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Post video seriously. All kidding aside, Goode 9970: I’ve watched quite a few guys ride that ski. If their back foot hip drops into their offside turn, they are smoked. Ski is too narrow, it will slow too quick and then then have to jam it to keep moving. They are really good or they end up squatting and losing hips. Toast. Every ski has quirks.

News flash: maybe it’s not the ski! :D Post video!

Hi Bracemaker, You've got an interesting perspective and a fresh take on things. For context, what line length and speed do you start at and PB? What about tournament PB? Thanks. @BraceMaker

Prettiest Nautique G19 we've seen yet in the tent. Considering ordering that color scheme. The Malibu was very different, grey as the base and main stripe. i've got pictures around here somewhere.

During men’s 3 wind picked up quite a bit. Headwind off the dock. Started looking like a down and back for lots of skiers. @MISkier where were you sitting?? Lpskier and I were under the main tent. I was drinking IPA’s and wagering on waterskiing. Lost more then I won. Women’s 4 wind picked up and was about a 15 head off dock with a bit of chunky water.

Good call on the thread hijack. Yesterday I was at nationals watching Lake 1 practice. Goode’s and D3’s. Dominated over 5 hours. Saw a few HO’s but 2-3 guys kept blowing out the tails. Didn’t see any reflex nor deniali skis. Suspect we won’t see any of those skis on the podiums either. Nationals: I don’t understand “make it smaller to be more competitive” logic. The top 1-8 guys are competing with each other. The top 25-30 guys are competing with each other. If you made a cut line at #11, you actually make the tournament overall less competitive due to 1) less competitors 2) less chances of guys to compete amongst themselves. If you want to make it a festival, make it Level 5 and beyond with a regionals requirement. Can someone please layout the logic of how does it work to be more competitive while being smaller?

@ScarletArrow (Not a hijack wasn’t Cade on a Deniali for quite a while and skiing a bunch of buoys or am I misremembering?)

Wow @jhughes ran a tourney PB yesterday at Regionals. 4.5@32 off. He beat his seed by about 6-8 spots which is huge. Tournaments haven't been his focus but the bug might have bit him now :smile: The past two years he has done the gritty, tough, committed actual work of grinding every set. It's been fun watching him grow and push himself. Compliment to him as he has owned his skiing instead of blaming anything and everything as an excuse. Instead, he's just showed up and worked. Paid off. Come a long way from fifteenoff.com ;) Maybe he'll chime in and post a few nuggets of his last 2 years evolution or plan for nationals.

Hi John, Guilty. I don't facespace. I don't twitter-twatter. I don't toktiklle. I don't gram (except following funny cat videos). This is my guilty pleasure and it shows. In my normal life and business multiple people have told me "you're the most rational reasonable person I've ever met." The irony.

I'm torn. I love webboards, waterskiing and memes. There are three different ones that could be posted. a pissing in the wind meme a "i told ya so" meme or a Col. Nathan Jessep

@lpskier As you’ll see from my post, I’m direct and action focused on the biggest obvious thing. Less talk, more action.

Ok I’ll bite: We’ve got to determine if you’re standing on the balance point of the ski. Like a fulcrum. Every ski has a sweet spot or tipping point like a seesaw. Too far forward or too far back, the ski doesn’t work as designed. As the water warms and cools, we need to slide our boots 1/16 to 1/8 fwd or back to make sure we’re standing on the balance point. Same holds true for setting up a new ski. Every ski comes out of the mold with a different balance point. First step in setting up a ski is boot placement Second is fin setup. Wing angle is trivial. Action: Please post video so we can see the attitude of the ski at top of gate or full lean at first spray? If no video, please provide any still frames during the stance? Please provide factory starting point of front boot to tail? Please provide your tape measured setting from tail? If you can a picture, that would be better. Without any of the above to make sure we’re squared away, advice in this thread is like pissing in the wind.

These threads and this website are my favorite of the innerwebbers. Here is a summary so far of this thread and the direction it's headed:

Pretty cool that you posted video and have the right mindset. Let’s start with the basics: What octane are you running in your boat? If it’s not 93, all is lost and you should consider selling your gear.

So much podium....

Great pictures and follow through. Pretty cool. You were previously running 38 on a few different vapors. What is your completion rate at 38 now on the Denali? @RichardDoane

One of my favorite movies was with Denzel Washington filmed in New Orleans, Louisiana. Zero Off is like playing chess Perfect Pass is like not even checkers but tick-tac-toe. It will be feel like skiing behind a freight train after perfect pass regardless of the speed. You will not be able to run two passes within 6-8 sets. Book it. Others will disagree with me and say I am mean and a bad person for stating that and making that prediction. The modern boats typically are 6.0-6.2l engines and 400+ horsepower. The older zero off boats might be more forgiving. https://www.ballofspray.com/forum#/discussion/comment/392434

im me with your email address. I can make updates this weekend.

In a Mastercraft, that’s a known feature. In a Nautique, that’s a bug. Hahaha

Stack is probably one of the worst words in waterskiing. Alignment would be a better word. Alignment is dynamic and we can always be pushing to be aligned. Stacked is static. Not much static actually happening in real-time behind the boat. From this thread: https://www.ballofspray.com/forum#/discussion/comment/393015 Easy fix. Some guys "Squat and Pull" meaning they bend their knees, drop their ass back and pull across the boat with bent arms. They'll never own any real buoys. There has been thread after thread on here and videos of guys skiing that way. incorrectly. Other batch of guys "Pull but kinda lean". They roll the ski on a nice edge, their shoulders are pulled back 1 notch but their arms are bent and they are "pulling" themselves across the boat. That's you. Therefore you are "arm skiing" the entire pass versus using your legs and ski as a pendulum. The arms should be part of the connection, not the system making things happen. You are artificially swinging versus using the energy of the boat. Owning 35' will be near impossible at 36 using your arms. Freeze frame Nate, Freddie, Will etc. at the first spray and through centerline. Just focus on their arms. Now do the same. You'll see their arms are straight so the load is transferred into their lower half, thus creating swing energy. Until you change your approach of your arms, you'll be putting a band-aid on a broken leg. Then again: https://www.ballofspray.com/forum#/discussion/comment/392538 Watching your videos and then your previous post, the issue is not "get your butt up" but it's your fundamental thinking of what position you are supposed to be in. All these coaches are telling you the facts but your mind is fighting it and refusing to commit/believe/comprehend/over come objections. You can have another 15 people tell you the same thing, it's not going to help. The issue is your core fundamental theory of skiing is built incorrectly on "squatting and pulling" versus "leaning with your frame". Both of these posts are the reason the bell curve exists in waterskiing with 4@32 being the meat of the curve.

@swbca When's your first tournament? What speed are you going to ski this year?

Negative. Booked everything today for nationals and regionals. Fll-MDW, $93 MDW-FLL, $120 Southwest, no checked bag fees. Food it’s only 1 dinner and 2 lunches and 2 breakfasts for two. Get in, get out.

As are the entrants skiers at $165 to have a chance to run 20 buoys. Flights, $~300 per person Hotel, $300 total Rental Car, $150-$250 Meals, $150 Beer, unknown. Tough pill to swallow kicking in $10 after spending the above then getting home and listening to people complain about contributing for a webcast. Zero guilt here for watching it and "not paying".

From my poker days, "it's not an addiction if you're winning!!" >:) @ISP6ball Who you want for round 2??