tweek or not to tweek

[Donski]

 

Having a problem with keeping my ski on edge during my toe side pre turn. I had an observer watching my last sets on Sunday he said I was not getting enough of the front of my ski in the water and my ski was kind a proposing or rolling back of edgenot staying set. His advice was to force my knees forward up over the ski and in towards the buoy. When I did this the ski stopped proposing and started to carve. The comment was better but need to be more on edge and and i was not finishing the turn.

Question: I believe the observers advise was good and something I should work on but should I having to work that hard to keep the ski on edge. No problems on my heel side turn.

Currant #s are 06 d3 X5 66.5"weight 150 lbs.

Carbon Fin

 .742 (heads)

6.831 (tips)

2.484

Foil 7 degrees and front D3 binding set at stock 28 15/16"

Add a little length?

[Horton]

You could call me Saterday and have me ride in the boat. Your are SkiWest Donny? Right? Don't Listen to Wolfy!

[Donski]

Hey John,

Yes it's SkiWest Donny and good guess where the advice came from. I won't be up there next weekend but will be around the following one and would love some help.

[Thomas Wayne]

Sounds to me like you already have plenty of length.  If you're looking for a tune fix (as opposed to technique changes) I'd suggest moving the fin forward (more dft) and/or more wing angle.

TW

(PS: 2.484 [on that ski] seems a little shallow to me, but YMMV.)

 

[ForrestGump]

Here are the stock numbers for that ski. You're pretty far off from that. Were it me, I'd reset the ski to the factory numbers and give it a go. That ski has a TON of testing over the years and those factory numbers are pretty good for most skiers.

 lenght 6.93 tips
depth 2.517
DFT .770 needle
bindings 29.5
wing 7