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I have a '18 67 GT. I've been hurt the last 2 years so very little use. Shoot me a message at shill@nutanix.com if you want to chat about it.

It's unfortunate that we are stll dealing with this years later with no guidance from the sanction. They worry about all this other crap. But not safety. We were advocating these a decade ago with hope that they'd implement a policy. Nope.

The down turn in the sport predated the big boats, the expensive boats, and Zero Off.

There is at least one wakeboard boat dealer there. Think Tige. They'd probably know watersports better than anyone. I know when I lived in Midland there was some skiing that happened on Lake Alan Henry,which is an hour and a half from Abilene. And I've heard on Lake Fort Phantom Hill which is about 15 minutes north of Abilene. The problem out there is that no lakes are constant level.

 

Isn't Insta-Slalom out of Abilene?

 

Bullshit. I'm just going to say it. The Board does not have to accept anyone. "Ehhhhhh!!!! Vote again. He's not going to be a member." Done.

 

@lpskier You're trying to rationalize this with process mumbo jumbo. We should let teachers convicted of sexual offenses teach school again, right? We do need teachers, after all. That's what you're saying here. You were defending Nate 2 years ago in an off handed way. Now you're doing it again by saying "But we need representation.". That's complete bullsh$t.

 

I wonder how long it takes that columnist to get an email or call about this.

No, you're misinterpreting how BMX is run a bit. Easy to do because it's complicated. I'm a track operator so I'm intimately familiar with how we do it. As complicated as the structure is, it's probably not germane to this discussion. I think road cycling and mountain bike racing's structure is better suited for waterskiiing.

 

So BMX. First. Cruiser is NOT novice. But that is a second topic. Let's take it off the table for now and talk about the 20" class. The 20" class is divided up into amateur ages and proficiences. Proficienies are Novice, Intermediate, and Expert. The idea is for Novices to race novices if they are available. Or if not enough are available in their age and proficiency they will move up and race Intermediates. Intermediates can move up or down and race either way. But the higher proficiency locks in the point structure. So if a novice races against an Intermediate, they got Int points. And similarly, if a Intermediate races an expert, they get Expert points. We have age classes that start at 5 and under, and are single age brackets up til 16. Then ages start being grouped together. There is a pretty sophisticated software app that will automatically assign race groupings based on who enters. Let's leave it at that.

 

And BMX does do 30 or so National Events, which are triple point events. Then Grand Nationals, which is akin to the waterski national championships, and is a 4x point event. A national champion in each age grouping(don't even think proficiency here) based on the amalgamation of 6 national even scores + the grand national score). Actually we award NAG 1-20 numbers (National Age Group #s) for each age grouping at Grands.

 

With Mountain biking they only do 4 categories, which could be equated to Novice, Intermediate, Expert, and Pro. Reminiscent of how we used to break out proficiencies until 15 years ago, as Jeff mentioned. EP(which I equate to an expert proficiency in BMX, Cat 3 in MTB, or Cat 3 in Road Cycling) meant something to people back then.

 

And I've received enough Pandas over the years that I am Panda-immune.

 

 

 

@unksskis Amateur road cycling, BMX racing, and Mountain Bike racing in the US are all ability based for day in and day out racing. In road racing, it's organized into categories. Category 5 is a novice. On up to Category 1 which is considered a pro. Organizers can run races split by Category. They can also combine categories. Common things they do is have a Cat 5 race. A cat 4/5 race. And a cat 1/2/3 race. And they can choose to run a race split by ages. But regardless, standings are accrued based on the riders Category they are currently in. And upgrade points to be used to go to the next Category are awarded based on # of participants in the race and the riders finishing place.

On a completely separate topic.... that Nautique looks like it's the width of a oil tanker transiting the locks in the Panama Canal.

Ski for the first time in 2 1/2 years since foot and ankle surgery.

Any improvement from switching grip is anecdotal at best. Did the skier suddenly "get it"? Did they have other changes in technique during that time? Did their hardware improve? People settled on a direction in the early ages of skiing based on what felt right for them. Most felt correct one way. Others felt correct another way. Grip direction is mice nuts in comparison to other foundational things necessary to run short line.

There are way more things to worry about than which direction your grip is.

 

Man, remember when we hand drove and hand timed? It's been 20 years, but I don't remember all that many people not having fun.

@eleeski is so used to Panda's over the last decade, it has no effect on him any longer.

That is according to the Southern Pine sizing chart for door spans.

 

 

#2 pine with a 16' clear span and a supported roof of 24' requires a beam dimension of 3 1/2 x 11 7/8.

You never really relax your arms. You keep tension in your biceps. Fix that and a lot of things are resolved. Good skiing. That looked cold as hell. I couldn't do it. lol

I would agree with @lpskier 's interpretation. Dual boats wouldn't apply to separate rounds within a tournament, only within the same round. Or head to head situations. I think that wording is already there. I could be wrong.

On my way into the outpatient center for epidural steroid injection in L5-S1. If you only knew the special kind of hell I've been in the last 5 months. And very little of it pain related.

Makes you wonder if they're trying to get away from California? Or Horton? Things that make you go Hmmmmm.

 

Would life without Horton be worth living?

Damn, Andre. You lost me now.

To be honest, I feel like a dick this week. After the dustup with Brenda and Kyle last year and me calling them out and in turn, Marc, he reached out in a message or two here and even on LinkedIn. I just ignored him. Not because I didn't like him. I just disagreed with him. In hindsight, that was short sighted of me as he was just collateral damage in what they were doing. I always enjoyed being around him. This blows.

@EM_

 

@The_MS is like my English Bulldog. Kind of cute. But drools on the carpet and you have to yell "Dammit dog!" at him about 3 times a day.

Honestly, if you were waiting til January to buy a boat, you're not getting a 2021 model. Both dealers I know are sold out of production slots through June. Which means by January, they'll be sold out for the year. So the boat show really does nothing for you.