Cheer up @Horton, Ive been at this well 2/3rds of my life and thankfully ive forgotten how many tournaments it took me to finally score 6 buoys, even more so finally getting to shorten the rope in a tournament. I think your point is that theres not enough folks skiing tournaments, and thats true. I am one of those that could ski tournaments but because of time and an unpredictable work schedule i do not, but planning on running some by the end of the year. Mostly because of your Ballofspray format, and that I have a goal of skiing in the nationals next year. I remember skiing in tournaments that had 30-40 skiers in a few of the division's ( usually the ones i was in) so even then it was about improving your own best. ( remember when you got an EP rating you could get skis for a discount! My one and only ski i got on the program was an ICON) Anyway we all need to things collectively to increase awareness in our sport, or it will cease to exist in the next 10-15 years. Water time is getting harder and harder to come by, boats are getting more and more expensive, and the core of this sport is only getting older... But atleast we all are passionate about a fabulous sport... Regardless of our abilities. It gets us up early and outside for amazing sunrises, invaluable time with our friends and families. Theres a whole lot of folks missing out on our great sport.