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@15boi to record in Wakeye and view in landscape not only does the iPhone need to be mounted in landscape, but also it must be mounted with the volume buttons ( situated on the side of the phone ) underneath. As soon as you turn it that way you will see the data displayed at the top of the landscape screen. I've also recorded dozens of sets without issues now.

@davemac it's a standard HO fixed RTP. It's the only RTP I've ever used. miaminautique.com.

Dave. If you have an I-phone, or even better an I-pad, have a look at an app called Coaches Eye. I can analyze my skiing, frame by frame, just fine with video shot at 30 fps. ( I believe that if you have the latest I-pad or an I-pad mini, Coaches Eye will slo-mo @ 120 fps ) Rather than uploads from camera cards, transfers, e-mails to myself etc. I find it much easier to video with my I-pad using the Coaches Eye app. Connect to a TV and analyze it on a big screen. The app is the best thing I've seen for the job.

@doonez solid skiing. Sound basis to work from.

I know there's a chance of being off topic, but I feel it's important to make my point in this thread, straight after @wish has stated his opinion about which arm should be referred to as what in the course.

Back arm and front arm can be confusing. ( old school v today's skiing )

Leading arm and trailing arm must be the most straightforward terms to use. The leading arm will always arrive at the wake before the trailing arm. ( because it's leading ) The trailing arm will always arrive at the wake after the leading arm. ( because it's trailing ) It doesn't matter which ball you're going towards. All the time both hands are on the handle this rule always applies. As soon as only one hand is on the handle ( reaching ) the arms can be referred to as the inside ( still on the handle ) and the outside arm ( outside of the arc that the ski is scribing )

This has got to be the easiest way to refer to which arm's which at any point in the course, without writing a short essay about which buoy you've just turned and which one you're travelling to.

Hi @rico, congrats on your PB, good skiing.

I painted the Mapple. Love it, best I've ever had.

Glad that you're skiing so well.

 

Love it.

Todd.

What SkiJay said. Back to video analysis.

Todd.

If you have an iPhone ( 4s or later ) or an iPad I recommend you get a video analysis app called " Coach's eye " Video your sets with the phone. It's a fantastic tool to help improve your slalom. It costs £2.99 in the UK, I guess that's around $4.50. Slow mo, frame by frame, side by side video and more. Screen shot from my iPhone:

Just use the Reflex Bondplate. No Dual-loc at all. Fitted one of their new plates onto a Goode last week for someone. Excellent product. The new plate has replaceable threaded studs ( spare studs included ) and nyloc nuts so they don't need to be over tightened. See photo above in the post from @mattP .

We got fed up wearing out our CC200 slalom boat pulling jumpers, so we got them a boat of their own.

 

Liquid Leisure, London.

I own a Gath helmet with a fully retractable visor. Very close fitting helmet and visor, reduces the chance of bucketing.

http://www.cleanlinesurf.com/products/Gath-Full-Retractable-Visored-Helmet.html

@Phil2360 I think he may be a tad small for the ski but I still think he needs to work almost exclusively on shoulders over hips, hips over feet. Once he's skiing consistently in that stacked position it will be time to think of other things. Good luck.

@tfriess the 200 belongs to the club I belong to, Liquid Leisure in London. The tower is on there to make it easier for beginners to start and for the wakeboarders we have. The original 200 tower we had last year fixes onto the boat too far back. On shortline, 12m and under I think, the rope needs to bend around the tower when the skier is at the buoy line.

Probably only 4 or 5 sets a year, far too few. I video for other skiers far more. Main reason I don't video myself more is that although I own a Trakker and I like the results, I find it a pain to set up. My ski club has 12 minute slots ( which I like ) so there's just not enough time to set aTrakker up unless the slot before me happens to be empty. I've just bought a new camera mount from @darren at e-z-cam. Set-up is less than ten seconds on any boat. I intend to use it a lot this year, even going to take it with me when I go to ski school. I'll post how I get on with it if the water level in the lake ever drops enough to ski without wrecking the banks .

 

Water ski in very cold water and cycle. ( Not at the same time )

@davemac and @aswinter05 Because the tube of the e-z-cam prevents the possibility of the rope coming off the pylon, there's no need to have the loop of the previous section on the pylon at all. For instance: If you're cutting from 16m to 14m, lift off the tube and remove the orange section from the pylon. Slip the yellow section onto the pylon and while pulling the entire orange section back towards the skier, slip the tube back over the pylon. ( No part of the orange is now touching the pylon ) Takes about seven or eight seconds, maybe ten if the driver is alone.

@Phil2360 here's a link to the video of Rossi on Facebook @Deep11 refers to: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151452218318748&set=vb.203457833007589&type=2&theater

 

Below is a clip from the video as Chris crosses the wakes, about the same time as the clip of Robbie above.

Another shot showing the reverse C position as he changes edge.

 

 

 

@Phil2360 Found that link to Than's paper. Read it and share it. It's good stuff.

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oDlyJi8MRdF9t8uQcEMCUEGsivhQ2tP7qOO6HfPgCDg/edit

 

@Phil2360 Robbie has a lot of good stuff going on there. The only thing he needs to work on right now is his body position behind the boat. @than_bogan has written an excellent paper on skiers' leverage position. Sorry, can't find a link. Maybe Than can point you in the right direction. It's worth reading a few times. Compare Robbie's position crossing the wakes in the clip below to Than's description of what it should look like. Notice the distance between handle and hips. Once Robbie gets stacked he will be using the power of the boat to fire himself across the course instead of getting pulled through it. A lot of other problems, incomplete turns and grabbing the handle with shoulder rotation etc. have a way of disappearing when you get stacked. Use lots of video, or even better IMO, an SLR camera in continuous shooting mode capable of taking at least 3 frames per second, even if you have to reduce the quality of the pictures. Hope this helps.

 

Well done Luke. Nice straight arms. Phil Harris has some catching up to do and Robbie may in trouble soon too.

I can also recommend Bennetts. Jay and anne really know how to look after you. Great coaching for all levels. I've been back half a dozen times, never been disappointed and always brought something away to work on when I get home. Last time I checked they're half the price of other schools considering the price includes full board if you want it. I've stayed in both the dormitory accomodation ( included in the price ) and the cottages, and I'd do either again. Looking forward to my next visit.

I know that the front lake @ Lacanau is shallow enough to touch the bottom. That's where JB's record was disallowed ( in 07 I think )

I like to be able to touch the bottom.

@Horton the better you get, the fewer the PBs and the greater the achievement I guess.

It's easier for skiers like me to PB because we've only skied a few years. All I'd have to do to PB is remember to stand up straight for 17 seconds.