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Its you! Stop trying to convince yourself you're doing it right. Your handle is over your head and you're pulling in, pass over. Regina Lets her arms out as the ski comes around and she skis back to the handle with straight arms into leverage nice and progressive. Look at how tight the line is!!! She's back a bit in her glide but You can actually see her front foot push the ski down to initiate its inside edge. Rossi and jmac both glide a bit like that.

Bruce hit some keys for sure. Also nothing wrong with mixing it up and trying something different, 22 sucks I'd run 15 and then 22 and drop the speed a 1/2 mph at 28. I'm actually skiing all my harder passes 1/2 mph slower right now with 60 deg water. Feels like 34.2 a month ago when we were at 80+. Very short Setup at that site is causing weird things at your gate and your gate is where you loose the pass. Very little pullout intensity is causing you to slow down too much, try bing more progrwessive in your pullout but DONT get sucked back in!!!!!! The big bow on the line shows you are getting sucked in. 1 key I got from current top 5 pro was feel the load in my left arm (lff) on my pullout and glide to maintain the line tension. You are losing line tension which translates to no speed and lost direction to 1 ball. 28 is where the pull zone shortens and the pendulum takes effect. Its different for sure and takes time to learn. Same turn as 15 and 22 but work harder from the white water to white water, Resist pulling before the ski comes under the rope aka delay the pull. At your gate you are turning into slack and hammering it; be progressive! That goes back to the above re: maintaining speed and line tension in your glide. Ride the swing and have fun.

@webbdawg99 I am involved in the tournament scene, I "train" just like most of you, I just don't ski in them. Frankly in my area a lot of tourney scores are higher than practice. Better drivers,sites and a desire to get 1 more buoy. There are very few around me, they appear boring (lots of sitting around) and my weekends are very valuable to me. I think there is a huge disconnect between the tournament scene and water skiing in general, proven by this thread and many other comments., Frankly I don't need someone on an internet forum to tell me how inconsequential and meaningless the DECADES I've spent learning and the thousands upon thousands of dollars I've spent on this sport are. I know what I can do on the water. I look at a guy like Marcus Brown and think hes on the right program, we all need to be more like that guy. I love this sport and would like more opportunity for me and my kids to be involved. Probably idealistic but I also dream of running 38

@ms is that an invite? I dont have to go to tournaments to know tournament skiers... I also learn a lot from this forum about tournaments, maybe than is right that the internet is worse but that doesn't build your case for being inviting.

My first post on the site. Long time lurker with over 25 years skiing, Never even been to a tournament of any kind but I've followed the scene forever. Most waterskiers are in a similar boat as myself, with most being even less interested in competitive skiing. There are millions of water skiers in this world.. A few thousand competitors to put it in perspective... You'd think from the regular posters here we are in the minority. Time to wake up! The arrogance and egos are a big reason I have little interest in tournaments. Tournament participation is decreasing year after year and as a fan, potential competitor it saddens me. Its up to the current regime to change things, and to be more inclusive instead of exclusive. Who cares if you're pb is behind pp on a bowed out course, go ski with that guy and set his course record.