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@MS He just said he was O.K. Later on we stepped through the crash frame by frame and the plate was intact when the ski reconnected with the water surface. It appears that the binding released when pressure from his body's momentum caused the release.

I have roughly 50 sets on my powershells and they haven't released. Nor should they have for that matter. I'm pretty confident in the holding power.

I posted the video mainly because I like the yard sale.

@Ed Johnson - I've got a 63.75" NANO Mid and haven't had that happen yet. I've broken at the waist on the toe side a few times. But the ski never has blown out on me like the picture above.

As far as Masters finals goes, the right foot forward skiers had trouble at the 1 and 3 ball heading the direction T-Gas fell at. Willy went down at 3 ball -39 while looking great. He had a look of disbelief in the water. Karina struggled at 3 ball as well. She was first off the dock and looked frustrated not getting further. Little did she know that every skier after her would struggle as well. The two left foot forward guys in the finals finished 1, 2. All the ladies were righties.

The day before T-Gas looked great on his NANO and managed a full 3 buoys -41 in the run off.

Website with the prize money http://www.iwsfranking.com/2011/showelitetournaments.php