Steven

Very good point Bud!

dleenhout, since HO hasn't set you up with an adaptor plate yet, couldn't you have one made? Maybe teammalibu would be up for the challenge. Or maybe you could just mount them to one of his G10 plates. I'd try that before drilling your ski.

Kona,

 That's what the guy actually did was pay cash for the boat. If I made that kind of money, I'd do the same!

So Jamie get hosed again?

My dad is a banker, their bank has no issue lending money to anyone who is a good risk. They never got caught up in any of those "funky" loans and there fore never had to rely on the govt. to bail them out. For them it's business as usual. Like Jim said, things have changed in a big way!

I'm glad I have 2 CBR Fins as this is the only fin I've used in the past 7 years. http://www.ballofspray.com/vanillaforum/js/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-cool.gif

I have to agree with the roller comment. We see that alot here in Canyon Lake. We share an area with the Wakeboard club. They ride up stream from us and are supposed to turn around before a dog leg in the lake. If the Wakeboarders turn around past this point they'll send rollers into the course and then you'll get the surging you're talking about. In calm waters the only rpm change is from skier load.

I was speaking with the top sales person for Malibu the other night. He said the margin per boat for the manufacturer (in Malibu's case) is pretty decent. But the retailer is really taking a hit right now with the financing options being nearly non existant. He normally sells 18-20 boats in July. This year he sold 2. He had a lot of people trying, but couldn't get them financed. He told me that he had a deal fall thru with a guy who had provable income of 400k and was putting 50% down and the bank wouldn't bite because this guy was in the real estate industry. Crazy! He did say that Malibu is still strong financially. That's good to know. 

have you checked your settings lately? There is a distinct possibility that they could have changed from what you had set them at before. And also like thanimal was saying, it could be that in your entry you could be reaching forward allowing your hips to fall back starting the whole problem

I'd join but I'm still out on the injured reserve list

Happy Birthday Ed! What are you doing sitting by a computer? You should be skiing!

looks like too much fun!!! isn't this your first outing on a Strada? (not the 55) it will be interesting to hear your comparison as I'm sitting here crying and drooling wishing I could ski!!!! WAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

The slot caliper will give you repeatable DFT's all day long! Or, the harbor freight and the EZ Fin tool.

I'll look closer

I have to agree with you on this one TW, forget my comment from before, support your fellow skier!!!! My bad.

I think it looks good, but in your tweet you mentioned "The Krista" I didn't see her. Anyone who refers to themself in the 3rd person is obviously famous enough to make the banner. Plus she's waaaay cute!

What's a "Block Caliper"? If you're trying to make a "Slot Caliper", just take yours to your local machine shop and have them use an end mill to cut the slot you desire.

Stargazer ROCKS!

wing angle gauges. you can get them from Goode or I've seen them on ski it again. 

It's funny, the first time I tried the Jager fin set up my depth was at 2.525, length was 6.79 (ish) dft was around .698 and the boots were 29.625 on a 68 MPD.(idon't remember for sure right now the exact numbers except the depth) but you'd think with that set up I'd be riding a school bus but my 1st set on it I got around 2 @ 38 which is real respectable for me. I knew it wasn't going to work! I guess I was wrong

More angle off (directly) the ball would cause you to have an earlier edge change sending you directly at the ball wouldn't it?

I've been saying it for a while, Jager's fin stuff worx!

I'm with you Horton! Most of us are skiing behind older boats that aren't compatible with ZO. I only ski a ZO boat in tourneys and it frustrates the hell out of me to the point of not wanting to participate. I know that I'm not the only one with these feelings. So, how does this grow the sport??? Stargazer provides a consistent pull, is affordable and available to install on older boats. In my opinion, a new boat is a waste of money! You can't tell me that a $50,000.00 boat has improved anyones scores. Just my opinion

 

 

 

 

skidawg, what would you say is so different about the 2011 model?

From what I've heard, you don't even want to take the chance of letting them into your lake. Bad news!