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Did someone say boating.....??? Just back from 5 days at Lake Powell! Didn't miss a game....

75' - 6 bedroom/3 bath, houseboat.

We were at Lake Powell back in March--just after the kids' regular season was over and my buddy and I finished spring league. Played/swam one day at Lone Rock. Then returned for more dropin and two adult tournaments. Whitewater kayaking and rafting--not much snowmelt left, so we have a few good weeks remaining to hit the rivers. ..I just spent an awesome week on the Middle Fork of the Salmon. 8 days out, 6 on the river. Kayaked the big water and rafted the two mellower days. We have an older Bayliner to get the kids out on tubes and kneeboards. My LO can link 10 360's!

Played in my actual final tourney of the season. REALLY fun intermediate tourney. Two teams from our area played in the intermediate division and one in the upper division. The other team was the favorite, and they clearly excelled in their performance in the local taverns. We played better on the ice. Lost one game and missed the chipper by a point, but we won the 3rd-4th place game 3-1. I had two goals and two assists for the weekend, and haven't skated for a month. Time for boating season. Life is good!

Picked up my new ride yesterday. 2015 Ford Escape. First time I've ever owned a brand new car (only 251km on it at delivery). Pretty psyched.

Had my surgery yesterday. Turns out my pain wasn't from my sutures, but that I had a hernia. So I guess it was a good thing I had it done. Now I can finally get going in the right direction healing wise.

F*** that's ugly.

I've been wondering about the difference as well. Hockey Monkey lists the Mako II as 840 grams and the same size Mako M8 as 852 grams, so only a very slight difference in weight. Over in the Easton catalog thread, I asked if anyone could clarify what the material differences are between the models. From what I recall reading, the original Mako had a Texalium composite shell, not carbon composite. I don't know anything about how those two compare in performance or anything, just that they're different composite fabrics used in similar ways for composite part construction. What's potentially significant about the difference in Texalium on the original Mako and composite on the II, M8, etc. is the catalog lists a C-number, which could be the carbon content of the fabric? From my understanding, carbon can be substituted for fiberglas or other heavier materials, with similar end performance, just with higher stiffness in full-carbon fabrics and less in those containing some glas, etc. In the case of the 3-tiered Mako line, the C-numbers drop from C-100 to C-80 and C-50 from the top of the line (C-100) down to the bottom (C-50). I'm guessing at most of this, so anyone with better knowledge, please correct my misunderstandings. If I'm reading/guessing right, there's a 20% glas (or similar) content in the M8 compared to the Mako II and that doesn't make for that much of a weight increase.

Hoping this is your last hurdle... Good luck on your recovery from surgery!