lpskier

There’s a wake at 38 off? That’s news to me. I suppose if you define a wake as “disturbed water,” there’s a wake. If you define wake as the two waves trailing a boat as it travels through water,” there is no wake at -38/34.2 mph behind any of the ski boats. 

@ScottScott Once you are hurt, you’re hurt.

The “Swerve Master” is Todd Ristocelli. Todd is @liquid d ‘s and my ski partner. I believe Todd produced Edged In Water. He is a hoot, and a very good skier. Big Dog champion. Won MM at Nationals last year. He was also editor of Water Ski Magazine. He’s available for clinics at your lake. 

If you are hurting your back getting up, you are not engaging your core sufficiently. When the rope starts to tighten up, tighten all your core muscles, just like you’re doing a deadlift. You’ll stop hurting your back because the load will be on your core muscles, not your spine. 

You can cap the pipe to solve the “mussels in the pipe problem.” 
 

When I used a floating course (from 1978 to 2010), we would pull the whole course out of the lake for the winter. It would take three hours with three or four guys and was always kind of fun. But a) you could inspect the course for damage and make repairs; b) clean all parts; and c) not worry about ice damage. 

@Jody_Seal “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Fransisco.” Mark Twain

Everyone has to ski a regionals. But California and Florida can each be a region. 
 

I think the last time I had an EP might have been M4 and I want to say it was 6@35. When we went to ranking list averages for Nationals qualifications, it became easier, not harder and not the same, to qualify. Maybe like by four buoys. And the last nationals I attended based on my EP rating, there were maybe 140 skiers at Nationals in my division. Last year, we were down to maybe 45. I think the other 95 guys were seeing their proctologist that day…

Better make sure that’s a bug and not a feature. I have an adjustable amount of play in my Fogman bindings. If I take all the play out, the ski becomes too touchy. 

@Horton Yeah, Miami to Paducah is 16 hours in the car. Maybe Kentucky gets wrapped into one of the new Midwest regions. But not Tennessee. Southern Region needs Kirby Whetsel. 

@Horton I have also advocated splitting up the regions to make Regionals a more local tournament. I can drive in one day to any regional site in the Eastern Region. You guys in the west can not, and i agree that places a significant financial burden on you. To me, the solution is to make the regions (or at least the West and maybe Midwest) smaller and the Regionals more accessible 

@unksskis I adopt @jcamp ‘s statements above. He laid out my reasoning accurately. 

@Drago No one says you have to run Open as an R. Regionals offer an Open division now. It’s just that few Open skiers participate, typically three eventers who aren’t Open  in all three events, or who have children that ski. Run Open as an L and it takes no more officials than any other event. 

Regionals are the “big dance” for the majority of skiers. I’d vote against any rule change that diminishes the regional tournament experience for those that don’t go to Nationsls. In fact, there is no longer a rational basis for giving open skiers a pass. It used to be that the pro tour would have events most weekends, leaving open skiers the choice of Nationals or earning a living. Masters skiers are pissed that open can skip and they can’t. Open skiers should have to go to regionals just like anyone else, in my opinion, as it would enhance everyone else’s Regionals experience and it would treat open skiers like everyone else. 

I usually ski A2 but B1 works better for me behind a Malibu. This past weekend, I skied in a tournament that was pulled by MC. Second and third round had a straight stiff head tail and I had loose line in the tail wind. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, so third round I switched from A2 to B1 for the tailwind -32 and boom! I had a tight line in the tailwind. 

@ETskier I was going to say the same thing. A stick in a level boat gives an accurate reading 100% of the time. And it has the added benefit of not needing an engineer either to build it, calibrate it, interpret it or repair it. Works like a beauty in my 1915 Lawley launch. 
 

As you may know, the 1947 model year was, I believe, the first post-war model, released in late 1946 after Chris Craft ceased war production and returned to recreational boat building. I have a 41 Chris Craft, “Skidaddle,” one of the last pre-war boats. The stick also works on this boat. 

If I have to guess, D3. 
 

A lot of the Chileans Colombians, Peruvians, Mexicans etc. spend time in Orlando. They and their parents are all very nice people. 

I’m pretty anyone that can run 43 will not mind his name being dropped. 

I’d give Lucky Lowe a call. This is right up his ally. Pm me and I’ll send you his contact info if you’re interested. 
 

Alternatively, I’d contact a TC in your state and ask him for advice.  Jeff Surdej would be a good place to start.  @JeffSurdej

TC=Technical Controller 

I believe Jacinta has a real job in Australia, I believe as a physical therapist. I’m told that having such a job limits her travel opportunities to North America and Europe because she doesn’t have the opportunity to take off unlimited amounts of time on the one hand, and it is very expensive and time consuming to come for a single tournament, as likely anyone that goes to Moomba and comes right home knows all too well.  Perhaps she believes that while she may still be unbeatable, she has nothing left to prove. 

@Nick Martiello Brie Carter may be looking for an after work ski partner. Her regular partner works for TWBS and thus travels all summer. Brie works at Correct Craft and skis at LaPoints. LaPoints is about 10 minutes west of you. 

AND he’s 12th in the country (56 in the world) in OM jump. 

@Jibbo That is a very interesting question: Does less power with a stiffer rope = more power with a stretchy rope? I would think that more power with a stretchier rope would make the rope feel more stretchy given the same lean angle and direction.

I’m sure there are folks on this forum that can answer the question using calculus, but I, the English and history major, would just go give it a try and see how it felt. 
 

Please report back. 

@aupatking War Eagle! 

@wski1831 The rule has two applications: 1. If you ran the pass and 2. If you didn’t. 
 

Let’s  say you make it to 4@38 but your positive deviation at 4 was out of tolerance but you were in tolerance through 3. You have a mandatory reride with a protected score of 3, but your best outcome is a 4, even if you run the pass on the reride. 
 

If you ran the first pass with a score of 6 but you were out of positive tolerance at 4, you have a mandatory reride with a protected score of 3 but if you again run the pass on the reride  you can continue, and if you don’t run the pass but make it past 3, you get scored as far as you go. 
 

In an L tournament, of course, this only applies -38 and shorter. In an R, it applies -28 and shorter. It is not clear to me whether this rule applies to class E. The AWSA Rule Book says the tolerances specified in rule 8.15 of the IWWF rule book apply to class E events , but strictly speaking, this isn’t a tolerance rule, it’s a protected score and how/when you progress.. I guess we need an interpretation.