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Yeah plan on doing vents top and bottom for air flow. Would also like to be able to hang up wetsuits, life jacket etc as well in there. The big concern is the ski storage on their tails but if @Horton says I am good I may go that route.

I would like to make a ski locker down by the lake this spring. Now is there anything wrong with storing skis vertically as opposed to horizontal? Would it cause them to flex too much in the summer heat? Normally I would just store them horizontal on a rack but I have seen some great surf board storage ideas with them upright.

Lookie lookie what showed up…. B) Just in time to change seasons from the white stuff to the liquid stuff. My visits to BOS are about to go from weekly to hourly.

Jamie Calhoun came in second and beat out Nate!

The level of women’s skiing is insane! What a final! Congrats to Whitney for her birthday win.

Was there a rain delay or something? When does the head to head start?

@MattP hows the sizing compare to say Eagle? Large is a Large?

How tall is Regina?

Jamiee Bull into 41 again! Big score for her!

Where can I find results from Friday?

@mbabiash Hey Matt i wish you and I were on the same size ski. I would love to pickup your ski leftovers! You must have more than @Horton

What about a slot on top like a ski doc so you can do fin changes right there

@MarkTimm where can we find the webcast for the tournament?

Another vote for Stealth gloves. Like you I had the red 41 tails and loved them but they changed them. Have been skiing with the black stealth Kevlar ones for a couple of years and they are great. Very durable. Will last me an entire season.

I have a 66. Mint with maybe 15 sets on it.

@Horton. I am having a hard time with that concept. My brain just doesn’t compute it. I like thinking In terms of how high on the boat you get rather than wide or narrow. So a narrow path would mean you didn’t get up as high on the boat as you could have right? So let’s say instead of doing an early edge change you just kept the handle in close but just let the ski go flat instead of transitioning to that inside edge. I am thinking you would maintain more speed and actually advance quicker on the boat BUT in no way would you possibly be able to turn a buoy at that point. I think technically you would still be following the handle path because you can’t really change that right? As @adamhcaldwell and @AdamCord would say. So I guess what I am getting at is that Inside preturn arc is really the way that a skier can change or regulate that upswing speed at any given line length while still riding that centrifugal force around the pylon. So in essence that will change where the ski apex’s and hence when you can start your turn. Maybe I am way off base on this one as I am in no way an expert but it seems to me that is what is going on here.

@Horton i see what you are saying. I guess where I am bit fuzzy is that really there are two different factors at play once you roll onto the inside edge. You want to be up on the boat as quickly as possible BUT you are actually decelerating the whole time while moving up right? You need to be in order to turn at or less than the actual boat speed. What the preturn does, and rate that you do it will ultimately allow you to turn earlier at the buoy right? It’s nice to think that the slalom swing is a perfect pendulum and that you can just ride it and turn at the apex but I think the better skiers create where the ski apex’s by way of their preturn.

@Horton i may be wrong but it seems to me that as the rope gets shorter the skier speed across the wakes keeps getting quicker and quicker. In order to deal with the increased speed and still maintain pressure on the rope while not getting separated from the handle you have to do a quicker edge change to start the preturn earlier each rope length.

I get the straight legs theory and agree with it for the most part. But when moving the ski outbound after center line, it’s almost impossible to keep the pressure on the rope to get you high on the boat while simultaneously releasing the ski pressure and changing edges without using your knees. Have a look at Sacha in this pic. I think what you are seeing here is the key to short line. You can only really see it from a side view. The boat view or video is not a good representation of what Is going on after the second wake. I think if Sacha was standing taller with straighter legs in this pic he would not be able to move the ski outbound as quickly as he has. If he was taller with straighter legs and attempted this I think he would lose rope pressure as he would tip in towards the boat.

66 KD Element. 2019. Maybe 15 sets on it. Perfect condition. Terry Winter is awesome at helping you set this up. I will give you his number to text him directly. Currently had dual loc on the ski for powershells but easily removable. $800 CDN. Located in Kingston Ontario. Message me for détails. Thanks.

Is there an online reveal today? If so when and where? I didn’t see anything on the MC site.

I love @TFIN s ‘nuts and bolts’ approach. It’s great to talk about the theory of slalom but at some point I need someone to say exactly HOW to do it. The nuts and bolts of the turn. Awesome stuff.

US Gear. I know i know I am probably going to get a panda for that but they are the bomb.

Great thread. Good to read it again.

Addiction skis.