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Dacon62, Check out this one in Arizona, 6 hours to the ocean via San Diego. Great site and great winter weather. https://www.zillow.com/savedhomes/for_sale/8687055_zpid/1_pnd/33.214132,-111.319829,33.021474,-111.627446_rect/11_zm/1_rs/1_fr/

I have a 66 if anyone is interested.

Yes, they are still available.

Forgot to mention price, $125 shipped in the US.

 

RS-1 Boots, size 10 right and size 9 left. Liners are good, both extra liners have the inside cloth coming loose. Sequence plate, front plate, bag of hardware and extra 9 left shell. Email or PM me if interested, mtjb48 at yahoo dot com.

 

No on the wing gauges. I've retired and moved 1000 miles from my machinist, so I'm retiring from this one too.

 

 

 

 

No on the wing gauges. I've retired and moved 1000 miles from my machinist, so I'm retiring from this one too.

 

 

 

 

Ballers, I have five EZ Fintools left. Still the quickest way to accurately check all three measurements in less than a minute. If you're not familiar with it, search EZ Fintool on you tube. I don't have a website any more but you can email me for more info:

mtjb48 at yahoo dot com. Still $35 shipped in the US. You can order at paypal, just send the money to my email address.

A huge thanks to all of you that have purchased them in the past!

Arizona, water 65, air in the 80's unseasonally warm but nobody is complaining.

@greghayes I have retired and gave up on the website for EZ Fintool as it won't support the expense. I do still have some of them available if you or anyone else is interested. Just pm me or email me at mtjb48 at Yahoo dot com.

Terry Bandel

I've driven one at a couple of different sites in Az. Elevation around 1500. One is a short setup and the 5.3 performed very well, even with 36 mph skiers. I was impressed with the power and it is a lot quieter than the 6.0. Hard for me to compare to the 6.0 as I have only driven them at 4700 ft. Skiers liked it and it drove and tracked great. The new seat is nice, a little too upright for me, probably a adjuster for that somewhere?

Arizona Open tourneys last weekend at Buchli Lake. Water temp in the 70's, daily highs in the upper 80's.

Great weekend!

 

Phoenix, Az.

Water temp 80, daytime highs low 90's

Double header this weekend with openings

Another reason to take Carter's advise about clinching your butt cheeks.

Bomber floating eyeware with a floatie strap works for me. I don't think I've lost a lens since I started wearing them. Great for preventing glare too.

Would someone please lower that bouy!

My thoughts on a completely different concept to increase participation.

Regionals are eliminated, replaced by 2 or three Qualifiers, east, central and west. Qualifiers will have 4 divisions, 6, 7, 8 and 9. (based on the current ranking list levels) I believe 6-8 should be handicap but could be actual. Skiers would need to have a minimum of 4 or even 5 tournament scores in the qualifying year to be eligible.

 

Format: Qualifiers would be run by headquarters and the host club. They would be in late July to early August. It would be a special C tournament with tighter judging on gates and driver selection than a plain C (Hortons C+?) A skier can enter any of the Qualifiers and more than one if spots are open. Skiers would pick the day they ski when they enter. Families can get their rides in one or two days and be done if desired. My ski buddies and I could all enter for the same day and car pool to the tournament, ski and go home if we wanted, hopefully after we helped with judging scoring etc. Each day, each division will ski together. All 6's ski at 7:30, 7's at 9;00 etc. BGM&W and all ages ski together if they are in that division. Scores are posted as the skiers ski and winners are determined at the end of the tournament. Competition would run from early in the morning to early afternoon to take advantage of better conditions and hopefully similar for everyone and allow for the next days competitors to get a practice ride before they ski. The top 5 skiers in all the various groups would be invited to the National Championship Finals.

 

National Championship Finals

This event would be in a warm location towards the end of Sept or early Oct. Run it as a two round event under the same handicap or actual score basis as the qualifiers. Entries should be free from a fee paid as a part of the entry fee for the Qualifier. Alternates are eligible to move up if a top 5 skier does not participate. In order to drive revenue, a crew should be hired to professionally video the final rounds. They should professionally edit it after the tourney and commercials sold to sponsors would be added just like a television production. This could be sold as a DVD or pay per view online product or, if enough advertising is sold, made available for free.

 

This should bring a lot more entries and hopefully revenue. To be clear, you are still skiing against only the skiers in your age group and level. All M5, level 7 skiers are skiing against each other but you would be skiing with all level 7 skiers on that day and you are competing against all M5 level 7 skiers skiing in that qualifier. Requiring participants to have a minimum of 4 or 5 tournaments to establish their average and level would help increase participation in local tournaments.

 

Older and slower!

Soft bag with the fin removed and wrapped in towels.

BUMP Still running the BOS special, great stocking stuffers!

Our club figures about $20-$25 per hour for depreciation. We also meter boat time, many of us now ski 6 passes in 10-12 minutes.

Hey Ballers, the EZFintool end of season special is on now! Same terms as last year so just bumping that thread. I'm sure there are plenty of new ballers so here's your chance to step up your fin measuring skills, save some time and aggravation. ezfintool.com for a short video.

Ed, its M7, 65

Even @Horton said that it was the second best looking one out there. Contact me or more info at SIA 29335