Stevie Boy

I do not really understand why , this thread exists, the subject is not current, last season saw some terriffic webcasts and skiing at it,s best, I would rather promote the sport, than throw a negative into the mix, for no good reason.

I do not think it is that common, but if you Cheat, you Cheat yourself, Respect yourself and others. Just waiting for a particular name to pop here, but he got dealt with, it was an extraordinarily example of what lengths certain individuals would go to win.

I have skied in current and strong head/tail winds, in my mind, I focus on, keeping my ski moving from left to right and right to left, the only adjustment I make, is on the setup.

used to always run B2 but everybody seemed to be skiing on A2 the difference for me is that, or though the pickup is nicer on A2, when I ski on B2 I am always earlier in the, course than when I ski A2

Here is my take on Handles/Gloves, Kevlar Gloves are going to wear the handle out quicker than Palm Gloves. The Handle will last longer with Palm Gloves but Palm Gloves will wear out quicker than Kevlar Gloves. End Result Is, you are going to be replacing either Handles or Gloves.

The World Holds, It,s Breath, Very Worrying Indeed, I prey for them.

In the UK there used to be a ski league with divisions 4, 3, 2, 1 and Premiere, there were numerous competitions available to enter and not to expensive, so we used to get a group of us together, go along for the day out and have a good laugh, the group consisted of various levels of skier. Then they Knocked the League system on the head and went to Ranked Competitions, it immediately, reduced the number of events available and killed the competition scene. Competitions became expensive to host and the availability of qualified officials and getting them to travel was a issue. Without the Competitions people moved away from water skiing and became involved with other sports, predominantly Triathlon Events. I remember skiing against a very young Freddie Winter, he could ski pretty good then, alas my ski buddies, myself included, could never get the better of him,

The Greatest Athlete That Ever Lived ? Is the person who keeps coming back time and time again, until they get that Number One spot on the Podium.

I am going to kick it off with The Big Dawg Night Finals in 2012, some Great names that sadly are no longer with us. I Salute them All !

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So finally I understand the problem, watching the winter Olympics, I quickly begun to understand how boring it is to watch one competitor after another, unless you are involved in a particular sport, there is very little interest for those outside of it, so it comes down to the same old thing, we need young people entering the sport, to do so we have to find a way of making it accessible and affordable, almost impossible I hear you say, I actually started skiing on a cable system and then progressed to the boats, not ideal but cable skiing was a lot cheaper than the boats, the main problem is that most cable systems now cater for Wakeboarders, cheap and a good place to hang out with your buddies.

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One Big Fat Zero "0" but I am not a certified Judge.

when you get older, you do not bounce so well, bin the barefooting, go ski.

@dave2ball, Yes you are right, guess I live in the past, hanging on in there, have to say when I was in a restaurant in Orlando, the water ski capitial of the world, the waitress asked me what I was doing there, when I replied, I had travelled to do some water skiing, she did not have a clue what I was talking about. Guess that sums it up.

@Horton a different format is what I was trying to say, watching 20-30 skiers going up and down the lake does not interest skiers until it gets real short, let alone Joe Public, Yes when it gets to the Head to Head we are all there. From Joe Publics view if you were to have Ten skiers getting down to the nitty gritty straight away, you might get interest. If you watch other sports that can be just as monotonous, they only televise the top 8 or 10. ie: snowboarding, downhill skiing and so forth, even when, I watch Formula One, I am only interested in the top 10 fighting for Pole Position, I am not interested in what goes before it. Extremely hard to capture the Public, they have so much to choose from, not sure the average couch potato will ever be interested in any alternative active sport.

@Horton OK , I know it,s a bit off the wall, like I said in a previous post, perhaps I live in a fantasy world. I just feel something different has to happen, what ! who knows, agreed I think TWBC has made a huge impact, with potential to move the sport in a positive direction, their content is so good. I,m done now, so if a Panda is on offer, Feel Free.

Agreed but I was thinking something along the lines of the Big Dawg but for the top Ten women and men, but not a whole day of it Women one day and men on another day, it does not have to be Ranked etc, it could be independent and the skier,s would be be seeded within that competition. Officials could be trusted people within the sport, no need for level this and level that. Would be awesome if a sponsor, like Red Bull or other would get behind it, it's just got to be sold to them, if they can put on Cliff Diving, surely there is enough content in water skiing, if you do not have to trawl through 20 skiers or more going up and down the lake all day. Starting line length could be 35off or 38 off , I am sure something could be put forward, a totally independent series run by a totally independent organization or group of people.

Andy Mapple thoughts were that the sport, needed more personalties and it was one of the reasons the sport was struggling to get traction, most sports have the nice, the bad, the crazy, the unpredictable competitor. Who skis in bright orange or luminous green, who is immediately indentifyable by what they are wearing. Shoukd the #1 ranked skier wear a particular colour and so fourth, should it be about making the top ten and trying to stay there. Should the top ten be rewarded with no entry fee or appearance money. Should there be broadcastings of just the top ten competing in a series of comps for Mens and Ladies maybe seperately, bite size for easy viewing, would be great to get a series of documentries following those comps covering the dissapointments, drama, lows and highs. Yes i know it won,t happen, but unless there is a change in direction and thinking the sport is done. Skiers give yourself a name like"The Bear" slogan "If You Are Going To Be A Bear Be A Grizzly" Lol! Forgive me I live in fantasy land.

Perhaps , I am a bit Naive, but where does the abuse etc ,occur when a Judge is either in the boat or in the judge tower, I do not get the concept, yes team officials and coaches are in a position to abuse, because of the ability to favour and choose team members, coaches work closely with students and may get thoughts that are not appropiate if they get too close. So why are Judges, considered to be potentialy more likely to abuse their position ?

Apart from the issues stated by other people , it is expensive, if you ski where it is likely you could ding your prop 5K a time, No Thankyou ! At least the tried and test props, can be straightened out, I don't know the price difference, but I reckon you could probably buy quite a lot of Gas, it just doesn't make financial senses, can you imagine spending 10k so that you have a spare.

When a long standing member of a organization, who has contributed so much walks away. Something Is Wrong ! Somebody within that organization should be taking notice, it is not a good thing, easy to bury your head in the sand, but somebody needs to own it and somebody needs to be working on a solution. All organizations become bogged down with unnecessary junk and dead wood, that's when it needs to be restructured, taken back to the bare skeleton and put back together, with the minimum amount of junk and dead wood.

@Ipskier have you heard of the term "Desperate" have you not been asked before ? Maybe they are trying to get ahead of the rush.

CP's hands almost touch his knees when he puts them down by his side.