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Looks like it doesn’t flow through on 1,3,5 as good as some skis you’ve been on. Is that just early season rust or maybe still getting used to it?

Corpse Revivers to the rescues...

@perfski is awesome. Bill just helped me with an issue on a ski I bought. 1st class in every way. The support he gives really is worth it as opposed to saving a few dollars from somebody that just has a website.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=CSLuqJ7hluE

Posting this for buoyhead69 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ispaGW5Qs

Sorry for your loss. Sounds like his tip to keep the lead shoulder up will help me.

I saw what @MickeyThompson saw too. IMO what @horton said is confusing and contradictory.

Above link doesn’t work for me

Lot of first time posters in this thread

@Horton what were you’re fin/boot settings for the 65”? Thanks

My advice to guys working on 15, 22, 28 would be put aside chasing buoys until you really develop a strong, stacked stance and you know how to be front foot dominant when in that posture. Those two things along with handle control are the building blocks that will get you a long long way. Don’t let pro coaches that you may see 2 or 3 days a year just put a band aid on it to get you a few more buoys. Fix it right, for the long haul. I made the mistake of never perfecting that stuff early on. I ran 35 at tournaments several times and thought I was the business but I hit a wall that keeps a back foot dominant, squatty stance skier from going any further. Now I have to “clean up the mess” haha. Edit: front foot dominant is not the right way to say it. I should have said balanced. Anyway, what I was trying to emphasize is to get away from back foot dominant weighting.

@gregy this was my first pass where I got my com nearer where it needs to be. Not sure how different it looks but the change in feeling was incredible....the first 2 or 3 buoys. The end of pass wasn’t as great. https://youtu.be/GkQWDzTm49s

@gregy There have been ups and downs. Had to take a week off due to tendinitis. Also @MatthewBrown helped me realize that being stacked in and of itself is not the total answer. He helped me see that even when “stacked better” my com was way way too far back. So now my path is more complicated. I have to get stacked and have my com over the proper part of the ski while doing so. I’ve had some success at each of the two separately but not so much both at the same time. I will say that the passes I’ve skied lately when I truly had my com over my front foot were almost incredible. I’ve never generated so much speed into the first wake with so little effort. Breaking 18 seasons worth of bad habits is test of patience and determination.

How is the end course video actually evaluated to see if it’s in tolerance?

@bananaron I put a lot of trouble free hours on one those. It was a helluva boat. One of the best purchases I’ve ever made. Congratulations

@rsaputo The reflex recommended sizing can give an undesirable fit imo. What I mean is if you go by their size chart typically what you get is a shell that is a lot bigger than your foot. This excess shell volume is filled with liner thickness and you ratchet the buckles tight. In my case I went down in size one lower than recommended and my foot has a minimum of excess room in the bare shell. I use a thin liner and it works great. About making the transition from what you’re on now to new. I changed from from double hardshells to reflex/rtp several years ago. It took at least a dozen sets to get comfortable but I’m glad i made the switch. If you get to ski regularly I say switch and never look back. It won’t be that big a deal if you’re patient and get regular water time.

@escmanaze this is awesome. He’ll probably be running 32 off in three or four more summers

I ski behind a 17. Easy to drive. Feels great to ski behind.

@matthewbrown got any suggestions for drills that would help prevent pushing on the ski so much with my back foot?

@MDB1056 thanks if I can fix it anybody can 66” XTR. I did ride an S2 many years ago. It worked well back then.

For me it’s not necessarily the wrong words it’s just a matter of how do you do it? It’s kinda like telling a team to “win the game” but not telling them how to do it

@gregy I’ve heard “hips up” a million times and tried it over and over. It just never worked for me. Straighter legs was what I needed to hear to finally get some results. I guess we all have to try different things until something clicks.

@gregy. Thanks, yes you are probably right about my arms. Today I was only focused on finding some way to get stacked so other things definitely slipped through the cracks. My gate timing was off for most passes and it felt like I was just skiing buoy to buoy where I normally have a lot more time and space coming into the buoy...just a function of trying something totally new to me. All in all I’m really happy with the results of the second set today.

So this is my second set today thinking about just keeping my legs straighter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZl4zQ_BVOI I had some success with this. There may be hope after all! Below is a typical pass at 28 last week before trying to correct the bad posture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3CXGRGu8pg

@horton yeah but the problem is that boat speed and that rope length aren’t the end goal. Straighter legs I’ll try next time. Is it weird my basic position is so much worse going to my right even though I’m rff? One of my rff ski partners has a great stack going to his right but less good going to his left.