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@MISkier body type, not thinking BMI but more type of build like ectomorph, endomorph etc. Meaning are you a "wiry guy" or are you solid trunk guy or you a tall skinny goofy guy(me)? The whole point is skiing is not about muscle but about how you move on the ski relative to your center of mass (com). If you've got tree trunk legs/skinny arms vs skinny legs/more mass up top, it's going to affect 1) the height of your com and 2) the ability to move on the ski to work with the boat. Your video posted above does take courage to post it on an open forum. Main thing I see is your skiing with muscle and not your frame. You're trying to accelerate using your arms/back/check. Like you're pulling. That's great for perfect pass but does not work with ZO. Look at the better skiers, they have a leaning position not a pulling position. With the stronger engines and zero off, until you rewrite your basic fundamentals, you'll never own any real shortline passes and will be fighting being banged up. Check out this video of a skier that runs legit 41's. his arms are straight, his shoulders are level and his ass isn't dragging across the boat. He's using his frame and he's leaning on the boat. His elbows are ON his vest not pinned to the outside. Sure he's in great physical shape but he's not muscling across the boat. hat tip to @Joelh https://www.instagram.com/p/CEKlhNKBeV0/

Sorry to hear about your injury. You've posted video and are looking for solutions and 1 year later borderline still in the same situation after the previous feedback. Another perspective, your bent arms from the moment you move out and then for the next 16.95 seconds is what is holding you back. You stated, "issues plaguing me at all line lengths is keeping my shoulders back" no offense, but with your body type, lean style, weight vs height, you will NEVER get your shoulders back. What's happening is your pinned elbows-bent arms/elbows are acting as a master hinge. I've seen this too many times I can't count. You'd be better served having your arms away from you, straight parallel to the water so you can get into a leverage position. It might be counter intuitive and opposite of what advice you've been given but if what you were doing was working, this thread wouldn't be here. Especially with a 1 year followup. Sure there are videos of guys who run 41 with bent elbows. Nothing wrong with that but more guys are not running 32/35 with bent elbows/tilted shoulders/ass dragging then the other case.

That young lady (G4) can ski!! Actually, kudos to all those G4 skiers. Very impressive as they were knocking down 28's easily and some 32's. Fun to watch and the shoreline was packed.

Pulling in to the site at 7:15 AM, we drove by motor homes, rv's campsites etc we quit counting at 40. Ms. Scoke turns to me and says "this is what nationals is about." Pretty darn cool site and support.

Lots of ongoing issues trying to register for future tournaments. Tried various browsers on Dell Laptop and it kept seeing it as a mobile device not letting me register. Then officials codes section not working. Polite email sent asking to look into it.

Why do the banners scale LARGER when I scale up and down. Just make them small, keep them small. I KNOW ITS THE USAWATERSKI WEBSITE, THAT'S WHY I CLICKED IT! lol.

Looks like it's working a bit better, on desktop. Unfortunately all the "cutoff" calculations which used to auto-populate when looking up rankings. Unless my not to bright mouse moving flat out doesn't see it or am clicking wrong.

I see the issue I was running into: On iPhone, it doesn’t allow you to pan to right therefore the magnifying glass can’t be accessed therefore you can’t use those types of features via phones.

@rayn OHHHHH that tiny ass little magnifying glass on the right which is not intuitive like the previous version and barely appears on my iphone? it worked. thanks.

Normal website, entry status. Then click the tournament. Then it allows you to filter by various factors. Easy. This new website, it just brings you to enter online and general information. The filters are still from asking for a tournament. I tried turning the phone sideways, that just filled up the screen with usoc template stuff.

“Entry status” on iPhone doesn’t appear to work. Haven’t checked it on desktop.

Minutiae. You're focused on it. Unless your post is about 38/39/41. Top couple of basic fundamentals is what's needed to run longer rope. That's it. Your arms are bent across the boat. Your knees are bent with your butt dragging. Your shoulders are tilted across the boat. Combo of 2 or more. Post video, prove me wrong.

