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That is cool. The S turn style I like. Reminds me of the styles that many of the top skiers back in the day used to use. I called it double clutching. I don't believe you can double clutch on the high end slaloms these days. Very entertaining.

I was just curious, so I laid out all my old skis: EP's, Jobes, HO's, Iconns to some of the newer ones: Goode's and Radars. I wrote the factory recommended settings for bindings on each ski. I then measured the tail and tip rockers, slid a piece of thick paper under the ski across the table from both ends to get the length and placement of the flat spot. The older skis have more rocker and the newer ones do not. All of the skis are of the basic same shape. I really found no relationship to the recommended binding setup to the flat spot. I would have thought that it would be relative. What got me interested in this was the recommended setting of 28.875 for the 64" Goode and 65's from other manufacturers were in the 29" range.

This is a question for those with some binding setup experience. How does the ski factory determine the factory recommended binding setup? Is it based on the ski length? Or based on something else such as sweet spot or so on? Thanks.

On the home page of the hosports.com website, Wil Asher and KC Wilson are skiing on a red ski. My guess is it's the A2

Hello, Â How did you get a 65" Strada to turn with a 95 lb. skier? That really piked my interest when I saw on the forum. Especially since she gets into 35 off. That is awesome. Our daughter skis on a 64" Goode and it just will not complete a turn at any rope length. To see a 95lb. girl skiing into 35 off on a 65" Strada is just incredible.

I believe surface area plays a much bigger role than most skiers realize. I am finding from trial and error that the high end skis are not always the best fit for the top end skiers. I think that can be vouched for by Horton's outstanding reviews on the Connelly V and the Radar Strada 55. Skis are much too long and much too narrow. Dave Goode is on to something with this and other manufacturers are too as well.

I heard it is going to be very similar to the Goode Wide Ride. Have you tried that one? Alot of people like it.

Picked up a Goode Makai for a deal. Partly due to peeling and chipping paint. Anyone know where I can get some paint for this ski? Thanks.

Looking for someone to answer me a question about a Goode slalom. I have a kid skiing on a 64" Goode 9500. She is 100 lbs and 5'3". I had the boots off the ski and noticed it was the same length as a old 65" Jobe. So, I put a tape measure along the top contour and bottom contour and got 65 1/4" inches long. Now, it seems to me that maybe this ski may be a bit too long for a 100 lb. skier. I do not know. Is the 64.25 Goode 9900 64.25 inches long or is it longer? Thanks.

While at the Nationals, I watched as much slalom skiing as I could from Girls 2 on up to Mens 3. Alot of awesome skiers in the top of each division. One thing that caught my attention was where the water was breaking on the glide for the gates. Most of all the top skiers, the waterline break was between the front and back foot to just under the front heel. I never even once saw water breaking at the front of the front foot. This goes against everything I have read about binding placement. So, it looks as if one hole back is better. The two skiers that stand out in my mind as incredible in style and how wide and early they skied were Kat Warner and Ruth McCreary. McCreary was incredibly wide and early and effortless at 32 off. Awesome skiing for Girls 2. I think she ended up with 1 1/2 at 35 off, but she lost the handle for no reason. Her 35 off appeared to me to be very runnable even with the tail wind. Watch this girl ski if you get the chance, she will soon be skiing in Open Women no doubt.

It was very, very rolly. Worse I've ever seen, sort of like being in a pool. Boat moving around by rollers. Come to think of it, the MC TT never lurches forward but the lake it is on doesn't have rollers.

There is a lively discussion going on over on the waterskiforum website about none other than our most favorite topic: Zero Off. I have never really had the chance to experience it until this week. I do not ski it and it is very rare that I drive a boat with it. First thing I noticed driving a 2009 SN with ZO installed and a PCM 343 engine was how incredibly responsive it is. I normally drive a 98 SN with a GT40 engine. Path straight down the middle of the course, maybe a slight turning of the nose when the skier switches edge not much though since the skier is only 100 lbs. and runs mid 32 off's. So, all in all pretty much right down the middle. What I have noticed with the ZO powered boats is that if you deviate from a direct center line the boat will lurch forward with the nose coming upward. And it doesn't take much, maybe a couple of inches. This would make sense to me since I believe the course is mapped and GPS is insuring that the boat goes exactly that speed from point a to b. So, it seems to me if the boat driver does not drive perfectly straight, he or she will cause the boat to surge more than it normally would. Amazing to me that a slight deviation could cause such a drastic increase in speed. Thus, this is why the heavier skiers are getting hammered. The drivers are trying to counter only to cause much more acceleration. I think the SN 200 design is trying to address this with better tracking and higher rpms. Hopefully, some tournament certified drivers will chime in on this and give their expertise and opinions on this subject.Â

Boody, What do you practice behind?

