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Hardly ever. I always see what I'm doing wrong when I video, I just rarely have an extra person in the boat to video. Guess I need to buy a camera mount.

Good luck you guys. Have fun, and ski well

@richarddoane I agree 100%

Life without jumping sucks. I've don't it. Hope it's awhile before I do it again. Slalom is harder on my body then jump.

As a jumper, I personally don't like a safety crew on top of me after a crash. Let me check things out first before you get up in my face. Especially a crash like that, where you get your skis back under you. They typically don't hurt, just make you mad and the last thing I want is someone right on top of me. Now if you want to swim my skis back to me, I do appreciate that, or if I'm no respondent I do appreciate getting my face pulled out of the water.

It looks like the anti EP wingtip

@mlskier I heard it was the earth.

He did a good job getting his skis back under him. Not that easy to do with the new jumpers.

Need more info about it feeling big and heavy.

Sometimes a magic eraser will take out small scratches

Very awesome. Can't wait to get my jump skis back. Sucks not being able to take a set. Keep the videos coming.

I'm in Pensacola Florida

I've got a 67, but I'm 6'-4" 205 so I was thinking of trying a 68.

@jayski my elite went flying off my car at 80 mph on the highway, so I'm in the market for a new ski. Is there much difference between the endo and the elite? Went form Sixam ss to the elite and was contemplating trying something different.

Obrien elite, first offside turn I had so much speed and the ski just hooked and stopped. Big yardsail.

I would recheck everything. Make sure the binders, fin, and wing are set right.

Actually got a ride in an amphicar once. Very cool, or at least very interesting.

Rope releases are great but a major pain if you are driving and pinning at the same time. It is fairly idiot proof once you learn the proper way to wrap it.

Missed my entrance gates at regionals on my opening pass, then followed that up with two passes and an out the front jumping. Two zeros is very frustrating.

Skied my first tournament in 1977. I have see a lot of changes over the years. Most good some bad. Got me thinking, I've only had 8 different slalom skis, 4 tricks, and 5 jump skis. Horton probably goes thru that in a weekend.

I've gone back and forth on this a few times. At heart I'm a traditionalist and think that the course should remain the same. The gates add to the competition and I do not think they pose any danger. I've also never had mine pulled when they didn't need to be. I'm also not in favor of making changes to the course lay out. Why reinvent the wheel.

 

That being said tournament/judging is getting very cumbersome, and I wouldn't have a lot of heart ache if they decided to change the rule. Change the start of the course to the 55's and how you get around the 6 buoys after that is up to you. Even with that rule change, I personally would still go between the gate balls, because it works for my timing. It would greatly help the beginners, kids, and older skiers which we should try to do. Who wants to spend $50 to go around one buoy and go home? The only real issue I see with this is during head to head competition. Say you are trying to run the pass and set up for a traditional start and fall around 1 ball scoring 1/2 @38 off, the next guy just has to pull out to the right enough to get around 1 ball for the win. Not that big a deal, but less climactic then the traditional way.

 

I would still like to have the traditional end gates used as a stopping point. If some knucklehead wants to try and come around 6 with the entire rope in the water and hold onto it, that stupidity is on him.

 

Personal responsibility

 

They changed the starting gates for tricks. I'm sure the same can be done for slalom.

@MattP You never know I was just taking a shot. I used to always hit the bathroom before skiing in a big tournament.

pre jump dump?

How hard is it to tell the judges that unless it is blatantly obvious the skier missed the gates then call them good. No need for cameras at class c tournaments. On r tournaments use cameras as a backup only when gates are pulled and there has to be Indisputable evidence. No need to change all the rules just how they are applied.

I highly recommend all three. They all ski unbelievably well, and surprisingly very similar. Great people to boot.