Lots of options/solutions: 1) You can update the file You would download the file, add the locations in the respective folders, not (temporary places on your machine) then make sure the version control is good and resubmit it to the webmaster 2) Send me any and all locations and I'll take care of it.

Free will of man. What's a real shame is in 2020 other people fully try to impose their views, beliefs and actions instead of just "live and let live". Respect others rights. My grandparents and parents would be ashamed of me if I was beating a drum to cancel an event that I was too scared to attend. "Don't go" would be the traditional american values answer. Pretty disappointing in fellow skiers. I'm gathering the person beating the drum and trying to impose their will is probably based in California. We've already booked flights, hotel rooms, rental car, and registered. We have no issue injecting that money in the local economy. If we were scared, we'd wish everyone good luck while sitting home. We very much look forward to seeing our fellow skiers, competitors and life long friends at nationals. If you're too scared to go, that's your right but please vote with your wallet and not squawk to anyone and everyone. You're not winning this one.

@Rusty_Johnson But you're at 188@34mph, I'd consider 68" Revo CC not XTR. It's going to have a bigger/better sweet spot on it. 68" Revo has more a "mid-ride feel" to it then the XTR. It feels big across the boat and small out the buoy. Which is something for years folks were looking for, myself included. FYI: I am 185-187 ski weight, 6'3". Moved from a white top 68" Revo to a 68"CC. Last year tried several XTR's as well.

@fizer @PSM @MarkM It's time: http://www.usawaterski.org/rankings/View-TournamentsHQ.asp?pvar=TourInfo&TourID=20C999&olrds=enabled&rg=1&sl=on&tr=on&ju=on&wb=&ws=&wu=&bf=&kb=&hy=&sExclude=

Open Men’s starts in 20 mins or so, rnd 2. Freddie’s crash was a bigass ball of spray from 6 ball all the way past exit gates. Pretty sweet. Rain headed this way. Bennie Stadlbaur rocked a strong 4@41.

Bennetts heck yeah. Bring your own buoys and bait. Oh wait, they might be one and the same! Kidding. Great place that many people have learned and grown while running buoys. (actually, without Bennetts, I wouldn't have met Mrs. scoke as she was in town for a tournament there!) Anyone who steps up and hosts nationals should have big respect from all of us. To put our money where our mouth is, the day registration opens for nationals, we'll register. Regardless of location. Anyone else willing to make that commitment? Even if it's lake 3 on the left coast and we can swing by bikini barista drive through coffee!

@Rednucleus It appears your real-world experience, data and credentials is different from these two gentleman. Can you post your perspective and why these guys are wrong? Thanks in advance. Short version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNTHuCOjAy8&fbclid=IwAR118hbfTFeLWx-kqIBlqGSNKonQ45HpZ9KefUePGAJlrdIjIUnxG1FkARs Long version (first 20 minutes is the real meat and potatoes of it): https://youtu.be/cmjYRJXKixY

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@JeffSurdej Hi Jeff, Thank you for the leadership, communication and videos so far during these unique times. Your youtube videos have been great as it's put folks at ease as it shows you guys are thinking through things, having a plan based on facts with real information and not falling into the fear driven trap. The last three days I have been calling regular tournament sites in several regions asking if they were still planning on holding tournaments. It's been a resounding "YES!" across the board. Those folks are just waiting on the official sanctioning green light then it will be full steam ahead. Sure they mentioned, they'll be taking precautions and following guidelines but the point was, we're going to live our lives and try and get back to normal as fast as reasonably possible. Sure a site or two might "cancel their season" and that's their right. Skiers will look for other locations to ski. We're already booking flights for June tournaments in other states as we're ready to go. Meanwhile, skiers are skiing. Multiple threads on this forum prove that topic as folks are itching to ski if they are not already across the nation. Sure some sites are closed to outsiders but people are skiing. Informally, we have been polling every skier I know who is not qualified for nationals: "Would you travel and ski in nationals if it was open to all?" I was very surprised by the response. It was a "Heck yes that would be a great opportunity I normally wouldn't get". Regardless of the locations of nationals, if it's held, my opinion is it will be surprising at the strong turnout. It might not work out for Okeeheelee to host it due to local government policy but nothing precludes nationals being held at a normal site and open to all skiers regardless of their Level. Even if it's run as a Class C, the turnout will be there keeping our sport alive. Potentially pressing our 2021 membership and tournament skiers up 1 level in participation etc. The tournament season is NOT lost but the opportunity for us to adapt to adversity is there, we just need to embrace it. Folks are ready to get back to routine and most are over the "just two more weeks" fear based narrative mentality which is not based on facts. Sure some folks might be at risk and that's their right not to participate but it shouldn't infringe on our rights to live our lives.

