtor@gmail.com.
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