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Looks like plenty of exercise. Measure your portions to calibrate your portion sizing or read the box and eat 1 serving. eat for performance not "weight loss" 5-6 meals a day. The three main ones should be around 350-500 calories and two to three snacks such as granola bar fruit even semi plain typical snacks that aren't terrible probably about 150-300 calories. Make sure to eat 3 fruits and 5 veg servings daily this is what builds a good healthy body. And maybe try jogging, ellipticals tend to be very liberal on the number of calories they say you burn. For jogging walk on and off and have an easy effort be light on your feet and run smooth. The speed comes later work on distance first. 5-15 miles a week depending on your abilities. Nasm cpt ces, nesta, ncsf certified and 6 years experience. With my open rating in slalom

10 sets in at Skiview this month. It's way to comfortable for February, I've been contemplating the wetsuit to start taking care of spray leg.

Does anyone know if there will be a live webcast for the moomba masters events?

Skied today, Olympia Washington Set #2 for the year, air was around 55 water about 50.

ToddL is right on point. 2014 softer layup which is more close to an industry standard, 2013s were stiffer than usual but that's what they were going for. Speed skin is new for 2014, also the radioactive graphics are available for 2014 and it's a really good looking ski.

slaloming 3-4 days a week since late February, first tournament came out with a score of 2@39. Trick skiing 2 days/week need to bump that up and am planning on breaking out the jumpers for the first time in two years since ankle injury seems fully healed after otf.

I see the back leg collapsed but despite that your weight is centered over it. When approaching course stand tall over front foot. At the pullout you dig real deep, to reduce this and create more glide, lean more laterally and less away from the boat in order to not dig so much. Stand tall again on your left foot and coast. Try and ski here more. The whole way to 1 ball the ski is In front of you, stay over that front foot, knee and hip fully extended nearly straight. during the edge change and preturn the ski needs to transfer under and behind you in order to be over the optimum part of the ski. Once again try and stay tall and stacked with the left leg, it's a better place to ride the ski, more speed and better turns. Also remember that ques such as be forward are ques, not end points so just as you can be to far back there is a to far forward. Move forward to find your neutral/ optimum riding position.

I keep my sets short,6 passes max. I take rest 3-4 days if I've been skiing a lot. And I get someone to video which often points out the fault contributing to the slump.

First job was working at a local ski shop as a sales associate and detailing boats when it wasn't busy in there. That's when I learned that working in the ski industry = little to no skiing because peak season for sales is spring/summer and therefore I had to be working. From there I went to a snow ski shop and reaffirmed the same thing....

The set screws will make life way easier. Give the fin a pop to make sure it's seated up against the three set screws then use an Allen tool to adjust the fin via the screws. Real easy. Then when you move the fin start with quarter turns, measure frequently and the more you do that the more feel you will acquire and you will be dialed!

Own 32 inside and out. Horton is right good alignment of your body during lean is imperative for leverage. Edge change needs to be early and handle needs to be inside the Bouy line. Also try and keep a tight line, slack line = delayed acceleration and you will get late. Also try the pass early on in your sets at least by the third pass and try it 2 maybe 3 times Max per set so fatigue is not a factor. To often I see people take to many passes, it's better to take more small sets, I take 6 passes max and am a fitness freak running mountain marathons, crossfit etc. I'm a trainer. Slow the boat down if you need to.

I've used intow for a while now. Used masterlineusa before. Both are great I just prefer the simplicity of intow. Curved is good if you tend to get strained forearms or tennis elbow. It might take a set or two to adjust. I use both in order to ski more sets and because I use both can interchange without any adjustment time. Go intow!

The finish of two probably felt great because you finished with lots of angle and load, however this sent you into 3 with tons of speed hense the slack. If you wanna try a fin adjust I suggest shallowing it up and making it longer... Not sure your current settings but I think this setting will help you initiate your turns sooner and enable the tail to slide the finish better aiding if your late or have slack and preventing to much lean lock or really hard finishes. It ought to help out especially at these longer lines.

