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I currently have the best one event bag I’ve ever had, and I’ve had several. It’s a Burton snowboard bag. Guaranteed against manufacturer defects for life. And the best part? I bought it at Performance based on Bill Porter’s and @mike_mapple ‘s recommendations. https://perfski.com/products/burton-2024-wheelie-flight-attendant-board-bag-true-black?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=b813b136f&pr_rec_pid=7527051460653&pr_ref_pid=7527054278701&pr_seq=uniform

Current and historic national and world records.

@thager That tail, and similar renditions, have been around for over two ski seasons. Some very good NY skiers use them. Jason Peckham 3D prints them.

25 years ago, I was swimming between our dock and our swim float with my children and their friends. The swim float was maybe 25’ off the dock and was a substantial 10x10 wooden structure. The dock was part of a 50x50 two story, three covered slip structure. There was nothing hard to see about any of it. A motor boat drove thru us between the dock and swim float. It was literally a miracle no one was injured or killed. Moral of the story: You can’t fix stupid.

Your first two questions are legal matters that you should discuss with a lawyer, and the answers depend on a lot of variables. As for insurance, I highly recommend Sportsinsurance.com. Call Wayne at (518) 891- 2020

Nate skis with Dane and Giannina Mechler and Alli Nicholson ski together at Nate’s house on Lake Roper in Windermere. Joel Poland, Paige Rini, and Robert Pigozzi all ski together at Matt Rini’s in Orlando.

Chris has an unorthodox out move for his gate.

Anyone else having to log in with user name and password every time you visit the BOS? I never had to log in other than the initial log in before. I updated my IOS at the same time that @Horton moved servers and that had the same impact. I had to enter my password in to open my phone (normal) and then enter it again to open Safari and then the user name and password to access BOS. I disabled the password feature for Safari but I still have to log into BOS each visit. Suggestions?

@DW Did it occur to you that perhaps the guys in your example were successful in the face of adversity because they were, in fact, wearing their lucky shorts? Exactly. I thought not. 😆

I submitted a permit application for a jump on public water in February 2014 in New York. I am still waiting for a decision. I’ll probably get it since I sold my NY lake house and moved the jump to South Carolina…

I have custom footbeds and molded liners.

@jjfresh That‘s what the “gator pass” is for. “Heads up, guys. We’re skiing.” @ScottScott I follow the “out of sight, out of mind” philosophy.

This is five doors down the street from my house on South Lake Conway in Orlando today. I think the bulge in the middle could a four year old… Seriously, you are significantly more likely to see a gator on a golf course than on your ski lake. On the other hand, I wouldn’t let my dog play in or near the water from dusk to dawn.

@GaryJanzig Hey Gary: Being something of an old hand with Accufloat courses, I would be very reluctant to put a come along on the cable for fear of putting too much tension on the cable and breaking whatever happens to be the weak link. When I maintained the course (for about 30 years) I would only tighten by hand. I’d have a loop in the anchor line maybe forty feet from the end of the course and a small block carabinered to the course. Run the bitter end of the anchor line though the block, then back through the loop on the anchor line and then pull everything tight. My trick was to put totally empty large detergent jugs on the anchor lines, somewhere around the middle between the anchor and the course. When I tighten the course by hand, the jugs sink. Once I’ve tied off, the jugs try their best to float to the surface. This effort to float pulls the course tight and keeps it tight, even of the water level rises or falls, plus or minus a foot or so on our lake. Once you figure out the system, you always have a straight course and you rarely have to tinker with the course tension. My course was in 20+ feet of water. My system probably would not work well in shallow water. I also ran about 100’ of anchor line to the course, so the total length was 150’ or so to have enough length to connect to the course and tighten.

Ah, I get it. From balls to balsam.

@Ski_Dad A lot of guys that start at 28 will take the 15 and 22 segments off their ropes. If you know anyone that does that and if you are concerned about wear on your rope at the 15 and 22 loops, swap out your old segments with someone else’s unused ones. This addresses loop wear only; at some point your whole rope will get to the end of its useful life and lose its elasticity. At that point it should be replaced.

People buy covered trailers to transport cars, motorcycles, snow mobiles, bicycles, airplanes, horses, you name it. Explain to me why those are good ideas and this is a bad idea.

I hear that Greece is not giving up and could get the event back, despite the IWWF moving it to Spain.

I’d reach out to Lucky Lowe or Ricky McCormick. They both live in the neighborhood and have several courses. Also Scot Ellis and Tom Asher.

@WBLskier First, War Eagle! Auburn’s Water ski team trains at Divorce Lake in Valley, Al., about an hour from campus. It’s a great three event site. @mmosley899 is pretty involved with the team, as is alumni Jeff Gilbert. My daughter skied for AU from 2010 to 2014 and had a hugely positive experience. She was D2 National women’s jump champion in 2014. As a northerner, I was southern college illiterate when my daughter was applying to school. When I was applying to college, my idea of a southern school was Princeton. My wife and I were very impressed with the Auburn campus, academic program and community. It was an A+ experience. I can’t say enough positive things about the school. PM me if you’d like more info or some phone numbers.

If we start with the premise that the “ideal” rear binging is a simple RTP (see Andy, Nate), the more restrictive you go from there, the less ideal the set up is. There are a number of hybrid RTP options such as adding a Maha heel cup or even the Reflex R-Style. Taking this argument to the logical conclusion would result in the belief that the opposite of the RTP, in this case, a rear hardshell, would be the worst option. Having skied in double hardshells for over 20 years and having attempted to revert to an RTP, then RTP with a heel cup, then an R-Style, then a Wiley rear wrap and finally back to the double hardshell, I can say with certainty that while the double hardshell may be less than ideal, it is awfully hard to switch back once you are used to it. That’s not to say it’s superior; rather you come to rely on the security and it’s hard to give that up.

Do slalom skis wear out? I’m not sure. Do slalom skiers wear out? Certainly.

@ETskier And bright red rubber bindings? That was my first ski.

I buy my buckles from Dodge Ski Boots in Vermont. Great buckles at a fair price. https://dodgeskiboots.com/shop/

Jason 3D prints the “after market” tails. @rawly The fin slot and clamp are in the normal place on the ski. The extra length is in the 3D printed tail.