Taelan28

Killer you just gotta go out and drop my name in a negative fashion.

Ob already uses a scheduler that no one uses. I said it before its not a scheduling issue its a productoon issue. Ob says these people want buoys or death and im guessing he already works at capacity so theres nothing he can do.

Youre off topic. How does your ski club manage the use of its boat and site for its members. Remember the issue is that not everyone is getting a chance to ski on the course. Its not about hpw passionately the members feel about running buoys. Its about everyone running buoys (according to ob) or people just getting in the water (my interpretation based on the initial post). That needs to sink in then you can think about your answers. Remember now stay on topic.

Whatever play Dave is making to the asian market i gotta say hes doing a decent job. It wouldnt hurt to do research to see if there are any nuances Goode needs to find and cater to so they can dominate. One thing he could do is look into korean import taxes. See if he can find a way to lower the cost of the ski by a few hundres bucks. Btw what do you mean youve been learning things about the asian market via SIA? was there an article? are you friends getting buyers from asia?

Carbon fiber is another word for wood right? No? then ill buy it to ride not collect.

then they need to provide information. I look it as a raw production issue. How many people can physically ski on that lake in 1 hours time. Its not a matter of scheduling its a matter of speed and how fast that boat can go back and forth 6 times and change out the skiers. What else am i missin? do i need to know the state bird and water temperature at 6 oclock as well as the trees surrpunding the lake? hes got one boat already going as efficiently as possible and too many people that wqnt to ski. If there is something im missing here spell it out for me otherwise i believe i have all the knowledge i need to offer a solution. But not the one the awner wants to select which is fine.

Change the pass limit from 6 to 4. Thats the only suggestion i have to help everyone get in the water with buoys. The other idea is install baseball park lights to ski after dark.

Based on the initial post the problem was that not everyone was skiing and those that didnt just wanted to get on the water. I also assumed that those in charge have already made the club as efficient as possible with the one boat one course set up. My suggestions were based on the assumption that people valued being on the water more than being on a course or nothing. Presuming ob and travnews were intelligent and could understand the thought process i lightely touched on these assumptions with "do you want to ski or wait in line" ob wpuld rather wait in line a few hours for his turn. I dont have the patience. Again my suggestions were based on what i have seen at the ski clubs in korea how webbdawg posed the question and that obs club was already being run as efficiently as possible with one boat and one course. I guess thats the irony of all this. I assumed ob was smart from the begining and he assumes im stupid without looking into why my suggestions the way they are Dude if i ever see that cat by some cataclysmic change i will happily hang up my ski and do something else with my time. When i say dig another lake its because i figure else you gonna do? youre already as efficient as possible and no one wants to remove buoys. Further im aware that members might be angry if there were no buoys. To which i respond that almost everysingle change facebook has made over the last 6 years specifically the news feed were met with raging hostility but after altwo weeks people settled down and 4 weeks later people couldnt live without the feature. Again i assume most people espwcially ones who travel an hour would rather free ski than not ski at all. Finally i was able to put down my crack pipe for a few minutes to spell it out for you guys

I learned how much i am pulling the outboard boat. I was behind an old 135hp mariner. I took one cut and i thought the rope was made out of elastic. I went back up to a 150hp outboard and notice the same sensation just less pronounced. It took a stonger example for me to feel the difference. Ill try an inboard for a few more bucks next week. I make decent cuts but my pulls are inconsistent likely due to the weak motor contributing to shaky and conservative pulls.

@OB You mean these direct points at me? Yes you obviously know. You made a lot of points that cleared up the situation and made it more apparent to me, but then you attach these things to the end and they are exceedingly acidic, abrasive and insulting. When I further explained what my local and financial situation was (at my club like WebbDawg originally asked) you understood, and again all these attacks are completely unecessary. Also, when you seed those personal attacks and use the word "you" attention is drawn away from your points and toward the unpleasant language. Onside is trying to keep a cool head and mediate but honestly man, you couldnt fly me over to Atlanta to give me a free pull. I wouldnt accept. You're not the kind guy I'd want to be around and Im sure the feeling is mutual. I saw this on youtube last night. David Letterman makes an outrageous statement about the bounty scandal. Rome wants to call him stupid, but he holds back. I suggest you watch it and go buy youself a copy of "How to win friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie and read the first chapter and only the first chapter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USwfm77fOdI

@travnews Webbdawg said this and this And I have a membership at a ski club as well as visited several others. Therefore qualifying me to answer the question. Is this really the "think before you type" stuff you're talking about? Keep throwing stones dude. I've said it at least three times before, I know what I say and I mean it. Eleeski was right that I gave the answer based on my experience and I answered the question accordingly. There have been no references in my posts to anyones idea being stupid and I'd wager that there have never been. Alas he said the idea was stupid and gave some decent reasons why. Where he crossed the line refering to me as a drug user as an explanation for my answers--a personal attack. I know what I say and I know what I mean. Most of the time I dont need to rewrite it and and sometimes I do (see the marcus brown topic). Othertimes its taken out of context and blown up into something stupid (See topic on AM skis). But I ALWAYS get hated on. Sure I see why you people think I deserve it, but the relentless belittling, devaluation and disregarding of what I say is unexcusable. "Oh you're young yet" "Oh you dont know what you're talking about" "You're smoking crack" "Admitting you dont know what you're talking about is the best thing you could have said" I pass on taking advice from Nick Parsons for very selfless reasons that were clearly stated and you guys still question my intelligence, like there's something wrong with me not valuing a pro skier's advice, and putting the Koreans' desire to get tips and personal coaching before mine Whats going on here? Can someone please tell me what happened with this post that it gets disliked five times and blocked?

