scoke

I am a single man these days, I sport enough wood around the house and am trying to get my skiing on track!

Right now on my 9800 I am running a Intuition black front liner and then a Goode thin liner for the rear.  My Intuition liner is starting to wear out as well as ski buddy (JFOX) is setting up some powershells right now.  Any recommendations or links of liners and where to buy them from? Also, I know Chad rides the blue liners but they seem pretty darn thick, or are they thinner? What's everyone else riding/running. scoke.

There are a couple of Pacific Northwest Lurkers that have been talking this up too.... Hope they come out of the woodwork and ride some pine wooden skis.....   scoke.

YES!  "Our lake was really full of mud and our soil type is extremely full of clay" We see this often down in the SCR as from Houston through LA and into MS, our soil type is a silty-sandy clay material. The more clay that is in the water, the more it seems as though the water is "soft", "ski shuts down in turn" and like descriptives. Last weekend at Cedar Creek Ski park in Arkansas, you could hold a cupped handle full of water and see the silt floating around in it. Most of the skiers I heard (and felt as well) said the ski shut down in the turn big time. Maybe the silt increases the drag coefficient quite a bit and at slower speeds with the ski on edge, it's felt by some. Olde Oaks (Skidawgs Lake) is similar to this with quite a bit as you can really see the silt in there.  Also, some lakes dug similarly with the same runoff areas and vegetation are skiing quite similar. My new home lake skis nearly identical as Ski Ranch, LA. Both have small run off areas and both are rainfaill-pump fed.  There were some articles about Trophy lakes a few years back about why it felt the way it did. Same principles.  I wouldn't move the buoys at all, just ski the heck out of them and enjoy. Especially with the bikinis that look to be flocking to the lake. If i had the time and energy, i would love to do water analysis from lake to lake. It's tough between skiing and working.

JFox is out of town till tomorrow..... (we're supposed to ski in the afternoon as he's my ski partner)  It's a regular Senate.

Every ski is not for every person as we are built differently and ski differently, obviously.  I have seen more people hop on the SL and ride it within their means in about 2-3 sets then people who haven't. An old ski partner of mine, switched back to a 9700 and had just as much success. I love the ski but have been on Goode's since a 9300 and never ever tried anything else.

Was riding a 9800 neutral for quite a few sets. June 8th traded a Goode 9600, some cash and a banana to skidawg for a 9800 SL Right. Love the ski...... but... Maybe sniffing around looking for a D3 X5 to give a whirl on.

Thanks for posting that email.  This is what a couple of us have been saying was going to happen for quite a while now. It makes the most sense business wise, engineering, and software technology wise. Huge market share for the 97-2006 boats who have upgraded to Gazer. We'll gladly drop another $400 for Gazer-ZO Hybrid next year. Then there are tons of 97-2006 owner who'll go from 5.0PP straight to the hybrids. Big revenue!

We keep hearing: 34mph, A  36mph, C

Is this at 36? If so, pulling too long into the buoy is a pass killer quickly.  Pulling too long into 32 was one of my downfalls as well. Once really focused on preturning (still working on it of course!) it has helped out tremendously.  Pulling too long just creates way too much speed for the ski and you'll either load/unload too quickly or bury the tip.

It looks like Kpickett started a post on 28 to 32 but today I left the lake looking forward to posting on here regarding 35 at 36mph.  My gates have been a bit better at 35. The result is I am making it to 3 ball some what consistently. I don't know if everything is happening faster and the windows for errors or smaller or what. Any ideas on the 35 from 32 differentials?

Early during the buyout process there was some talk regarding a "hybrid" style system.  Meaning a 2009 Gazer system but has some ZO technologies or something. Only time we'll tell. Of course I would upgrade my 2002 Gazer to that for $400 in a hearbeat.

2002 SN 196, GT40 Stargazer

Not sure what the defintion of early is. I bought the plate May 4th and they "Just got these in stock yesterday". Looks like they were making these until very recently.

It's prolly toast, if not soon. Get a backup now so you're not dead in the water.  My buddy bought a Senate. Loves the ski but the "flexing" plate that came with it, junk. he ripped it off after 2 weeks as he bent it, blew it out etc. Very poor design.  When we saw the plate brand new, we were like, no way that's going to last. sure enough, toast.

"If you have a brain in your head I believe that the RS-1 boots are the safest bindings made." Better then Powershells? If so, why?

Ham, I found the same old videos when I searched under his name and ski. Did you put his name in the "keyword entry" thing? What login name are you posting them under as well?

skidawg is a badass. Chad was driving, i was in the boat. he strokes 38 tail wind.  comes back in at 39. Hammers us a bit on the outside on his gate. still makes it to 4 ball. outside of 5 he spikes the handle down in the water in disgust and semi self induced crashed. it was great.

hmmm pina coladas!

you don't like bananas? i'll throw in a home grown tomato too!

9600 never drilled and has interloc on the ski plus a banana?

I'll trade you a 9500 with double animals for it.

should have used my video camera MS. It is/was digital 30 gig hard drive, all converted etc instead of 8mm tape. ugggg. It was in my truck.

anyone know where i can buy a HO "Truth"? like new, only several sets not ridden on it? /vanillaforum/js/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-tongue-out.gif

prolly on the back of the kool-aid packet!!