Baller Kelvin Posted July 9, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2021 Saturday Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller UWSkier Posted July 9, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2021 Hope the weather holds up for you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller klindy Posted July 9, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2021 So far the weather is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted July 10, 2021 Administrators Share Posted July 10, 2021 Pro Womens round one is about over. Tune in. 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 Andre Posted July 10, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2021 And since it's on Youtube ,you can go back to the beginning. Brooke Baldwin was skiing early and it's worth it.Good ski from Whitney too. My ski finish in 16.95 but my ass is out of tolerance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller NikolG Posted July 10, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2021 Congrats to Brooke!!! 1 @ 41’ off!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Andre Posted July 10, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2021 Good webcast @Kelvin ! Thanks! My ski finish in 16.95 but my ass is out of tolerance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Cooper_Trelawney Posted July 10, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2021 Truly enjoyed watching Joel Poland single wake cut a 153' jump and Jack Critchley 3/4 wake cut a 195'. Tons of talent and great fundamentals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller UWSkier Posted July 11, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2021 Great job on the webcast today @Kelvin! Curious what happened to Will. I know he was signed up. Isn't he an hour down the road in Chicago these days? Was impressive how many guys ran 39 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Andre Posted July 11, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2021 That light blue Mastercraft is really classy looking. The early 90' light blue was not to my liking but this one is nice! My ski finish in 16.95 but my ass is out of tolerance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RAWSki Posted July 11, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2021 Nice job on the web-cast and some great skiing-- love the head to head format. Poland's first and last jump was a little scary and a bummer way to end but glad he is OK. Did I miss the "Pro Team" element of this or was it not incorporated this year?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MichaelWiebe Posted July 11, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2021 Great webcasting @Kelvin Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jhughes Posted July 12, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2021 Really entertaining webcast to watch this weekend, we really enjoyed it both days. Thanks to all involved. Lots of big scores including (3?) 41s from Nate, amazing. CP returns with some strong scores, Whitney is back with deep 39's, lots of good stuff right here in the midwest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ESPNSkier Posted July 12, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2021 I had the opportunity to help out with the webcast this weekend and I came away with a huge amount of appreciation and gratitude for @Kelvin and the other fine folks who put on these webcasts! It is much harder than it looks and these folks do an outstanding job in representing tournament skiing! Thank you for doing what you do!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller klindy Posted July 12, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2021 Thanks for your help @ESPNSkier!! You guys did an awesome job!! Sorry for standing in your shot too often!! I really did try to stay in the background! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ESPNSkier Posted July 12, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2021 Thanks @klindy, it was a great tournament! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Andre Posted July 12, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2021 Also good work from the announcer who was working solo! ( ...a BOS member?) My ski finish in 16.95 but my ass is out of tolerance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller klindy Posted July 12, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2021 @Andre that was Jim Powell who is the Eastern Region EVP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller teammalibu Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 @klindy did you not run Surepath? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller klindy Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 @teammalibu we did use SurePath. We also used end course video. In essence SurePath was use to aid the monitoring of the EC video. I watched a lot of passes in the prelims and the driving was as good as I’ve seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Cnewbert Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 I have a question: In two different interviews following two different runs, John Travers said the boat was too slow getting up to speed which affected his gate cut in one instance as I recall and maybe both. In any case, with such tight tolerances for speeds, timing and boat path, why wasn’t he given re-rides? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller klindy Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 @Cnewbert the lake is adequate but fairly short with the boat going straight in on both ends. While there were drop noodles for skiers to stop at, it's still a challenge to get up to speed. Couple that with 58kph speeds and it's tough to get up to speed. There really wasn't anything possible to do to improve it. ZO would lock in before the green buoys per the rules but many times the pullout for the gate is right there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Cnewbert Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 @klindy thanks for the explanation. So basically, the speed was within tolerance, but barely, so no re-ride. