take the wing off. up your physical conditioning as it takes far more strength to make up for the increased drag of skiing slower.
droping down from a speed that skiers have skied for 30 years can be tough. the dreded 22 off bump is now at 28 off, wakes incresse in overall size as the boat displaces more water going slower. skis really dont work as well below 34mph . the "experts" say get a bigger ski to ski slower, i say no to that as nothing like trying to fly that bigger board through the bigger wakes at slower speeds then have to try and turn it. older divisions I think would be able to tolerate a slower speed if the speed was not dropped 3kmh or roughly 2mph. with today's rules and speed control it may be time to take a look at speed rules in the sport. maybe drop 2 kph rather then 2 mph. may seem like a small change to mess with but as one of those that are struggling with the speed drop, rather then skiing at 52 kph change the rule to 53 is almost exactly 33 mph and it to me skis closer where the ski and wakes work together without the drag.