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Awesome @ChadW thanks. Very much appreciated.

That's great data @OB1. Would you, or someone, happen to have the same equivalent settings for a 66"? That is Rini, Rossi old, and Rossi new. I'm sure they are buried in one of the Vapor threads (which I've tried to follow), but my forum searching skills are limited. Thanks in advance.

My ski partner is looking for the subject ski (65" FlexTail) used. If you, or anyone you know, may have one please reply or send me a private message. Thanks.

I had the surgery also to repair my torn retinaculum. Cast for 5 weeks, skied at 8 weeks. And agree with the above. As the peroneal tendons continue to sublux anterior to the lateral malleolus, they can slowly shred. I've heard of folks rupturing the tendons over time, and then it's a more serious situation in terms of repair.

I have a barely used O'Neill Boost drysuit for sale here (see below). Size large, looks and works like new. $325 or best offer, and I'll pay shipping. Thanks: http://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?topic=Search&category=Dry_Suit&postid=25571

Shoeskiman, the Fluid Motion E-Series boot is a size large, left foot. I wear a 10.5 and it fit fine, but it would probably work for shoe sizes 10 - 11.5 or so as the liner can be heat molded. Let me know if you have any other questions, and my email / phone number is above in case you'd like to call or write as well. Thanks.

6balls, has the neoprene neck seal loosened up like you imagined it would? Thanks for the review and info.

The hanlde sold yesterday morning. Sorry for the delay in updating. Thanks.

Hi. Yes, it has a plate -- not sure the hole pattern, as I used Dual Lock on it for the 1 (and only) set it was skied. Free free to email or call as well: PLS4MS at GMAIL dot COM. Or 313-610-0385. Thanks.

Everything like new or great condition. For more details and photos see ski-it-again.com: D3 Z7 ST 66": $650 (OBO) Reflex R-Style Rear: $175 (OBO) Fluid Motion E-Series Front: $225 (OBO) Goode / Intuition Splash Liner: $60 (OBO) In Tow 12" X 1.06" Handle: $60 (OBO)

Are folks coming out of their T-Factors if need be? That's assuming the bungee laces aren't cranked. Thanks.

Sorry for another "for sale" post. Both great skis in excellent shape -- used one season each. Asking $425 for the 66" RCX and $750 for the 65" Z7. Will pay for shipping in the contiguous US on both. More info and photos here: http://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?topic=Search&postid=SIA11526 and http://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?topic=Search&postid=SIA11527

Thanks for checking out my 2008 Mastercraft Prostar 197 Tournament Team. Boat is in excellent shape -- has been babied. Hate to have to sell it. Only 291 hours, and runs like brand new. $35,500 OBO. Can meet half way for delivery (within 1,000 miles) -- we are in SE Michigan. Reply, email, or call for photos, don't know how to post them: PLS4MS at AOL dot COM or (313) 610-0385. See below for more info: 350 HP MCX Engine Zero Off Cruise Control Perfect Pass Cruise Control w/ Stargazer #48 Out Of Only 100 Made Bimini Top Mastercraft Trailer Cover Never Stored In Water Always Garage Kept New Plugs New Impeller Oil Changed Every 50 Hours Transmission Fluid Changed Every Spring

Just as an update, I ended up trying both systems for a couple weeks each and while they both felt and performed great, ultimately I went with the FM E-Series. Honestly I don't think you can go wrong with either system. Question to the guys running them, or who tried them in the past, where did you end up in terms of tightness of the cuff bolts? The manual talks about tightening them down, then backing off 1-2 turns. I'm at tight minus a half turn on the inside of the ankle, and tight minus 1 full turn on the outside. Not sure how big the tolerance window is for a safe release versus the cuff popping off early. I was at tight minus 2 turns initially and the inside of the cuff popped once while skiing. Thanks again for all the good info.

Where do you think your DIN setting was, Marco? If each "dash" on the left and right represents a number starting at 4, were you above 6? Sorry to hear about your injury -- hang in there, it goes by pretty quick.

Good info, Roger. Thanks. To clarify, the fall that is most concerning to us (and what produced injury in the past) is either the offside turn tail blow-out, or the offside turn stuff the tip then stall. That is when we need the foot to come out, most importantly the front. A good answer is, well, don't do those things then, but I guess we all get in trouble sometimes.

