I received the below email today. Attached are early fin setting instructions that look to have been typed by Kris LaPoint. If you are a waterski history fan, this is pretty cool stuff.
"JT,
I was going through a bunch of old ski stuff and came across this. Don't know where it came from, but it's kinda cool to look back at. What a simple time. Now you see how I used that ruler on my swiss army knife to set depth and tail when I was back at Cory's.
Scot"
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In this time when new techniques and styles are evolving, I think some skiers lose sight of the core fundamentals of body position and technique. To become a more accomplished skier is to master the fundamentals and then find the refinements that will take you to the next level. Below is a look at one of the most fundamental building blocks of proper skiing.
“Your Ski is a Lever” is an article that I wrote in 2004. Since then some of my thinking as evolved but the basic concepts have not changed.
For the first installment of the BallOfSpray interview series I asked Adam Cord if he would allow me to pepper him with a few questions.
Classic footage of water skiing at Horton Lake in 1973
I don't know where to start....what to say. I had 2 heroes growing up: Bob LaPoint, and Andy Mapple. As a testament to how incredible the towed Watersports industry is, I have become friends with both of my heroes through the years. Bob is someone I work very close with, and consider a great friend and mentor. Aside from having the pleasure of competing against Andy for multiple years on the Pro Tour, I had another, deeper relationship.
