@sunperch I'm not doing anything other than attempting at putting things in perspective. I have spoken to some Int'l W4 athletes about this, the membership voted and it makes a lot of sense due to the fact you currently can have an 18 year old young woman skiing the same speed as a 45-54 year older woman. If we lose 1 skier but gain 2+ that is an overall benefit to the sport. Based on your member ID you are not a WRL skier?
I do agree that ZBS scoring could be beneficial, and can be utilized in the USA, I believe you should still be able to ski at 34 if you chose, without credit. In Canadian rules you can age down to ski at a faster speed if you'd like, but you are competing with younger athletes. Almost nobody takes advantage of this, but there are not that many competitive skiers.
I don't see how the elite at the top of the W4 ranking list will be alienated, this is making it easier. There are maybe 2 skiers that win every event already, they will continue to win at 32mph, 1 is aging out anyways. They will also pick up a few buoys.
You will never make everyone happy; the goal should be to grow the sport and for the majority, not the few. With only 60 skiers on the W4 WRL, and only about 1/2 even running 14m, there's a lot of room for improvement.