Slalom.Steve

Another Sangria take, works in both tan and grey flooring.

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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:

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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:

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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:
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Blue Black MC.pdf flipped versions MC.pdf Red Black MC.pdf

Here are some of my favorite already-existent boats. Note that I tend to like blue better myself:

Also, peruse my Instagram page of ski boat pics for inspiration lol: Water Ski Boat Gallery (@skiboats_only) • Instagram photos and videos

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!😆

@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.

I recently had a dream that the Vapor Boot I'm planning to buy for next season was too big... 😆

Not from an app, just kept these in a Google Sheet:

@lpskier but there is some benefit to using terminology that more immediately "means something" to the average skier. So even though a "Denali 68" is still 65 inches, when someone see's "Denali 68", they would know (at least roughly) what size/weight that corresponds to in other manufacturers. Though then certainly the danger of confusion regarding the actually length comes back into play lol. What about:

6.4
6.5
6.6
etc? - so the medium would be size 6.7, large would be size 6.8, etc.

Kinda weird, sure, but trying to think outside the box for ways to express the unique "Denali sizes" that are more easily relatable to traditional sizes, while still being clear it's not the same thing.

On 1/14/2023 at 12:23 PM, Horton said:

@SlalomSteveare you being ironic?

lol not intentionally, I swear I didn't double-post but it seems I did. I deleted one of the two.

Looks like the same poll got posted twice:
https://ballofspray.com/forums/topic/51015-how-many-balls-do-you-gain-if-you-slow-the-boat-by-2-mph/

https://ballofspray.com/forums/topic/51014-how-many-balls-do-you-gain-if-you-slow-the-boat-by-2-mph/

@Hucklefin just message them, he can put it together for you with the sleeves.

I have an Armaid and I love it. I can't speak whether it will heal a true medical issue, but it sure feels good!

This echoes my experience with my '22 Vapor. Super fast and aggressive, in a way I'd expect to be a bit wild, but not so - whatever you do, the ski is just there for you. I tried one other high-end ski this summer and found it similarly fast, and a dream when I was skiing well, but if I wasn't locked in, it felt more unstable and like the ski was gonna take the line it damn well wanted to take whether I was ready/telling it to or not. But the Vapor responds no matter what you're doing. You want to fly, it's there. You get a little wild and need stability, it's there. If it could speak, it'd just say "It's all good man, I got you." :D*to qualify this review, I have 3-4 years in the course, skiing 32-34mph 15off-22off, so far from an expert opinion.

This echoes my experience with my '22 Vapor. Super fast and aggressive, in a way I'd expect to be a bit wild, but not so - whatever you do, the ski is just there for you. I tried one other high-end ski this summer and found it similarly fast, and a dream when I was skiing well, but if I wasn't locked in, it felt more unstable and like the ski was gonna take the line it damn well wanted to take whether I was ready/telling it to or not. But the Vapor responds no matter what you're doing. You want to fly, it's there. You get a little wild and need stability, it's there. If it could speak, it'd just say "It's all good man, I got you." :D*to qualify this review, I have 3-4 years in the course, skiing 32-34mph 15off-22off, so far from an expert opinion.

According to Masterline, the improvements from their cheaper Monster Team handle to their more expensive Custom Ski handle are that the Custom has a smaller aluminum bar with thicker walls and more rubber on the bar, and that the rubber compound is higher quality. I certainly believe them, but I don't have the budget nor the skiing skill to care too much, so I've always just bought the Monster.

There's also an obvious cosmetic difference though in that the Monster has most of the V-shape wrapped in a rubber sheath casing. I don't know of any functional reason though, and I don't like that it covers the colors of the rope.

As an experiment, I took my just-retired Monster handle, and cut the rubber entirely off of one side, and most of the rubber on the other (pictures below).At the end of the bar is a little foam piece, which is easy to pull out and you can see down into the bar itself.For the side I left a little bit of rubber on, there's certainly wiggle room for the rope within the rubber.

So the ultimate question: is there any reason I couldn't cut the rubber off my future handles? The foam piece was a little bit wet, even after being out of the water for 36 hours, so it' not like the rubber casing was keeping the inside totally dry. Obviously the foam would come out if I used it as-is, but I could just cover the foam/the hole with marine epoxy. And the end of the bar isn't sharp or anything, so it's not dangerous.Or I could just leave a little bit of rubber on, and even though it's not tight around the rope, I don't see any issues with having it that way. Or I could maybe zip-tie it down really tight.

Anything I'm missing here why this wouldn't work? Any idea why Masterline puts it on in the first place, except to make the more expensive Custom handle look cooler? It's interesting that the rope that was under the casing is in better shape than the rest of the handle, and you can even kinda see where the casing ended - no fray above it, bunch of fray below it - as if the casing is actually an improvement! Probably harder or impossible to restring it though? But again, why even have it in the first place?

Here's the pictures:

@C5Quest what speed and line lengths are you skiing?

I am all for the advancement of water skis... but Syndicate now has 3 different top-of-the-line skis, D3 has 3 different top-of-the-line skis, Goode has 3 different top-of-the-line skis. It's hard enough to demo just a couple skis before deciding what to buy, much less 10! :D

@Clydesdale whats the video time stamp for when that happened?

Their website says they've paused the store due to supply chain difficulties, but it's been like for I think about 2 years now. Is the company still active or planning to become active again? I have to think the owner is on here somewhere.

@Horton when's the full review comin? Eagerly awaiting =)

@vtmecheng - how much $ for you to build me one? (serious question).

Curious how the Vapor boots adapt (or don't) to the angle of a slightly bow-legged leg?Below is a pic of my T-Factor, which after two years has kinda shifted on it's own to fit my leg (RFF). I know

in this thread about the old Vapor boots

, someone even suggested adding a wedge, though others said the boots would just break in.