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I would try a new coil wire - it made some wierd stuff happen when it went bad on my 351

When was the last time Chris Craft updated their hull and helm?

I replace my cap and rotor every other season.

Martin Kolman (yes Slalom), Sledgehammer (yes Slalom), Danny Odvarko, Dane Mechler

There is a significant difference in wakes and damage to the shoreline between a record tournament approved tournament boat at slalom speed and something like an over ballasted x9/209 which is also AWSA approved but was not used in tournaments.

@oldjeep - objective criteria is what is needed. A record tournament approved Bu without wedge or ballast that is loaded in compliance with the coast guard placard works for me.

@BraceMaker - yep need to add - Boats must operate within within USCG capacity and weight limits. From experience "boards" don't work if there is any subjectivity (one or more of the board members will want to ballast up their boat), thats why I added "record tournament" to my language. In the OPs situation when non-boating families start to have shoreline erosion and cliffing all boats will be banned, or a no wake restriction will be put in place.

AWSA record tournament approved towboat in its tested configuration.. Use of additional balast and wake attenuation devices is specifically prohibited.

Think the "wrapped" toe tricks need a different number and new values. Don't think that how impressive a trick looks is relevant to value.

Why does RTWBB score 330 and BFL score 500?

My wife and son sheltered in place at our house 1/2 mile from Cory's - clearing up, no damage, still have power. Hopefully the same for Cory's. Really concerned about Jody's and Ski Lake Jillian - think they took a direct hit.

Seams as though you could run it as one tournament with two series like worlds. Series 1 = Seeds 1-12, Series 2 = Seeds 13 to 24. Incentive would be to get into Series 1, also outstanding skiers on Series 2 teams could win National Champion medals.

Based on years of watching junior skiers - kids that can run -28 have no problem when they graduate age groups and increase spead. The opposite is true if they are struggling to get to speed at -15. I'm recovering from multiple surgeries and am going to find a speed that I can run the course again and go 2 mph slower and work my way to -28, before increasing speed and getting to -28 again. In other words work myself like I would coach a junior now. And if I go to a tournament I'll take full advantage of ZBS.

I had a 96 SN - with the original 3 blade prop everybody wanted to trick behind it.

I can see removing flip limits but ONLY WITH A WHOLESALE RE-EVALUATION OF TRICK VALUES. I think that currently flips are overvalued vis-a-vis other tricks. For instance I think that T5F (350) TWLBB (480)/TWLO (480)/SL5s (550) are substantially more difficult to perform than BFL (500). I think I would work on values and scoring reverses (T[W}B = RT[W]B really?) rather then limits. Set the point values properly and limits can be removed. IMO a high end toe pass is the most crowd engaging part of 3 event - at least it was for me the first time I saw one. To circle back to beginner tricking - values for toe tricks need to be increased.

Outstanding!

Driver being pulled from a potential WR attempt (Record Tournament/Regina/Malibu) is an insult. Not having the emotional intelligence to remove yourself from a situation where you can not give your best effort (if that's what it was) is unacceptable. The other officials not intervening and making things right (e.g. re-riding the group) is putting the officials interest (time) ahead of the skiers interest (some of whom probably spent north of $1,000 for a set) and is what causes folks to be done with Nationals.

I think the top skiers in the world have crazy athletic skills that allow them to ski compressed approaching the center line. An aspirational position. Conversely those that aren't at that level don't have the necessary front ankle bend and if they think about skiing compressed into the centerline end up with their bottom over the back of their ski. Straighter legs for those skiers is probably better.

Missed a Nationals trick ride - figured 5 minutes ride and an hour early. Actually ended up taking 2.5 minutes a ride. Its an important tournament get there way early.

There are reasons that competitive/serious skiing moved away from outboards 40 years ago . . .. Those reasons have not changed. I don't believe that the relative price differential has changed all that much in those 40 years.

@DynaSkiPete -- my CCRs make anything other than an AWSA approved direct drive valueless to me. Training for slalom/jump has reasonably priced used alternatives - I have a CC196. Getting tournament ready in trick requires finding a neighbor or ski school that has the current boat - its MUCH harder, but I would rather spend the money on a place by a ski school and lessons than on a new boat. Even if you came up with an AWSA approved outboard or V drive I couldn't run it on my lake.

Why is there such a penchant to "eat our own" . . . Sund has been running 115 for 15 yrs. Camera angle was bad. The shortest line lengths look easy when they are run - otherwise you don't run them.

Well for backyard record tournaments the Open skiers can switch between Open, International, and Age groups to get the slalom boat they want.

As I said in the Swiss thread, I think we need something like the "Lexi Rule" that Golf adopted . . . "Also, just three weeks after Thompson was hit with the four-shot penalty, the USGA and R&A released a new Rules of Golf decision decision (34-3/10) limiting video evidence in two ways: 1. If an infraction can’t be seen with the naked eye, there’s no penalty, even if video shows otherwise. " The event judges should make the call with only FULL SPEED video if available.

Think we need something like the "Lexi Rule" that Golf adopted . . . Also, just three weeks after Thompson was hit with the four-shot penalty, the USGA and R&A released a new Rules of Golf decision decision (34-3/10) limiting video evidence in two ways: 1. If an infraction can’t be seen with the naked eye, there’s no penalty, even if video shows otherwise. 2. If a tournament committee determines that a player does “all that can be reasonably expected to make an accurate estimation or measurement” in determining a line or position to play from or to spot a ball, then there will be no penalty even if video replay later shows that to be wrong.