You have really good athletic ability. In seeking advice, be careful. Even amongst prof. coaches there are many diff. opinions on how to do things. Most particularly the gate. You will chase your tail forever if you do not pick some things that seem, from your athletic perspective, to work for you. If you have a chance to get some prof coaching in person or video, see if you can get them to help you devise and craft YOUR plan for the gates. After you do that, stick with it and perfect and make it feel natural, unrushed and confident. Thereafter, people will continually try to change it; ignore them. This is not to say that you should become close minded but, recognize early on that this is a very individual sport. One example: Very successful skier A coaches everyone to pull out and turn in one boat length before the greens/gate. Very successful skier B advocates going down the lake before turning in until you start to panic and then go some more. Set up a zero buoy and don't turn in until past that. You cannot reconcile these approaches; you have to choose something. I could go on.... straight legs/bent legs etc. Watch Terry Winter, Robert Pigozzi and Jeff Rodgers on youtube. Read all the posts about skiing with your legs straight and compare that to the Winter video. Try to ski one pass with your legs as straight as Rodgers. You get the point.