Bruce_Butterfield

@BK local / fleet delivery vehicles such as Amazon are one area that I think EV makes a lot of sense. Especially if they can effectively use regenerative braking. Those vehicles do mostly start/stop and spend a significant portion of their life idling. However, fleet vehicles make up a very small portion of the market. There is still significant difference in the cost, performance, and range for the EV equivalent of a Toyota Camry or Ford F-150. Once that gap gets smaller (without subsidies or tax credits), then the demand will increase. It isn't there yet.

@Horton of course car companies are going along with it. If they don't, the risk being put out of business. What choice do they have? I think demand for Teslas is primarily market driven. They are very cool, high end luxury/sports cars and the people lining up can afford a high end car. I think the "demand" for the vast majority of the remaining EVs is being forced by legislative / political policies that are far divorced from true market demand.

Meanwhile, back to "the market is driving the demand for electric vehicles"..... https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-state-plans-to-outlaw-most-new-gas-cars?%3Futm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dwtwitter

@Bonty88 Which college and where are you located? I know the owner of that Connelly HC and it would actually be a decent starter ski. Its probably been sitting in the garage for 10 years. The bad part about tricking is that the binding is more important than the ski. I know its a tough pill to swallow, but if your daughter is showing interest in tricking, its a good idea to bite the bullet and get a Reflex. Contact Brooks before you do anything. Radar is really good at supporting college kids.

Radar has been a huge supporter of collegiate skiing and has offered discounts in the past. Contact @brooks

Well shoot. Put her in a Nautique and even Horton could run 39 :D

@Horton you predict 1/2 of all cars will be electric in 10 years? I want some of what you are smoking:) Yeah people are lining up to buy Teslas, but those are people who would otherwise buy a BMW, Porsche or Lexus. That is a small percentage of the car buyers. You need to look and see how many people are lining up to buy Chevy Volts as their daily driver. Those are the majority of car buyers and are/will still be buying Ford, Chevy and Hyundai - largely on price point. Then consider the amount of Lithium that will need to be mined to go from 2-3% of cars on the road to 50%. Without a quantum leap in battery technology, the cost of lithium will only go up and the environmental impact of mining that much lithium is not trivial. Then there are the power grid updates necessary to support all the at home charging. Doable, but definitely not trivial or cheap. Yes, much more complicated and nuanced once you start thinking about a few basic realities. Then add the politics back in and you have a total clusterF.

I always thought LFF skiers were a little strange. Now you are proving it.

@swbca cortizone is a high strength localized anti-inflammatory. If you have pain AND it’s due to inflammation, a cortisone injection can help. The downside is that too much cortisone can weaken tendons so it should be used conservatively. If you don’t have a lot of pain avoid the injection. I still think a good PT program is your best bet. Strengthen the smaller stabilizing muscles and help the shoulder alignment to reduce stress on the damaged parts.

Wow. Lots of responses to a clueless troll. Delete the thread and ban the originator.

@BraceMaker not to start a pissing contest, but the "global scientific community" IS political even though they have "scientists" as some of the boards on the international organizations. It doesn't take much digging to find alot of scientists who disagree with the "SCIENTIFIC community" statements. Step back and think about how basic scientific process works. You ALWAYS question and debate issues. If the existential threat of CO2 was a scientific issue, it would be presented as "here are facts X, Y and Z that show the world will end in 10 years, here are facts A, B and C that show it won't and the case is overwhelming that we are in deep shit." It would also consider the cost (financial, environmental and geo-political) of options for action. Any new facts or data would be considered as more is learned. Is anything remotely like that happening, or is it balls to wall on wind/solar in spite of all the negative aspects of those? On the other hand, a political argument would go like "Everyone agrees CO2 will kill everyone in 10 years and we have to adopt wind/solar energy [and ignore all negative costs]. Even though none of the predictions of global catastrophe over the last 50 years have come true, it will really happen this time. Anyone who disagrees is an ignorant science denier". Sound familiar? I do think the electrical vehicle and boat technology has a lot of potential benefits. It has a way to go before it will be comparable (cost, performance, longevity, weight, etc) with petrol powered vehicles. The free market is best for technology developments. Its the politically driven agendas that give me the heartburn.

@BraceMaker you stated: "Beyond that global climate change will start impacting where we live and where we grow food. This is all proven it's not up for debate." (bold mine) That is absolute bullshit. It is also a political argument, NOT a scientific one, that has no place on this board. I would refute it in more detail, but that discussion does not belong here. If you want to talk about how great Teslas are (I think they are cool, but won't save the planet) or when we will get an electric boat, that's great, just keep the political brainwashing out of it.

Assuming this is for one end of a slalom course but why does direction matter? Your drawing seems to be for an overly complicated anchor. Wouldn’t a stainless eyebolt in the center be simpler and unidirectional?

Spheres and cylinders are very strong against external pressure. I think the jar will hold up but the weak point will be the lid and/or seal. Easy enough to do a test drop without the phone and see if it leaks. Pulling 700lb out of the mud is challenging but can be done.