The biggest challenge for us is getting the PP Stargazer on our 98 SN to feel like the ZO on the new tournament boats. My daughter practiced slalom today at the S Regs behind SN200 w/ ZO and skied 1 @ 28 off. That is about a pass less than she runs in practice. She is in G2 and never misses 28 off in practice. First thing she said about the SN200 is that it felt hard. Granted it did have a 6.0 and they will not be using that one in the slalom event. Wakes are very nice though. I've come to the conclusion if you are going to ski tournaments you are going to have to put out the greenbacks for a new boat with ZO. Or you are going to be in for continous frustration.

Anybody know the southern regional boat draw for the slalom events/divisions? Seems like the southern region voted to go with the Nat's boat draw a while back, but I can't remember. I know one time they used to announce the boat draw the day before the regionals started. Thanks.

Goode is now allowing a free Demo period for two weeks. Â However, your charge card will be charged for the full price of the ski and/or bindings until the ski and/or bindings are returned to the factory in mint condition. Then the charge will be removed. Sounds somewhat risky to me and really not free as advertised. Anyone tried this demo program with good results?

Wanted to throw a question out there for those that have junior skiers. I am being told that my Junior Girls 2 skier is skiing too many slalom sets a day. How many slalom sets a day are the other junior skiers taking out there? Â Thanks.

I placed 2 - 50 lb dumbells at the back of the boat and that did the trick. the rooster tail is now substantial at 32 mph 22off. The Mastercraft should not catch her by surprise anymore.

Thanks for all replies.

throwing a issue out there, wondering if anyone has run into this. Got a junior girls 2 skier who practices behind a 98 SN. She runs 22 off 95% of the time in practice with Stargazer. In a tournament, mostly behind 08 and 09 MC's, she has trouble keeping the ski from bouncing and she is edging strong. Anything I can do to the 98 SN to mimick the taller rooster tail at 22 off? I was thinking of placing weight in the boat, but do I put the weight up in the nose or the tail? Thanks.

Not to be bashing Goodes, but had he been riding a Radar Strada with the Strada boot he would have surely at least gotten 3@43 off not just 2. http://www.ballofspray.com/vanillaforum/js/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif

I think it is 100% the ski.

I second Doane's opinion. I have no cruise and am old school . Her skiingscores have not gone down when she skis behind ZO or PP enhanced boats so I must be doing something close to right. I am looking at getting Stargazer and wanted to get some exposure to it. I was just shocked at how much throttling I was hearing. Guess as long as it's consistent it will not be a problem. I really am not a good driver, just a wannabe. Been driving 40+ years, trained and schooled by Jack Walker and Bill Stevenson. But those were drivers way before cruise controls came on the horizon. If you really want to know who the best drivers are look to see who pulls the skiers who are on the podium. Thanks to all on the positive comments.

I have been driving my daughter all her life with out any cruise control. She has improved consistently over the years. Now she wants to ski tournaments so I am looking at a cruise system. I have a 98 SN so I will probably go with a Stargazer rather than drop 58 K in the bucket for a new Zero Off enhanced boat. I had the opportunity to sit in the boat while she skiied a zero off boat. My eyes were wide open. I have never heard so much throttling. I can drive for you like that for a whole lot cheaper. I believe zero off would be absolutely perfect for Jumping but for slalom? After much thought, I began to wonder if maybe this zero off system is why ski companies are building wider skis. I believe everybody to trying to figure out how to run 41 off without loading the line. Good luck with that. Now, I can see why there is so much discussion on the ski forums with respect to Zero Off.

Looking for some info on this ski. I really like the SenateC, so I am wondering if I should try one of these or stay on the senate. One thing about the Senate is that the tail is much wider. The ski is wider everywhere. Is this ski .2 inches wider everywhere or just in the forebody? Thanks.