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I had that in my Mastercraft. The fuel pickup in the tank was clogged. Only when you went to high fuel demand did it sputter out.

I think one of the best things about the Mapple experience is getting your ski setup by Andy. He saves you so much time that you would waste if you tweaked it yourself.

LFF or RFF?

If you shoot at 4k you can zoom in to a reasonable size without any pictue loss if you edit in 720 or 1080.

@liquid d That's a really cool article. I like the advent of cotton garden gloves. Also, I like his suggestion of starting every set at a speed higher than you have mastered. I have a friend who starts off at 36 runs a couple passes and then slows it to 34. He says it makes a big difference. Maybe that's what it'll take Perch to get past 2 ball on his opener.... waaaay past 2 ball :)

Sorry to hear it. Your story of waterskiing saved your life is awesome. I hope you get back soon. (I also thought that should have won the video contest). Speedy recovery.

@dchristman‌ Dave doesn't ski anymore. The lake is used by Eric and a few others. If you want details, PM me.

@chef23 Labour day might be the next time that I might be there, hope to see you then. Summer schedule is pretty full. Skiing with @LPskier in two weeks in Lake Placid. Gotta make the rounds!

@ andre I'll talk to Brent and see if we can work it out. Late June - early July. @ScarletArrow Eric is wearing Fluid Motion E series Bindings. Also, I have plenty of passes of Andy and his knees aren't always together. Someone more knowledgeable than me will have to pipe in on that point.

Alright Ballers, the Hackers were together again last week-end and as promised, there is more video. In my opinion, everybody improved but there is a long road ahead before any of us ski as smooth as Nicole. It will be a little while before the next instalment but the hackers will get together again and continue to post updates. Here's the video.

Thx

How many skiers make it into the finals?

I am leaving for America this afternoon to spend the week-end skiing with the hackers. I will see if we can apply anything we learned here and post updated video.

That's some great analysis, thanks all. Here's another one to compare. By far my favourite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3kIGsACZhY

Here's another one. I'm at 35, Nicole 28. She is so far ahead of me it's not funny. I'm considering tennis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VosCE4aisAw&feature=youtu.be

Agreed, but I believe it's the time she has at the width of the course before the ball that allows her to do that. I have approval from 1 guy who will remain anonymous (until you watch the video) to put up the side by side. Here is the caveat. This video was shot last week in upstate New York, in cold water and cold air, while being out of "ski shape". I made this video to illustrate the subtle differences that pro's have over the rest of us. You have to watch it frame by frame to really see where the big stuff is. @wtrskior I don't think you can get that much ski in the water in the turn when you come in fast and narrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0lUthrwZDQ

Let me check with the guys in them and see if they are okay with it.

While I was putting this video of Nicole together, I was seriously impressed with her skiing form and how easy she makes it look. So for fun, I made a couple side by side video comparisons of myself and a few of my buddies vs Nicole. Everything at 28 off. Everybody can run 35 on a good day so pretty good skiers. In every case, Nicole was across the course faster than the guys, which means she has lots of time and easy smooth turns that end up with great angle. Us guys skied narrow and relied on cranking and bullying the ski to make the next ball. So the argument was made that she is way lighter than any of us so of course she can be faster than us. I then ran this whole thing by Andy and he told me that he is even faster than Nicole. Even though I believed Andy, I still went ahead and made a side by side video of Andy vs Nicole. Much to my dismay, he is faster across course than Nicole. It goes without saying that I will not be making the side by side videos of me and my buddies vs Andy. So what I really learned out of all this is turns mean almost nothing. Being efficient and getting across the course quickly is everything. With any luck and solid effort applying what I learned in my side by side comparisons, I'll be skiing like a girl some time soon.

Love my 6.0 too. I was recently there for a 5 days. Awesome experience.

Coming off a D3, I rode these numbers all last summer and did well with it. (Andy set it up for me) 2.489 D 6.830 L .765 DFT Boots at 29.5 wing 8 I recently copied the settings that Andy had on a demo ski at his lake onto my ski to see the difference. They were: 2.485 D 6.800 L .74 DFT Boots at 29.5 wing 8 I only got 1 set on these numbers but I instantly noticed that the ski was lighter to ride. A buddy of mine rode that ski for a couple sets and skied really well on it with those numbers. But as Gregy said if you ask Andy he'll give you suggestions based on how you ski and what you skied on before.

@lpskier, I have a picture of you trying to ski like me:)

$20.00 each. Limited quantities! Makes a great gift! Pays for itself after the first use!

What I found most interesting is what Shane picked up on, handle low and slowly feeding it out. Given the path that he's skiing, he can't reach like he does at 28 as that will make him get to his final width too soon. By doing this, he appears to be saving the energy produced by the boat to get higher on the boat. The other interesting thing is the angle difference of the rope as he's mid way through the turn. 38 is way up on the boat and the load as he reconnects looks huge for a very short period. What you don't see in the video is Mike Mapple getting soaked at the end of each turn. The guy's a trooper.

There's a lot of choice around there, I'm planning on Mapple's in that time frame myself.

Mine works, if that's of any help.