Baller AdamCord Posted June 20, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 20, 2020 @adamhcaldwell ran 41 and .5@43off last weekend at the Trophy Lakes record tournament. With all this talk about boat path issues it's starting to feel like every time someone runs 41 in a record event we need to see what the boat path looked like. The images below are from the Splasheye system of the boat paths for his 41off and 43off passes. Jeff Gilbert was behind the wheel and did an amazing job. Boat was a 6L Malibu TXI. Ski obviously a Denali C75. For what it's worth they also were running the Surepath system all day Friday in practice as well as during the tournament on Saturday. Caldwell made the comment that he felt like after some time using Surepath all the drivers in the tourney both felt better to him as well as reduced the deviation in their passes. He also said that the differences between the drivers was reduced once they got dialed in with Surepath. In any case this was some great skiing by Caldwell and great driving by Jeff, Congrats guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller markn Posted June 20, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 20, 2020 Not only is that impressiver skiing, that is also impressive driving. Thanks for posting and hopefully viewers know at what they are looking. That surepath is pretty dang cool...and does provide accurate, real time data and feed back. No question about that 41! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller klindy Posted June 20, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 20, 2020 @markn I do not believe SureParh was used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BlueSki Posted June 20, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 20, 2020 I got to ride in the boat with my son when Caldwell ran 41 in practice. That was awesome, as was the driving. His regular driver is excellent and super nice guy to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller AdamCord Posted June 20, 2020 Author Baller Share Posted June 20, 2020 @klindy Caldwell corrected me, they used Surepath Friday in practice and Saturday in the tourney but not Sunday in the tourney, so it wasn't being used for this set. He turned 5 ball twice on Saturday at 41, then made a fin change for Sunday and ran it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted June 20, 2020 Baller_ Share Posted June 20, 2020 A very senior US official described it after watching the video: “World class skiing. World class driving.” Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad_Scott Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Great skiing and driving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller T_C Posted June 20, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 20, 2020 The Surepath system is lagitt. It has made all the drivers at our lake better. After looking at Tim"s numbers we all have something to strive for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller T_C Posted June 20, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 20, 2020 Sorry I mean Jeff's numbers. By the way for those of you who don't those numbers show he was dead center everywhere except he was about 1 inch toward the skier at 1 ball and about 1/2 inch away from the skier at 2. That is truly amazing driving!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted June 20, 2020 Supporting Member Share Posted June 20, 2020 Just got word that Denali will be increasing the price of the c75 each time Caldwell runs -41 in tournament. So you might wanna buy one soon! :smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted June 20, 2020 Administrators Share Posted June 20, 2020 @Chad_Scott can you give a brief explanation about how to exactly read that numeric table? Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Drop a dime in the can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad_Scott Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 yes The 41 off pass- The driver was -.05cm away from the skier at 1 ball. at 2 ball the driver was plus 1.6 cm towards the skier. 3 ball boat was away from the skier -3.8cm. 4 ball towards the skier plus 2.1 cm. 5 ball - 8.1 cm away from the skier and 6 ball away from the skier- 2.8 cm. Over all this phenomenal driving by Jeff Gilbert and even better skiing by Adam. The outside number represent the cumulative deviation which was -11.7 cm away from the skier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Splasheye Posted June 20, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 20, 2020 Just a reminder that the analysis @AdamCord posted can be done in about 15 seconds after each pass using standard end-course camera setup and a $200 usb video capture dongle that you may already have for SplashEye Jump. GPS is absolutely the answer for all this but in the meantime....www.splasheye.com/splasheyedrive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller T_C Posted June 20, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 20, 2020 @Chad_Scott The chart below that was even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Stefan Posted June 20, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 20, 2020 Re the lower chart; Isn’t it so that since Caldwell scored 0,5 just the first two bouys were measured, no need for more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller T_C Posted June 20, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 20, 2020 Yea I didn't look at the score. Still amazing driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Adam Caldwell Posted June 20, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 20, 2020 We’re definitely spoiled with amazing drivers in the Carolina's. They all talk, communicate, give feedback, ask for feedback, work hard at what they do, and are passionate about their craft. I am forever grateful to our group of dedicated skiers who continually support tournaments and everything we do at Trophy Lakes. Also, cannot thank Malibu boats enough for setting us up with such a great product and amazing boat - this thing is tuned and dialed for big scores! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gmut Posted June 22, 2020 Baller Share Posted June 22, 2020 Jeff Gilbert...GREAT driver and all around great guy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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