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The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Time to hook up with the fishermen, folks. I seriously doubt the EPA will take on restricting water access to fishermen. They would have a war on their hands. Gander Mtn., Basspro, Cabelas, and others would fold. I could see private lakes getting shut down but not public lake access.

I have my blue Theory and love it. It has seen and run some serious shortline at 32 and 34 mph. You just have to work a little harder behind the boat due to it's width. It is a very good ski in that I have used it for entry level skiers and it has run 35 off as well. Not many skis out there that can cover all levels of skiers imo.

The Theory was one of the best skis Radar made! You could actually run some really shortline lengths on it although it was an entry level ski. Very good ski, sad to see it go.

Lovell is right on with the Army Corp

I have started getting calls from local skiers, recreational skiers, and so on, asking what happened to Andy Mapple. This goes to show how well known across the whole watersports world Andy was. Not just on the competitive level! The whole waterski world has lost a great friend and has been blessed with his presence.

EP Pro Stock

It was. Woke up in the woods.

He looks mighty young to be a grandparent but all things are conceivable aren't they?

Your maternal grandparents, I take it.

Who is Scott Smith?

Let's keep it simple! Once you ski MM, you stay in it for that year. No going back and forth. And that applies to Open Men and Women. However, I believe MM should have no age restriction. Change MM to Masters. It would be very awesome for some of the Open Men and/or Open Women to ski Masters. But once they do so, they must ski that for the whole season. Problem is: All the Pros would probably quit Open to ski the Big Dawg.

I know this perspective will piss alot of folks off! But I believe it contributes to the decline of the sport. You have a young G3 skier who skis OW in the big events then skis in G3 in the Regionals. Come on now! What do the parents want to do here? Beat the crap out of the other competitors? I have no problem with pushing a high level skier to ski against the best, that's the way to push the skier to get better. But to return back from Open to ski in G3 is not cool man! And while it may be good for that individual, it doesn't nothing for the sport, in my opinion.

There is really nothing that can be done. Too many outside factors. Number one is Money. Skis are 1500 to 2000 dollars blank and the cost of boats going to 60,000 next year. I really don't see the sport coming back unless alot of cable set ups start popping up around the country. Competition skiing is way too expensive! There are alot of qualified skiers not attending to Regs and/or Nats. There are even some that could get on the podium that aren't going to Regs/Nats, now that one I cannot figure out!

I got the same exact email several times. I have sold numerous skis to this person. They must be doing alot of skiing in Southeast Asia these days!

Does anyone know what the difference is with this new Vapor, ie, new bevel ? Shallower concave? more surface area under feet?