I am sad I did not post before, lost a good triple panda opportunity…
I believe, though, that @lpskier has a point.
I do not believe in recovering from a mistake by throwing a hail mary that works 1 out of 10 times, craps your body 1 out of 10 and gets you into the drink 8 out of 10. Many of my fellow skiers do believe on that, though…
You should try to recover position and get to the next buoy, without doing crazy s@#t. If you get there, you will be fast and narrow => late. And skiing late, buoy to buoy, not getting crazy, is something that can be practiced.
This might be different for world-class skiers, but I believe it yield more buoys and less injuries to normal skiers.