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I apologize if this has been said already, 3 pages of posts to read is to much for my short attention span. It seems multi-rounds is a must, but time factor is an issue with 14 or so divisions and 3 events. Why not eliminate practice allowing the event to run longer into the evening or across more lakes. Give 2 rounds were the top 2 or 4 average scores from the first 2 rounds go into a head to head bracket. You may have to increase cost to participate a little, to offset the income lost due to no practice, but heck 2 rounds with a possibility of 3, sign me up! I may be in the minority but I never practice at a tournament site, that's what my first two passes are for and the buoys are in the same relative position as my lake.

what about multi-rounds but averaging the rounds, instead of best score? On a different rant, why do the powers that be not group age divisions close together that make sense? Like B/G 1 & B/G 2 with M/W 3 and M/W 4. Didn't go to nationals this year because my daughter skied Tuesday / Wednesday and I wouldn't have skied till Saturday.

I'm guessing Basta doesn't make their own remotes, I bet with a little searching you could find one for a lot cheaper. I bought a used galvanized Basta lift 4 years ago for $400, no hydraulic pump, lines, remote, etc. I got a pump with remote at a local trailer store, had lines made at a local hydraulic store and a solar panel off of Amazon for 5 times cheaper than what Basta was going to charge. I have less than $900 into the lift and that includes the initial $400

thanks for all the ideas. I was thinking about the individual anchors but was trying to be lazy and short cut the idea buy using the portable course.

So a friend of mine lives on a public lake, he has to take his course out every time he skis, the course sits out in front of his house in about 20 feet of water. If he took off the buoy arms so he only had the gate balls and boat guides do you think if he installed a winch with a cable going to the main line he would be able to pull the course down, assuming his anchors did not move? I'm sure both ends of the course would sink but I'm not sure the middle would.

my daughter runs 32mph with two hands on the rope 15off, she is 10. I also have friends that will run 28 off with two hands on the rope 34 and 36 mph.

@gator1 isn't the Reflex with the white cuff and heel strap supposed to fix this type of issue?

@AB no it's 38, only getting half way down 39 when I do shorten it after a back to back 38 of course. @ShaneH‌ is that 4 in a back to back to back to back fashion? That would be a hell of a lot of passes for me, I start at 28'. Or are you saying just consecutive sets with out missing it?

So I've been working on a new rope length, I've slowed the boat down 0.5 mph to 33.7. At what point do you start to speed it back up and by how much. I just started to be able to run it back to back and have about a 80% if not higher of running the pass. Also how much do other people slow the boat down when working on a hard pass? and how much is to much?

Start with the buckles looser than you think and then set by set tighten them to were you like them. The initial looseness will give similar performance of your rubber boots.

I built a Google Form that keeps track of fin settings, I know there is other Apps and such out there that probably do this but I would like to create one anyway using Google Form. The form works as it should but to see the last fin settings I need to go to the spreadsheet were they are stored. Is there a way to get the Form populated by the last set of information so I don't have to open the spreed sheet? If I have to open the spreed sheet I may as well just put the info in there. I like the form because it is easier to use on the smart phone.

@Ed_Obermeier, I never did say in my original post or later post that the course was a portable. And your response is awesome, the fact you believe in your product and are willing to pay for a survey (if the course is out), tells me that you really believe and will stand behind your product.

I usually try to run 20 of a pass before I go to the next one

It's not my course its a friends, when I ski it it doesn't seem right, easy. Everyone always puts up their best scores there and not just by a little bit. I know some lakes ski easier than others because of water depth, quality, etc. but I've skied enough lakes all across America and this doesn't fell like "different" water. When I asked him if his course was long, his response was "ZO mapped it, so it good!" Not being happy with that response lead me to the question, because I know everything I read on the internet is true.

@ShaneH you have to push the button at the entrance and exit, as @skier2788 describes, so how does it only map the entrance gates? and as @skier2788 points out his course wont map if he pushes the button at the pylon at entrance and exit, making me believe his course is long, but works if he goes pylon and bow. The difference between a nominal course (849' 8 7/8") to a course at the maximum allowable length (851' 10 3/8") is just over 2". So my real question, Is 2 feet the max ZO will go before it gives out of tolerance and won't map or is it more than that?

Does anyone know what the ZO mapping tolerance is before it wont map a course if the course is to short or to long?

In my opinion, let her ski behind the wake as is, it will teach her proper technique because she has to have it or get launched. When she skies behind a new boat she will kill it. Usually we ski off the doc so there is generally just driver and observer in the boat, but when my daughter skies I try to get a third in the boat and even throw some sand bags in the boat. I don't want her to become one of those skiers with excuses, that boat wake was to big, etc. Don't get me wrong, we don't always ski like that, and in my opinion this has made her a better skier.

that Helix must be working for him

How do the Camaro's do for zipper flushing? You know, when the water seeps in past the zipper.

@crashman, surprised no one else has mentioned TRX. I never tried Automic push-ups with an indo board, that sounds like it increases the level of difficulty by a ton. The best thing about any TRX movement is that it involves the core.

looks like that aluminium plate on the bottom of your binding would do a number on your shin if it hit it during a crash.

I would go with contact cement. When applied and set up proper it works great. Plus when you do have to change out a torn seal it is a lot easier to get tho old one off, if it was applied with contact cement.

I know this has been discussed before but here goes again. I'll be in the Phoenix area until the middle of March for work and was hoping to get some pulls in. The guy I normally helps me out has had some major surgery and is out of commission. Anyone out there?

Is that Nate or his evil twin, when is the last time you've seen video of him skiing without a heater shirt?

different soft contacts fit differently. Talk to your eye doctor and get a couple of different brands and see what works best for skiing. Every year I'll try a different brand and always end up going back to my old faithfuls.