@swbca I’m not a doc, just an aging athlete with my share of injuries over the years and learned what I could as I went along so I will share what I know. If a real doc or PT want to chime in, I’ll gladly take a back seat. There are 4 tendons that make up the “rotator cuff”. The most common one to injure is the supraspinatus at the top of the shoulder joint. There are 2 ways any of these tendons “tear”: either an acute injury that rapidly tears something or plain ole years of wear and tear. The supraspinatus is relatively wide and flat, perhaps 3/4-1” wide. One of the best descriptions I’ve heard of a tear is like wearing a hole in your jeans that just gets thinner and thinner until there is a hole that keeps getting bigger. The repair is to suture the hole back together. In your case, I suspect you already had significant wear and tear, then it doesn’t take much force in a slightly awkward way to increase the damage, but that’s just a guess. A 20yo could probably done the exact same kettlebell swings with no issues. It’s also common for us chronically gifted folks to rupture the long head of the biceps tendon and fully separate from the shoulder joint. This results in a good chunk of the biceps to drop toward the elbow and have a very obvious “Popeye bicep”. For non-athletes it’s common to do nothing and live with it with minimal lifestyle impact. For an athlete it is obviously important to fix it. That is what drove my first surgery - ruptured the tendon while skiing that required surgery and “by the way doc, when you are in there fix anything else that needs to be fixed”. His words were that I had a massive tear in the supraspinatus. I had had pain in that shoulder for probably 15 years so no big surprise. Someone else had asked how to prevent rotator cuff injuries. IMO the most important thing is to strengthen the smaller stabilizing muscles in the shoulder. This is the light weight, high rep, controlled exercise I mentioned earlier. The only other ways are not do any activity or not get old?. I focused on these exercises several off seasons and had significantly less pain the following season. But it’s like brushing your teeth- you need to do them regularly. One good explanation is here https://www.shoulder-pain-explained.com/supraspinatus-tendonitis.html Goggle or search for exercise for rotator cuff and you will get lots of good examples.

@swbca the trick ski is only one option that I have used coming backs from several injuries over the years. If you want to get in the water sooner, get the biggest surface area ski you can find and go as slow as you can. If you can get a 72” fat boy ski and not drown at 20mph you will be able to ski with much less stress on a weakened body. Anything you can do to start gradually will get you on the water sooner.

@swbca as I think about the is more, waiting until fall may be a viable option. That’s basically what I did last year but it was around June when I realized surgery was inevitable. ( I did ski the day before the surgery :) However instead of a cortisone injection, you may be able to get significant improvement with a targeted exercise program. Exercise won’t do anything for the actual tendon but it can strengthen the smaller supporting muscles in the shoulder and lesson pain and reduce risk of additional injury. There are several good PTs on this board (broadcast help from a PT) who can point you in the right direction or you can hit YouTube for rotator cuff exercises. Better yet try to see one in person. These will mostly be very light weight, high rep, very controlled movements as opposed to your kettle ball stuff. You can also get a shouldersphere. https://www.shouldersphere.com/. Using this delayed my first shoulder surgery by 2-3 years. Of course take the advice of your doc and PT over mine? Good luck!

@swbca as someone else stated, it’s not as much the deep water starts or the skiing but a fall pulling on your shoulder that presents the highest risk of reinjury once you start skiing. I don’t think the power vest would help and the clincher style gloves may provide additional risk. ( I have never used a power vest or clinchers so take that for what it’s worth) Personally I think the best way to get back on the water sooner is slippery slalom ( run the slalom course on a trick ski). You will be using the same “ski muscles” but at much lower intensity so you can build back to ski shape gradually and much more safely. If you are not a fan of trick skis, running the course on jumpers or a pair of combos is second best. Delaying surgery as lpskier suggested is a mixed bag. You do run the risk of making the tear worse or having considerable pain after skiing or at night. I would regularly hit the ice pack immediately after skiing and would frequently be unable to sleep without an ice pack on. Everyone is different so up to you if delaying surgery to September makes sense.

@The_MS but what settings do you use with a red vs blue vs yellow boats?

@swbca several comments on your ski selection: - keep in mind the C85 is still a 65" ski - A "wider" ski is generally a good thing and will give more margin for mistakes than a narrow ski - that size chart is probably a better guide for a 20yo ripping at 36. You need to consider your age and speed and adjust size accordingling - traditional rules and guidelines get turned on their head when talking about the Denali I'm 195lbs, skiing at 34 and ride the XL. It is by no means "too big". It is the best ski I've been on in a long time. Based on my experience with the C85, I would recommend the L for you, but will defer to the Adams. Full review and more opinions here: /forum#/discussion/25668/butterfield-s-c85-review _

Ahh so that’s what happened to @6balls. But how does that explain @Mrs_MS injury when her boyfriend jumped out the window??

For longest career at the elite level, KLP has to be at or near the top of the list. Set first world record at age 13 and still competitive at the world class level through his early 50's.

:o Oh boy. The EPA will have a good time with all the lithium in the water. Probably close down that body of water for rhe next 100 years

Meh. I’m still eagerly awaiting a 6.7l Powerstroke as a drop in for a bubblebutt

The vast majority of collegiate skiers are recreactional/beginning skiers who previously had little to no exposure to competitive skiing. If I was to guess, I would say that 1 or 2 out of 10 collegiate skiers were competitive before college. One of the unwritten rules for many collegiate skiers is that the first time they go over the jump is in a tournament. By far the best hope to "grow the sport" of competitive skiing (or at least slow the decline) is to promote collegiate skiing and get those kids hooked.