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That's fine, if you have a course on the river. We only have a course at our private site on a lake, but we do a lot skiing on the river as well. Trick skiing is actually the bigger concern for use while using ZO on the river. As expected, the river was only flowing about 0.4mph, according to ZO last weekend, so I didn't really see a difference up/down stream. If I was able to ski I could probably have felt that difference on the trick ski. However, the real problem was that we didn't have the manual for ZO and I couldn't figure out how to get in recreation mode anyway. So there was lots and lots of beeping during the slalom runs. On a postive note, both women we had skiing said it was the nicest wake they had ever skiied. One was 15off, and the other 22 off...both at 30mph. Both commented how the boat had no give when they turned...they are used to PP.

I am going out this morning on my friend's new TXI with ZO, and we will be on a river. However, in our drought conditions the river is barely flowing, so it will be interesting to see if there is a measureable difference. In addition, I can't yet ski recovering from my cervical fusion surgery, so I will be driving only. I will keep an eye on the RPM's during up/down passes to see if there is a difference holding the set speed. We've always used a paddlewheel PP system for tricking, and of course the RPM for slaloming, so I should know right away. Always been a difference in RPM's for up/down passes for non GPS systems.

My understanding is that you drift to get the speed of the current, and then let ZO know to adjust accordingly by telling it whether you are going upstream or downstream. So you have to change a setting each time you turn around. I thought I remembered it was a "Nautiques only" option when it first came out, but I assume that has changed by now??? That info was from a couple of years ago, so I don't know if it has changed. PerfectPass StarGazer has a river mode software option that you must ask for specifically. It works with systems that utilize the paddlewheel (systems upgraded from pre-Stargazer times typically) and simply "shuts off" the GPS input and "turns on" the paddlewheel input for speed readings.

Upon closer examination, that water does indeed appear to be wet.

I only received flat nylon/rubbery washers (6 total) with my hardware kit. No "T" washers...the ones from my HO binding hardware would work I'm sure.

That seemed logical to me, but the mounting screw has a large, flat and round head acting as a washer by itself. It didn't seem necessary to have a washer under the screw head, but it also didn't seem necessary to have a washer between the plate and the ski. Anyway, thanks for your response.

I just got my new 2011 Strada bindings with aluminum plates. I'm used to the HO Approaches, which mounted with those little cone washers between the plate and ski. Does the washer for the front Strada binding that came with the mounting hardware go between the plate and the ski, or does it simply go under the head of the mounting screw on top of the plate? Thanks...I can't wait to try these out! I've wanted them for a very long time, but they finally came out with the 13-14 size I need last year. So that meant I had to wait another year before I could find a "closeout" deal.

Will Asher ran 41 off at the Malibu Open. Head to head format, and his competitor didn't run it, so it wasn't pulled in for a shot at 43 off. It was not in the finals when they supposedly were at 35.5mph either, so I assume they were at 36 mph for the prior rounds.

I talked to the Connelly rep at the Malibu Open about the new V. He said it is basically the replacement for the F1X, with a slightly narrower tail than the F1X had. It will be available in 69" so I'm hoping to try one some day.