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@wilecoyote either Campbell is a massive, massive fraud that could easily be fact-checked and yet is still esteemed in his field or you might have gotten the results backwards. Here’s Campbell: “Rats generally live for about two years; thus the study was 100 weeks in length. All animals that were administered aflatoxin and fed the regular 20% levels of casein either were dead or near death from liver tumors at 100 weeks. All animals administered the same level of aflatoxin but fed the low 5% protein diet were alive and active.” This is from pg. 52 of Campbell’s The China Study (2nd edition) and references the following published study: Youngman LD, and Campbell, TC. Carcinogenesis (1992) (I’m omitting the studies name because it’s super wonky). In other words, at least in the study I reference above, which sounds identical to the one you reference, what Campbell is reporting is the opposite of what you said.

@Luzz In case you want a different take on the Joe Rogan/Chris Kresser podcast:

@ski6jones thanks. I watched The Game changers and I’m not sure it’s going to be helpful to veganism. It’s certainly brought awareness but it seems to be more pompous than most other claims about veganism. The nutrition researchers that @So_I_Ski mentions advocate for a Whole Foods, plant based diet on the grounds that it is the best diet for promoting overall health and reducing the risk of chronic diseases, like heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers. They have mountains of peer-reviewed medical research to back this up. The results come from the lab as well as the field, have been demonstrated to be repeatable, and as far as I can tell their opinions and their research is not controversial within the nutrition research community. However, the Game changers makes a bolder claim than I have seen made elsewhere, which is that a plant based diet is the optimal diet for optimizing athletic performance. That is a very different claim than the one I believe is made in works like The China Study and Forks Over Knives. It also seems to be the one that Kresser is disputing. I haven’t seen evidence that a vegan diet is superior to other diets for athletic performance, but we are seeing more anecdotal evidence that it at least may not be detrimental. That being said, for most of us it makes sense to eat a diet that is optimal for long-term health and find other ways to optimize athletic performance.

Everyone that thinks their opinion is informed but also has not read The China Study is fooling themselves.

It seems like her ski did not go outside the buoy in this video. Not sure if it’s the same as was originally posted. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5JGsWLhCaT/?igshid=1grbuhr922ikh

@AdamCord and @adamhcaldwell I personally found it incredibly clarifying when you explained that when you said you were trying to ‘stand up’ through the wake what you meant was you were trying to stand up straight relative to the ski, i.e. thinking of the ski as the ‘ground’ in this reference, so that when you stand up your body is elongated at an angle still leaned away from the boat. When you said this before without the additional clarification I, and I think others, took it to me that you were standing up straight relative to the water, i.e. bringing your shoulders out of the pull and literally standing up straight.

Was the ski responsible for your leg break?

I was wondering what the characteristics of each of the top-of-the-line slalom skis are and thought starting a thread on it might be a good way to get some information. What I think would be interesting to put together is information on all of the big-name slalom skis in terms of how they ski. For example: Radar Vapor (2016) Slow or Fast: Fast (10 on a 1-10 scale) Carve or smear: Smear (turns are more smearing than carving) Low energy/High energy: Low energy (doesn’t make you tired) Stable or twitchy: Stable, especially through the edge change Oddities: Tends to blow out the tail on the offside if too much tip pressure D3 (any of them) Slow or Fast: Slow (3 on a 1-10 scale) - note that I’m not dogging on these skis, I’m just saying they ride deep. Probably the deepest of any I know. I put 3 instead of 1 in case someone wants to rank another ski as slower/deeper riding than a D3 Carve or smear: Carve (turns continue all the way to the wake) Low energy/High energy: High energy (makes you tired) Stable or twitchy: Stable Oddities: None KD Platinum: Same descriptions as D3 I’d be interested in feedback along the lines of the above for other skis. Particularly the HO skis (Pro, Alpha, Omega), Goode, and Connelly. Anyone with experience want to weigh in? Or anyone who rides the skis I mentioned feel I messed anything up?

I've had a few heelside flips this season where I felt I was doing something that led to good results but that I've never heard described before. I'm wondering if what I'm doing is actually part of the standard advice and I've simply misunderstood it all this time or if it's something that people don't usually advise. If the latter is the case I'm wondering why people don't talk about this. Here's what I'm feeling; I've had some good results lately by starting the cut standing relatively stacked and relatively upright, so that from the ankles up it doesn't seem like I'm really doing much. However, I put the ski onto its edge using my ankles (and maybe my knees a bit). This means the ski is rolled over on edge but I'm standing on top of it almost like it's flat. When I've been able to do this I feel pretty balanced and the edge seems to engage pretty well. The edge engagement has led to good release off the wake and the feeling of being relatively upright seems to put my body in better position. So is this just nonsense or does this resonate with how the flip is supposed to be done? If it is correct, why do you think it typically is not coached?

@Cnewbert actually I just fact checked myself and realized I was wrong, there is no contradiction. Here is the relevant portion of Smith's statement on the matter: According to WaPo, "Smith acknowledged he had sex with a 17-year-old athlete when he was 23. Florida law prohibits a person 24 or older from having sex with a person 16 or 17, so the investigator ruled Smith did nothing illegal in that instance."

@Cnewbert according to the Washington Post he has also admitted to at least two of the allegations he was accused of: domestic violence against his adult girlfriend and to having sex with a 17 year old when he was 23. Confusingly, in the statement he released he denied all accusations except the domestic violence charge, so even what's coming from Smith himself seems to be contradictory. Not a good look when you're accused of the kind of things he's accused of.

I’m trying to order a new binding from Reflex but keep getting an error when trying to pay. Anyone else experience this and find a way around the issue? Anywhere else I can order Reflex products?

