Hucklefin

23 hours ago, Horton said:

I stopped watching last year when they made it so I had to pay for some expensive ESPN package. 

F1TV is like $80 for the year.

Lewis Hamilton WDC #9 after Adrian Newey joins Ferrari, heard it here first.

Any thoughts on buying a old iphone 6 off ebay to use for camera use only?

I bought my wife an MOB due to the perceived additional safety of degrees of freedom for release. Cannot comment on performance, as she hasn't been in a fall to even try the release yet. One thing is for sure though, that ski is HEAVY with that binding. Almost too heavy imo. 

20 hours ago, epnault said:

Alright guys.  I finally was able to do a test with stock Prostar with just the flapper and the turned down tips.  I also included my ski buddies 205 in the test.  I only achieved 1db reduction. Essentially hardly noticeable.  I did a pass by as this is what my neighbors will hear and recorded the dbs on an app.  Pretty expensive for 1db but it looks cool on the lift now.  Ugh
 

 

 

I agree, I feel like I could barely notice it on mine.

On 3/28/2024 at 1:04 PM, Jody_Seal said:

what makes you think it is a joke? do you know the boat? it could be an extremely low hour hermetically sealed trailer queen...?? what's it worth to you?? what would you pay for it??

Geez sorry if I pushed a button there. Because that is a bad price regardless. Can easily get a nice next gen PS hull for that.

1 hour ago, buechsr said:

A 2012 197 for $54,000 is lower than one would think?

I have to think he posted that as a joke. 

2 hours ago, epnault said:

Has anyone tried these off skidim?  MasterCraft ones are on back order.  I want to install them on my 2016 ProStar

https://skidim.com/3-1-2-turn-down-exhaust-outlet-6-flange/

 

 

 

They look exactly the same as the Malibu ones but +$50 a piece. 

Malibu turn down tips, ran like this about 50 hours last season, used silicone to install with thru-bolt fasteners. No issues whatsoever. A lot of people on teamtalk were suggesting I use 5200 sealant, which is absolutely not necessary.

On 2/13/2024 at 1:37 PM, MarcusBrown said:

I repeat...can I get 2 panda points for @Horton?

"When I teach edging, I usually just say to have fun with it!"

1 hour ago, Shell said:

Is it really that important to tack your every move? I have an Apple Watch and like it a lot but can I live without it? Yes! I once knew someone who would flip out if they forgot their tracking device, what difference is it really going to make? You know if your active or not and what you have or have not burned so to say. I could comment more , but I’ll keep it clean for @Horton. Not knocking anyone who loves to keep track , just not that important to me. 

Its motivating to collect the metrics on what you've done and how you'd like to improve. Not ashamed to say its fairly important to me so I can manage personal goals day in day out.

On 1/23/2024 at 8:40 PM, Slalom.Steve said:

Just of note in case anyone tries: You can't rely on an Apple Watch (or I assume any purely-wrist-mounted device) to accurately measure heart rate during a pass. The watches measure heart rate by using light to look at blood flow though the blood vessels in your skin, but when you're strenuously using your arm muscles, like when weightlifting or skiing, that temporarily constricts blood flow through your wrist, so the watch won't read accurately until the muscles can relax again. To get an accurate reading, you'd need to have a heart strap measuring electrical signals instead.

Agree, I wore my apple watch playing hockey the other day to see what it would read after an hour on the ice. It recorded almost no activity, I think it was 65 calories burned and just a couple minutes of elevated heart rate.

Can anyone comment what the minimum gopro required to get decent footage? Or would it be better to buy a iphone 6 on ebay for $40 to get a camera with no stabilization?

On 9/22/2022 at 6:39 PM, Cnewbert said:

@Maxsend I modified my ski doc so it both tracks the skier marginally better and it puts the optical axis of the lens in the center rather than off to one side, eliminating parallax. The result is I can use a little higher digital zoom on my GoPro 9 and get equal coverage left and right.

What modification did you do to it? I bought a ski-doc the other day. I have a gopro 6 from back in the day, not sure if this thing will work at all, probably going to have to upgrade.

As someone who just started skiing the course last year (with no coach) I had to laugh at this because I pretty much try to ski a PB every time I go.

I hope this doesn't take us off topic, but for me, I don't get to do anything other than free ski 80% or more of the time, so when I get to take a few sets, I really am not sure what to do for passes to practice.  All of this is at 15-off. I usually start with just running 30mph which has always been easy for me. From there I bump my way up to 36, which I am scrambling and late to every ball unlike 34. 

Thanks, that is helpful. Pretty much a no-brainer for me next year I think.

In regards to online coaching with T Winter, without trying to be too harsh or anything, how well does the instruction go beyond "shoulders back, hips up, pull through the wakes, okay that'll be $20"? Anyone care to give a little bit better of a review?

LRB 5069 proposal apparently, at least for WI. Has not been released yet, not surprised about any of this. Makes me nervous that skiing is associated with them despite wakesurf heavy language used in the proposal.

16 hours ago, RichardDoane said:

@Hucklefin  the green edged one is what I learned on. Now it’s your turn. The white one is an Eric Lee custom, and not for sale. I’ll need it this coming year for Regionals/Nationals. 

I'll be sure to pay this forward somehow, thank you, I really appreciate this!

21 hours ago, RichardDoane said:

@Hucklefin  pay the freight, and I'll give you a trick ski with binders. Send me a PM.

PM Sent..

22 hours ago, Horton said:

Radar

Thanks yeah I think it really does depend on the brand, but I do understand the larger size being easier to ride for beginners.

8 minutes ago, Jody_Seal said:

you need a 44" 

Is this because of ability level? Just asking because Every size chart I see, 44 would be too much ski. 

Looking to buy my first trick ski, something around 42”, I am 5’11” 160lb. My current experience level is next to zero so I am looking for something used right now as long as it isn’t some vintage museum piece. Anyone have something they’d be willing to sell? 

Dang was really hoping by “bent” they meant like the ML ergo roll. 

Dang, nice thread. I was really considering submitting a video to Joel Howely, but not so sure now.