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I thought the coverage was fantastic and the standard of the skiers was incredible. As a slalom skier, who found tricking, in my past, very frustrating and hence I was rubbish at it - I thought the discipline worked brilliantly with the coverage. More so, dare I say, than slalom for me

One of my best slalom results in a comp was after i'd been on the lash to about 2AM , got to bed around 3.30AM then on the start dock at 8.30 . Chucked up after shortening. Ever tried having a ralf when youre floating in water? Not easy. I think i climbed on the swim deck. After the purge - all ok but boat judge not impressed. Only tricks and jump to go. Rock and Roll

Dunno - i got loads of poor mobility, not tall or stacked and definitely a dud skier, not coonected, no idea where my chest is pointed and all that But Joel - your'e the man after that world championship win in Malaysia.

waiting for the pain

And you had spectators!

Watched the highlights. thought that overall it was bloody fantastic. I get the 4 buoy course. coverage was great. Weather - well it is England Well done all of you (From an ex watersports centre owner)

Yes, I agree SS. When I got back into slalom after a few years break was surprised at all the new (to me) reflex bindings and such. Ive always come out of Wileys on the course and jump wipeouts with no injuries, well apart from the usual pain. Also after witnessing someone on one of these bindings get released pre-wake, for no reason it would seem - I thought, you know what, ill just stick to the rubber - didn't fancy any surprises there.

I'lll drink to that!

i think i know the 6Am skier

Hello Whitem71 - how you doing?

So, about the line lengths...err, what was the question again?

My brother had a barefoot outboard Flightcraft during the 90's. The turbo, nutter,bB'stard ; that thing could shift. Took it on the sea once, like being on a 200hp powered surfboard

Soccer...wtf is soccer?

Mr Poland. Bloody well done young man

I've been to loads of comps in the past and some recent. Tell me about a comp when someone hasn't either stomped off and sulked, ignored their family, chucked their ski, or thrown their silver medal on the ground when awarded it at some point all in the moment. All and different ages and abilities. Btw the exit gates are fine, don't change this. I would have thought being a tad late at 11.25 the other gate buoy would normally be the problem

@swbca i remember seeing technical articles in the 70's wondering if any jumpers would break the 200' barrier.

Good grief....

Used to ski behind a (i think) a 1979 ish Mastercraft with a ton of spray at 18.25m in a head wind. Then a 2001 SN. Now that had a wake... And the SN before that

that is brilliant.

No surprise to me and always wondered about the wing rollocks. All us old farts are wondering about fin depth, length, wing angle etc as if its written as a must in the bible. When I was 19, i skied without a wing, with a wing, with a wing but different angle - all at 36 and really, it made not a lot of difference. Back then, for us weekend skiers, a wing would help with certain aspects - deceleration for example into the buoy, but at a trade off for drag. l'll tell you what a wing did do at our lake - picked up the weed a lot at the drop ins. Mind you this was going back when I was on a Comp 1 then a EP Tactic and even a LaPoint MasterCraft and the wing was not standard, so i fitted a retrofit one. Moving on a bunch of years, I took the (standard) wing off my 2014 vapor and the ride was weird, no where near as stable as the EP's back in the day

`Is that Snoop Dogg doing the interviewing?

Blimey, watching the ladies jump at the mo - bearing in mind the moans about the conditions at the last Worlds. More backwash than at my old ski lake which had vertical walls (pretty much)

Cracking skiing. Happy new year everyone

love the Glastrons at Cypress

cheers Jtim3032 I used to know Steve a little back in the 80's when we had our little south eastern interclub comps back then. Happy to pay etc etc.