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@skialex , It seems as though the 3-year warranty mentioned on this website does not apply in the USA: http://www.camaro.at/en/company/drei_jahres_service.php Apparently that policy is only a 1-year manufacturer defect warranty. I called the number listed on the website. I just realized you are based in Greece so apparently the policy is different in the EU. Thanks! I'm going to try messaging @waterskigirl per @MattP suggestion to see if there is another approach to fixing it.

Wakeye and JVC GZ-HM65 camcorder. It should give you a closer up view than the GoPro. The drawback is that the video itself is of slightly lower quality.

@Ryota, Congrats, nice skiing!

@skialex and @A_B, Interesting, I wasn't aware of the repair guarantee with Camaro. It looks like it should apply in the states: http://www.camaro.at/en/company/drei_jahres_service.php I'll call them on Monday and report back. This might be the best option as I have some tape coming loose on the inside as well. I've tried repairing it with urethane adhesive but it hasn't been very effective for that purpose (consistent with @skialex 's observations as well).

@skialex, @eleeski, and @A_B, Here is the tear in the wetsuit. Repairable? https://youtu.be/jYdyn-fvbi4

@wtrskior and @rodltg2 , I would gladly wear a pink spray leg if it was functional, haha. I'm going to check out the suggestions of @gsm_peter and @oldjeep. The spray leg I currently have is great in the spring, but maybe the design considerations for my current use case are a little different. Plus, there is the added benefit of being able to try it on in the store. Thanks! @skialex and @eleeski , I'll post a picture this evening when I get home. There's actually a small patch about 1 inch in diameter that has come loose. It is still hanging on by a bit of material though. Perhaps it's more repairable than I thought.

Hey ballers, I damaged my Camaro Blacktec two weeks ago when my shin hit my reflex boot during a fall. It was just a nick at first, but I didn't realize it until it was too late and it ended up getting much worse during my next deep water start. Anyway, it doesn't look possible at this point to repair the neoprene so I've started wearing a spray leg over it. This works very well and there's the added benefit that it prevents any water from going up my rear leg while skiing. However, the spray leg I have is very rigid and a bit too small. I'm going to order a larger one and I seem to have a few options from radar, eagle, straightline, and body guard. Does anyone have an idea of which one of these (or maybe one I haven't mentioned) might be the best option? It doesn't need to be very thick. I actually prefer it to be thin and flexible to make it easier to fit over the wetsuit. Thanks!

@Than_Bogan and @Wish , Thanks for the update! I'm excited that there are people out there so passionate about ski design, even though it is all just a joke to screw with @Horton.

Your 14m video in the other thread looked very smooth and easy. However, at 13m you are heading straight at one ball after your gate. I believe you actually look great right until you hit centerline, at that point you seem like you stay in your lean just a split second too long and then when you unload rapidly in the white-wash and get thrown straight at the ball. This is very similar to what I've been working on lately at 13m. I'm finding that I need to end my pull just a hair earlier and then try to maintain my outbound direction for best results. There are lots of ways to think about maintaining outbound direction such as: - leading arm pressure - trailing arm pressure (pretty much the exact opposite of leading arm pressure, but it works for some) - looking at a point on the shore across course - looking at a point 10-15 ft before the buoy There are others too, but different things work for different people depending upon our individual "feel" throughout the course. Good luck!

@LeonL, That's a great idea for those that have a power supply. Unfortunately it doesn't work for me. I actually have a bilge heater that I can use, but I have to keep the boat at a storage unit due to the HOA policies in my neighborhood. No available power outlet for the light or heater. Still, it seems like a great idea for others who might be in a similar situation. Are there spark or other ignition concerns with the light? I know my bilge heater is rated to be run around gasoline or diesel.

Hey guys, thanks for the input. I winterized today after work. I just drained the blocks, exhaust manifolds, impellor, and raw water u-joint. I don't have an oil cooler or heater coil luckily so it only took about 15 minutes, 5 of which was covering and uncovering the boat. I'll just winterize it after skiing from now on until I switch to skiing only on weekends at a site where I can run power to the bilge heater.

@Chef23, Thanks for the comment. The boat is stored on a trailer and I'm going out to winterize this afternoon. I thought I had at least one more week without winterizing every time I ski, haha. Oh well, such is life.

So I haven't winterized my boat yet and was caught with my pants down when the temperature fell to 26F last night. The local weather was predicting 34F last night with lows of 40F the rest of the week. It was low-50F most of yesterday afternoon and it looks like it was below freezing for a couple of hours last night. Can anyone give me an idea of the probability of damage? The boat was covered with a sunbrella cover for rain and such, but the bilge drain was unplugged. I will hopefully get a chance to take the boat out one last time this coming weekend. Thanks!

