Baller skispray Posted January 4, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2021 @adamhcaldwell you are insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted January 4, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted January 4, 2021 That might be the best skiing photo I have ever seen. Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ReallyGottaSki Posted January 4, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2021 heh, and thats off side.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jayski Posted January 4, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2021 First thing I noticed was the lack of ski in contact with water and thinking "dam...that is a good trough behind that Boo, probably a disadvantage to the skier...wonder which boats have a lesser trough at 41 & 43 But ya, committed 100% beastmode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted January 4, 2021 Supporting Member Share Posted January 4, 2021 Stand tall; body perpendicular to ski; load the line not the ski*. The man practices what he preaches! *I hope I don't have that backwards. That would be kinda embarassing, but my excuse is I haven't skied more than a few sets in last 18 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skinut Posted January 4, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2021 I saw that and I still am not comprehending how its done. If I tried that I would have ended up on the the shoreline or the next state. Fantastic skiiing. #Ilovemydenali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Tom351 Posted January 4, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2021 Not only is that the most insane pull I have ever seen (on or off side), but it happened thru the gates....which makes it even more impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted January 4, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted January 4, 2021 If we were asked to bet cash on if he crashed or not and later shown the video in full, the lions share of us would have lost big time. ? Don’t know if it’s just the pic making it look as if he’s looking up, but if I ended up in a lean like that, I’d be looking up to the heavens as well, praying ? I survive the next 2.5 seconds. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Bruce_Butterfield Posted January 4, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted January 4, 2021 I just love those “light on the line” skiers! If it was easy, they would call it Wakeboarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted January 4, 2021 Supporting Member Share Posted January 4, 2021 Actually, I think he's in a surprisingly safe and (dynamically) stable position in that photo. Think of that classic high school physics thing with a weight on the end of a string. Once that thing is spun up, all of the line tension is coming from centripetal force -- the need of the string to pull the mass toward the center because the mass's natural path is to lengthen the string, and the string resists lengthening in the form of tension. Of great importance, our heroic mass doesn't need to apply any pressure anywhere and it won't "slip" to the inside. Its momentum alone creates a nice stable ride around the circle. So, with Caldwell having already established a pile of momentum and thus line tension, there is no need for his ski to be contacting the water in order for everything to proceed as desired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lakeaustinskier Posted January 4, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2021 @Than_Bogan " there is no need for his ski to be contacting the water"......... Is that why Adam Caldwell is the Chuck Norris of Skiing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted January 4, 2021 Supporting Member Share Posted January 4, 2021 Yes. But also "at that moment" was supposed to be implied there. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted January 4, 2021 Administrators Share Posted January 4, 2021 @Than_Bogan Actually, I think he's in a surprisingly safe and (dynamically) stable position in that photo. Maybe at the moment but in about 5 feet his mass has to come up and the ski has to go move away from the pylon in a controlled way. It works for him but I would need a LOT of scotch before I would try to copy this position. 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...
Baller skispray Posted January 4, 2021 Author Baller Share Posted January 4, 2021 @Horton you mean to say you can’t do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BobF Posted January 4, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2021 The bottom of that ski with the entire logo showing would make a great ad. if he weren't also moving at the speed of light. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Bruce_Butterfield Posted January 4, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted January 4, 2021 Ok @Horton you’re on! I’ll buy the Scotch. @Dirt can take the video. If it was easy, they would call it Wakeboarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted January 4, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted January 4, 2021 It says turning 2 ball but is that a gate ball in the photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ReallyGottaSki Posted January 4, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2021 Yeah if it's really two ball, he's late, or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Adam Caldwell Posted January 4, 2021 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2021 We call that “I-beam”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skispray Posted January 5, 2021 Author Baller Share Posted January 5, 2021 @The_MS @ReallyGottaSki thats a screen capture from a video. The video showed gates, 1, & 2. The image is him going through the gates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted January 5, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted January 5, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OTF Posted January 5, 2021 Members Share Posted January 5, 2021 @adamhcaldwell I’ve done the I beam after too much Jim Beam but only on accident and it didn’t end well, you sir are an animal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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