First of all, if you are an open water free skier, finding your favorite spot on a public lake and ripping it up...you are my hero! Next, what is your goal on a ski vacation? Do you want to enhance your present free skiing technique or try to run buoys? If you want to get instruction that enhances and improves your free skiing technique, that is something that you will enjoy for years and years to come. Instead of making 6 turns running buoys you can make 50 continuous turns in open water while improving your technique. Which skier do you think will be in better shape...the one that makes 6 turns or the one that makes 50 turns...