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Sure do. Knew about his wakeboard fame but not the skiing

https://www.moombamasters.com.au/webcast-2023/

Does your setup might prevent you from walking around the back of the boat to remove a platform? Simply pull two pins and the platform on Response LXi just lifts off. Easy as to do. We love our LXi and won't part with it. The open bow, or more particularly the walkthrough is so good for easy boat access. It's very rare we actually have anyone sitting in there.

Just go straight to an HO Hovercraft. No need for combos

I worked out that the ratio of boat speed to directional speed on 18.25m rope is roughly 1.47x So I can finally tell my friends I reach approx 1.5x boat speed when slalom skiing. Once rope starts to get shortened the ratio increases and peaks at around 2x

Wow, that's awesome. Thank you. I need to take a closer look and think about this. It shows so much. Fantastic!

I'd love to see these for 46 or 49kph and 18.25m i.e. the learning the course speeds. It'd give some insight why the initial learning the course phase is so dam hard and why 3kph speed increase seems to change everything

Found the behind the scenes video

Actually I retract the comment "I've always come out in OTFs" as I didn't in this one. Think it was 2 forward rolls. No injury. Stayed firmly in Animal and RTP.

What about rubber type bindings? I always pull the rear lace on my years old HO Animal tight. It's cord, not bungee rubber. There's no way I can remove it at end of set without loosening it. I've always come out in OTFs but should I be leaving it a bit loose?

Barefooting beside a F1 car

Put it on trailer or lift and fill the bilge with water. If it's a non engine leak the water will drip out somewhere.

or classic almost all white with accent grey

@503Kento I just let the Quik app install itself automatically. Started Quik and Quik had a connect camera, show me how. See photos. Tried that several times but it failed over and over. Would recognise camera was plugged in but wouldn't see the files on it. Out of frustration tried simple Windows Explorer and it sees the camera and the files 🙂

No need to uninstall as I'm able to use USB cable and drag files even with Quik installed.

Yes, I've been plugging it into laptop and using windows explorer to move the files to hard drive then view them. Keen to know what's the best/easiest/good value viewing tools. Wondering if a tablet would be good in boat to review the session?

My wonderful wife surprised me with a GoPro Hero11 Black for Christmas. What's the go to software to use for reviewing my waterskiing video? It's my first ever action camera so not sure what to use. So far experience of the camera itself is good, but as far as software and managing files goes, really frustrating! Have put the Quik app on phone and laptop. My phone is an iPhone 6 so small screen and hence not great. Haven't paid for subscription so that limits some of the Quik mobile features (we ski in an area with no phone coverage so buying the subscription to get unlimited cloud seems like pointless thing to do). Furthermore the Quik desktop software hasn't been supported for several years and that's causing issues. It'll see the GoPro but won't download from it via cable. I use windows or card reader to get the data onto the laptop. Go to software for other uses? Trekking, biking, etc

Gave it a try yesterday. What an absolute blast to ski on! So so much fun slashing the wakes and attempting to jump the wakes. I've never gotten up so easily. It'd be great for physically challenged people. I found that a quick pull out edge and you're right up at 90degs or even more alongside the boat. I did find the tail feels really loose so that was odd. Definitely can feel the ski flexing. Didn't have much time so only tried it with PP set to 27kph. Will try increasing it to 30kph next time out. A challenge between friends to who can run the course slowest would be really entertaining.

@Luzz hopefully I get a chance to try it this coming weekend. Weather and pre Christmas activities have prevented any boat time since receiving it :-( I'm coaching our clubs childrens ski school 19-21st Dec so might even put some of them on it. When I say 'coaching' it's low level, getting absolute begineers up and helping others drop a ski type level.

How hard it was to change horse to car, film to digital, fax to email, etc would differ depending on who was looking at the challenge. I expect many of those involved in the existing would have thought they had years of dominance only to discover their dominance rapidly declined. Inboards boats use engines essentially sourced from cars so we can be pretty certain ski boats will lag behind car electrification, but how long is uncertain. Early adopters will pay mega bucks, those who wait a while less premium, then e it EV, hydrogen, biofuel or whatever will become normal and sticking with the old ICE tech will become the expensive option. Cars quickly became cheaper than horses, digital cheaper than film, email less than fax etc

Batteries are what's causing the current delays in uptake of EVs. Capacity and rate of charge. The electric motors, controls, etc are all well and truly sorted, ready to go, reliable, etc. Once storage capacity and charge is solved the only delay will be build delays. Boats for sure will lag cars due to supply constraints but they will change too, just a bit later. Change will be much quicker than many think. Many industries have found that out (Kodak, fax, car map books, etc)

@Horton absolutely agree, if I cannot see the skier clearly in mirror and cannot visually confirm their readiness for tow I will not start the pull. I'll tend to turn head for initial movement away from skier when they drop in off boarding platform and then will use mirror as rope approaches straight then tight. With current CIPA mirror and it's centre mounted position there's no way it can be moved far enough to see myself. Can't even rotate it enough to the right (anticlockwise when viewed from above) to get the skier view symmetrical. Not worried about not seeing skier at buoy width, but symmetrical would be better than now.Will take some mirror and mount photos at weekend

I wanted front edge of bimini in front of windscreen top edge but because of the clash when opening walk through glass I will slide the bimini frame back. Not quite as much shade but solves the opening issue.

@TomH good point about tower folding and mirror location as we do lower the tower each weekend when the boat is put under the storage roof (can just see roof in left of photo). Mirror arm might clash with the windscreen when lowered.I was really careful when purchased the new Indy bimini that it could entirely mount off the front tower hoop so that tower could lower without need to unbolt bimini. I'm now thinking I'll slide the bimini frame backwards about 80mm so that it lines up with edge of the windscreen rather than being further forward. That'll solve the centre mirror to bimini clash when opening. As for the non symmetrical view I'll put up with it. It's just the way it is. If the OEM CIPA would rotate 5 degrees more would be all good. Suspect taller driver with seat further back wouldn't experience the same non symmetry problem. Not prepared to buy a new wider angle mirror to just fix that.