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  1. Slalom.Steve
    Buying one ski is expensive enough for me lol.
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    I'm 10.5 US shoe, sorta wide toes but narrow heel. I kick in after getting up, and the Standard HRT is fine for me. I also replaced the string with a bungee cord from a T-Factor boot, I figured it gives it a little stretch to make it easier to kick in while still keeping it tight once I'm in. Also note that you may have to cut some of the front off if you want to position the HRT close to your front boot - the foot pad extends farther than it needs to.
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    I'm on a 2022 Vapor Pro. Due to budget that's my ski for several years (and I do love it!), but it would be a blast to compare the '23 Vapor Pro, Works 01, Works 02, and D3 Ion2.
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    @Billbert - Yeah I think there's some confusion in calling the re-designed boot a "2023" or a "2022," likely because everyone releases their "2023" skis actually in the year of 2022. By that logic the new Vapor Boot is the 2023, even though it came out last year... but by common sense it's the 2022 - hence the confusion lol. But there's the old boot without the hardshell bottom and the new boot with the hardshell bottom. There's no updates from last year to this year on the new hardshell version.
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    My caliper tips are super sharp (as I believe most are), and they easily cut a little notch into the front of the fin when measuring length. Any tips on avoiding this? Can I use a diamond file to dull the caliper tips, or would that throw off the measurements too much?
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    I've used a Leverage boot (no lacing) and a T-Factor (has lacing), with a rear toe plate. When I'm done with my set, I push roughly on the back of the rear plate to pop my front foot out. That is my metric for tightness - I want it to take a solid push and some effort to get off, but not be a struggle. I haven't had an issue yet with not releasing in a fall. I'm gonna switch to the Vapor Boot for this season and plan to use the same sort of measure to see how tight I can cinch it.
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    I have to think you mean for using with a release mechanism? I believe the post was asking about running the Vapor Boot fixed to the ski and releasing via the liner coming out.
  8. Slalom.Steve
    I am definitely buying one for next season!
  9. Slalom.Steve
    @Horton What'd you get? Or are you building anticipation for the in-person reveal? 😁
  10. Slalom.Steve
    I've got a Slasher right now because I got it on a deep sale, but at list price, I'd definitely go with a Stokes.
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    @tjs1295 That's like telling someone who wants a brownie to stop complaining because there's plenty of other food to eat like raw broccoli and unwashed turnips, or like telling a crack addict to just go smoke a cigarette instead 😆 I run outside in the winter, and my offseason sport is rock climbing (indoor gyms) and I quite enjoy it... but nothing compares to skiing. It's not about being cold or warm, it's just about my love of water skiing.
  12. Slalom.Steve
    Yeah of what I know, Swiss, Swerve, and California Ski Ranch are missing: https://swisswaterskiresort.com http://swervewatersports.com https://californiaskiranch.com
  13. Slalom.Steve
    Well my brother said I deserve a panda for creating too many boat designs... which is true, but also made me think "Ah yes, black and white color schemes!" 😆 Note that up until this point, I avoided using black as the bottom hull or as the main interior deck, for practicality reasons (water spots on bottom and hot surfaces on top), but I just had to do it for this one lol. I'm usually a lots-of-color guy, but these are just so clean n sharp!
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    Living in the Midwest, having not skied in 4 months and realizing it might be another 3 months before I ski again... Revelation.mp4
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    And props on @RAWSki on his design. I often find mostly-white designs too plain, but that layout manages to be simple but still really striking. I had to do a version in blue, since that's my color 😃
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    And some random mostly-grayscale with bright accents: 24,25
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    And thus the people, exhausted, cried out, "Will it never end?!" Different color "layout" than any I did yesterday. These all have the front deck and nose-side the same color, but also that color "wraps" over to the interior deck. I like 'em: 20,21 22,23
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    Annnd finally, some very similar versions to earlier ones, but swapping in a white main interior deck instead of colored. Ok I need to go to bed. But I like Sangria... the color... but also the drink... I need to go to bed. 15 16, 17 18, 19
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    Another Sangria take, works in both tan and grey flooring. 13, 14
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    I have been intrigued by using gray more though for sure, here's a bunch I just cooked up. Pictures didn't come through very big, I can do larger versions of any upon request: 5, 6 7, 8 9, 10 And then you gotta try for something unique. I did not expect Coastal Blue and Sangria to work like it does, but... I actually really dig it: 11, 12
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    Here's some I did last year but didn't get lost by MC since I had saved them in PDF. Here's single shots, the PDFs have all the other angles and interior too. All of them at least avoid having black as the main interior color, to try avoid hot surfaces: 1 2 3 4 Blue Black MC.pdf flipped versions MC.pdf Red Black MC.pdf
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    Here are some of my favorite already-existent boats. Note that I tend to like blue better myself:
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    Also, peruse my Instagram page of ski boat pics for inspiration lol: Water Ski Boat Gallery (@skiboats_only) • Instagram photos and videos
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    Oh man designing boat color schemes is one of my favorite things lol. But UGH, it seems MasterCraft has deleted from my profile all the boats I designed last summer! Damn... I had some good ones too... what are you lookin' for, something red, blue, white? Gray flooring or tan? Gimme some inspiration, what do you want your boat to say?! An artist needs a MUSE!😆
  25. Slalom.Steve
    @epnault The Velocity X is a new vest that was just released. You may be thinking of the Nitro, which I believe has been discontinued now that the Velocity X is out.
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