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Is that Rob, the Ghost Skier, driving?

To the original question... Several years ago we started adding a $5 "boat fee" to the tournament entry fee, which all participants happily paid. In addition to free tournament entry, all meals and drinks provided (to all participants), the promo rep went home with $500 after two 1 day tournaments. Being that we are on the Western Slope of the Rockies, and the promo boat comes from 300 miles away over the Continental Divide, we wanted to thank the promo rep for their sacrifice in hauling a boat that far.

In the fall, we swap out our good buoys with older ones, so in the spring we are ready to ski without diving in cold water to install buoys. Once it warms up, we swap the old balls with freshly painted bubble buoys. Our lake is small with no current so ice/wind damage is not an issue.

Injured much of the season. Getting old sucks.

@Horton I ski a fair amount behind @ drago at tournaments and i can assure you he is not late on the wheel or out of sync with the skier, at least during my sets behind him.

Sold! Gave a deal to a fellow baller!

Price reduced to $1000, you pay shipping. A good deal just got better.

@scotchipman Good question. It's a crapshoot because I haven't had quality time this year to get the KD and HO dialed in. If it was a tourney tomorrow, I would ski on the Mapple for familiaritys sake. Ask me that question in a month and I'm sure my answer will change.

I blew out my shoulder on the Elite. 6 hour surgery and 9 month rehab. Haven't skied on it since.

@MS @scotchipman My current ski collection includes a 2007 Fischer yellow, a 2010 O'brien Elite, 2012 Mapple 6.O, 2018 HO Syndicate Pro, and the 2019 KD Platinum. All still ski great, even the 6 year old Mapple. @lpskier if I told my wife I had a "wife collection", I'd have to sell all the skis, the boat, and the lake to pay for attorneys fees :wink:

The ski is basically new. I Skied on this ski only 8 sets . Paid $1,575, asking $1150. Great ski for a great deal. I skied on it so few sets because I was injured for most of the season and barely skied this year. Wife says its time to downsize my ski collection.

@bishop8950 Wasn't Rodgers skiing against Miller when the car lights re-ride incident happened? My memory might be a little fuzzy since it was late and some beers were involved. I can't find the finals bracket to confirm. Valid point about the likelihood of running up against Goode skiers.

Mapple vs Goode, Rodgers vs Miller. Kinda reminds me of the controversial finals in San Marcos in 2014.

Here is a start... Once you are lined up coming into the course, hold the wheel with the left hand below 9 o'clock and brace your forearm with your knee. Don't wrap your fingers tightly around the wheel which could lead to counter steering. Instead, press your palm against the wheel in anticipation of the load from the skier. Getting in sync with the skier is something that will take time to learn. Hours behind the wheel with skiers of different abilities is the only way to get the feel. If a course correction is required, do it gradually and only when the skier is behind the boat. Never correct with the skier in the preturn or at the buoy. As for vision, the obvious solution is to use a gunsight or a piece of tape on the bow to give a point of reference as the view line passes the buoys, and have the observer correct her position in the course so she know where the point of reference should be in relation to the buoys. The out of course protocols are just as important as in course driving. That is probably a different thread altogether.

Here are my skis from the past decade

Where is the driver? It must be the Ghost Skier since he is invisible :)

Uh... a lot of people were preoccupied by being at Nats.

Wow, that's the first I have heard of this. Edit: I posted before seeing Travis's comments, which answered my earlier questions. Bummer if Soda goes away. It's the only lake in Colorado that I know of that is a Pay per Set lake. Lot's of people ski there.

A perfect 74 on the Western Slope of the Rockies when I skied a half hour ago.

For any Colorado skiers planning on skiing at Kodiak this weekend, it has been cancelled due to a wildfire that is now on the grounds of the lake. I hope and pray that the firefighters can battle it back and protect one of the most beautiful ski lakes in Colorado. The fire was started yesterday by a couple of idiots firing tracer rounds at a shooting range. This picture is from yesterday before the fire crested the hill and entered the grounds of the lake . It is now over 3,000 acres and growing fast.

@scotchipman Mapple 6.0, O'Brien Elite, Fischer Yellow going back 10 years. Not a lot of work on this ski. If I just stay quiet the ski does all the work.

Got these numbers straight from Terry and they are working really well for me. I'm 5'-10", 190 on a 67. 29 9/16 for the heel of the front boot to the tail of the ski. 2.465 depth 6.875 length 0.780 9

@Bill22 Love the ski. It skis a lot like my Mapple did. It is fast behind the boat, quick at the ball, and doesn't dig a hole at the finish if you overturn. It really accelerates well at the hookup. Big sweet spot also as you would expect with a KD. I got the last ski at the factory, but Terry said more will be in production soon hopefully. You should connect with him and get on his list.

Modify the plate, not the ski. Get a longer plate if necessary. Easy to drill and countersink as needed to make the binding and ski attachment work.

@dchristman yes, I do have a front reflex with a rubber high wrap on the rear. Both injuries happened when I burried the tip at the ball and my reflex released but I did not come out of the rear binding.