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McCormick is great spot, not far from beaches and city if you are in Tampa or on that side of Florida. Fluid is great too.

@klindy the issue is that it seems the judging was done based on video. I was under the impression based on rulebook that the video for turn buoy was only available for review and video judge. Again, assuming the tower judges fell over on their head while Freddie was running 39, should the call be 0? Or should it be re-ride? The bottom line is it is the freaking Masters and video should be available under all angles.

I thought @horton had a bad burrito… In our friend’s case, it was the heater leaking. Once heater was bypassed, no more leak and no more smell

@Horton , thinking about it, if it turns out the tower judges were judging by looking at the video and not the skier, the pass should have been a re-ride for equipment failure. The same way it would be a re-ride for missing segment time…. What if the camera had been off the whole pass?

@Horton I listened to the Trentless DFC, and I would be curious to know what the judge config was. I don't believe tower judges would ever determine buoy count by looking at the video. Typically they would only judge the gates by looking at the video and judge turn buoys without video (except for review). If boat video is used for judging, a separate video judge is used. I think the configuration used at the Masters is 1 boat judge, 2 tower judges and 1 video judge. (someone confirms) In the example of Fred, boat judge calls 6, tower judges call 5. At this time video judge may disagree with he score and decide to review with chief judge and tower judges. If the video is not available or inconclusive, the original majority score of 5 will stand. One could argue that if you are not sure, the score could be 5, or 6, therefore, why should the judges call 5 because they are not sure the skier went around 6 vs calling 6 because they think it is possible the skier did go around. My 2 cents (and I am sorry for the video crew), is that for such an event, if you are in the boat holding a camera that will be used to make review calls, point at the freaking skier at all times! If we used a simple iPhone, we would never be missing a frame.

It would have been fine to let Fred continue at risk with a final score to be confirmed after review. Do we know the judge setup at Masters? 5 or 3 with video?

pretty much everyone is there in the Elite skiers outside of Jaimee, Rob P and Sacha!

The main thing I am working on, on my gate turn in is to not anger ZO. I am tall and heavy and it is very heavy to load with my shoulders / upper body. I am focussing on pulling out and turning in, with as little movement as possible, leveraging core and trying to stay strong and connected.

XL RFF Please

I am 6'3 and on the heavy side at 220lbs. I ham focussing mainly on the gate. I am trying to do everything I can to not anger the zero off. pull out with zero shoulder and turn in without moving my center of mass. By the time the zero off wakes up my ski is already turned the right way. And you know what, it is freaking hard. Other things include keeping my chase up and keep moving through the turn. @Horton gets wider on his gate but I have a good plan to feed him enough booze to neutralize him this year.

Side note, I am 220lbs with hardshell on the XL and you can take my C85.... from my dead cold hands.

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I agree with @MarkTimm At this speed, the buoy would not have time to sink and pop back up. I think slow mow / frame by frame can be deceiving as some colors (like a red buoy) may blur in/out from frame to frame. This would be a good video question for Vince Stadlbaur. My take is at 41 the skier is much higher on the boat and traveling a lot faster from side to side. The ski is traveling as much down course as it is side ways and the view could be deceiving. I would have given 3.

If you have a boat that works keep it a while longer. When new boats inventory normalizes used boat market will go down a lot. I sold a 2019 ProStar for 62k in July and on a normal year it should have been 52k. 69 + tax for a 2016, you may as well add a little bit and order a 2023. My guess is the 2016 may be worth 50k or less a year from now.

I logged back in and it now says expiration 1/16/22. I have completed SS and purchased background check on 1/29. BGC shows as not started but something funky is going on here.

Hi guys, Anyone else's membership renewal date changed? My membership was supposed to renew in August 2022 but it now shows expired since 1/10/22.

Anything to not get a Rico…

So I have been riding the C-75 for 2 years and loved that ski. I had my best season to date on it with an average into 39. I decided to pull the trigger and get a C-85. Honestly the adjustment was significant, especially since I was using the S-Wing on the c-75. The guys at Denali really helped me through the transition and while I started to get some great feeling at 32 off, I felt like 35 and 38 was hard and inconsistent. I was ready to give up on the ski but decided to take it with me on a Florida trip where I could ski on it for a few days in a row with a tournament at the week end. I decided to actually take both the C-75 and C-85 in my bag and most likely fall back on the C-75. First set in Florida, I run 38. I am thinking possible ski school driving and magic Florida water... But I keep getting through some 38s with different drivers / boats and lakes. Obviously my C-75 stayed dry. Now the real test was a tournament at McCormicks where I did not run 38 but I got just inside 5, which for me is still pretty good on a new site... The story I am trying to tell is that if you are coming from a C-75 or even another ski, do take the time to add up the sets and get feedback from Adam as it is absolutely worth it. I think it is time to update my ski on my BOS signature!

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