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I am thinking that me and my tiny handed wife should be using different handles since there is no way that the same one is ideal for us both. Is there a good article or forum post that outlines how to choose a handle size? I am thinking that the most comfortable one will be the biggest one that you can easily grab, but how do you choose 12-13" and what are the advantages of each. Thanks Kevin

What do you guys think about a Demo'd Senate with dual vector bindings for $621+ shipping? Are the strada bindings worth the extra $120? over the vectors?

So I am having a hard time keeping form across the wake on my offside and I subsequently get pulled over the front as seen in this youtube video. Ward has given me alot to think about, as have a few other skiiers, but maybe if someone puts the wording different something will click, if I could just stay leaned back across the wake, and not backfoot every third offside gate I would make a huge improvement overnight. Thanks Kevin

Hello Everyone, I have been skiing with ward at Olde Oaks now for a few months and he told me that I should start posting on here asking some more questions to get some new opinions. Ward has been a ton of help getting me from not able to get up to skiing the course at 28 mph, but maybe with some new points of view I can make a jump. I thought I would start with my ski. I am using a 69" F1X with double Sidewinder bindings, the ski is great, and the bindings are pretty good, most comfortable that I have worn, but that isn't saying alot. The F1X is great since I weigh 240 :( and am only skiing at 28mph 15 off right now so I need the long wide ski. However the bindings are falling apart already after two months and they simply do not provide the support that I want. Since I bought the ski from Overtons they will take it back and give me a full refund minus shipping so I could go that route, but I don't know what I would replace it with, and they wont return just the bindings for a refund. For reference the only other ski I have skiied on was a 68" CDX with double Large Animals and I did not like it at all (Sorry Brian, thanks for letting me try it though!). The animals were way too tight on my arch (size 10.5 and very wide feet), and the ski wanted to sit in the water at a 45 degree angle since I was probably going too slow for it. I figure I have three options (working with a budget of ~$800). 1. Return everything, get something new with hard shells or prodigys Pros: Hard shells should fit better with the moldable liners Cons: Hard to find a ski that is forgiving enough to learn on and delay in getting said ski to LA and hard to find something in my size to try on before I buy. 2. Return the Boots get 2 new ones, sell them and put hard shells on the F1X Pros: Keep the ski I like Cons: Hard to get boots locally hard to try something on in my size since ward has gorilla feet. 3. Keep skiing on these bindings replacing them each time they break Pros: Simplest solution Cons: I don't know if they will release when I fall since I do them up so tight. PITA OK so that was alot of writing! I hope it makes sense. I have been up since 3am. In summary, what ski would you recommend for a 5'11" 240 lb guy skiing at 28 and looking to improve.