CPC_1 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Picking up new to me ski for the new season from SIA. Looking at a 67” Butterknife and a 68” Syndicate V-type. I’m an open water skier and haven’t ventured into the course yet. For what it’s worth, I’m 50, 6’0” and 180. I like to ski around the 32-34mph. Thanks for any input ballers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TB29 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 @CPC_1 Those skis are both pretty much on opposite ends of the spectrum - the Butterknife being a very stable open water ski for a max speed of around 30mph, and the V-Type being a course ski "meant" for 34-36mph (could definitely be used at 32-34mph). What are you currently skiing on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BraceMaker Posted February 19, 2021 Baller Share Posted February 19, 2021 I would not ski that butterknife at your weight above maybe 26/27. I weigh the same and have skied a butterknife many times behind a pontoon at full throttle 24ish fun ski for that! If you are meaning to ski the course you might do better on the butterknife and spend a few weeks or months it will ski the course at much lower speeds and my opinion is get a ski to let someone run the course as slow as the boat needs to be as early in their skiing career as possible. By that I mean if you show up at my house and say you ski 34 open water I will put you on my HO hovercraft and go 15 if that's what it takes to get a full pass and we will switch skis and speed up but I do not let people ski 1 @15 off 32 4 times in a row. You get on a fat ski and we slow down and make passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bsmith Posted February 22, 2021 Baller Share Posted February 22, 2021 @BraceMaker I totally agree that you should teach beginners with a fat ski as slow as is needed for them to make the course. But do you start them at long line or 15 off when doing so? I always start them at long line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BraceMaker Posted February 22, 2021 Baller Share Posted February 22, 2021 @bsmith used to years ago when my fat ski options were horrendous. I think we were just torturing people - put them on an obrien amigo with a slider binding and send them out there long line. The falls were at least funny. Now I don't usually mostly because that extra 15 feet of rope is always removed so its not all coiled up in the boat and I use it for mooring lines and such. And also if the person isn't reliable on deep water starts it sounds silly but that extra rope makes getting set back up a longer process every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPC_1 Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 Decided to go with the Butterknife. Looking forward to the season. I’ll keep y’all posted. Thank you for the insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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