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    Google Earth file

    in News & Other Stuff

    Posted · Edited by scoke

    It's pretty amazing. 

    April 15, 2008 Tony L. and I were swapping emails, merged files and then we ran with it. Several years later, he got busy with TWSBC and told me to keep the tradition alive.

     

    Now almost 14 years later, it's nearly fully built out with 450+ ski sites globally and these are just tournament style lakes! WOW. Honored to be a part of something that can help people around the world and promote the sport.

     

    If anyone has new sites to be added, please contact me directly facilitate it!

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    10 things to shorten the trip from Zero to 32 off

    in Classic Threads

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    Skiers working through:-15/32mph-22off

     Squat and pull with muscles, shoulders are titled, "elbows pinned" to vest creating a dangerous hinge!!.

    It’s a protective posture to:

    “Keep from crashing”

    “Help me pull to the next buoy”

    “Have to run this pass”

    “Crossing the wakes is scary”

    28: forms better but usually skiers are skiing with their muscles not their frame. It’s doable at 28. Still some squat and pull action, bent arms and a$$ dragging across the boat.

    32: have to start skiing with your frame and not pulling on the rope or fighting the boat with muscle power trying to cross the wakes. First line length which requires “loose lean, hold position and work the ski”. 

    35: to own it, have to ski with your legs not your arms. Lots of arm sweeping, bent arms, handle sweeping at the buoy is typically done by guys not owning it and guys NOT skiing with their legs.

    38: have to ski with your feet not just your legs

    39: have to ski with your hands and your feet and your legs. 

    41:??? Only Nate really knows!

    Typically what happens is the previous learning block is trying to be deployed in the current block. That doesn’t work. “What it took to get here doesn’t allow me to get there” axiom directly applies. 

    This is one of the biggest things holding skiers back as you have to retool or rescript for the next pass. 

    You can’t just “ski better” or “ski more!”  That’s called junk buoys versus deliberate practice. 

    Gratefully, Skiing at okeeheelee the last 10+ years 12 months of the year has been like a test bed or a magnifying glass. Watching all the skiers come and go, winter skiers, Yankees coming down. It’s a big fish bowl watching patterns emerge of success and failure. 

    Focus on the next pass big rocks while being brutally honest and focused. Otherwise you’re running junk buoys, chasing minor details, chasing over-hyped silver bullet skis or flavor of the month coaching. 

    (holy font issues watman, wth.)

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    too much ski

    in Technique & Theory

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    Yes, it would be a hinderance.

    This is a game of confidence, fixing flaws and being able to make mistakes. Skiers that improve, don't have to always be "perfect" on high end gear but have a cushion to stay upright and keep working.

    https://www.ballofspray.com/forum#/discussion/27325/higher-end-skis-at-lower-speed

    Skiers trying to run those passes you describe need a Radar Senate C type of ski.

    Also, be careful who you take advice from. It's like taking financial advice from a broke person.

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    The 6.0 engine is a dud!

    in Boat Talk

    Posted

    " Are we all crazy down here"

    Short answer, yes.

     

    Long answer, laughable justification of cheapasses who don't want to spend the money.

     

    We've got a 2019 200 with the 6.0L and right at 350 hours. It's been the best combination of engine to hull to zero off, I've ever owned. (~8 nautiques and 2 mastercrafts). Skis better then any 200 we've ever had. Very nice lean-reward-release torque curve.

     

    The 200 with the 6.0 is probably one of the better setups with the torque curve matching the hull drag. All the "issues" you mention above, personally never heard of those issues in south Florida or even other areas. Nautique swapped out our fuse box but that's it. Meanwhile, most folks in south Florida are looking for the 6.0 not avoiding it.

     

    Aren't you the guys who complained about the gas inlet nozzle on like 6-8 boats of various years and said they all "sucked" but yet nobody else had the problem and the constant was ya'll and your methods?

     

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    How to keep Ski on edge thru the wakes

    in News & Other Stuff

    Posted

    @tjs1295

     

    It’s a misnomer of communication, perception and camera angles issue.

     

    “Stand tall”

    Top of gate

    Second spray to buoyline.

     

    Spray to spray:

    Knees are driving FORWARD towards toes while trying to elongate the body AWAY from the boat. It’s not tall vertical, it’s tall at a45 degree lean off the edge of the ski.

     

    It doesn’t look “tall” as that word is measuring the distance from water vertically. But if you do some Google search of non from the boat pictures , you’ll see what I mean.

     

     

     

    Most amateurs, usually 28-35, bend their knees crossing the boat but drive their ass backwards then look squatty and ski in the 80% belle curve, average. Then out to the buoyline, they’re still squatting on the ski. I call them “squat and pull guys”. Nearly every video posted on this site of skiers getting feedback, they are squatting and pulling. Hence why they are stuck. The “bend your knees” coaching has probably hurt more peoples development then helped.

     

    Look at the review pictures from horton in his skis, see how tall he is outbound? That’s ideal.

    Higher End Skis at Lower Speed

    in Skis Fins Bindings

    Posted

    There is a reason that radar, brooks, Rini and team have spent years designing testing and successfully deploying skis like Senate-C type of wider more forgiving skis.

     

    When learning to ski, we want the easiest gear to learn on. We’re learning fundamentals not high end rhythm, swing and energy efficiency.

     

    Sure buoys can be run on high end skis but why not have every advantage to succeed. There’s also a reason why the pro guys don’t ride mid-tier skis.

     

    Ymmv.

    Denali C75 Review

    in Skis Fins Bindings

    Posted

    Buoys bikinis and beer!

    Inspiring. I’ve got emails out to owners on SIA. I might just bite the bullet and buy both models and see what fits my style/size. Then resell the other one. We’ll see.

     

    Look forward to seeing some new video though.

     

    Let’s run buoys regardless.

    Building Consistency - Gradual Speed Increase Question

    in Technique & Theory

    Posted

    90% of the time, bad idea and a band aid. Actually more like a denial tool.

     

    90% of the time, the slow boat speed is going to mask, negate or soften your fundamentals. Why would you not want to know your fundamental issues are so you could fix them??

     

    The 10% of the time:

    Say you are trying to build confidence as you get to 5 ball and tightening up then missing the pass? soften it to show yourself the line length is conquerable.

     

    The above case is rare though.

     

    In todays society, usually skiers only listen to what they want to hear or are chasing the latest magic ski that some guy runs shortline in his backyard on or are lying to themselves speeding the boat up by 0.1 increments.

     

     

    The bottom line, this is a sport of fundamentals. Unfortunately the next pass/line length or speed might not take the same keys to success. Hence, a break down in the fundamentals is always holding us back.

     

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