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From the angle of the pic above that sure looks like an older model Malibu ...

Way to represent the 97501 (or 04)! That second-to-last pass (28?) was gutsy. Great skiing.

FSC is going to be tough this year!!!

Regarding skiing easier, I was in a tournament this year and the boat forgot to shorten the rope after a completed pass. I ran the pass again, but it was much harder because I THOUGHT it was a harder pass ... not because it actually was. Learned a little lesson there.

I kept going way north and found what is possibly the sweetest ski home in the country. 39.687455,-121.789834

From the GOODE blog: http://goode.com/blog/?p=1773

Left-foot forward guys LOVE 4 ball courses!

I'd like to see a U.S. Open again ...

Man, look at the huge wake behind that MasterCraft. Just kidding. Would love to have one ... or a Malibu ... or a Nautique .... or a Centurion ....

Yes, Terry Winter was on it when he won the Western Regionals.

Sharpshooter on target Sgt. Kim Budreau feels right at home on the firing range By Chris Conrad Mail Tribune Unlike many of her fellow officers, Medford police Sgt. Kim Budreau ( @H20SkiGirl ) did not grow up surrounded by firearms. "The first time I held a gun was with my dad," Budreau said. "We shot cans in the backyard, but that was only once." However, after first taking a job at a movie theater to pay for college, Budreau joined the Medford Police Department at the age of 21 and quickly honed her shooting eye. Honed it so well, in fact, that she is now one of the department's eight firearms instructors. "When I first picked up a pistol, it just felt natural to me," she said. "I'm not sure why." Budreau, 39, is the lone female instructor, something that she takes pride in and considers an integral part of her law enforcement career. "I enjoy being part of the training process," she said. "When new people are hired, I think it's important to get them confident with firearms so they'll be ready when they are on patrol." Somehow, shooting just came naturally for Budreau. She took the top-shooter award in her academy class, beating out three recruits with heavy firearms experience. "Those guys were very serious about winning," Budreau said with a laugh. "They were pretty upset when I won." Medford police Chief Tim George said gender is not a concern when it comes to training. "It's not your gender, but your skill level that counts and Kim is a great firearms instructor," George said. "If you're not getting better through training, then you're rolling the dice out there. It really doesn't matter if you're a male or female." Many new cops come from hunting or military backgrounds, providing a familiarity with guns that gives them an advantage on the firing range. But there also is an increasing number of people seeking law enforcement jobs who come straight out of college or jobs that involved no firearms experience. Budreau can relate to those rookies. "Most people who want to be cops are willing to put in the time necessary to improve," Budreau said. "I will always give them as much time as they need at the range." Budreau also tends to work with newly hired female officers as they learn their way around firearms. "I think it's important sometimes for them to have a female perspective during the training," Budreau said. Tuesday, half the department gathered under the oppressive sun at the shooting range on Corey Road northeast of Medford for a day of shooting drills. Officers are required to train with their service pistols, rifles and shotguns five times a year. They must qualify with the weapons once a year. While five days are set aside specifically for firearms training, many of the officers spend hours at the range on their own time dialing in their shooting, Budreau said. The training involves much more than standing in one spot and blasting away at a paper target, Budreau said. "We want to get your heart rate up and force you to move around," Budreau said. "We want it to be as realistic as possible." Budreau flew through a drill involving sprinting up to open windows and shooting at steel targets several yards away. Loud pings echoed across the range as bullets from Budreau's Glock .40-caliber pistol drilled the targets. Medford Sgt. Derek Parks, a firearms instructor, said the steel targets are useful because they give immediate feedback. "It' s not like a paper target that you have to look at after you've shot," Parks said. "You hear the sound and you know you hit the target." Parks noted that firearms training is not as easy as it might sound. "After you've spent several hours out here, moving around and shooting, you feel it at the end of the day," he said. Budreau said she has never fired her weapon while on patrol, but it's a scenario that she is determined to be prepared for should it occur. "You have to make it to where it just comes natural to you," she said. "You might be in a situation when you need to act quickly to stop a threat or save someone's life."

Anybody know if there is going to be an online broadcast of this weekend's Big Dawg?

This was the first time I've watched a whole Big Dawg finals online and the thing that struck me is that it takes an absolute TON of skiing, and skiing at your best, to get deep in the thing. Major props to all the guys and especially Chad.

Saw it happen often in college tournaments when we we held them at Jack's. Some of his ski school students and pros who skied there would ski on the second lake while the tournament went on. Never really thought that was fair.

The old underwear glove liners have always worked great for me. No blisters even after long layoffs.

Man, I wish that lake was there when I was growing up in Medford ...

Record-capability events are not "set up" to produce world records. 99.99% of people who ski in these are there to qualify for nationals, regionals, get their rankings, or other reasons. The important distinction is that R tournaments ARE set up to make sure that any records set there do get recognized as official world records (or state, national, etc. for that matter), through tougher tolerances, more judges, better performance documentation (such as boat path video).

@TSki I've had similar issues but have gotten much better by focusing on stretching the psoas muscle. See post No. 8 written by Boris Laval here: http://www.proskicoach.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1523. I worked on stretching the psoas and some other core workouts this past winter and so far haven't experience the severe pain I felt last summer. I've only had two sets this year but so far so good.

5 of the 6 Big Dawg championships have been won on Goodes. The exception was Badal in 07. Not sure which HO model he was on.

Can anyone think of famous people who like to water ski? I've got: Joe Perry (Aerosmith) Enrique Iglesias Alan Jackson AJ Kitt (former US ski team member) Cigarette Smoking Man (X-files) Anybody any good?

Crazy patient on offside turns and hook up.

USA Water Ski has a committee that helps with these issues and probably has a not of experience with them. http://www.usawaterski.org/pages/waterways.htm If you aren't a member, message me directly and perhaps we can use my membership to get assistance. I live on the VT/NH border myself (VT side) so not only do I want you guys to be able to keep your course but I'd be interested in skiing there as well!

Picked up a brand new Malibu Sportster from the dealer and went straight to the lake. Was so excited that I didn't notice the sign at the end of the ramp warning about shallow water. Drove the back of the trailer right off the ramp and into the big hole created by powerloading. My little Ford Escape was getting pulled into the water until I could jump in the boat start it up, create slack and un-hook it from the trailer. Ended up having to wedge a pair of combo skis under the trailer wheels to get it back onto the ramp. Almost lost boat and truck in first 45 minutes of boat ownership.

Lake No. 2 at Isles of Lake Hancock. That water is magic. Sentimental favorite is Lake Hollingsworth on the campus of FSC (just don't drink the water).

I know it might create even more headaches for host sites, but it would be cool if there was a way to run a class c alongside Nationals that only family members of those skiing in Nationals would be eligible to ski in. That way if one person in a family qualifies, everyone in the family can ski ... even if it isn't for a national title. I'm sure a lot of people who qualify can't justify the expense if only one person in their family has the chance to participate. Pretty tough to drag the whole family out there if only dad or mom get to ski. Run the side tournament like a grassroots event (awards, mulligans, etc.) and it could be a lot of fun.