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@Moskier3ev we just sent you a message. Thank you for the feedback.

@Horton no worries, I sent you quite a few. You skied with the R3 which is the stiffest. For those curious. Competition series are gray mainlines and are the middle between stiffest and softest. S Series have the black mainlines and are the softest.

@Horton Did you ski with the the rope that had the black mainline or the white?

@brettmainer we will do that for customers. We just have to add it as an option. We will do a lot of custom stuff just shoot us a message.

@vtjc yes we do add training loops on request. It is a another option we have to add. Our website is due from some updating this weekend. It will be an extra $5 per training loop.

@Horton thanks for the great video! For those curious on which is which. 1st rope out of the box is the R3 (our stiffest), 2nd & 3rd are the competition series, gray mainlines (optional white available) (mild stretch) 4th& 5th Black mainlines, are the S Series (most stretch). We look for ward to the reviews.

Wow, it has been awesome the past few weeks. Exciting to see the interest from so many skiers. For those interested we are making progress on the handles and as soon as more information is available to share we will put it out there. Unfortunately we have no future plans to tackle the boat market. @Than_Bogan Thank you for asking, this has been the most time consuming parts (apart from selecting the correct yarn formulas). On the measurement side we used certified metric tape measures and scale for measuring under tension. To ensure consistency all loops 15' off - 41' off are made in a jig/fixture and the final section is made and measured from a fixed point as well. We measure both individual loops and overall length. For tolerances we follow the rulebook, I believe page 89 gives the exact tolerances for ropes. All of our ropes should fall in tolerance in the (-) side when brand new as they will stretch no matter what as they are used. While testing multiple ropes, we found consistently that ropes above 0 but still in tolerance when new ended up out of tolerance. We had multiple skiers with a lot of sets. The 32' off and shorter will more often stretch more than 15', 22' and 28' and mainlines will stretch the most. If you were to measure our ropes they should consistently be a little short from 35' off and shorter such as they were in Horton's video. I agree in a perfect world all ropes would end up spot on +/-0 but if life is still left in a rope it will stretch more. For us ideally the rope starts in tolerance but a little short and as it's used will get as close to exact as capable and slightly long but in tolerance by the end of it's use. The trick here is determining a rope life as all skiers have a different opinion. For us we focus on the measurements and rope life to meet the tournament needs as that is were scores and records count. I hope this answers your question. You got the "rope geek" in me going.

@Hucklefin Thanks, no set ETA yet. Once we have them in we will make sure everyone knows. @BobF Too funny.

@dave2ball yes we have liability insurance, we had that prior to even thinking about our website, marketing etc. We are well aware of the risks of not carrying insurance, especially in today's world. Plus any pro shop would require us to have it to carry our product. Rest assured we are finishing up our logo and getting ID marking sleeves made up. Definitely want our name on our ropes. We do have a less expensive rope (not a "cheap" product). I'm sure ML has more overhead than we do. Outside of ML our prices are not drastically lower. At this time even with current cost of materials we could not justify $150+ for a slalom rope. ML has the brand and reputation, we are just starting out. Fortunatley/unfortunately some ropes look like ML, that isn't the goal and if side by side you can visibly see the difference. Although, being compared to them is a compliment. Given there are certain standards ropes must meet some things will appear similar. Our yarn specs, production methods, etc I'm sure are different. There are limitations to color options and patterns and we did our best to have them different without doing any radical patterns. If we did all solid colors we could be compared to InTow.

@Andre All of our ropes are made in the US and our yarn manufacturer is here in the US as well.

I was informed our ropes had been mentioned on BOS. @Horton If you would like I can send you one of each type for a review. For those curious the stiffest is the R3 series (You should find it slightly stiffer than ML Pro), the Competition Series would be between the Pro and Optimized for stiffness. The S Series will feel more like an InTow or Optimized. We are very excited to get our name out there and offer skiers more options. We are working on more products to add (handles) and already testing different yarns for future ropes. If you are putting on tournaments and interested in using our ropes or have any questions feel free to reach out to us.