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I'm trying to learn how to s turn - it's a skill and a strategy. We don't need more rules left to human decision re: s turn and we don't need more buoys in the water. Not gonna happen. FocusRunoffs are exciting to watch, perhaps focus on that?

Stand taller, then get taller. Somehow have to get you out of the squat and backfoot turns and into a tall stance on your front foot. Push your glutes, hips core out to apex, turn and then do it the other way. It does start with the gate, how you stand in the whitewater and pullout, then glide and turn in. All one movement with your hips over your front foot. Currently your weight is back and you turn in with the back foot. Weight should be 90% front foot! Stance is what you want to work on. Feel how the ski reacts when you gave 90% weight on the front foot and keep pushing the hips out to the aoex. You'll run many more passes if you can get your stance on the ski taller and then taller even more. Love your videographer, great boat crew! F&$k that pass up @JayShower lol

@Wish previous builders of the J would put a stump in the middle of the floor for a boom and a lot of J purists loved that. I dont think they have a pylon figure out there though. It's a big boat 21' and gorgeous. I haven't skied it but it has tracking fins and for a rec skier would probably ski pretty well. Foots really well. No us dealers, custom order only.

https://j-craft.com/

It's the new Jcraft out of Ontario. 250hp I believe? and yes they run speed control

@JoelHowley you should reach out to Dewalt or Milwaukee Tools, perhaps they're looking to sponsor some athletes? excellent product placement. Great skiing mate!!!

soap business is about getting the oils/sunscreen off your hands. if the gloves are new, yes can't hurt to wash them with soap and water, but they should break in after just a few sets what kind of gloves are you using? size of handle?

You can replace with the newer rudder. My 01 has the rudder with the adjustable tab. Unfortunately the screws holding the tab on mine have totally rusted shut many years ago. https://www.nautiqueparts.com/product/rudder-with-trim-tab/

sorry to hear this @lpskier Didn't know Terry had such a resume in officiating, wow! He was kind enough to great me at LaPoint ski park with some pulls last year and gave me some tips on hand taping for Canadians! I was looking forward to skiing with him again this fall - hopefully he is on the mend by then. Get well soon Terry and back on the water!!!

@mose as good or better

@MrJones Rossi Pro Model... Ya I'm old too. Changed to 41tail when Rossi went to radar. I had the black and white 41s and still use a red/black pair for Tournament sets. I also still have a similar version of those RPM in my bin, the Accurate "camoto" I believe they're called They were moto style goves with little pads on the back side of the fingers similar to motoX gloves and nubs on the finger tips like the RPM with a snap buckle over the back of the palm. So good.

I have tried a number of gloves and the best ones fit tight. I was using amara for a few years but have gone back to kevlar, 41 tail. I have a pair of Connelly claw 3.0 (black and yellow) kevlar grip that didn't fit me great. I use small 41 tail. Have maybe 5 sets on them. Size medium. Happy to send to someone for $20 + shipping.

@ScottScott I was talking about both out of the hole and run in. Some big guys take all the throttle to get up Setup isn't on the extreme end of short at this lake either. Boat does have 2k hrs but rubs well

@ScottScott yep. I drive a team 200 w/6.2L DI motor at ski school ofren. Some big guys like all the juice. No idea what prop but it takes a bit to get to 36mph

I saw first hand a goode shell in their "reflex" release plate break this season. Shell cracked on the inside lower boot below the hinge point. Was only a few months old. It was my impression it is stiffer than the reflex classic shell, as this skier was coming off that exact binding for that reason The shell can't flex so it snaps instead.

Your skiing into a high handle and it starts from your gate turn in. Interesting nobody has pointed that out with how obvious it is. I watched your other vids and it's not the ski, it's part of your style and something you need to work away from to keep shortening the line. The -28 vid on the other ski you look better but still doing it - you'll need to hammer away at this trait at your easier passes but it definitely starts with how your gate turn in is initiated. Perhaps start there, at the other end of the extreme - handle as low as possible, left arm straight with the handle pinned low - let the handle out to the pylon but push it down, not up! At 1 and 2 Try to Ski your core back to the handle instead of bringing the handle up and to your face. In your reach, let the boat pull the handle away from you, keeping your shoulders level and leave the handle there - then drop your hips back to it as the ski comes under the rope and your hand comes back on the handle. You'll likely miss a lot of passes at first but you need to work this out of your skiing. You are losing time, direction and rhythm with this move. Otherwise you're skiing looks pretty damn good. I think this is the biggest thing you need to work out of your skiing and if you do, getting much deeper is very possible.

Was out on our big public lake last weekendn checking in on our course before we would use it at dawn 87ish prostar running the course with a combo skier and a few other runabouts (io's and ob's) taking Slalom skiers through. This is the reality in our region and for most recreational boaters on inland lakes - the target market for waterskiing. Yes there are surf boats on the lake, but far more rare to see than other rec skiers, almost nobody wakeboards anymore - the vast majority of watersports is skiing of some kind or tubing. You can't surf behind most boats. It's actually worse for Access than skiing or wakeboarding due to the cost of these very specialized boats. I don't see it as anything more than a niche market unless new technology is developed to bring the cost down and to the masses. You can still rip a slalom through the course on a 17' bowrider with a 130hp johnson - not to the level I'm interested in, but its doable and its fun and that type of boat is very cost effective for the average joe. this is the target market for waterskiing. Radar, HO, Obrien and Connelly are the players in this space, not mastercraft. As much as I believe tournament skiing is tied to the big 3 towboat OEM's, the sport itself is not and it's certainly not dying. Rec skiing is an enjoyable, fun family activity where we can draw participants from to our very niche but active and organized sport. Focus

@buechsr try electro stim acupuncture through a sports physio, Thera bar and bands. Lots of stretching and myofacial work. I go all over my arms and shoulders with foam rollers too

67 DV8 dropped the price to $699 USD or $1000 CAD

Have a like new 67" Connelly DV8. 3 tails with it. Very good ski but I'm sticking with my vapor through tournament season. $1600 CAD obo. Located in GTA but willing to ship anywhere.

Ya I don't think it would work for my application due to muck. I'm thinking individual anchored course with subs. My other issue is our water is pretty deep up to 30' at some spots and also drops 6' from spring to fall then we get 2' of ice at low water for the winter so my subs would need to be 3' below the low water mark, which is 9' below the high water! the buoys would need to be on 9' leads that are self adjusting to some extent.

@Justin_C what type of bottom is the lake and how deep? I'd like to do something similar but we're deep and very mucky - anchors get sucked in permanently

Awesome John. Sorry to have missed you but glad to hear you got some sets up north! Ottawa is the crown jewel of ski sites in Ontario between both carp and Greely.

Slasher is the bomb! I've got my eyes open for a sale for a backup

@dave2ball Isn't the ML dlx 8 loop rope the same as the pro version but with fewer loops and colors? I've used both for years with no noticeable difference but the cost