mike55

mopowpow...the Nomad RC is the ski for me. Very similar speed. The Nomad was a little more predictable right away vs the first couple passes on the Fish do to how quick it dropped into turns. Both super quick turners. This Nomad is sooo much better at gettin wide vs last years Nomad for me. The Fish got just as wide probably because of the speed and it tracks well if that makes sense (holds). One set was not enough time to evaluate the minor/major differences. At my level its coin a toss, or pick a color. To quote a famous poster on this forum, "they both Rock". Jodi set the 66 up with the distance to the back of my Animal at 29 1/4 (1 hole back). He was running the 68's at 29 3/4. On my Nomad RC I was 1 hole forward of center. Will have to measure what that means in distance when Miami Ski Nautiques sends me a new stick. I think the airline mishandled it. The top was lifted at the tip when I got to Orlando. Henrik and Kim at Miami Ski Nautiques took care of a problem that they did not have to. Awesome folks. Interesting discussion could be had about buying from a retailor vs factory direct...to be fair they are compression molded so Paul from D3 couldn't just slap a new top on and I did not buy it from D3 direct. Would it have made a diff? Probably not...Pretty much my fault. Homeowners wouldn't help, and you know what a struggle the airlines are to get anything done. Kim called me from Miami to see how I was doing with my ski and if it had arrived in time for my trip. Very cool lady. Then she had Henrik her husband call me. All I can say is wow!

saw skis arrive and being shipped. Just came from Jodi's. He was extremely busy as Nicola his wife had damaged her knee on the ski jump the prior week and went in for surgery friday. The next major shipment is in July per Jodi. Looks like pre-paying for one is the way to go if you want to guarantee one from the July shipment. Might be a stragler or two from this current shipment available. I watched one guy give up his 68 yellow that just arrived opting to wait for a 66 orange. The 68 yellow was gone immediately. Michelle Simpson was on a 66 yellow.  Saw a couple skiers at much higher levels than I jumping back on yellows after trying orange. I skied a 66 yellow my last set before leaving. Did not get the impression or hear any rumors that Fisher Skis was not going to be around.

Just back from Jodi's place. Great coaching by Thomas Asher and a couple sets with Jodi. Still consider myself an aspiring beginner. Wanted some warm water to train and had to have an attitude of submitting to what they wanted me to do in order to advance later. Just a fifteen off skier right now. They made me wait until day three until letting me ski at 34 mph. First thing Jodi did was change my grip and helped me to understand why and what it would do for me later on if I stayed with it. So at 32 we did it for 2 1/2 days straight. Really only about 4 sets as the dock was full of pros. Then Thomas Asher had me ski the last 3 passes of my 4th set at 34 concentrating on consistancy at the gate on not to change anything but focus on bringing my offside hip forward around 2/4/6. Made the last 2 passes at 34 wide and early on a new Nomad RC. Day 4/5 the boat slowed down to 32 as Tom Asher told me it was time for learning a one handed gate. The last three sets of my journey were at 32 until the 1 handed gate looked like a 1 handed gate. It was good to get out of my own way and I enjoyed the trip and my new Nomad RC. The last day was just one set before flying back to the west coast and Jodi was kind enough to mount up a Fisher for me to try. Zoom.