Yeah the a3 is very consistent on both sides, and like I said it just requires a good reach to initiate and finish the turn. I find myself able to make a mistake and still be in the pass. It's predictable so on my 100% runnable passes, 28-35, I find myself making few mistakes.

By the way the former versions of the A3 were very stiff in comparison to industry standards.

The 2014 a3 has been updated with a softer flex than previous versions. It Skis really well still fast and responds well to fin adjustments. Since riding this ski I have run more 38's than in my entire life. I see people on the vapor and it appears to have a tendency to wheelie. The A3 definitely turns automatically with the extension of an arm. I am using practically stick fin settings and binding placement with the 66".

I think that will be a good ski and the right size. The theory is wider if I'm not mistaken therefore goes along with the idea of surface area being the biggest favor in ski sizing.

Height has a bit to do with it also, if you are a lever then more height gives you better leverage and enables the use of a longer ski. If your 5'9" or above go 66". I'm 5'9" 145 and ski on a 66" at 36mph with no trouble turning it. 67" starts to feel big, 65 real easy to turn but lacks acceleration and I have a tendency to overturn and blow tail out. The exception is with mid-wide skis because the extra width keeps the skis surface area the same as a 66" and therefore turns tighter but has an equal ride height.

Chris, It seems an important factor of running short line passes, 38 and beyond, is to establish width sooner. A new concept I've recently been introduced to goes on to say that instead of trying to maintain max angle after the wakes one should ski directly at the Bouy. This goes against a lot of what people have been trying to do for so long but actually makes great sense because a shorter path will save time and space. Thoughts, agree, disagree? I can explain more but have a feeling you might already be with me here.

I ski at a lake in Olympia (Skiview) and put on 3 tournaments. I'm a m2 skier also. Look forward to seeing you around the nw in the future.

I think I'm going to fix a boot to the plate. I can always go back to rubber. I think the ski is so small it's not a large enough lever to likely cause injury. Will a fluid motion be better or a reflex? Or make my own? I've heard the fluid motion's chunky ness decreases responsiveness/ ski perception. But it seems like it may mount better. On another note have you all been tricking? My first set was Sunday looking forward to tomorrow.

Jody, do you see more full rubber wraps or with Eva heal and or toe?

Get the book "becoming a supple leopard". It is a great book for performance, maintenance and rehab. Learning to stabilize the upper and lower body and to align and brace the core is the underlying theme but in addition Kelly Starrett has excellent mobilization techniques that should speed up and most thoroughly complete recovery. These include flossing with a voodoo band (great for inflammation, ungluing tissues and promoting rom) smashing with lacrosse ball and barbells to the direct area including joint capsule then upstream or downstream to surrounding areas because the whole shoulder and arm complex must be treated. Anyways I could go on forever just check it out.

I've used Wiley's mostly, and slalom with reflex. When I used the reflex for trick it was great I had a better feel for the ski not to mention it's more comfortable. The problem I run into is my rear shin hits the release usually when landing flips, not the real clean ones but during minor or major faults it hits. I've considered a shin guard but really want a release that isn't in the way. I see fluid motion has the air release I think it's called, any feedback on this? Also this is a hand pass only trick, do I need a release? Fm also offers a fixed set up, thoughts on this? All Comments and recommendations appreciated.

Is the objective of the finish of the turn to have less lean? When dryland skiing it seems to make sense to finish the turn more upright pivoting the finish on a horizontal axis with ski under head and as far from the boat as possible. It seems to influence an on point edge change avoiding lean lock by allowing the skier to gradually increase lean feeding the ski closer to the boat as he approaches the wakes and then an undo process leads to a preturn with lots of space. This approach seams to work with an idea that we swing back as we travel across course from Bouy to wake and it could reduce distance traveled.