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Thanks guys. Was fun having Bob and his boys over for a few days. Personally, I don't sit and watch people talk for hours....so I understand if YouTube is a bad platform for some. Listening in the car on a commute is way more practical than watching a conversation go down on YouTube. If you wanna subscribe to the FlowPoint Podcast on iTunes, here's a link: Thanks for listening guys!

...(and my parents)

everything I learned, I learned from him

We did pretty much same thing at Swiss in 2007, as has been mentioned. 1st round - I believe the first round was straight up, normal tourney round. 2nd round - 38 spin to win was the 2nd round.... 1 warm up pass down the lake, then straight into it. I don't recall too many folks trying to save themselves for later rounds...I think it was last event of the day. 3rd round - 8 am (or so) the next day, was the cold 39. No warm up, straight into it. I fell on the 6th 38, at 5 ball....was planning to quit after rounding 6 on that pass. Legs and back were smoked. I think a 39 spin to win might be better, 10 years later. There's a lot of talent out there, and I think 38 spin to win would go into the double digit passes for a lot of guys (and girls)....could get long and boring. 39, with a quick warm up pass...and I think at least a couple folks run multiples. Doing all of this the same day?....well, now you're starting to sound like CrossFit...

Webcast, production, commentary, etc.....all phenomenal! This is what the sport needs! Thanks @Kelvin and all others that made the webcast & tournament happen. These guys are the future.

Nice T$$!!!

Crazy to think people resort to that. Jenny ran 500 or so, right through @Drago 's hometown, and I think you'd have to hold a gun to her head to make her not take every step on her own.

Thanks guys for the feedback! This first one was rough, but they should get better. Let me know who you might want to hear on a podcast, and what you wanna hear from them!?

The Ridge is open for lessons next year. 1.25 hrs from Sacramento

Those are crazy stories Guys!! @jcamp @Texas6 I am so stoked to continue to hear these stories of kids being inspired by this episode. I didn't expect that....but over the past week, I continue to find myself smiling every time I read an email or text or comment on this forum, about kids being suddenly motivated. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the love and support guys! Means a lot to hear that a couple minutes of story telling can somehow influence and inspire skiers....young and old! That has been and continues to be my goal. Hope to keep giving you all stories and visuals you can be proud of!

AND, he's got a little Studio with kitchenette, queen bed, and bathroom, only 100 feet from this river, maybe 3/4 mile from the beach, 10 min from airport, for $550/week. Hard to beat.

+1 for Skiing on the Wailua in Kauai with Kenny! Great folks, cool river. You can get a nice little 2 mile free ski run up river, then turn around and do it again as many times as you like. He runs a Malibu response. No course anymore, but that shouldn't stop you. This was Friday, skiing with Kenny: https://instagram.com/p/BCTp6b3BDfl/ This might turn out to be the best FlowPointTV episode yet...

@rq0013 got it. Makes sense now. My bad.

I've seen Glen run 35 off at 58k. The Warren Miller Film we were in was IMPACT, 2004 I believe. @wish I agree, this thread was about K.C. and I've known him for years....he's a good kid. Only thing that bothered me about this edit was the Gun. Maybe there was a reference I am not getting, but it seemed like a weird thing....out of Character for K.C. - especially now that he's got a name, and the next generation looking up to him.

@Mitzysman a 69" TX should get you down to 28 mph no problem, and make it feel butter smooth.

@Mitzysman it may or may not matter much to you, but part of the reason the TX is a bit more, is because it's Made in the USA. Best all around ski you can buy. Design, build quality, performance, and satisfaction at the end of a day well spent on the lake. Ask me if you have any more questions and I'll try to answer for you. No, it doesn't wanna hunt,...and yes, it is very stable when it's flat and going straight. MB

In my opinion, buoy 2 was comparable to all other turn buoys in height.....prior to CP running the buoy over at 41. When he center punched buoy 2, it was seriously dislodged and unfortunately didn't go back to its original resting position. Maybe its a function of those particular buoys...or maybe its just poor luck. I don't think CP could have known that the buoy height significantly changed before and after his 41 attempt. HOWEVER, the officials waited 4+ skiers, then took a 10+ min break and appeared to measure and maybe even adjust the height of that exact buoy....before running the rest of the field. That was the mistake here. And a similar, more serious mistake was made during the Mens Jump final. When these things happen, the athletes suffer....but so does the sport as a whole. @Drago is right....without a voice, and without representation, most likely things will not change. Many successful skiers throughout the past few decades have gone down that road: some pulled together strong organizations....for a while. I've even made multiple attempts over the past decade to pull the athletes together into 1 unified entity....its more difficult than it sounds. But its part of the answer....not all of it, but PART of the answer. Without tournament organizers and governing bodies, there wouldn't be events for athletes to showcase their craft that they work so hard on....the same craft that inspires future generations to aspire to be great at something. But without the Athletes...there would be no sport. There would be no need for Governing bodies. Its symbiotic. It has to be. Unfortunately, right now, I don't think the athletes are involved enough....or at the very least, no one wants to listen to them. And because of that, they are forced to deal with what they get.

