TheBigHead

I have a question for all of you that has been on my mind ever since i took up this sport. Does a waterski care how tall you are? I have always been told that due to being 6'7" i should be on a larger ski than my weight of 180-190lbs would indicate. As such if my weight puts me on a 67" ski on a sizing chart I have always upped to the next size. I cant really seem to grasp what the reasoning is. Any Ideas?

Thats what I call getting "Free from the boat"!

Triumph is a great ski, I would also consider the radar senate. You should give us some more information though, height weight speed rope length. If you consider deep water starts on one ski "hard", then you might want to consider practicing your deep water starts. Once you have the technique down they won't be hard anymore and you will have more ski options. Some will probably be the same but you could have a few others tossed in the mix. If you are mainly an open water skier try not to limit your set to 1 deep water start. try getting up making 6-10 turns and then dropping back in the water. Catch your breath a little and then get up again. Do this 3-4 times everytime you ski and before you know it deep water starts will be easy!

Thanks for the reply, Yah the comfort of my rs-1's is making it really hard to jsutify changing bindings. Ill just order the new liners and stop worrying about it. As a side note does anyone know the factory binding location for a 69" 2012 senate C? Or if the marked hole on older sequence plate is still considered factory? I placed the bindings one half hole forward like I had them on my older senate and it seems to be riding well. Thanks again

Hello Ballers, I am looking for your opinion as I feel somewhat stuck on this descision. I have been riding RS-1's for a few years, and they have been good. My liners are pretty much done, a couple of seams are busted and part of the liner is tearing away on the inside. My only concern with them has been their weight, on the sequence plate they feel very heavy. So I was thinking that because new liners are 150$, i could try some new bindings to see how they work out. Maybe powershells or? Am I crazy? will I find different bindings to be much lighter than my current rs-1's on the sequence plate? should I even be worried about it? BTW Im running 15 off at 32mph and taking stabs at 34mph.

^^ Heres to hoping for the best!

Both at the same site would be great! FVWSC already offers public ski nights for 30$ a set ( I believe ), I doubt they would be doing PE classes but you never know. Both together yes, exchange one for the other no thanks. The costs associated with both sports are very similar, I would say they are both financialy prohibitive. Looking at it from both sides, I think the same issues arise.

Its actually called Albert Dyck lake, off of clearbrook road behind the abbotsford airport. I think some of my abbotsford friends used to call it miller lake, but i am unsure about that.

This would be terrible! the FVWSC is a great club and although I am not a member I have spent the last 3-4 years at all of their public ski nights. It would be a shame if this happened, and just hearing about the possibility angers and frustrates me.