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I'm a lefty and I struggle with many of the things you are. My main focus this year is to stand tall, front foot pressure and try to stay in alignment. Coming into my off side turn I tend to reach forward and bend at the waist. For me it's what I call a safety move. My eyes (and upper body) tell me I need o stay with the ski through the turn, I'm anticipating the finish of the turn, the load of the boat coming and I do some not so fundamental things coming into the turn to make the finish manageable. Some of it has to do with not being in skiing shape. But the result is a stall, a loss of angle, slow acceleration off the buoy, all of the above, flowed by a panic move to get into my stack. Or the best stack I can muster up. The turn for the gates has to be on the front foot, with some speed, a carve and a lean away. It is not a slow roll, falling back on the boat and on the back foot. A windshield wiper turn if you will. You offside turn should be very similar. This video below is of a lefty. It may look like some scrappy skiing at the end of his turns sometimes but the line lengths are pretty difficult at that time. The one thing about this guy is, he never looses his hips.

@"Steven Haines" that looks like the west end of Axe's lake (RIP) ??

Yes. Pretty sure. Granted I wasn't in the boat rope wrangling, but from shore it appeared he went down the line to 4 ball at 41. He was running the 41 without to much of a struggle and seemed to over cook the 4 ball and ended up in the drink. He then came back and ran it. Then the pass I mention above, I presume was 43, and the end of his set. In his set he only lost the handle twice. Once at 4 ball and once at 3 ball.

Pretty sure, IIRC, the pass between 1:45 and 2:27 was -43 (9.75m)

@Stevie Boy Thanks for the other fin numbers I appreciate it. @DaveLemons Carrie & I are looking forward to catching up with you & Linda this summer. And yes, you too @richarddoane looking forward to seeing you.

@richarddoane the Vapor is definitely on the short list. After riding "the pink" last year in the tournament for one round I took notice. Skied it right up to my average IIRC. I keep trying to get Farley down to the 66" range so we can test skis together but he apparently can't lay off the ice cream & doughnuts. My interest in the S2 stems from a tournament trip to SW Idaho last year and also the fact you don't see many 2014 S2s for sale. Either they didn't build very many or no one is wanting to give them up. The Vapor and a couple other skis are very similar in that regard. My main reason for this post was binding position, and I'm still curious about that, but I was comparing the flex numbers with my older A2 last night and boy are they different. Not that I could tell you what they mean. I'll just ski it for a little bit this spring and see.

I'm pushing this to the top only because I'm going to get to play with the 2014 S2 in the coming weeks. A 65.5 for me. What I'm wondering about is binding position. I'll set everything up stock at first but if I move the bindings what direction might be a good first move? Obviously skiing on it will tell me the most so I'm probably jumping the gun here a little The bindings already seem farther forward on the 2014 than the other years. That and wing angle has changed a fair amount too for the S2.

If you're feeling pretty good about those 32s, I say shorten it once. If nothing else it will be a good bench mark for where you are this early in the season. One, you might surprise yourself. Or two, you might need to run a bunch more 32s. That said, I wouldn't spend a bunch of time at that pass this early if you run it 1/4-1/3 of the time when you're in mid season form.

Good thread find @oldjeep I sold a ski to a Choong (Elly) Seo last May. Paypal as you stated. He had me ship it to LA CA. That thread is what made me give the sale a chance. My sale went smooth. As @Horton said, once the money was in my paypal acct it was pretty secure.

@mwetskier‌ I looked at that also but switched my opinion based on his off hand coming back on the handle.

From what I'm seeing, the pic where the ski is in the water is #1 in the frame sequence and the pic where it's in the air is #2. Correct? It would be the next couple of frames where that damage will be done.

@richarddoane = ABBA Dancing Queen. Ha, I kill me. Funniest guy I know.

What everyone else said plus... I can have the most screwed up day at work, or home, and all those thoughts will disappear with the first deep water start. True therapy. On the other hand, the skiing thoughts, what I'm supposed to be working on, technique wise, seem to disappear when I turn in for the gates :\

As @Horton said, insane. For those not following along, you only get one trick pass in NCWSA.

A good friend of mine is an engineer for these guys. quadrocopter.com Might be one option. Sorry not much help, and not what you asked.

@Dusty Funny lol... Yes, after a two year drought he finally fed a long beard a face full of #6s April 25.

The difference between this and 38 is... if this guy runs 38 I'm taking him out and buying him a lap dance :-)

Ah yes, the tabs. Showing off my Excel skills to the world.

So, the way I'm reading that spreadsheet there is no OM or OW signed up for slalom. Correct? Reading down the first column, slalom, to jump. Then down and over to the second column, jump. And then tricks in the third column.

@GOODESkier what you said is correct. A little strategy can come in to play also. Mostly because you can start you T&B round (last round) at any line length & speed. So, you will start your T&B round at the end of the lake where start dock is (normal starting point). If it's a little windy and the opening pass is a head wind you may want to back up to 32 and run the 35 with a tail to set your self up for 38. Then again maybe 39 with a head wind is what you're thinking. If it's a tail opening pass your scenario might be the ticket for your 38. But yes, miss your opener and it's zero.

@MarcusBrown @gator1 I'd entertain going to ski with you all if it works out. That said, Marcus, if you ever end up in E WA while traveling we could try and hook up at Tate's place. It's max a couple hours away for us. I mean, if you could stand to be around Greg that it :)

@gator1 Don't know the answer to your question. I never pushed on it hard enough to see where it might have hinged at. But we should mount it up and give it a flex test.

@gator1 I have a carbon fin you can try @Horton built way back when. I'll have to dig it out and find out what it is. I think it's an 88 but it might be a 106. Are those numbers correct? And how would I tell if it's not written on the blade?

@woolly110 cripes sakes, did not intend to do that. Actually didn't even know I did. I think I fixed it. Sorry.

@xrated nah, it's a buddy's bike. His sled, which he doesn't ride anymore, is a stage II SC Yamaha Nytro with a 174 etc etc. He likes riding the mountain horse that much better. The MH kits for bikes are truly amazing. Even without the turbo they will go places you cannot take a sled.