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has nothing to do with cheap oil, has to do with the economy and "friendly" oil...

So watching the news this morning once again Obama is doing his best to squash the Keystone pipeline, and achieving this. As a Canadian and Albertan I find it hard to believe that the American population is OK with this. Really? Is everyone ok with buying Arab oil? Is everyone cluless that if America doesn't get off their ass and pass this pipeline your going to lose out? We're already headed fast into pipelining it to the west coast to send to Japan and the rest of Asia. Jobs created form this, yep, boost the economy, yep... Someone help me out, are the majority of Americans really against this?

jimbrake - more appealing because they represent reality we all face, training hard for what they love to do, they juggle kids, jobs, marriage to make it all happen. Pro's are not reality, they haven't grown up yet, when the realization of marrige, family and the real world come crashing in on them the majority are screwed. Now there are a very few that are on a good path with their life and juggling real jobs, life and family but they are defintly a great minority, probably count them on one hand... Marcus made a mistake in what he tweeted, (from a business perspective) it was wrong in the fact that it creates a seperation and chosing sides on a issue, that doesn't build growth for your own brand. The pros need to realize that they are the product and who their market is...Marcus making a statement against waterskiing's biggest market was a bad choice...

I agree with jdarwin...BD is just taking a piece of the pie away, suck it up and get after that money, the pro's will not gain unless they have something to offer the masses, and right now the BD is more appealing, I have more respect to the BD skiers than the pros...Marcus is setting a bad example by publically complaining about it...his stock just went down in my books, in business you can't sit around and whine when your competitor is gaining ground, you have to get out, step it up and get after it.

neither has Drew

They need to add a regeneration system like they have on cars via the braking, something along the lines of a couple paddle wheels on the hull that aid in recharging during use...

@dandirch The first couple days was pretty sketchy but after that it was pretty good, 3 guys skied behind it including one pro and it was into 38 to see how it would react...pretty freaky sitting in there and watching the steering wheel go back and forth forth by itself...couple things he did say was that the gearing in the steering would need to be altered to help make the boat path better (guess i thad to be different for non human functions) and that the gps signals needed to be stronger, something to do with adding a couple domahickies on shore to improve the accuracy of the GPS...but this was all 3-4 years ago so technologies changed and improved... he used an agricultural based system used for sprayers and seeders, Inlaws have it set up in their big cat for seeding, pretty cool get up... not sure it's really that necessary for 98% of the ski world but maybe a actual projected visual line guide to follow might help some people...HUD in a ski boat!

The system the guy was testing I rode in set up a way point before and after the gates which was the GPS's "tracking" line...

there was a guy from Manitoba a 2-3 years ago that had a MC set up with a GPS based steering system he was working on...only driver input was around the turn island then it went down the lake all by itself, speed and steering..was in the boat when 'it' pulled a skier even...

Got an '07 Response with ZO...for about that price, just a little north of you... ...but south of Santa Claus

Hiscock Homes...one of our local builders

Seen some remove the cuff (upper part) of the rear boot to aid in movement...I keep my top buckle a little looser than the front to aid in movement, foot and body, almost becomes too reactive with it tight

Eating very clean, cardio/bodyweight circuits at least 5 mornings a week, 5 days a week of weights, 2 days of yoga, once a month to Florida to keep the flow, downhill skiing when possible to focus on open, patient flowing turns, mental focus (imagery) every night, positive ability focus and a sprinkle of other physical activities here and there...

I can see how all the people in past history that met resistence with new or different ideas struggled, good thing they persevered or we would all still be in the dark ages... @Than Bogan, there are others that have agreed with it on here, negativity always shows stronger than positivity...and the chances of getting any coach to come on a forum and share his intelectual property for free when his business solely depends on selling it to skiers is slim... @OB private I will share but not publically...and please, their is no crow to eat and I would appreciate it if perhaps you could refrain from insinuating "I can't" do something, I know I can do it and have done it and I am far from a high level skier also I believe it is feasible for everyone and every level to achieve it... Not sure how you can disagree without evidence against it... has any one of you got a 15 off skier to try it? tried it yourself? saying early edge change doesn't work for a long line skier is like saying counter rotation doesn't work for a long line skier...