So many great ideas and positive vibes floating around here. I may have stepped on some toes with my writing, but this is what I was hoping for...discussion and sharing of ideas. But I would like to clarify a few things: 1. I brought up Pro Prize money relative to Big Dawgs, and relative to 1987, not to paint a picture that the Pro's need bigger purses at events......but as an overall broader indicator of where things were, and where they are now. We don't have a product that is worthy of any more money or any more TV coverage, at the moment. It would be a dead end to try to beat down doors and ask for money to make Pro Purses bigger. Events need improvement, athletes need cohesion, formats need tweaking, etc, etc.... 2. In an April 1988 WaterSki Mag that I found online, the editor was writing about the Olympics....and who would be a favorite to make it to the 1992 Olympics....Kristi Overton?...Wade Cox?... It was crazy to read between the lines, and hear the excitement in his words....that skiing was a probable inclusion for the 1992 Summer Olympics. Thats how close we apparently were in 1992, when skiing was still strong. And for whatever reason, it didn't happen. I've been on the USOC AAC for the sport of Water Skiing. There are a lot of moving parts....a lot of politics. I don't see water skiing ever making the olympics. And in speaking with a buddy of mine, recently, who won and Olympic medal in Alpine Skiing in Sochi, I developed quite a sour taste in my mouth.....just seems the olympics are becoming more about commercialism and politics, than about pure sport. Don't know if Water Skiing needs to step into those problems. BUT, I don't disagree that inclusion in the Olympics would be a boost for our sport. I just don't have a good vision of how that is going to happen. 3. MasterCraft put an enormous amount of time, effort, money into the MC Throwdown for X Games. It was the biggest spotlight I've seen placed on water sports in the past 2 decades +. Don't forget that folks. The problem is, we can't just go to X Games or ESPN or any TV for that matter, and hand them Water Ski and say "put this on TV"....cuz we don't have anything to hand them. We saw an hour and a half of wake boarding and Freddy flying and thought, "wow, cool!...they need to do more of this!". But MasterCraft and Godfrey created something from scratch, painted the picture, pitched it and put themselves on the line, and executed. It took a team to pull that off. // I believe that is something to aspire to, but it can't be the jumping off point. Social Media, web content, BOS, etc....these are the things that can be done now....that take a fraction of a fraction of the investment that real TV does....things that can generate an organic movement, that someday (hopefully) could turn into a groundswell movement. 4. To Horton's point: my #1 contention for the past 5+ years, has been that the day we started building private man-made lakes, was the day the sport started to decline. I grew up on public water. I saw others doing it. So I wanted to do it.....the US Open gave me the desire to want to try to be great. But the public lake scene was what got me on the water to begin with. - That's where FlowPointTV comes in. Battling a back injury that has kept me out of the course, has been a bit of a blessing in disguise. It forced me to take steps back and look at the broader picture. Public lakes are that "feeder mechanism" that I mentioned. Public waters are where new skiers are born. 5. Collegiate Skiing is a big part of the Future! You guys are right on about that. It makes skiing affordable (for at least 4 years), attainable, cool and fun. Kids come in as freshman, join a club they know nothing about, and leave 4 years later as changed individuals that become water sports enthusiasts for life, and bring their kids up on boats and lakes....thats the future. AND, Collegiate skiing is also the last FlowPointTV Episode of the season. I know NCWSA nationals just went down....but I was wondering if anyone out there has had enough Collegiate skiing for the year? Or do you wanna see a bit more?

Couldn't keep my mouth shut, and have been on the outside, thinking a lot about these topics...so I Blogged http://marcusbrown.net/the-way-forward

Thanks guys for the kind words! Sometimes it gets really hard to stay on track and keep pouring time and energy into this project. But this Asher piece was one that I was really excited about. Like Will with ski design, I'm never satisfied with the end product....I feel I could have done better with this piece. But I wanted to get it out....couldn't hang on to it any longer. Thanks for the support and thanks for sharing it. MB

@ALPJr thats very sad to hear....but thanks for reaching out and sharing. Its quite a bit more prevalent than most people know. And, unfortunately, it can find anyone, at anytime. Jenny is doing this to hopefully inspire and help people like your co-workers son, who get blindsided with a new reality and have no idea how to move forward with life.

Thx for sharing and spreading the love @Horton !! @boarditup thx for the kind words and support. If anyone wants to learn more about what she's doing, when she's doing it, and how they can become a part of it, log onto her site here: http://www.LaBawLife.com

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@horton for someone who says he can't get inside information, you're pretty much spot on. Completely new ski: shape, rocker, etc.... I'll try to work on not being so tight lipped.