If you have ever skied at BallOfSpray HQ there is one thing I tell every skier. Guess what it is?

[Horton]

 

 

 

[mbabiash]

Legs straight.

[ALPJr]

Stack

[jmvana1]

Stack before load

[Skoot1123]

Bend that back knee!

[skidawg]

What kind of beer did you bring me? Can you drive straight?

[Than_Bogan]

What I see is "stay over the ski." Every single shot the skier is remaining perpendicular to the ski.

[DefectiveDave]

Never let @Dirt borrow a ski? I think that is by far the most common advice on BoS.

[dchristman]

9 out of 10 skiers prefer Radar? RFF is best?

[MattP]

It's never to windy to ski.

[gregy]

Bring beer

[dbressel]

keep the tip down and get more ski in the water. They all have such great control of their center of mass in such difficult condition.

[Bruce_Butterfield]

@Horton you're not capable of telling anyone just 1 thing:

 

1. Bring beer

2. Bring good beer

3. Bring Scotch

4. Man is that Skidawg ever a jerk

5. Your fin is all whacked out

6. I HATE people who use long links

7. I ski too much

8. I'm getting bored with this website crap. I need to get a real job

9. Your ski is a lever and you are a teeter totter

10. You don't need to stack if you are on the right ski

11. Dang Rossi is getting old. Look at that Gray hair

 

[gregy]

Stand tall? They get a lot ski in the water!

[Horton]

@Bruce_Butterfield yes yes #11 is the right answer. @Chris Rossi

 

[thager]

Radar Rocks!

 

[The_MS]

I think I have some old carbon fins for you to try.

[Fehlindra]

They all have 7 degree wedges under there bindings

[DanE]

Don't pee in the lake?

[riplash]

No long links?

[skidawg]

My favorite is---don't forget to let the rope out

[acmx]

You have to wear a Go Pro on your chest

[motoskier]

Don't Suck

[OTF]

Those southern Canadians are the best, @MS is my hero

[OldboyII]

Clinchers is not a bad thing at all.

[harddock]

Get invited back!

[Bill22]

Can you drive straight and babysit at the same time?

[klindy]

Wait later ... Cut harder!

[6balls]

I think you would tell me not to quit my day job.

[Chef23]

Get a Radar? I love that picture of Brooks.

[Razorskier1]

Can't you see all these guys are just a lot better than you?

[bogboy]

Ski more real estate, urgency, and a snow cone maker, or espresso machine strapped to your chest.

[skiep]

Take the wing off!

[Edbrazil]

My input would be: "Don't be a Spazz"

[jdarwin]

"I’ve undergone a complex personal evolution wherein painful confusion has given way to what I like to think is some degree of wisdom culminating in my current Zarathustrian sense of self..."

[wawaskr]

Take the length sticker off of the back of your ski

[Horton]

How about just stand up tall on the ski. Extend your legs and keep your head higher off the water.

[aupatking]

Straighten your legs. And, "the setup is funky because they dug my lake wrong" (from the family that brought us the first lake).

Sorry for not bringing good beer. Next trip

[gregy]

@Horton that's 3 things.

[Wolfeie]

Your all wrong.....we can hear Horton from our lake next door. "If you

beat my buoy count you not invited back."

[Wolfeie]

answer #2 "what are you working on?"

[gt2003]

Hey, did you know BOS has a Homepage...

[DaveD]

"make sure my wife doesn't see me to do this"

[Drago]

Straighten your back leg ( which I'm not seeing :)

[Horton]

@Drago you see a lot on bend? Or do you strong legs?

[Drago]

I see the back leg bent more than the front.

[Horton]

@Drago perception vs reality. I say "try" to ski tall with straight lets. I do not expect anyone to actually go all Jeff Rogers and actually get their legs locked out straight.

[Drago]

10-4, I actually lol when JR rounds one ball. Amazing with a touch of envy.

[ToddL]

FWIW, the straighten the back leg technique to stand taller and move COM forward over the front foot is legit. I coach beginners to do this as part of a pre-pullout and post exit gates inventory of body position. I believe that muscle memory is real and habitually doing something correctly is the foundation of better technique. Thus, as many seconds as possible that a skier can stand tall and over the front foot is a valuable building block to better stance in the course.

[Horton]

@toddl the next time i see you use the word "thus" i will ban you for a week