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@LOTW I think you would like the 65" more for sure. You could ride either, but I'd go with 65". To give you an idea I'm 6 foot 175 and ride a 66" Vapor When you measure DFT @Deanoski the most important thing is to be consistent, always line up in the same spot on the caliper. I'd recommend sticking to only one caliper when you measure your ski, you'll always get different numbers when using multiple.

Learned how to slalom at 5 starting skiing the course shortly after.

@C5Quest You could easily get away with riding a 65 Senate, a 67' would be to big. You're right the senates have more surface area than vapors. That's why you see people ride a smaller senate than they would a vapor sometimes.

@coach3 I would start at stock long and shallow with stock binding placement and then make moves from there.

@ellenm Sounds Awesome, stoked to hear it! If you need help setting it up or have any questions don't be afraid to reach out.

That's a bummer sorry about that, but I'm sure @brooks will chime in on this.

Sorry @mbabiash gotta wait a little longer for that answer! the whole 2020 line is unreal though.

Here is a chart of all our skis to get a better idea.

The union is for more open water/crossover ski for 24-32 mph! @rico

@rico Senate pro is 2/10ths of an inch wider than the vapor. The Senate pro has the PMI core the same as the Vapor pro build. If you're asking about the 2020 Senate pro, you'll have to wait a bit longer to find out.

Like @skidawg said that 3 or 4 inches isn't going to make a difference, so in practice I'm not to worried about missing them, leading up to tournaments I obviously focus more on making them. My thoughts are definitely other places like @elr said then being worried about missing my gates by 2 inches. MUCH bigger more important things I'm focusing on.

Agreed @matthewbrown well said.

@Stevie Boy if you are running stock long and shallow, give these a try and see what you think. 29 3/4 6.865 2.510 .765 9

@Stevie Boy Whats your fin settings at? Maybe I can help you out in that department. Sounds like you have been moving it around a bit.

Colors are going to be so rad! look closely...

@LoopSki Can't go wrong with the UV Hoodies. Radar makes one.

@whitem71 I'd give these a try and see what you think, when I rode the 2017 Pro build I rode at: 6.870 2.511 .765 9 29 1/4

@skispray your skiing looks awesome, especially for being in a dry suit. Building on what's been said above. Into offside, when you change edges you tend to stand up quickly and ride a flat ski along with letting your arms go straight. This does a couple of things; it puts you on a straight line to the buoy and all the width you created from your pull behind the boat you just gave back to the boat. As for the finish if you can fix your approach into the buoy it will help a lot of the issues you see at the finish of the turn. One thing I will say is always remember to ski from the bottom up and not from the top down. I'd recommend taking a look into the thread I posted and read what I wrote, it will go more into depth. Level Head. Level Shoulders

@skimtb Don't be afraid to contact Corey Vaughn about places around to hike. He will for sure know all the places. Plus his site is one to ski, awesome lake! Liquid zone is an amazing site as well, look at dates and you could catch @twhisper there. He might chime in on places around he mountain bikes quite a bit.

Its all how you approach the turn. In the course what we do in our preturn depicts what our outcome will be. If you're on your back foot in the preturn you'll finish the turn on the tail of the ski. The same goes for keeping our shoulders level. Off the second wake focus on taking the handle with you more and keeping that line tight all the way out to apex while trying to actively hide that outside shoulder from the pylon. By doing that we stay more balanced and we give ourselves a tight line at the finish of the turn. Not only do we get that tight line, but by taking as much width as possible out to apex we're creating a more rounder turn. on the other hand If we approach the turn and let our inside shoulder come to the inside either by an abrupt edge change since we loaded the boat to soon from the previous turn or throwing the handle out fast, we just gave all the width we built behind the boat back to the boat, which puts us on a straight line to the buoy. Since our shoulders are already moving to the inside at the approach of our turn, when our ski casts out our shoulders and feet are farther apart when you come back to the handle. So it makes it much more difficult to stay over our ski, which in turn leads us with shoulders unlevel at the finish and taking to much load from the boat to soon. Then the whole process starts over again since we loaded the boat to soon and it will eventually pull you out of position at the second wake.

@escmanaze Its super comfortable and floats really well. I would recommend it for sure. Another route you could go is the Vapor Impact, the fit is unreal. it isn't coast guard approved though. Can't go wrong with either one.

@theboardingschool hands down @Rob Great place to learn how to ski as they have a boom, awesome accommodations. Plus you'll have a blast with the staff there. Travis, Jimmy and Freddie will take care of ya!

What are you talkin about dude I won, I wrote scissors...

@Horton Paper

Definitely going to approach practice differently this year, I started to do it at the end of 2018 and it paid off. I really want to focus on always having a gameplan in practice; mixing up practice sets more and not getting burned into doing the same thing. Trying to make every set a new challenge to push my best.