lakeside7455

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I have them on our course, I really liked them, but had a issue on a few with holding air. He said can use pvc glue over a hole if u find it, but I couldn't locate it. Other than a few not holding air, love them.

If you don't want to do hard shells, I use the Radar Vector with aluminum plate as an option. 2019 of later. Earlier vectors used crap material. They changed the material to a Carbitex, which is much better. I come right out of the boot on any hard crashes, yet they gives enough support for course skiing, and the most comfortable boots out there. No more foot throbbing from rubber tight bindings.

I redid my dock with Fiberon, and it is the bomb. It is better than Trex. If you buy a standard color, it is 1/3 cheaper than their multi color, I used a standard cottage gray color and love it. It holds up like iron, and is about the same price if you redid it in cedar. Home run all the way around. I used there hidden fasteners and even extended my longer to better fit to the triangle on my boat lift. Look into Fiberon, Good Life, single color choice.

Yes!!! I totally recommend getting a hydraulic one, no more broken cables, faster up/down, bring motor and battery in case inside in winter. Buy at a boat show and get big discount is the way to go, I paid $7600, which was same price as a new Shorestation and lower than other models, and $4000 discount from in season.

I'm 205 lbs and went with a 68" GTR but had a 67" GT, and it turns just as well or better. The reviews seem to say GTR ski can get away with longer ski so you should be fine there.

We used a bullet type metal flange, only about 2-3 inches long, that had some type rope attached that ran up to the sub bouy. We used a piece of rebar in the bullet flange to pound it down into the lake bottom. I was able to pound it pretty deep in the bottom and it held well. I think the flange might have even turned 90 when we pulled the rebar out. We had a surveyor on land positioning the rebar, when he said we were on, we pounded it down. I'm not sure where we got the special bullet metal flange, but it worked and course is about 20 years old with same sub bouys all attached to bottom of lake with the bullet flange.

Also a hacker, 15-28@34, a few 32's. I went to Option 2, it does grab and I was getting pulled out a lot on offside on factory settings. This fin move forward with a more shallow depth setting definitely made the ski turn faster and got rid of some of that extra grip which was pulling me out. It is still fast and you can still make a lot of angle, so it is all about getting used to it, but I like the ski, coming form older GT ski. Seems faster and smoother, I probably need a few more minor fin adjustments, but I think the ski wants to do the work on turns, so you have to be patient and use good form, if you do, it will reward you and you come out of the turn with speed and angle. Need more time on it, it got cold and ran out of time here in Michigan but can see the potential. 29 7/8, 2.461, 6.980, 0776 setting.

Look at Wallyskier.com, he makes best course out there and is super helpful.

Maybe consider using Radar vice gloves, like old clinchers, that help take pressure off of the hand and fingers and move to wrist. I have had great success using them and love them. It really cuts down on calluses and much easier on hands, I use them with Kevlar under gloves, great combo. Especially if you ski a lot like I do. Definitely helps.

Slow start in Michigan due to cold and rainy May/June. July was nice once weather warmed up, August was not a bad month, but cooler toward end, September was really nice, actually warmed up more than August, but then came to abrupt end, temps dropped off quickly from 80 to high 50's in one day. Now ready to hang it up and pull the course. But in between, rebuilt my dock with Fiberon decking, with hidden fasteners, and added an extra triangle section next to my lift, so it was a big home run. Brought a new rope, handle, and GTR ski. I just wish I had more time to get used to the new ski. I made a few fin adjustments that seemed to help the ski turn quicker which should help me run more buoys, just need more time on it to get used to it and fine tune it. Seems faster and smoother than old GT, if I can get it to turn better I should do better, although it really grips so have to get used to not bite off too much or get pulled out or the pass is over. That is what I will work on next year, faster speed with smoother turns to get early vs too aggressive and getting pulled out and the new dock and equipment to enjoy for years ahead.

If you got it from just floating in water while dropping for course, then I'd add copper sulfate to the entire lake. One 80 lbs bag will do it. It helps to kill the algae and really helps with swimmers itch and is a cheap fix.

All righty

I rebuilt my dock and got it, it was not bad, but it was from standing in shallow water for extended time while working on the dock, and not toweling off. If I had wore a wetsuit and had no exposed skin, no issue. But never happened before. It will go away in 3 to 7 days, keep it cleaned and dry.

I'm LFF, I like to rotate the rear boot clockwise, it is more comfortable and seems to help offside turns, which is my weak point also. It doesn't affect on-side turns at all. I think skiers with rear toe plate can shift that rear foot at an angle naturually, so they do the same thing.

I think the reality of the new run up in ski boat prices in recent years for almost all ski boats, SN $100k, MC just behind it, and Malibu right there also, is the same boats from about 2014 will retain there value better, because they ski just as good and cost much less, people won't be able to afford the newer boats and even used version of them in coming years, so there will be more value in the slightly older models that really are not much different for skiing, with ZO and hull shape pretty much equalizing to the new boat designs. So good news for older boats keeping their value, bad news for new boats keeping their overpriced value.

What happened to Manon and Whitney in finals, I missed it and they didn't show up in top 3, hard to imagine.

Markn, how old on 2 skis? and 1st time in course? Amazing results after starting later! Awesome, I wish I could improve that much.

Jody_Seal, it counts if you also ran it on a ski, otherwise doesn't count, haha. How old were you starting on 2 and course?

There is no doubt that it is possible later, and coaching seems to be the huge factor, but in real life it seems to hold, life gets in the way, you need time and reps. It is really interesting hearing stories of people that actually started late and still got to a high level. I still don't think that many. If Greg Badal and Dan Wamhoff started from scratch late, great examples, that is really amazing they were able to do it. Not as interested in people's idea of theory to get better, as in hearing real life stories. Horton was one that fell into what most good skiers did. Started young, had good coaching along way, got better and better. Can't comment if things would be different with even better coaching and technology and time, but what actually happened. The future should be better info and equipment for skiers than ever before. Of course, everyone could be better, shorten the rope again is the name of the sport. End in failure! What are the results for starting young?

Make it thru 38 as starting point or shorter of poll. It seems a majority of skiers get stuck at 35 off, can run it and get a few at 38, but the ability to make 38 is what I consider next level and even more beyond that. So make 38 or shorter for poll.

thager, But what age did they start? It is amazing to keep it up as you age, but seems harder to get there if they started late in life. There has to be some skiers that did, but I'd bet a majority of really good skiers started early.

I have a theory that most all of the skiers skiing 38 off or shorter, started at an early age, 3-10 years old.

If they started this early, they obviously had parents and coaching early that new the ski game which helped them tremendously, along with dialing in proper technique from the start, less bad habits to fix.

 

So BOS skiers, is there anyone out there that started skiing late in life, late 20's to 30's, that probably didn't have parents that knew anything about skiing, but is still able to ski very short line now? I'd like to hear your story. It probably took a lot more hard work to get there.

 

My guess is the skiers who started later in life, fall mostly into the 35 off and longer line length category.

Try out the new Radar Boa bindings with aluminum plate, super comfortable, stiffer new sides, and you come out of them in any hard falls, feels like slippers but still get good performance. You don't need expensive hard shells for free skiing.