Zman

@bananaron  I only have a couple sets on my S-Lines 12", 1.030 bent handle and I like it, a lot.  Great price as well.

On 4/7/2024 at 10:05 AM, aupatking said:

We just opened a cable wake park on our ski lake so the wakeboarder language is rubbing off on me. 
 

You did WHAT?!?

Wow. New purpose for all those Dick Pope / Cypress Gardens skis in my barn.

1 minute ago, Scotty said:

What I’d like is to buy a new boat sold without an engine so I can build my own they way I want…

Interesting concept.  Or, just send hulls to @Jody_Seal and let him power them up to buyers' choosing.  Be careful though, you might end up with tail pipe risers.

Maybe my experience is a localized one. But, in my limited tournaments over my 16 years of doing them {in my last year of M7) - if not for Boomers, I do not think any of those tournaments would have even happened.

Tournament TCs? Boomer. Most Judages? Boomers. Safety? Mostly Boomers. It goes on.  The bigger exception, maybe Boat Drivers, but still mostly Boomers.

Does this say something for where we are heading?

16 hours ago, jcamp said:

If all of the above is true (and I hope it is not), I just want to say thanks to Dennis Kelly. He worked his tail off keeping Malibu in the water ski game for as long as they were and has been a huge support of the sport, its athletes and events. Wishing him and his family the best. 

Absolutely! Many kudos to Dennis!  I currently own my 2nd promo Bu.  I am not a promo skier, but Dennis has always been great the few times I had questions or needed something for my Txi.

19 hours ago, Ski_Dad said:

I sure hope this is not true - i love the Malibu brand.

Ditto!  Maybe my 2016 Txi will soon be a classic.

20 hours ago, jcwaterskiparadise said:

Bring back the enthusiam and you will bring back boat sales. Probably, but price are an issue, sorry. New boats are out of budget for the middle class, period. Every year it's becoming more and more difficult to be part of the sport, no wonder why they sell so few boats...

Agree. I agreed with @Dano except for the price part.  As a 'kid' a few years out of college, I was able to afford a new ski boat, costing in the lower teens in the early 80s.

Today, I suspect few people a few years out of college can afford a brand new ski boat costing 6 figures.

I ditto a lot of the above in the difficulty of skiing with an RTP or even the Radar hybrid after decades of double boots. Although I leave my rear boot loose, my feeble attempt without a rear boot was not good.

I have to admit, I did not give it a fair chance.  Like @aupatkingsaid, why bother?

I didn't like it, I went back to what I am comfortable with.

But, part of me still wonders, what I am not doing "correctly" when freeing up my rear foot that makes my sking seem so out of control?

And, if I were to persevere through the transition, as @twhispernoted he did, would I learn some valuable technique improvements I could take back to double boots?

Thoughts!

19 hours ago, Mastercrafter said:

14 hours into the New Year and I can check January off the “skied in Michigan” calendar.  Friggin miserable. 31 degree air, high-30s water. 
 

Behind a Supra Legacy or Comp?  I had that same interior color scheme in a 98 Legacy.  Great boat.

On 12/25/2023 at 6:40 AM, LeonL said:

Congrats!  I've enjoyed BOS for many years.  Don't know exactly when I joined.  I tried to look it up on my profile and it says 1901.  Don't think that's correct, LOL!

Oldest baller award!

Great leverage with great handle placement, then rides it out wide.

Ditto.  New S-Line bent handle on the way.  Hope I like it as much as my current ML bent handle.

1 hour ago, LZywicki1 said:

I ended up with a 2024, 15% off, no tax or shipping. 

I've been running a Denali fin on my 2019.

Cool.  Have you skied the 2024 yet? Thoughts about the differences you feel?

I am also running a Denali CG fin on my 2019.  Put it on 4 years ago to try it, made one minor change and have not touched it since other than to verify it has not changed.

7 minutes ago, Horton said:

@Zman I think this is not a bad idea occasionally. Is your second hardest pass as perfect as you can get it? You have to spend some time at your hardest pass but too much time there is actually practicing missing.  

Agree. I don't tend to "bang away" at my hardest pass.  If anything, I need to cut the line a little more often.  Not this time of the year though with passes limited by the cold eather.

Oh, on my second hardest pass, most days they feel pretty good but not as consistent as I would like.  Often, I will run all of them while still trying to make fixes and improvements. They feel best to me when I don't seem to be working physically hard, and feel like I have a moment of "relax" time waiting on the buoy, allowing the ski to swing when it's time. Make sense? 

Thanks, J

48 minutes ago, Fam-man said:

When working on my hardest pass I will always try to ski 6 turns even if it means going inside a ball to keep rhythm and momentum going.

I often do the same on attempts at my hardest pass. Six turns. Sometimes being just inside a buoy, or 2.  Although, my missed buoys are usually on my strong side, being wide enough but turning in too soon, just up-course of the buoy. Which seems incredibly stupid.

I believe I'm just too impatient, and coming off the handle too soon. You would think this would be easy to correct, and maybe it is for most folks. But, me...?

Tempting. I'm on the yellow 2019. Love this ski. Your's would make a great back up.

But, hearing so much about how good the 2014 is....

14 hours ago, RichardDoane said:

I plan to gel coat the floorboards of the Dr. Jack Brendella and do about the same. 

Richard, any updated pictures?

I have always wondered how much time (if any) the ski makers spend on water testing of 69 inch or longer skis. Or, do they just scale up and assume they work just like the shorter skis?

Do they have 230 lb high level testers?

On 12/11/2023 at 6:26 AM, Jody_Seal said:

took a rip sat at lake 38.

air 70 something water 60 something..

 

Who won the chili cook-off?

On 12/8/2023 at 3:07 PM, Hockdog said:

I think a snap-in fitted carpet would be an excellent option, pull it out to clean it, no glue to deal with, and pop it back in.  Decadence in our club boat gets pretty hot on your feet on 100° days, and I can’t stand SeaDek…..I’ll take carpet any day.

I have a friend who added snap-in carpet to a 2016 Mastercraft, and it is a great set up. Like @Hockdog said, just pop it out to clean, or dry after a rain day.

Skied today.  A very nice 76/66.

@swbca Maybe I missed it, but have you considered getting the Radar Vapor boots? Or, even the the Radar Pulse boots?

I use a Sequence Carbon plate with the newer Vapor front boot, and an older Vapor Carbitex boot on the rear. I love this set up. The new Vapor boot is very supportive and comfortable. 

When I was still using double rubber 'releasable' boots over 10 years ago, I tore my achilles on my front foot and had to remove all the overlay and heel cup screws to get my wobbly foot out. No way I could pull my foot out with the boot intact, even using soap. It took a little while, but fortunately I was not in too much pain.

14 hours ago, aupatking said:

I was going to say what @Zman said. He’s wise almost to his years 😁.

 

Ouch! A lot of years.... a big milestone in April.