Agree 100% with @Jody_Seal and others, it’s essential that we have the ability to discuss such important matters. If you don’t like it, don’t read the threads about it. We may prefer to discuss fin settings and technique here but when it comes down to it being able to learn about and speak freely about a potential sexual predator within our sport is likely to be much more valuable for the sport in the long-run. As they say, sun is the best disinfectant. And Horton has done a good job of setting the tone so that these discussion are on topic and not over the line.

This doesn’t really square with the pictures of texts and Facebook posts from Nate to minor girls that keep getting posted here and then taken down. I also thought the SafeSport report concluded that all the claims were likely to be true “by a preponderance of the evidence”... The idea that all the claims involving minors are 100% false seems like an outright lie. I will say that this whole situation also apparently seems to be muddled in with a ton of personal drama, which may be motivating some people involved. However, there seems to be enough out there to separate the hypocrisy and questionable behavior of a few people trying to tear Nate down from the very serious misbehavior that Nate has been accused of. The SafeSport report mentions several claimants who are underaged girls claiming misbehavior from Nate. I saw no where in the investigation where Nate was exonerated of such claims. So it’s great to be hearing from all sides now, but this statement does not seem to square at all with the results of the official investigation that is referenced. And no, I haven’t seen any more of the report than any other member of the general skiing public so I could be wrong. If so, please someone point out how. But I don’t see how this statement consistently fits with the official portions of this sordid drama, and if it doesn’t that is a pretty serious red flag.

@AdamCord @adamhcaldwell I’ve read the C-75 was designed for 34 mph. Do you intend to design a ski optimized for 36 mph? Or have you concluded that the C-75 works as well at that speed as 34? I know there’s been some good skiing on it at 36.

I’d say stretching or yoga a couple times this week. Just make sure you’re body is primed and ready for the weekend.

Deleted, as I realized this is an old thread.

Do you plan to cover 3 event skiing or only slalom?

I don't know anything about Chad personally, and I know he was an asset to the ski world, but he was convicted of 7 federal crimes, was he not? Sure, I hear you, he's a good guy and I guess it's possible that he was the victim of a conspiracy. But was it possible that he was in fact breaking the law and thereby deserving of conviction? Seems like it's possible... So I find it weird that there are so many people here claiming that he either did nothing wrong or that what he did was wrong but you don't care because it was with noble intentions. Do you all really have enough information to make these kinds of judgments? Or are you biased in this case and not evaluating this situation objectively? From where I sit, it seems like the latter is at play quite a bit, and I find it a bit concerning.

Yeah, I would think there’d be no reason to leave a boat like a TXi running when the driver stands up. I think Eric was referring to older boats that may have trouble restarting. Seems like the appropriate amount of precaution needs to be applied depending on the situation. This is a great story to share to make people aware of a risk they may not have considered before. Although it isn’t nearly as good of advice as shutting off the engine, you also mention this was caused by the driver coiling up the rope while talking to you in the water. If not for coiling up the rope (and mistakenly getting it around the throttle) this also wouldn’t have happened. Another potential lesson is to be aware of what you’re doing with the rope and never do things with it that are unnecessary. Not that I don’t agree with ‘shut off the engine when you stand up’ being the best lesson to take away from this, but also be careful with the rope!

@gavski are you trolling? Read these quotes: "During the set I had two really sweet passes that were way better than the others. When I was done he asked what two passes felt the best, I replied passes 3 & 4 he then revealed that he tried A1 C1 and then B1, C1 was a clear winner for me." "We ski together... You need to be on A2." You seem arrogant, and wrong.

I know that Nate Smith is still sponsored by Nautique and D3. Does he have other sponsors? Are there any companies that have dropped support of him after he received a suspension for his conduct violation?

@Than_Bogan controversy may pique your interest but @Stevie Boy wasn’t saying less events due to less viewer interest, he was saying less events because organizers have less incentive to put on the tournaments if every time they do their integrity is ripped to shreds on the internet. BOS is great but it’s doubtful that new-found interest in Euro tournament stops from ballers would be enough to override that. I’d go back to the point @Luzz was making: the pros want to make money with their skiing, and they do so by beating their competitors, so shouldn’t the ranking list be based on competitive placement? Aside from eliminating @Horton’s primary concern it also gives skiers the incentive to go to the same tournaments as one another instead of seeking out the sites where they will get the best scores. That should mean better events. The legitimacy of the scores from a record-capability standpoint should still matter, but it should be separate from how the pro skiers are ranked.

@Horton I get your point. But you’re crusading on the idea that every site should be as nearly identical as possible so that, for the purpose of the world rankings list, all tournament scores are essentially ‘apples to apples’ comparisons from site to site. Based on my personal skiing experience, however, the idea that scores from different sites can be compared meaningfully is kind of illogical. I would bet that every single tournament skier knows about which lakes in his or her local area produce the best scores. Not, in my opinion, due to slacking off on tolerances or weaving, but because some lakes just simply ski better than others. I’m absolutely not saying that’s the case about the sites in question here. I’m not saying anything about them one way or the other. What I am saying is that we all seem to agree that placement at a tournament is a legitimate competitive yardstick, and I’m getting the impression that most here also agree that site to site buoy comparisons are not as meaningful. It’s not that sites are wildly different, but even a half buoy difference from site to site can be a big deal on that list. So why not argue for the simpler, more intuitive, and logical fix: change the ranking list to be based on competitive outcomes at the tournaments instead of raw buoy count? Again, I’m not saying we shouldn’t strive for legitimacy in our specs. We definitely should, but it would seem that your main motivation for this crusade could be achieved in a much better way that would avoid this whole mess altogether by changing the way the ranking list is calculated.

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