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Agreed, do not put that stuff anywhere near a ski.

Funny- I was quickly sliding that exact same Goode out of the box just today and was about 1" away from it going directly into the ceiling fan on high, didn't realize it at all. That would have been REALLY bad.

You didn't ask- but if I needed to buy a midsize SUV right now I'd be grabbing a late model GX460. Body on frame V8, made in Japan, peak Toyota. Not crazy about the looks but the last reliable NA V8 you're going to find in a midsize SUV for a while. Coming generation of GX is a turbo V6 and looks amazing, but deliveries will be a ways off in the future. The new US "Land Crusier" (now just a brand name and not a bespoke vehicle in the US) will be this same chassis but with a turbo 4.

I was going to say the same as @Jody_Seal, the engine is pushed back in all years of SNOB, the strut is a different part completely between the boats. If that is not the case with TSC1 boats then that's news to me, first time I've heard that. I do think it is awesome that CC would go SO FAR to make an open bow by pushing everything back AND keep the helm as far forward as humanly possible for the closed bow version, making both respectively as good as they could be, instead of copping out with a simple "let's just cut out the bow" that the other brands did at the time. I was always impressed by how much harder they tried for both of those configurations. Edit: Looks like the same strut for SNOB and SN 97-02! https://nautiqueparts.com/strut-s-14/ Learn something new every day!

I always think that "it's not about what you think, it's about what the next buyer thinks". You're going to be the guy selling a 1400hr boat that's now 5 years old in a few years and you're going to have to explain that. If it's a forever boat, that's not a concern of course. Mechanically the hours wouldn't scare me, I'd set aside some funds for a new shaft seal and strut bearings.

I think Corey Vaughn also switched over to T-factors. Amazing binding for sure.

This is for the now-classic 2015 "blue vapor".

To prevent this is anyone using anti-seize or something like that?

Went to adjust the fin on my wife's ski, which has not been moved in probably a decade. Sure enough, 2 out of 3 of the 5/32" hex screws were frozen and totally stripped out. Two questions: 1. Removal: Drill them out? Anything easier? 2. Sourcing: is this something I can grab from Ace Hardware?

I don't think it's that complicated. Both of the Ross kids seem to have key fundamentals totally down pat. When I see Charlie ski, I see the straightest arms of the entire field, everywhere. Neilly has incredibly obvious COM awareness everywhere and very obviously leads with the hips out of each buoy. This is most obvious as an exaggerated "style" out of 2/4 and as a "fundamental" out of 1/3/5. Both keys are very high on my list of what I'm "trying" to accomplish, maybe that's why they jump out so much.

Just another check-in here- we put all Radar buoys in back in April on one of our courses, so about 4 months now. Color holding really really well, again FAR better than the polyforms did, particularly the orange color on the turn balls. No comparison. So, as far as "good normal buoys, as long as you're not comparing to Wally Buoys" the Radars are very good and a great value. I'm impressed. Solid product.

Congrats, game changer for sure.

Yes, NRG R2 closeout blem, moodiest D3 I've ridden of the past 5 or so I've had. Head scratcher at times.

And @Chris Rossi ended up running 2@41 in MM, awesome!

Nice, but don't kid yourself - the 200 is a million times better in every way. The 91-94 MC has basically zero tracking ability and really bad ergonomics relative to a modern boat.

Unbelievable timing and maybe one of the best episodes so far. Rossi basically read my mind. And I'm totally beat to death from up the rope sets for regionals, guilty!

The OB on our 200 is highly useful for anything BUT human seating. The aisle, with a wind blocker, is the most used "storage area" in the boat for dry items. On a lift, you can roll up the boat cover and tuck it right into the bow. Handy.

@david_ski Not doing much tricking these days. Progressing past the basic surface tricks is just more time, falling, and work than I'm willing to do. Most advice I've gotten seems consistently impossible to execute which is really annoying.

@SlalomSteven that actually looks pretty good. You're keeping your arms nice and loose, creating no real drama in the pass. Nice gate too. In my experience 32 was a couple years after 28 but maybe not for you!

Revisit the script. E.g. you're focusing on step 4 but you forgot about steps 1-3, slump. Perfect example this morning when I fell at 2 ball at 32 off 3x in a row "mysteriously". The video shows I was turning in on the tail at the gate every time, that tends to show up at 2.

So good, amazing work. Really makes me appreciate the work that goes into the TWBC and how much of a passion project it is. Vince and crew "choose" to do something incredibly hard and push the envelope in this incredibly niche sport, for the good of the sport and the love of the sport. That is extremely inspirational. As usual FW was great, I love his explanation of how weird the sport is, spot on.

I've felt this on multiple boats at that speed, I don't know that it's "fixable".

Agreed, ridiculous.

Incredibly good as usual. The bigger concept is really "how do we go right or left on a slalom ski" and most people have not really even given it a thought.

I have a large collection of pretty much mint impellers from changing them over the years. I have had two failures in the Sherwood style PCM 351 pumps, both were the rubber separating from the hub which is an instant 100% failure! They look perfect otherwise. So a visual inspection wouldn't really help. I change them every 2 seasons or so.