I'm assuming you mean the 2.0mm blacktec? I voted <120F, but if it was a sunny day I would probably be fine at <110F.

@Rivvy, @Chef23 has a great point, get someone to check your form if you aren't very familiar with deadlifts. You might be doing them perfectly but it's better to be safe than sorry. They are a great exercise; it's just easy to pull your back and other nasty stuff if your form is off.

I got 7 last year, and now I managed to get 8 this year. I've lost about 10 lbs though, so I don't know if that even counts. Last one didn't count due to bad form.

@Than_Bogan, I didn't find Mapple, but I did find this: I didn't even know that was possible. It looks like gates might not be as important as I thought at the longer line lengths.

@Than_Bogan, I'm not sure if you're joking or not, is there video? To be honest, it wouldn't surprise me.

@Wish, I'm with you here. I'm not sure that I think of it as an s-turn as well. I think of it more as a precursor step to the gate turn-in. I came across this thread while trying to think of the 11-1 analogy in different ways as it still wasn't quite clicking the way I wanted it to. Something felt like it was missing from the way I was implementing it. However, after reading this thread it occurred to me that I had never made the connection that the 11 o'clock hip rotation was meant to keep outbound direction. That observation has helped somewhat in the past week. Looking back at past video, I seem to be able to clock my hips to 11 o'clock or more without maintaining outbound direction if that is all I think about, haha. I believe in many respects the two "techniques" are synonymous in that they accomplish the same things with different lines of thinking. I'm still following the 11-1 analogy I learned from you in another thread; this actually looks like it might be the thread where that suggestion originated. However, I have found that trying to maintain a very slight edge-out is a good way for me to get my hips to 11 o'clock and maintain width before initiating the 1 o'clock hip-rotation/gate-shot. What really interests me in this thread is learning if people think the edge out right before the gate shot is significant contributor to help get the ski pointed across course quickly before the boat loads the skier. My testing on the water currently indicates that it isn't, but most pros seem to do something analogous so I'm wondering if I'm missing something. However, it's totally possible they are doing it for different reasons entirely. My "s-turn" technique is: 1) edge out briefly 2) release load (ski casts out slightly and I start slowly coming back into the course) 3) turn-in and go (hips go from 11-1) I think this is consistent with what I'm seeing in the Mapple video above (which has the best perspective). He performs his 11-1 hip rotation at around 12.5 seconds in the video, which is slightly after he has already started going inbound at around 12.25 seconds. However, that's when things start to get real. @lakeaustinskier , I think I might agree here, but I can't be sure yet, haha.

I was going to post this elsewhere, but then came across this thread which seemed relevant. Strangely, it seems as though I've heard about this s-turn gate at least 3 times independently in the last week. I had never heard of it before. I can't yet speak to the validity of the theory, but it seems sound. Then I came across this video of Andy Mapple where he edges out before turning in: Also, here's a video of Adam Sedlmajer where he does what could be called an s-turn during one gate and then doesn't during the next gate: Finally, here's a video of Nate Smith where he clearly edges out slightly before the turn-in at only 32 off: I'm not sure if I would necessarily classify each of these videos as an s-turn, but each of them seems to be using an outbound edge right before the turn-in which should have a similar effect. Furthermore, I am finding that almost any pro of whom I can find decent video has a similar outbound edge right before initiation which might be construed as an S-turn. However, taking a step-back I keep hearing that Nate says he doesn't need the s-turn until he gets into 43-off. Yet it appears as though he is using it (maybe unconsciously and almost assuredly with less intensity) at 32-off. Am I missing something here? Is there a difference between an s-turn and maintaining an outbound edge before the turn-in? Furthermore, it doesn't appear as though the technique is explicitly necessary as there is the example of Sedlmajer not using it above. My thought is that it is perhaps a timing thing or maybe a way to modulate speed before turn-in without sacrificing width. I attempted the s-turn recently at 28-off, but I don't yet have the feel for it and I can't say that it was a night and day difference. My initial impression was that it did seem as though it could help somewhat with consistency and timing. @Than_Bogan, I'm curious if you have you continued using this technique and did you reach any final conclusions before moving on? Or do you still utilize this thinking?

@DmaxJC_ski , Thanks for the video! Man, he seemed so close and I have no idea how that fall actually happened. Just goes to show how difficult it is for me to even comprehend 43-off.

Please tell me there's a webcast!

Any full video of this anywhere? I'd like to see how it ended. Looks like he was really close to bringing it back.

@pgmoore and @Than_Bogan,

Almost always ski on public water except for tournaments or the occasional visit to a private lake.