Id like to do thr course more. My time is plentiful enough but my resources are limited. I cant justify spending 20% of my annual income to be frustrated so i focus more on free skiing. Waiting for hours just to run the course is your priority and since its your club and lake then keep it that way. Yes things are different here. People are less athletically inclined so no one except the people who own the club can do better than 22 off. Ive never been to a club in the us and i dont think i want to. Bry had a solid answer. He put into words a lot of what i assumed was in my original recommendations.

Eleeski id be happy to pay a 20% premium to ski at a club you own and props to you for being a man and digging another lake. Id love to buy it but im afraid i dont teach enough students. Maybe that girl met last week who thinks about skiing all day has some rich parents and a desire to live in the states. Ob under normal circumstances id apologize to you but its not necessary. I read webbdawgs original post and then immediately commented. Congratulations on hosting a tournament but i dont feel there is a need for me to keep track of who skis where or what their club setup is. Such information us useless to me and disgarded since i find it exceedeingly unlikely i will visit any of them . And after taking a shower in your haterade find it impossible for me to ever ski in the atlanta area. The way i framed the original issue was do you want to ski a course or wait in line? I choose ski.

Webbdawg asked a question and i answered it to the best of my knowledge spending over a hundred hours at 10 different clubs and observing the skiing habits of just as many skiers. No need for personal attacks.

...raise the price. 1900 unlimited skiing behind a skiboat less the cost of gas? raise your price and give a good reason why. I paid 1800 cash to ski 100 times behind a 150 horse suzuki and i get 4 passes not 6 raise your price and dig another lake.

Remove the balls on the course. That way less people fall and people wont get angry about missing a buoy. Yes you want to get better at the course but the question i ask myself is do i want to ski through a couple waves or do i want to wait in line whe everyone gets the best possible run. Ill ski through some rough water everytime i hate waiting more than 10min. Perhaps the club could drop the price 15% to make up for the lack of a course rougher water and less higher volume.

I dont know how big the lake is. Is it a real natural lake or a ski lake? if its a ski lake with only room for a course then i assume everyone already hustles to get their set done. If its a natural lake run more boats and people should free ski. Those on the course should be a little tolerant of some waves. Parsons girlfriend saw our club free skiing by the course while others were waiting for the course. I said once the major wake passes its not too bad. Yes there are some bumps and its too bad but its a business and everyone wants to ski too.

@Horton as a teacher myself i know what you mean. But thats the way the brain and body works. Its not a machine or computer where the same input wields output every time. The brain and body are nerves not buttons. Often a teacher needs to teach the same thing a dozen different ways so the desired outcome becomes habit. Heres an analogy for you. Have you ever turned a woman on the same way every time? no. Teaching and learning is sorta like that. New angles and approaches need to be taken to get the deaired result.

I dont knowuch about injuries and ive been blessed to be injury free. It appears to me that thing that injur you are the parts you exercise slightly but have to potential to be use heavily in a split second. Your calfs and ankles arent something that gets directly use in skiing the way your bicepts would or your forearm or your delts. My recommendation, which is biased because its what i do, is to do calf raisers. Its super easy to stretch your calfs on a leg press and for me its the least painful muscle to work out and stretch by far. Putting stress on your calf and achilles systematically will save it from unusual movements. For me ive noticed that doing curls has saved me a lot of pain and unusual pulls and twists skiing. Just yesterday i missed the rope and held on. Had i not exercised id be in some pain but since i do the muscle tissue and tendons were able to stay in one piece.

@crashman I had that last month. I thought it was sunburn on my arm after 3 sets but on the 4th I realized what was happening. Then it hit me THATS WHY ITS CALLED A RASH GUARD!

Fedex was the best way to bring it to korea. Your best bet is to find someone to bring it. Otherwise all the trouble to find someone to bring it to france and coordinate meeting equals the cost of shipping. Ill note that 380 was exactly the cost to send it to korea. Ups and usps were closer to 500.

Haha ms that sounds like My weekend.

12 Passes a day.

@MattP heres a third hand story for you. my high school photography teacher had a friend who went scuba diving. On a trip the friend saw Lars Ulrich of metallica when they were on hiatus. He poonted it out to another man THATS LARS ULRICH the other guy said go talk to him. He did and he made no mention of metallica or anything. They talked for hours on end about the dive. The Lars called the guy out. Come on you know who i am. He confessed then they started talking about music for hours on end. Inspirations notalgia comparisona etc etc. I butchered the story a little but the point is there. Also the tips the driver have given me are plenty. I can also watch youtube videos and understand them. The koreans cant but they had a translator on hand. Besides they are the ones who bought Goode skis. Not me. Sure it would have been nice to get some pointers but like i said my driver givese enough good tips. He drives people 10 hrs a day and can tell what im doing just by looking in the mirror. Further ive already taken all the advice i could about my ski settings here. The bindings are where they need to be and the fin is in the same place as the last guy who ran 38 off with the ski.

Sixball its only illegal because someone says it is.