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Who is the skier in the above screenshot? Where is that taken?

BOOYAHHH! SHIP IT! I knew I would win. Let's get SWBCA's mailing address and it can be shipped to him. It'll be fun to never see video of it in action!!

If I win I am going to donate my ski to SWBCA!!!

36 days. 45 days.

Scarlet Arrow for the win. He starts his post at the 0:59 mark:

Hey guys! Nate Boudreaux just emailed me!! Did he email you too?

I think their website authors are the same ones that write cnn articles: Myth: The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee is forcing USA Water Ski & Wake Sports to require members to do SafeSport training Fact: There is nothing more important to USA Water Ski & Wake Sports than protecting our athletes, especially our young participants. USA Water Ski & Wake Sports is joining 15 other NGBs by voluntarily introducing requirements for adult members to complete SafeSport training. Given the family nature of our sport, there are very few events that exclude children. Additionally, unobservable, and uninterruptible one-on-one interactions that take place between minor athletes and adult participants within our sport create vulnerabilities for sexual abuse and misconduct to occur. By requiring awareness training, USA Water Ski & Wake Sports is taking proactive measures to create a safe and positive environment for all members on and off the water.

Interesting perspective Killer. Aren't you a canadian? Wouldn't it be more appropriate for you to be concerned if Justin was Fidel's son versus American waterskiing issues?

It’s the new playbook: Shout down any opposing thought. Judge and jury My way or the highway Guilty until proven innocent Hide and be non responsive to facts and logic. “ appeal was denied by the USOCP. As a national governing body under the oversight of the USOPC, we are required to follow these policies and procedures and thus had to amend our bylaws and policies & procedures in order to be compliant.” Seems this approach is across the board and not exactly new in our society but has now crept into our sport. Proverbial: You’ll take your medicine and like it! The death rattle has begun.

What a brutal thread. So many memes I'd like to post from Idiocracy. I'll go with this one:

@JennyLaBaw Very interested in this program. I tried signing up for the 14 day free trial but it appeared the only way was to commit to the yearly subscription with my credit card then cancel later. Do you have an email address? Thank you.

HUH. just received a USAWATERSKI membership survey. Scrolling through the questions, it seems like the core of the survey is regarding safeport and priorities of the organization. Funny timing? In the words of a man who had something stolen from him in 2020, "Everything woke goes to $hit over time." I'll stand on my prediction of day 1 Q1-2022 being interesting for the membership.

this is what you seek as it's made FOR boats not toilet bowls:

This quote from Surdej is hilarious: "This is not going to be pretty, cant wait to get 1200 NCWSA kids to take this course" The loss of revenue is going to add up very quick. April 1st after the first quarter financials is going to be interesting. Better "hope" the government is going to keep funneling/funding/paying off awsa. With the strings already attached to USOC and the government received funds, for 2022 there probably will be vaccination requirements on memberships by the governing body coming in the next 3-5 months. Just like a maiter de in NYC, the dock starters will be checking vac status cards. Hilarity ensues!!

Andy was typically the favorite to win and he battled all challengers for the win. Wade, Roberge, Lapoints etc. Nate is the favorite to win at every tourney. How many buoys he wins by is usually the question for the weekend. If he doesn't win, the question is usually, what happened?

@Gray_Mac Obviously not the person you are asking but i'll answer the question from a similar perspective and with actual Zero Off experience. turning the ski faster and waiting for the ski to come around THEN LEAN. Meaning, keep your water speed up through the turn, keep shoulders and body vertical, ski comes under the rope (still vertical stance), get set, THEN LEAN against the boat. On certain brands of skis, this is needed and crucial. You'll be closer to the first spray to start working and being able to hold your energy through the centerline easier. Watch that Charlie Ross 39 off video. Great example of Turn-Set-Lean. Nate Smith, Turn-Set-Lean The lean means putting the shoulders against the boat at the proper time not out at the buoyline. Perfect-Pass or hand driving days, TURN-LEAN. All day. ZO-Turn-Lean, FAIL. Make Sense? Have any video? Sure there are guys that post on here that will 100% disagree with me. And they are correct, for them. They have the experience to decelerate and be able to work with the ski. A -15, 22 and even some 28-35 skiers, won't be able to handle the energy nor will be able to deal with the energy second spray outbound.

I flatly 100% disagree. Your apathy is very scary. “but we have to”. WOW, no we don’t, we can vote with our wallet. We can look into replacing leadership, (previously yes, now-not really). These are initiatives and decisions, not-voted on, but instituted by a few individuals without consulting leaders/representatives and average members such as you and me. The decisions have been made by the current blowing of the winds of social media culture with no proven results. Like pissing in the wind! As I stated earlier, we’ll see at the end of the first month and then quarter when they “purge the rolls” of folks who did not attend the training. THEN when those non tournament skiers do not renew, it will be obvious to the effects. Membership will quickly start to go down as well as membership revenue. Next summer as the quarter over quarter financials look bleak, we’ll see then. I don’t have time to watch the video and we’ll see what happens when they cancel my membership. I’ll still have the money in my pocket, not theirs. Me watching a video has 0.00% of changing anything in this world related to the topic. It’s just a feel good measure. But if the money received from the bureaucrats covers the total lost membership, awsa is now financially dependent on the government and “if it just saves one person” it’s worth it right? @dbutcher I've exceeded my quota of posting on this website for quite a while. phew.

OP you NEED CLINCHERS!!! https://i.imgur.com/7wC0HdN.mp4

@MarkTimm Ok i'll bite as it sounds like you are making a judgement by a 3 second sliver of time in a video during a chaotic event. I pulled the video and watched it. Fast forward to 10:23:41 Here is what I saw and PURE speculation and mind reading: "oh snap, i'm trying to hold my ski, i have a check in my hand, fixing to be handed a trophy, this podium is slippery with the rain, i've got my sunglasses on my head, dang a hat, now how the hell am i going to put that on my head without busting my ass? guess I'll just hold it and look awkward versus a dumbass falling off the podium and all my stuff going flying." Questioning humility or a 3 seconds of chaos? Pretty obvious.

80% of threads on BOS in the last 1.5 years.

February 1st, 2022. It will be interesting to see the number of active members of usawaterski after 1 months purging of non-safesport users. Especially those passive or recreational members who are actually unaware of the requirement. Even better will be the data on the financial hit awsa will be taking.

@BraceMaker You've got a few interesting opinions. Looking at your profile, are you a tournament skier and a USAwaterski member?

We have the same exact boat but never faced the problem. Question, did you ever swap out the thermostat BEFORE the problem as you mentioned "the boat runs cold when no thermostat is in place but will not produce adequate power in this mode"? If so, why mess with the thermostat? What's your normal water temp?