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It would be sad to see the "family and friends" crowd only on the shore of a private site for a World Championship. A World (f'ing) Championship.

@Bruce_Butterfield - what lake is that?

@jayski - more pics of the house? Link to a realtor's website or something?

@TEL - yeah, I see Paul Crawford. Tell him Jim Brake says hey.

Gordon has had a symmetrical course several times at Ski Paradise in Acapulco. After so many years of going right through the gate, going left (even as a LFF) skier was really weird. Fun, but weird.

@jipster43 - me too. Having "long distance" vision down the buoy line really helps me stay level, improves my balance, and smooths out the finish of the turn. If i look at the ball I'm coming in to, then I crank my turn and am lucky to make it out of there.

I broke a rope with Sammy Duvall in the boat watching me (1992). The recoil knocked his glasses off. He was cool about it. It was his rope.

@bigtex2011 - so you expect me to actually read posts before I reply? Pfffft.

http://www.d3skis.com/v/sitefiles/Fin-Settings-02-21-19-WEBSITE.pdf

I did not know that lead was spelled lede. Hmm. The more you know... Anyway, that lake skis great, the Brown's live there, Chico is a cool college town, great mtn and road biking nearby, great fly fishing nearby, Lassen NP nearby, ag setting, but it's California so bigger cities are never too far away. Couple hours to Squaw (good call @adkh2oskier), couple hours to Tahoe, insanely beautiful north coast is due west, so are the redwoods in the Coast Ranges, wine, Sierra Nevada brewery. Should I go on?

Shoot. I was all set to explain that all you do is cut off the legs on your jeans right below where the front pockets hang down. You should just go ahead and do that while you're cutting down your jumpers. Re: the jumpers - put bindings at same % of forward/back as they are currently for the 74s. How small of a person are you intending to have use these skis? If a kid, maybe go down to 68" (?).

@Than_Bogan - as a side note, if you're a pole vaulter, then you should also be a water ski jumper. Boom.

@Jordan - that's interesting. I had the opposite experience. I started this season on a CG fin on my 67 Evo because I was using that fin late last year. Switched to the WF and started going through the bindings-forward, fin-smaller progression and got sore as s--t. Felt like soreness was more due to having a LOT of ski in the water than the fin. Moved bindings back to where I like them (as far back as I can get them on my plate) and was OK with the WF. Have since switched back to the CG and am gradually working out of my constant soreness. I like both fins. Right now I feel like I have better "drive" with the CG. Will probably go back to the WF at some point to compare again. Like all new equipment, you lose the "new feel" (aka honeymoon) after a while and it just feels normal. Disclaimer: I'm not a "very high end skier". I'm a 35 hack.

The first time I qualified for nationals was in '91 (for the '92 nats) back in the EP days. Mens II EP at that time was 5 @ 35 off @ 36 mph. I got it and was psyched.

@drago - re: gate philosophy, as a LFF I start having gate difficulties at 35 (probably have them at 32, too, but I get away with them), where if i try to set too much angle too soon, it just results in too much load and resulting downcourse path and too much speed into one ball. I can "ease into" the gate and get a better path and speed to one, but then not carry enough speed through that turn. What is your approach to the gate as a lefty?

@SkiJay - I'm going to try this moving the LE in front of the bindings that you recommend. Sounds promising.

I'm just a fan of heads-up skiing. I don't know how some skiers run the great scores they do tilting their heads in. Some do for sure, though.

I want some math whiz (@than bogan?) to come up with a quick calc to show where the center of mass (?), center of resistance (?), center of effort (?) is on a fin given length and depth measurements and the outline of that particular fin. A long shallow fin and a short deep fin with the same area could have that point in different places. Not to mention DFT. Where is that point and which position of that point is perfect for me, my ski, my bindings, my skiing, my toughest pass?

@Booze - Yes! Love that one! That is actually what I had in mind when I saw the pic of Will.

@bishop8950 - your onside looks like that.

@MISkier - that's the main reason I posted it. I just love pics of onside hacks with (relatively) level shoulders and head, downcourse vision, cross-course angle, hips low, shoulders up, and the sense of the sweet acceleration he's about to get. Will's onside is legendary.

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@dvskier - well I just bought a couple of season passes from her, then.

Joel Howley is from Australia.

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup paid out more to Mikaela Shiffrin this year (by quite a bit) than the top man, Marcel Hirscher. Of course, Mikaela had a historically great season, and I would pay her more, too.