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We had a similar experience at the Eastern Regionals at Whitestone Lakes this weekend. It was great to see so many old faces and meet some new ones as well! We all had a blast! As a matter of fact, I think everyone had so much fun, the 2016 date has already been scheduled!

The bonding issues with the rubber to the plate is a known and openly admitted problem. But i don't understand how you "determined this setup would not be safe"? That's quite a big leap.

@drewski32 I have an older black shell and a new white cuff. I can't tell any difference in stiffness.

I just switched to white. The reason is BC the rear block on my old shell was "flexing" too much and caused premature release. The block on the white cuff is much more solid and it obviously has the achilles strap. Performance wise and "feeling" wise, they feel exactly the same to me. I can't tell any difference.

I live at WS and plan to be there Monday. 60 miles north of Atlanta.

If you take a ski's factory recommended settings and make the following changes, where and how would you expect it to perform differently? Length: Shorter Depth: Shallower Dft: Back My knowledge of fin tuning is very limited. Its simpler to say what one adjustment will do, but much more complex when you combine the three!

There it is

I see jokes coming...

I found the pics....including one of my grandfather and his broken leg.

My grandfather. 1985. He was teaching a cousin to ski as I was riding in one of the rear facing seats in his I/O. After the skier got up, my grandfather kept looking back over his shoulder at the skier yelling, "arms straight, knees bent!" I couldn't help but think that he wasn't watching where we were going. We crashed through an elevated walkway to a dock, jumped the sea wall, and perfectly t-boned a tree about 50 feet on shore. I was catapulted out into the mud unharmed. My grandfather suffered a broken leg. Judging by the shrapnel of the dock, we are lucky nobody was killed. Needless to say, I wouldn't ride in the boat with him for a long time after that. I know there's a pic of the carnage in an old family photo album somewhere. I'll have to upload it if I can find it.

As a M2 skier, I saw these stats and couldn't help but think to myself that there wasn't a single Goode on the M2 podium. 3 D3's, an HO, and a Radar. Interestingly, the M1 skier that won was on a borrowed Goode and not his usual O'Brien. I still find it interesting that Goode has never been as popular in the 36 mph ranks. But now that I've "graduated" to M3, maybe I need to give one a look....

One thing is for certain, 34 is harder on the body!

Somewhere in Minnesota, @MS 's Monza is crying

He's certainly not. But he's fun to pick on! I actually get some of my best coaching/insight when I ski with him

I found a video of @OB1 reading this thread:

Anyone else notice the CrossFit theme that keeps resurfacing? I wish there was a box closer to Whitestone Lakes

So for a guy that just graduated, what's your vote @MrJones ?

Speed drops to 34 when you are 35. Im still 34, but the 2015 nationals just ended. And since I'm turning 35 before the end of this calendar year, I just moved to M3 and 34 mph

@6balls I think I remember you and @Razorskier1 talking about preparation for weight lifting competitions. Something about just holding a weight heavier than you plan on lifting. My assumption is that when you simply hold a heavier weight, it makes your actual max weight "feel" lighter. To me, this seems to be a very similar parallel. It's about tricking my brain into thinking that 34 is slow....instead of normal.

@Than_Bogan is an "early adopter". I predict that if this ski goes to production, he will be one of the first ballers on it!

I ran into Matt Heinz at Nationals. He told me that Ben Favret skis at 36 most of the time.

I would love to hear @Sethski 's thoughts on the subject

And I don't think your experience is unique @6balls. Which is why I've been questioning what's best. If guys are skiing their pb's right after the transition, then fall off, there has to be something to that.

@6balls your experience of skiing a PB and then not again for years is what concerns me. Why do you think that happened??

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