Steven_Haines

I was skiing with friends the other day and they mentioned that I was standing real tall in the turn. I intentionally try to do that. It feels (to me) that the ski initiates easier because I'm able to get my weight on my front foot better and it also helps me counter with my hips better. This seems to help the ski finish more complete. I feel if I try to bend my knees to much, my backside starts to fall back. While studying photos of top skiers, I noticed this trend in a number of pros.

That's some damn fine skiing dude! Good luck on that white loop just wait until 6 ball to look at that spray. Ha ha

Wally! The next thing you're going to tell us is you're trying to perfect your "San Francisco Style" d;-D>

You're joking right? This pic can't depict your normal counter! Thats 6 ball and youre being a Wally checking out your spray.

Its a mini wing that Chet Raley designed that basically gives your ski traction control. You can check it out on the Goode website under Raley Ventrals. They work well! Kinda spendy for what your getting, but I guess you need to pay for R&D. In my opinion, worth the money.

I think a ventral on that thing would be money!

I bought a Strada but am holding on to my MPD. The MPD currently owns my pb but I haven't had much ski time on the Strada due to a HEAVY work schedule. I use a fin program that was designed by Fluid Motion. I know some of people think this program is all smoke and mirrors but I've had great success with it! Ive found that it works well with the Strada too. On some of the MPD's they used a more squared off fin (gold fin) a number of people that I know have switched that fin out to a conventional HO fin with a rounder trailing edge and have found that was more to their liking. I immediately switched to one of Hortons carbon 106 fins and loved it. Butter!!!

The MPD is an awesome ski! You can't go wrong.

Im just envious that he can grow hair, even if it is a mop! Keep it up John!

If its any consolation, Chris has been Malibu's top salesman for a number of years now. I've known him for about 5 years now, from what I know of him, he's a straight shooter!

talk to chris loomis at paradise watersports, 951 304 7222

Mcmaster Carr, acetal wheel, 25 per pkg, $10.52 per pkg, item # 3734T2

Chris Parrish

No $hit!

Today I skied 2 sets with all ventrals in the up position. This felt great! I skied better today than prior days but need to try it it again tomorrow. It may be feeling better due to the fact that I just stood up and skied today! Before, I was out of sorts just trying to find my balance point on the ski. Today I felt balanced and the ski felt very locked in and fast with very symmetrical turns. It's great to be skiing again!

I think I'm finally at a set up on this ski where I can tell the difference in ventral set up. Ill try the large v in both positions and see if I notice a difference. Right now the ski feels awesome! My main problem now is strength and the balance in motion thing due to not skiing or doing any physical activity for a year. I've been working on 28 & 32's, hope to shorten saturday.

I had 2 small and 1 large in the recommended positions.

Ok I skied again. This time I made a few adjustments to the fin and boots ( moved fin and boots back with the fin shorter and deeper) and ran 3 ventrals with the tips down. This new set up made the ski feel fast and free yet remained locked in! I'm now feeling that I'm getting good angle and getting free of the boat. Now I need to compare the feeling between the large v being in a tips up or down position. So far, I really like the down position!

Now that's funny!

I'm finding that if I'm not careful I can easily overturn my offside. 1/3/5

Ed, I finally got to ski today. I tried all three tips down. The ski felt great! The turns felt symmetrical and it was really comfortable and easy to ride. With all that said, my buoy count was pathetic! I did move the fin back from .795 ( last time out ) to .765, stock is .750. My buoy count was better at .795 but the ski felt more symmetrical at .765. My problem has been a poor 2/4 ball (rff). Could have just been one of those days.

Thanks for the clarification. I'd like to see your thinned down master piece

Cool Ed! I must be dense, but are you running 2 or 3 ventrals and what ski are you on? Thanks for the info! I'm excited to try the slot fin. I'm going to try my ski as set up 1st set tomorrow and then with all tips down 2nd set. I'll report back. Thanks again!

Shane, My bindings are at 29.75 to the heel of the front boot. They are FM's. Ed, Ill try all in the down position next. Id like to try the slot fin in the near future too! Experimenting is half of the fun!? d:-D l

Ok, I've tried all combinations on my 68 Strada (large ventral is home made) except wings down on the large v. So far I'm very impressed with the feeling I get on my off side (rff). Ive found that if I'm not careful though, I can overturn 1,3,5. The issue I'm having so far is that the on side turn isn't closing up as tightly as i'd like it to. I have everything set nearly stock with 3 ventrals. I tried .795 but found that I was starting to get to rise. So now I have the fin set at .785 ( stock is .750) but haven't tried that yet. Any suggestions? This is a new ski to me, so I don't really have any bench marks to go by. My history, I haven't skied for 1 year due to a back injury. Normally I get thru 35 @ 34 (pp classic) presently working on cleaning up my 32 pass. I feel really good about this as I've only skied about 8 sets since I got hurt. If I can get that turn to close a little quicker, I feel that I can be back to stroking my 32's and working on 35. I DO realize that it could be due my lack of strength resulting in poor handle control. Just hoping for a little morsel to maximize my set up. BTW, I've found that the single ventral feels very similar to tri vents. Thanks, Steve