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As my girlfriend she did not have a problem with it and was decent at it, since she became my wife, I can't recall her driving for me. She now collects horses and other animals.

I payed that more than 20 years ago. Do you also have a per set charge?

That looks like a dangerous place to ski.

That's a tough one. I skied the morning of my wedding so normally I would have said yes....but now that I have a daughter I'd probably have to agree with @Skijay however my first instinctive answer was go ski....

Other than my right shoulder, right elbow and left foot, everything's great.

Good point @Leonl, didn't quite look at it that way. Same as with all the other officials. I guess I expect that a senior driver (or any other official that is a senior) would be good in that position.

I don't like senior drivers that shouldn't be senior drivers....I can only think of 1, but that is more than enough.

Jamie tied Jeff and Andy's World Record in Charleston, long before France. I also believe his French score is official but couldn't be submitted for New World Record due to no end course video...but just repeating what I heard on France, not something I know for sure.

I was talking about him being the very first...at 36. 2 world records in consecutive rounds, 1997ish.

Backfire through exhaust? Perhaps some unburnt fuel igniting in the exhaust. Does it idle ok?

I am sure it will be. Watching these guys try to get through 39 at 32 at our last 2 tournaments has been entertaining.

I guess since Jeff was the first to run 41 at 36, then the first to run 41 at 34, will he be the first to run 41 at 32 in about 15 years?

Don't know if anyone knows or remembers this, but when Jeff became the first one to do it. He first ran 5 at 41, which was a record. Then he ran the 1 at 43. 2 world records in a row. I believe the 1 at 43 was run almost at dark thirty. There was a fear that there was not enough light to see the boat path video.

Rodgers, Mapple, Beaushene, Smith, Asher, Travers, Winter, Parrish .......Degasperi? (not really sure how to count that, other than he ran it, in a tournament, but in a runoff I think...does anybody remember details?)

Unless I'm pulling someone at -28 or longer, I never look in the mirror unless I'm checking my path out the end gate.

Joel Howley just moved to the top of the US Open with 3.5 at 41.

@6balls, "show the handle" is what you used to see before the latest couple of rule changes. The skier rounds a turn buoy with a bunch of slack and realizes they don't want to take the hit or can't continue, so they ski behind the boat with slack and the handle in their hand but allow the boat to take the handle without offering resistance. This used to be awarded a full buoy at any buoy but now (as I read the rule) can only be awarded at the end gate.

Straight from the IWWF rule book, AWSA rule book is the same wording. 14.07: Scoring Buoys A buoy not missed is scored as follows, up to the point of the first miss: a) 1/4 point when the skier crosses the line C-D AND the X-Y line in a skiing position (12.03). (See sketch). b) 1/2 point when the skier has re-crossed line C-D in skiing position (12.03) before the level of the next buoy or end gate. c) 1 point when the skier has crossed the line of the gate buoys (on a tight line under power of the boat) before passing the level of the next buoy (or the end gate in the case of the final buoy) without falling (12.02). The intent of the tight line is to ensure the safety of the skier. This means that if the skier can only cross the line of the buoys with a slack line then he will not get the full point so there is no reason to try that. The end gate case is different because of the spacing and thus if the skier can cross the gate line before the end gate buoy and ski away he will be awarded the full buoy. This specifically means that the skier is permitted to have slack going through the exit gates. If the skier skis away then they may continue. If the skier does not ski away, the turn ends and the skier scores 6 provided they crossed the line of the boat buoys before the end gate with or without a slack line. The skier may exit the gate with slack line. A gate is not scored in any manner. One thing I noticed this morning that I did not think about and we didn't discuss was that it appears that you can show the boat judge the handle behind the boat, at the end gate and receive the whole buoy.

Yes, but Jeff knowing the rule before hand and from what I saw, the score is 2, all judges scored 2. At this point it's up to the boat path video. I can say that the 41 had to be tough to drive based on what I saw. Most people on site were part of the rule discussion including all the judges prior to the event starting on Sunday.

The funny part is Jeff was a part of this discussion and knew everyone's view before he ever skied. After his 2 ball he sort of jokingly challenged anyone to call it a half.

The interesting part of the rule is that as long as the line is tight when the skier reaches the boat guide line then the skier gets a whole buoy even if the skier explodes at the centerline of the boat path (and does not ski away).We have been interpreting as if the skier is in control at the boat guide line. That is no longer part of the rule. We had several controversial calls and protest regarding this rule. Many of us learned something this weekend.

The skiing away is not part of the discussion but confuses the rule.

Funny you mention that, Jeff's was taken out near the buoy so it was not an issue as far as the rule goes but we had a very in depth discussion about another call that was closer to the boat guide line and this rule was debated a good bit of Sunday before Jeff's ever came in to play. Based on our discussion it seems that a number of recent half buoy scores perhaps should have been scored whole buoys that skiers did not ski away from and perhaps some whole buoy scores that skiers did ski away from (but took the slack hit behind the boat) should have been given a half as opposed to the whole buoy score they received. I read this rule over and over on Sunday and we had a lengthy discussion about it, I probably still need to read it a few more times.

Chris Eller pulled most of if not all the pending records.

The slack hit that was required for the full 2 at 43 made my back hurt for 2 days just from watching it.