The 41s from Kaiafas

[Horton]

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[MDB1056]

Was great to watch. I doubt anyone expected 3X 

[lpskier]

Interesting. Nate got ahead of Freddie coming out of two ball but Freddie beat Nate over to four. Incredible acceleration out of three. 

[VONMAN]

And in the final only Nate did it again to win. While the rest of the field watched and wondered.

[whitem71]

Fantastic event, great energy, great performances but I can’t help wondering if all those people and dancers on the dock affected Freddie’s focus. Was a bit chaotic at the end there just before he skied - where was the special dock rope he talked about? 😆

[BraceMaker]

Are any of the boats in the European tours running on CNG or are they all running gasoline for these events?

I know many of these sites have their boats converted to dual fuel.  Just curious if any of the sites don't have the petrol.

[skialex]

It takes to run -41 to beat Nate and claim the win…  running-41 by multiple skiers,  in top tournaments,  could become more common in the near future. 

[Horton]

@skialex

let's not get carried away. Currently there's only three guys that have run it more than a handful of times.

[skialex]

20 minutes ago, Horton said:

@skialex

let's not get carried away. Currently there's only three guys that have run it more than a handful of times.

My point is that in order to have a chance to win, you have to run it… 

this is tough really… and yes currently only three guys have run it more than a handful of times.

Edited July 14, 2023 by skialex
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[APB]

It's crazy... just a few years ago the scores from this tournament would have caused massive uproar and dismissal on this board. Congrats to those for great skiing and the tournament organizers. Well done.

[Horton]

@APB yeah you have to look at all the scores on this event. The top 3 guys skied as well as they can and the rest of the field also put up logical scores. This event did raise some eyebrows but nothing really crazy abnormal. 

[jjackkrash]

It looks like lots of good slalom skiing behind the best trick boats ever built.   

[jjackkrash]

On 7/13/2023 at 2:26 PM, BraceMaker said:

Are any of the boats in the European tours running on CNG or are they all running gasoline for these events?

I know many of these sites have their boats converted to dual fuel.  Just curious if any of the sites don't have the petrol.

Last year at Hilltop there was a lot of discussion on the dock about CNG fueling most of the boats in Europe (and how it impacted some of the skiers).  I don't have any idea what was fueling these boats however.  

[BraceMaker]

@jjackkrash if that was CNG gimme some.

[Nath_mcg]

On 7/13/2023 at 10:26 PM, BraceMaker said:

Are any of the boats in the European tours running on CNG or are they all running gasoline for these events?

I know many of these sites have their boats converted to dual fuel.  Just curious if any of the sites don't have the petrol.

The boat for Kaiafas was just gasoline, it only had 27 hours on it to. Most of the commercial boats in Europe do use dual fuel though. 

[Andre]

3 minutes ago, Nath_mcg said:

The boat for Kaiafas was just gasoline, it only had 27 hours on it to. Most of the commercial boats in Europe do use dual fuel though. 

Great driving there Nath! Congrats!