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My cousin is looking for a pull in the slalom course in Moose Lake in the Adirondack NY. He is up there until Sunday, are there any ballers who could offer him a pull? He’s not the best skier in the world but he loves it and wants to get better. Talked to him tonight and the only boat they have to ski behind is a 60 HP alumni craft, which isn’t quite getting the job done. Any help is appreciated.

@Horton said it’s an arms race for the most expensive, more complicated, and more precision boats good for the sport.... I just graduated college in December. I have skied in tournaments for 9 or 10 years. People like me, will buy ski boats. If in 7 or 8 years all I can afford is a 2010 200 then I’ll buy it. Looking at the prices of both new and used boats, I’m optimistic thinking I’ll be able to get a 2010 200 for under $30K. If you want to finally kill what’s left of this sport, make sure a 15 year old boat is out of reach for most people. I have 1 friend right now who I taught to get up on a slalom for the first time this past week. Took him 2 tries to get up, was doing some decent wake crossings at the end of his set. He fell in love with it. He will be a good skier if by some chance I get him to spend some time practicing. I know the second I tell him a new ski costs $2,000 without boots, which can run $800-$900, and you can’t get a boat with zero off for under $30K, that will be a hard hill to overcome. I know some of you swear to the old 1998-2001 (think I got the years right) 196, but I am part owner of a club that uses one of them. They aren’t as good as the new boats and personally I wouldn’t pay $15,000 for one. The super wealthy of this sport (which there are plenty of), don’t seem concerned with the price of the sport. When you price out all but the top 3 or 4% of the country, idk how you expect growth (I’m not some Bernie loving socialist, but the sport has to accessible to people). I’ve talked with people my age, and the consensus is we will be beyond amazed if there are tournaments anywhere in the country except Florida, Texas, and California when we are 40 years old. Rant over

Brand new BMW 7 series starts at $83,650. Malibu & MC might be a little bit lower than that but not far...

In fact, I’m pretty sure you could buy a 7 series for the price of a new ski boat

@BraceMaker cheaper than any of the big 3 ski boats

Get something that is comfortable and safe... I believe most people will agree that if the binding is more expensive, but safer, it’s worth it. What’s an extra $100 when it helps protect from injury

This conversation always comes up... One manufacturer even came out with a barebones boat at a lower price point and no one bought it. Everyone thinks they want a cheap barebones brand new boat but when it’s time to buy one everyone goes with a used big 3. Not saying that’s necessarily a bad thing, but this conversation happens all the time with the same results.

If the course, ropes, driving, etc. was all good, why wouldn’t the LOC want to come out and say “here’s all the measurements, everything was legit.” Assuming that’s the case, because at this point everything is speculation, then I’m sure that would become a site that pro skiers wouldn’t miss a tournament at.

You don’t want a binding that releases too easily, you can get just as hurt with that

Our boat read 91 yesterday, in KY..

Stop screwing with speed control. We do not need to go back to perfect pass. I can only imagine the hell that would cause. That being said, they need to stop making updates only compatible with a small portion of the boats that people have. If single puck will be the end all be all, and everyone can get all the updates from here on out, great. But I don’t see that happening. I believe one big issue with tournament attendance is marketing. Most of the people who regularly ski tournaments on this site ski primarily at private ski lakes. I am included in that group. If I mention a tournament to a skier who I know skis at the nearest public lake, they never have any idea about it. If you’re going to throw a party, you don’t just buy beer, turn the music up one night, and hope people decide to come. You let people know. I have to admit, I don’t know the best way to fix this. Flyers at local boat dealerships & pro shops is about all I have come up with other than the obvious “just tell the skiers who probably don’t know about it.”

Well, your warranty might not cover it, but do you have a MC or Malibu dealer close by? Again, you might have to pay for that out of pocket, but I wouldn’t wait until August to have working ZO

I say no but it depends on your definition of “unexpectedly high score” and how often that score is achieved in tournaments. Is everyone skiing 2@43? Yeah let’s look into that. Did people ski passes they are capable of running? Meh, I’m sure most of us have skied in tournaments where a lot of people skied well and even set PBs

It sounds like the issues with the new Ski Nautique have been at 34, I haven’t heard of or read of any issues at 36

Wait what? I just read 2 different line lengths for what I think the tuners should be down for both??

Why is everyone questioning how legitimate class C tournaments are? Could there have been a mess up with Greg’s 41? Maybe, but we don’t even know that for a fact. I’m not sure what tournaments you all are skiing in, but I have never been to a class C and felt the ropes were long, the drivers were weaving, or the course was narrow. It just seems that everyone is questioning the whole concept of a class C over MAYBE 2 passes in a single tournament, and we don’t know that those aren’t legit. Just go ski.

@AdamCord @adamhcaldwell if a fin was ordered today, do you know what the wait time would look like?

Does it say 67 on it or did you take a tape measure to it? Skis don’t exactly measure out to what they are marketed as

If there has ever been a need for video, this is it

It was a tournament in NJ @MS

the adjustments are probably a little much, but the price of boats is doing way more harm than some hydrogate settings

Just noticed this “The hydrogate now has 11 positions” I couldn’t imagine wanting to learn to trick ski and the boat driver asking which of the eleven settings I want.. Thank god theres only 1 for slalom...

It says you can get a reride if the micro tuners don’t deploy... how could you possibly know if they didn’t deploy?? “Oh the wake felt rough, tuners must not have deployed can I get a reride”

@6balls off topic but... 750 hp?? What kind of mustang is it? I thought the strongest mustang was a Shelby GT500 and i thought it was a little over 500 hp? Mine is 300 & it is way more than enough

One thing that happened to me this year.. do you leave your boots on all winter? Or do you take them off? I took mine off, and when I put them back on the beggining of this year, I accidentally put them 1/4 inch back from where they should have been. Was skiing bad for a while, chalked it up to being early in the year, noticed the boot placement and it made a world of difference