@ral I think it isn't me who is missing the point, the point I made has been generally accepted as feasible by all, the argument you and others keep saying is that skiers who lack in other areas (turn) cannot accomplish this @ long line, they can they just need to refocus on what they need to be doing...and to say if they can early edge change at 15 off they will run 35 is a little presumptuous... I get the point of "the mass of errors" attributing to failure of early edge change, but that excuse can be applied to any and all aspects of skiing and of why someone failed in the course... @OB one of your pro skiers/coaches you listed on the east coast is the one who has been coaching me on this...

@ral just because someone isn't doing it at the moment doesn't mean it isn't feasible for them to do it... ...there is no such thing as can't... @Marco, you can force an edge change... the "ugly at the buoy" exapmle you have is because of the mass of errors before the edge change that creates the disaster... not the edge change itself... @chef23 the key is patience...something really hard to obtain in the course

Hydrodynamic pressure will vary from skier to skier based on their strength and ability, no two skiers will have that optimium point...that being said the use of pressure as a guide to edge change seems to be innacurate... as the skiers action after the buoy is to carry/retain direction and enough enrgy to have sufficient width on the opposing side... with that if a skier creates enough energy to obtain that required energy in the distance to the wake there is no reason to continue on through the wakes... @OB makes sense but if a skier is failing at the turn the focus should be there not at masking it with longer pulls into the buoy...attention should be focused to the cause of the problem not compensated... @ral try it, then judge it...

@OB just curious how can you deem it bad info... I appreciate the fact that you may be a good skier or have many years in the sport and respect that but things change, equipment, speed controls, all variations that require adaptation and in reality and to base a realistic and honest conclusion a person needs to get in the water and give it a go...from actual expierience it works and is 100% feasible, and once again it is not something I came up with, Terry express's it, Seth can pull it off (@34 long line) and other coaches teach it... A person will never push the limits of the sport by doing the same thing for years on end, adaptation progression and willingness to experiment is what pushes the envelope... @RAL if Seth can do it at that line length then it is feasible for everyone to do it, if they can't there are other factors/errors inhibiting them from success...as Terry said you build your speed in the first half and turn the second...coming in narrow is a flaw in improper outbound direction or not completing the previous turn fully... not the edge change or length of pull

watch Terry Winters early edge change on you tube... @OB just sharing the knowledge, realize that you are not on your "turning edge" at the first wake the transition obviously happens to the second wake, and yes it is all serious... 34 mph and into 38 right now, only get to ski every 4-6 weeks for a couple days at a time right now when I'm able to get south...

with that thought if a skier does everything right there is probably a parallel line that could be drawn on either side of the boat path (actual boat not course) that would be the opportune point to initiate edge change. The lines would intersect the wake on the really long lines to some extent and be outside the wakes on the shorter ones...

I start at 28 and start my edge change as soon as I feel the first wake, too late according to my coach but a good reference point for me to mentally grab... here is a thought....(width dimensions are just for example purposes not actual) at 28 off the wake is 10 feet wide... at 35 off the wake is 7 feet wide... at 39 off the wake is 5 feet wide... a longer rope takes more effort to accomplish a needed width on the opposing side... if you can edge change at the wake and gain the required width at 28 off why would it be necassary to pull an extra 2.5 feet to achieve something that requires less effort... mentally the majority of skiers are all blocked by the old school thought of "pulling" through the wakes...

one more comment... if you watch the "Nate slow" video you can see clearly he is not pulling through the wake or what little there is at 41, he is already coming out of the pull, rising up as he enters the wakes, it gets more noticable as the pass goes...

Than, not to get in an argument over physics and things above my head but you just reconfirmed what I said... as you stated "ton's of things happen as a result of actively..."ACTIVELY... which of course in your statment results in "things that happen" no brainer, of course things happen, but the point you failed to interpret is that you have to do something...being stagnent in the course is counter productive, the skier needs to make it all happen or initiate it all physically if you prefer... and just to be clear the theory of edge changing at the first wake and before is not my idea... it is one of the best technical coaches/skiers that I have been working on with that process this winter...running into 38 like that has given me some of the nicest passes with great line tension and low load with no loss in width... with new ski technology they have progressed us that the need for long pulls through both wakes is detrimental and counterproductive...proper outbound direction, consistent movement makes the world right...new skis generate so much speed so easily that the prolonged "pull" is archaic...

FIrst off nothing "happens" in skiing and if it does your failing...everything must be initiated by you...after a while it becomes second nature and you may not notice it as much...effort must be exereted in the whole course, never stop moving, never stop being proactive... edge change initiation needs to happen at the first wake and before it as the rope gets shorter...

I hope WSWC is getting involved in this!