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Caldwell at Trophy Lakes on Friday, Nov. 17th

Big Question - What is going to happen to the incredible collection of classic slalom waterskis??? I hope they have found a good home for all of them in the same place.

@Drago Ignoring the humorous allusions, but what is that thing???

Can someone refer me to the video link (and time stamp) for Adam's runs?

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Full pass at 39! Just for the record, what was your previous PB at a tournament?

This is indeed a huge loss for Seattle and waterskiing. Many prayers for his family. My best Paul story was the day I was looking at some skis when a guy came into the shop and tried to barter, and not in a friendly way, with Paul over the price of a used ski. Paul just kept raising the price until the guy gave up. He then tried to buy it at the original price and Paul just said no. When the guy left the shop, I couldn't help but break out laughing.

Horton - all of the above. Great video!

Well deserved, well earned! Congratulations!

I think it is hilarious that no one has commented on the beard.

Try again. Caldwell was on vacation in Maine. Not sure if he is back yet.

@Horton I don't think I have ever seen a video of you being that (consistently, ball to ball) smooth at 38. Amazing skiing.

@Horton OK, I'll second what @Than_Bogan asked. Are you just yanking our chain?

@adamhcaldwell , as @Wish said, this pass looked pretty smooth. Basically, every one of the passes you have posted look pretty good! The c75 seems to be very forgiving of positioning on the ski.

I might also comment that those wakes look pretty big at that speed. I can imagine that is one reason she is backing off prior to the wakes. "Kudos" to her for even trying!

@Alberto Soares - Yep! And, the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel is @adamhcaldwell and @AdamCord.

@DangerBoy: Nicely said. I concur.

@bracemaker - Apples versus Oranges - You just introduced 4 shear planes when you created a 1" square tube (assuming the end condition retains the 1" square under load). The assumption with the 4" sheet of cardboard is that it is 2-dimensional with only 1 "shear" plane. So, thickness, by itself, doesn't increase the torsional stiffness. For example, if you could separate 2 sheets of 2" wide cardboard with an air gap (of any thickness), they would have the equivalent overall torsional stiffness as the 4" wide strip. But, after saying all of that, I agree with the point you were trying to make! The best case, from a torsional stiffness standpoint, it to use your 4" strip of cardboard to make it into a tube. That's why airplanes went to monocoque structures. Ok, so when do we start riding tubular skis?