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Using the wakeye app, press your finger to the screen on your target for a couple seconds. This will cause a little yellow box to appear and the AE/AF indicator to turn on. This locks the focus and exposure and should stop the wavy affect you see due to the camera hunting for focus.

One reason for creating the practice rope was to test the mental aspect of moving up the rope. Many times after someone runs a great pass and then cuts to the next line length I hear the phrase "just do the same thing here". As much as I try, I have a tendency to initiate the turn earlier and finish harder when I get to my hardest pass. So "doing the same thing here" mentally makes more sense when each increment is a more subtle change. Initially I got the result I was looking for in this department, but it didn't take long to 'adjust' to the practice rope and start changing my style at the new hardest length. Next, I don't believe that running 34 or 36 off will help you run 38 off. But practicing at 36 off may make 35 off feel easier in a tournament. This would be similar to training at a slightly faster speed than the actual speed you will be running in a tournament. Another thing about this rope is that it is solid blue. Again, this was to test the mental aspect of changing line lengths. More for a change of pace than anything else I was curious to see how someone reacts to jumping from length to length without knowing precisely what length they are at. From experience I can say that it's hard not to cheat by looking closely and counting the loops. Also, from experience I can say that my results were pretty similar whether I cheated or not. Even when I didn't cheat though there was a natural tendency to adjust my intensity by visually spotting the distance from the boat. No big surprise there. Finally, the true test of this rope would have been to take a skier on the verge of running the next line length and let them ski up the line with no prior knowledge of the actual rope dimensions. I've certainly heard a few stories about someone who ran a new pass for the first time because someone in the boat cut the rope without the skier's knowledge. Unfortunately I blew the opportunity to test that scenario by giving in to questions about the rope. If I hadn't maybe bmiller3536 would have run a few 38's in the last couple weeks. :)