I'm sorry to be another beater of this horse, but new bindings have come up on myself and training partner's radar again and additional intell is needed. Performance isn't a question, but can anyone provide more feedback on witnessed safe releases from the subject systems? Seems like the RS-1's have plenty of documented releases, but also some ankle injuries (mainly due to laces being too tight is the theory). Are a lot folks coming out of when the laces are "just snug" or "loose enough that the ski can be pulled off without un-cinching them"? How about the the E-Series? They are new and I can't find too many opinions out there, and we're curious if people have been releasing from them also when they need to? Having a couple ankle surgies prior, one of the concerns in that the joint can't take the stress required to stretch the bungies and cause release. On the other hand, we really like the fact that pre-releases are avoided in both systems. Thanks in advance for the info.

Thanks for the replies and info. The original reasons for the heel lift were (a) to encourage knee bend, (b) make my rear knee closer to my front, and © improve balance on the ski. After seeing recent photos of my skiing I can tell my knee bend issue is resolved (sans heel lifts), and I'm not sure 3/16" really did much other for the other two items. One thing I can point out from experience is that removing the lift did take a little tip out of the ski, for which I offset by adding 0.003" of length in the fin.

How many out there are running some sort of heel lift in their rear boot? I'm skiing on a Wiley rear and Reflex front and am struggling with balance on the ski (and my offside) and don't know if the lift is hurting or helping me. I had an 3/16" shim back there and recently took it out to experiment. Not sure what to do now -- thanks for the input. I did read the article posted on the site about this topic a while ago, which was helpful, now I'm just curious what people out there are doing.

I've been playing with a 66" RCX this fall for a bit, and really enjoy the ski. I'm running a Reflex front, and a Wiley rear at stock (29.50"), and at 36 MPH the fin numbers I seem to like best are "around": 6.890" 2.505" 0.750" I've been running a 9 degrees of wing since our water is cold (50F), but will go to 8 in the spring. I agree with JD, stock length seems too long. Hope this helps!

Thanks for the input, Fellas. I'll hit up a speed shop for the Holley spring kit -- sounds like a real simple fix. The other thing is I have a nice, big Acme 3 blade prop on right now, so the RPM's that the boat runs at 36 are very low. In the very short term, I may try throwing the stock OJ 3 blade on to see what that does to the RPM's, and where we fall in terms of the secondaries being open or closed. I'd rather the R's go up, and have the secondaries be open all the time at this point, as I think that's the move for 36. Sorry to mess the thread up. How's the water temp up in NY, Ed?

I've heard that before as well, but never did it. Thanks for the suggestion. Can you give me the overview as to how to properly disconnect the secondaries on my stock Ford 351 carb? I believe it is the Holley 4160. In addition, does the boat have trouble with pulling skiers up, or starting with these disconnected? I'm guessing you just disconnect the linkage on the secondary side of the bowl, but I just want to be safe. Thanks again.

This is off-topic, but I have a question for you, Eric (or anyone else who may want to chime in). We sometimes train behind my 88' PS 190, and recently put magnets back on the course. What we find happening is that as boat goes through the gates at 36, PP does it's "gate-up" feature increasing the RPM's by "X" to compensate for the gate pull. Unfortunately, this, combined with the skier pulling the boat down at that moment, is just enough to cause the carb's secondaries to open, producing a huge surge in the RPM's, throwing the skier way off. Like 200 or so RPM's get thrown in, and the end times are way hot also. We jokingly have been calling it the extreme Zero Off simulator Is there anything we can do, either in PP or with the boat, to correct or offset this? We'd like to continue using the magnets to get times, but don't want to have the large surge. We were told to put skier weight to 0 and just increase the RPM baseline to compensate, as the gate-up feature uses skier weight to calculate the added RPM's, but we thought having skier weight at 0 may change the pull significantly. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

Does anyone have some settings to try on the 9700? I have a 65.5", and ski 36 MPH. Currently running 6.997" (tips), 2.449", 0.69". Binding settings stock, 29.125" hardshell. I checked out the fin database, but couldn't find anything related to the 9700. I'm mainly curious to see what other people are running for tip -- my ski isn't doing anything terribly wrong, but I'm just exploring. Thanks in advance.

All boots in excellent shape, very little use: FM Double Six w/ FMX Plate Size Medium (8-10.5): http://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?topic=Search&postid=SIA06840 RS-1's Size 11: http://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?topic=Search&postid=SIA06841 Wiley's Front Large (10-11.5): http://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?topic=Search&postid=SIA06839 Post or email if you are interested, or have any questions. Thanks!