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The main thing my dad noticed when he made the transition from Animals to RS-1s is that the ski turns a little harder and faster. The adjustment was pretty short. They are remarkably balanced in a way I find difficult to describe. Their performance ceiling is very high, but I don't feel like they would be overwhelming to someone with inconsistant technique.

The one skier I know that tried RS-1's and did not stay with them did so because he could not get the spacing between his feet right. Heel to toe was too close, and one hole back was too far for him.  

 

Maintenece? Check screws and maybe pull the liners to dry if they are getting musty in the bag. Durability? I've seen 3-4 year old shells that look pretty beat up but they are structuraly sound and the liners are still in pretty good shape.

The most fun I've had at a tournament was at the day after state tournament where people started betting on a self-handicapped tournament. $20 with a buoy count somewhere close to your average (strangely nobody sandbagged the bids). This put over $200 on the line, got people to ski hard in a round that didn't matter, and made people stay around to see how it shook out. You make tournaments exciting and fun when the score that matters the least is your own.

 

I seriously doubt that the market is saturated, but to some extent I have to wonder if everyone that wants to be skiing is skiing. Several times a year I'll invite a friend out to go ski, but they have a slightly deflated look when they see the site. I've since been linking them to google maps so they know what they're getting into. But even the ones that have a blast wouldn't come out more than a handful of times, even if it cost $5 a set. The way we ski, even the not so serious ones, is a far cry from the recreational activity most envision when you say "waterskiing."

5000 lbs or 70 mph is a clear oversell, but that's okay. Color commentary is very difficult. They were trying to create an emotional connection to the diffuclty and physical challenges of the sport, concrete numbers don't always work the best for this. Live, learn, do better the next time. These guys don't have much practice refining the art of filling the air during an entire round of tournament skiing. On TV, it's a staggering ammount of space to fill.

Tried again and failed.

There is a thread on a Centurion Forum

http://www.centurioncrew.com/Centurion-Carbon-Pro-t3398.html

Post #11 has a working link to the slideshow.

I hate to generalize, but 20 somethings have other things to do. The reason I am able to keep skiing, at 24, is that I have access to several private sites and at least 1 will accept me as a member. When I've gone to a public lake with friends, the boat has always belonged to a parent or cool rich uncle.

If your kids are internally motivate, you greatly increase the odds that they will want to keep skiing and go out of their way to keep skiing when the get into their teenage years and beyond.

I know back when they were building the T5, Centurion would sell you a stripped down boat that was little more than a motor, hull, and driver's seat.

No engine cover is a little overkill.

 

Can't figure out why that link isn't working, if you copy and past the url it should go.

I would expect the underlying reason that you see more skiers using A, at longer lines, is all about precision. A skier that hooks up early, or never gets free of the boat would earn a small buffer of forgiveness to get properly set if there is a little more time before the boat adds rpm.

 

It's not crazy at all, especially if it works for you. You are well within your rights as a skier to ask for a different setting every pass. 

Is it possible that she's burrying up the boat on her pullout for the gate? "Burrying" being a word of degree here. The boat ramps up, just a litte, but it's enough to keep you from getting free of the boat. This would put here behind the 8-ball from the start, and make it difficult for any pass to feel normal.

I can assume this will only be a step up, how did the T5 ski?

Trick Ski

That has me thinking back to the days at school when the PE coach told everyone to partner up. I'm envisioning your 10.25ers running around like mad to snatch up Novice, Beginner, and B1/G1 skiers for partners.

 

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From my expereince, I feel that the purpose of the upper laces is about 90% foot retention and maybe 10% support and performance.

You're getting close enough to the end of 2010, that the Stradas might be going on the same kind of spectacular sales that let me get into new RS-1's for $120 a boot.

I've said before, one of my favorite features of this kind of boot is that you can easily test the release on dry land and know how it will release when you ski.

If you were to bump Big Dawg back up to 36mph, and give enough warning to practice, would everyone just fall back a pass or would the stratification be greater than that?

I don't really think that NOPS points are a bad way to go handicapping a tournament if you're wanting an elite trick skier to compete against an elite slalom skier. What you won't be able to do is replicate the Big Dawg style of head to head where skier 2 must match skier 1. You would need to pull a full round and then compare scores. 

A big part of the appeal of the Big Dawg format is the importance of each pass and the immediacy of the results. I love the Little Dawg formate and would almost want to encourage a little wagering off the handicap, "The book says I get 3 1/2 buoys, well I'm telling you I only need 2."

I've seen those Boa gloves and they are pretty slick. I just can't stomach $80, even if they do last for a year or more.

 

Boa lacing has been around for a few years. You'll mostly find it used on snowboard boots and wakeboard bindings. It seems to be a pretty solid system. The snowboarder I know loves the technology and has never had a problem, and I've never seen a boarder limping home cursing a broken cable on his or her boots.

EZfintool.com

Something about that picture, beyond CP's oddly positioned ski, doesn't look quite right, but whoopdeedoo.

From what I've seen and felt, the heavier and stronger you are, the higher number you will want to use. I weigh around 150lbs, using 2 (with any letter) was pretty boarderline, 3 was overwhelming. 

The pair I saw were too small to try on, let alone ski. The guy that bought them is coming off of Fogmans. He felt the Prodigy boots are more responsive but are balanced enough that the ski does not go crazy if you are a little sloppy.

The Pordigy is a little more streamlined, but not by much. The big difference from the RS-1/Strada is that the Prodigy uses a velcro strap across the ankle. Becaue the entire length of the strap is covered in velcro, I would not anticipate it breaking loose in a fall. The guy that does ski them told me he did not feel much need to pull the strap particularly tight and does not feels comfortable with how the boots are going to release.

Last time I talked to a an Obrien dealer, the Elites will not be ready for this year.

The Prodigy is shipping and is a very nice boot.

Aid versus Free is not a fair analogy. In terms of rock climbing the PV could more farely be portrayed (as I understand Milford's posts) as climing a top-rope rout as compared to climbing lead.