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Ed_Johnson Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 Sure didn't effect Nate much, running three 41's and trying 43 !!! PS: Thanks for the "Great Video" coverage of the whole event..Definitely made my weekend !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller klindy Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 @Cnewbert again it’s perfectly adequate but not as long as some skiers may like. I would not necessarily agree with “but barely”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Cnewbert Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 @klindy thanks for the clarification. @Ed_Johnson agreed. To the best of my recollection, JT was the only one who mentioned it (on camera at least) and as you point out, if someone can run three 41s in two days the set up and boat speed must have been adequate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Fastguy888 Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 Now with the song playing in my head "I can't drive to the 55's" : @Cnewbert & @klindy bring up interesting concept on boat speed through 55's. I have seen a few post on this but nothing conclusive. I am curios on the rule for this? Seems the boat should be at speed by the entry 55's and through the finish 55's; would guess the boats were at Stillwater but it was close. Imagine an extreme example of a boat accelerating through the 55's at 40mph then Zero Off or PP getting it down to 36 / 34... at the entry gate and running a clean time. Because the skier accelerates and decelerates at a different speed than the boat you would have huge slack trying to get your gate. Even more interesting is the exit gates; a boat could almost spin and stop before a long line skier exited the gates after a good time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Cnewbert Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 @Fastguy888 I have skied behind a couple of PP boats that would accelerate past the set speed by a few mph, before backing off to the set speed. I don’t have enough experience with them to know if this is normal for PP. My ZO boat however accelerates to the set speed and locks on without going faster by more than 1/10 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bojans Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 From google earth it looks like the 55's at Stillwaters are ~400' from shore with a total lake length of ~2,000'. How does that compare to other sites that pull straight in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller LeonL Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 I don't know about other sites, but straight in from only 400' (we know the skier isn't touching the shoreline, so it's less than that) is a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller klindy Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 @Fastguy888 What @Cnewbert said. You're over thinking this. The lake is similar to a lot of other lakes out there. It's generally assumed that the boat is "at speed" at the 55's and will remain at that speed thru the exit gates (not the far 55's as you suggest). I am not aware of anything specific in the AWSA rule book defining exactly where the boat must be "at speed". Seems there may be something in the boat drivers manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MattP Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 There is a difference in the boat being "up to speed" at the pre gates and settled at speed at/before the pre-gates that can lead to in inconstant gate pullout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller buoyboy1 Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 Getting back to the webcast quality, I really like that they implemented the skier name and line length screen graphic. This made scrolling back through the archive insanely efficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller klindy Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 I’m surprised no one mentioned that we ran women’s and men’s brackets together. Was that better? No big deal? Didn’t notice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MichaelWiebe Posted July 13, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2021 Together is nice. Liked that. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller UWSkier Posted July 14, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 14, 2021 Agreed with above comments. Men's and Women's together is great for those who just care to watch slalom. And the permanent bug on the upper left corner with skier name and rope length is something the other webcasts should definitely add. I'm also a "watch a few hours later" type and use Youtube on my Roku to move around to what I want to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skigirl Posted July 14, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 14, 2021 @klindy , I noticed you ran the men and women brackets together and liked it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Fastguy888 Posted July 14, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 14, 2021 I really enjoyed watching the tournament and grateful for all the volunteers that enabled me to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RAWSki Posted July 15, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 15, 2021 Any place that is willing to organize and pull off an event like last weekend and see several amazing scores posted is fine by me. Sure people can knit pick lake length or water roll out.....but hey we are a side show sport. Great job all around Stillwater team. It's funny in the pro tour "hey days", that everyone longs for, ALL the sites were far from Ideal but everyone got the same pull and skied their best for the site. I really think that was more intriguing than "who can ski perfectly in perfect conditions" week after week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PatM Posted July 15, 2021 Baller Share Posted July 15, 2021 There will always be skiers that complain about something and those who just go out and get it done and keep it to themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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