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@jimbrake i think that you are absolutely right that i had way too much pressure edging through my left ski and cutting through my shoulders. My coaches didn't get a chance to see this particular set, and i havent had many OTS falls since i started cutting. Most of my crashes have been me landing square and not being prepared for the slack to catch me. I'll be sure to ask them to be on the lookout for my next set to see if i continue this pattern Thanks for the advice for cutting through my hips! I'll be sure to think about that when i can get on the water next

@Horton thanks for the safety advice! I do have solid jump coaches (PBs in the low 140s) I was just looking for some advice for what to think about as I go into my next set in the coming weeks

Hey y'all, I had a tournament this past weekend and decided to really push my jumping. I went out the side on both jumps (tournament was earn your third). When I crashed, my left shoulder hit the water first on both attempts, so I know that I did the same thing twice. I dont have film, but I'll do my best to describe my set. I was jumping on a 5ft ramp and my boat path was Collegiate Wide. For timing on my single I waited for the boat nose to pass the front of the ramp, counted to 4, then went. I managed to hit the bottom right of the ramp and exit off of the top left. When I came off the top I was going out the side with no chance to kick. My previous sets I've been working at slower speeds (opening at 28mph) at Collegiate split. On those I have had pretty good success cutting and kicking off the top of the ramp. Right now the biggest thing that I can think of is just more practice and water time, but I'd still love some advice. If any of you have any advice I would really appreciate it. Thanks

@Jody_Seal id argue trick as dangerous. I know people who have broken their back slaloming

Taking a look on this board, it's pretty easy to see that slalom is the basis of 90% of the discussion on here, why did it over take the other disciplines as most popular? Jump is easy to see because of the expense, but I'm surprised that trick isn't number one. It's inexpensive, the it can be done behind any boat (although advanced trickers have preferences with wakes), doesn't require a course, and is relatively safer than slaloming.

I know that breaking the record would be a huge jump (although I've heard that Nate's run it in practice before), but what would the next pass be? I dont think that ropes go any shorter right now, would they speed up the boat for the tournament and come up with a shorter line for the next one?

Hi all, I want to make some covers for the skis that I have. Does anybody have a good way to go about making them? I want to cover a pair of jumpers and a trick ski. I'm also trying to find a CAD model to 3D print a fin protector if anybody knows where to find one