"it depends" Are you a tournament skier? Reason I ask is the 200-5.7l with dual pucks is a fantastic slalom machine for everyday skiing at 34 and 36. The 5.7 with single puck, not so much for shortline. The pull will also be different from any tournament boat. When it's swapped out to a Single puck, it completely changed the pull. The 5.7l with port injection couldn't keep up with the responsiveness ZO required. It was hard to create a rhythm and cycle on the boat as the engine didn't have the power then the timing was also off. The 5.3 and 6.2 didn't have the issue as those are modern engines which overcome the power/latency issue. The 5.7 with single puck is a great option but at 35off and beyond, the rhythm just isn't there. Now the 6.0l, even though it's a mutli-port, matches up very nicely with zero off power settings giving a rhythmic pull. It's not even close to the same pull as the 5.7 with single puck. Many, myself include prefer the 6.0 as you can get a very nice consistent swing while working with the boat. Our current 2019-200 with the 6.0 is the best skiing Nautique we've had. If you don't ski tournaments but just would like a boat, a 5.7 with dual pucks is a great machine. If you're a fan of engines and into that stuff, the 6.0 is tried and true. For reference we have owned: 3 200's with 5.7 dual pucks Converted a 2014 5.7 from dual to single Own a new "Bryant built" 2019-Single puck 6.0. We train and do ski tournaments so it's important to us. Regarding the "top end speed": Every 200 we owned topped out at 34.2 or 36.0 :p

@ghutch Sounds like you are running some buoys? Have video?

@ghutch Your arms are bent across the boat. Your shoulders are tilted across the boat. Your hips are dragging across the boat. Pick two of the combination. Prove me wrong, post video.

@Buoyhead69 : Yes, your gate could use some work but your main issue is your mechanics of your leverage position as well as your perception of where you are in the course. Yes, you drifted on the gate but initially you had the width you needed. The good news is you’re a strong turner. The bad news is, your leverage position and duration is going to make running 32 very difficult. I’d recommend getting some coaching and redefining your leverage position and duration. It looks like you’ve had coaching but it appears to be focused on how you are moving into and out of the buoy. Just my humble opinion. Until you get a cleaner/stronger/longer leverage position, 32 will be a mountain. @Than_Bogan , @Andre nailed it. My point was, if you are on a 13m rope, get 13m wide on the boat not get only 11 meters wide on the boat or “high on the boat” with a bowed/slacked rope and only be 11 meters wide while having a 13m rope. Perfect pass days, sure. Zero off, nope. It's a game changing concept. OR this might resonate, move out against the boat in an arc-parabola NOT parallel to the boat. An arc, as the boat moves away from skier, the rope is tightening giving the swing up or out away from the boat hence width. A tangent, parallel, just gives height and speed. @skihart , the shorter the rope, the faster we’ll be going towards the centerline. That’s a fact based on centripetal physics. So at 12m, you have to figure out how to slow down much stronger (start your arc earlier or stronger when it happens) and/or don’t create as much energy on the outside by the proper gate move in. (get both!) 12m is where it really starts to show up. You've got to balance the equation, the boat will still get there 1.77 seconds at the boat guides Meanwhile, if you don't make a change, you'll be arriving in a late/hot/fast bad spot. Move in earlier and slower as the rope gets shorter. It's proven in the Zero Off era. Last day of posting for me as it’s time to start skiing again. Better coaches on this website and skiers too who can help more than I can. See you again august of 2020.