matthewbrown

@Than_Bogan understood, but instead of me changing the title of the video, perhaps the viewer, if they must comment on the gates, could first comment on the skiing ability/technique since this was posted in the short line skiing section of the forum, not the “catch the mistake if you can” section.

Nonsense, the prop wash is an excellent way to assess boat path. The distance from the pylon to the prop is maybe 6’. The boat would have to be turned at an extreme angle for their to be much centerline difference between the two, it’s just geometry. Not to mention how can you reconcile a dead center prop wash at 1,3,5 and a 6 inch to 9 inch displacement toward the 2,4 turns?

This is the second time I’ve posted video of Asher running 41 in practice and with each case someone has pointed out that he missed his gates. The essence of the video is to show the performance of one of the greatest slalom skiers we have ever seen, which is what any die hard slalom junkie would die to see, to dissect, digest and strive to emulate. If your first thought is “he missed his gates” this tells me that you are not a die hard slalom junkie...but that’s ok.

When the line becomes tight your go to movement is to straighten your legs which is fine on its own, but all you are doing is pushing the ski out in front of you as your body mass shifts to the tail of the ski. This creates a static position and produces the shallow angle I believe @TheBigHead was referring to. The idea in this sport is to get to the first wake as quickly as possible while maintaining the correct body position. You are not able to get to the first wake quickly because you are only utilizing the tail of the ski. If you are going to straighten your legs you must also keep your body ahead of the ski during the acceleration phase, otherwise your efforts will come up fruitless.

He is but is in CA right now coaching clinics and skiing tournaments. He should be home at the end of the week.

@Horton that was a near world record performance, world record of pulling long that is. I’ve never in the history of the sport seen somebody pull all the way to every buoy and still complete an ankle breaker 1/4 buoy, you take the cake.

@bishop8950 I could have used an RS handle on a few occasions...

Doesn’t take much at 41 to make it much more doable for these elite skiers, 4” here, 4” there....I’m not saying this is what happened, only pointing out that a minimal amount of help at 41 can dramatically increase the consistency, confidence and top scores of the best skiers in the world. Its good that someone who has skied competitively for 45 years, and who happens to have his own platform to speak, is actually leaning on his experience and speaking out about verified anomaly’s in our sport.

@UWSkier being a Mastercraft guy myself I have no cares either way but there are way too many variables to draw any significant conclusions. Different drivers and the fact it was their second time on the water could easily account for the discrepancy. The only true test would be to go back in time and switch the order of boats, but unless you have an extra flux capacitor laying around that ain’t happening.

@bishop8950 I blew out a couple of disks watching Asher at 39.

Exactly what @Bruce_Butterfield said.

@Horton 88mph + Flux Capacitor

@T_C it’s great tournament practice and makes you tougher,.. you looked great!

@sixball I have another round of scans coming next month and depending upon what they show will determine what drug I’m on next. I’ve had Keytruda, Opdivo/Ipilimimab combo and now just Opdivo as the Ipi caused severe colitis like what @klindy was talking about(lost 30lbs) but i did respond right away to Remicade which immediately stopped the colitis. I am not familiar with T-Cell therapy other than these immunotherapy drugs I’ve been on are supposed to activate my T-Cells.

3 years ago in between dermatology visits I noticed what appeared to be a pink wart on my scalp. I treated it with wart-be-gone and it did not improve. So I went to see the dermatologist who biopsied the wart which turned out to be a deep Melanoma. I had it surgically removed along with 3 sentinel lymph nodes which all tested negative for Melanoma. Fast forward to 14 months ago I was diagnosed with Metastatic Melanoma. The cancer had spread to most of the vertebra in my spine(I thought it was arthritis from skiing), my illiam, my lungs(10 tumors), my liver and 3 tumors in my brain. Yes I thought I was a goner but with the help of some amazing new drugs, a world class facility(Stanford)and a bit of will power, I managed to scrap back into the game. The cancer is gone from my brain and also my lungs, but I’m not even close to being out of the woods yet as it still remains and is slowly growing in my liver and back. The odds are still stacked against me but if I can impart some wisdom then I guess I’m doing some good. Your life can turn on a dime, sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad. This uncertainty is what makes life worth living but you at least want to stack the odds in your favor as much as possible. No matter how many times I say it or anyone else on this thread speaks about this beast of a disease, you owe it to yourself to take the time once every 6 months and get checked out as your life may depend on it. I had a hack for a dermatologist and the scalp area is hard to see anyway so get yourself a great dermatologist even if you have to travel, trust me you don’t want to be looking back and saying woulda, coulda, shoulda.

@bishop8950 no one is safe from the Badal audible.

The video post was an attempt to show other people running short line passes. I certainly did not mean to upstage or compare anyone to one of the greatest skiers of all time. Perhaps I should have posted in another section on this forum. @Horton @adamhcaldwell brings up a great point in that there is a demand to watch video of short line skiing, do you have any suggestions? As to why no Big Dawg skiers are riding the Omni, the HO Pro ended up being better for them. The Omni is fantastic, but it takes a skier who can use the entire ski, as Asher does, whereas most the rest of us mortals like to hang out comfortably near the tail.

Asher 41 @34mph on the 2nd tier HO ski the Omni.

@adamhcaldwell I have quite a bit of footage and have posted some to Facebook but I am usually a bit reluctant as I don’t know if these guys want footage of them crushing 41’s right before big tourney’s, it can put a lot of pressure on them. I figured they would post if appropriate. Seems like this time of year is fine though, I’ll see what I can dig up.

That’s a big score. I’m not sure 43 is any easier at 34mph. That being said, 41 at 36mph is much harder than 41 at 34 mph. I’ve seen Asher and Rossi crush 41 at 34mph and I’ve seen Twhisper crush it 4 passes in a row but to run 41 at 36mph pushes them and other pros to their absolute limits.

Adam Caldwell is a beast but I am interested in the roll of that ski. From what I’ve seen, Adam has a tendency to leave his hips and shoulders behind his feet into 1,3,5. This tendency is one that I am very familiar with as a fellow lefty it has left me in the drink several times at 1,3 or 5. However, on this ski the roll appears to be less, keeping him higher in the turn with less upper body give to the inside. This is just an observation and I don’t know if it’s a testament to the ski design, or Adam’s talent or a combo of both?

@Horton that is the incorrect spelling, “scotch” is the correct spelling.

The call of 2@41 came like 10 seconds after the pass. If video review was used efficiently it might take an additional 60 seconds. When the skier is only 34 feet away, the slow mo function on an iPhone would clearly be able to see the call. Not acceptable for the finals of the first and biggest pro event of the year.

@liquid d wasn’t it Jaegar shots you had at Okeheelee Big Dawg 2012, served nicely from your bicycle basket?