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our nautique came from a lake where they just had a new boat delivered by truck each year and had never owned a trailer, so we had one built by these guys phoenix trailers

at first glance it looks like you're trying to thaw a frozen turkey on top of the motor box.

is your suit jacket size 48 or larger *and* are you wearing an xl eagle vest made before masterline bought the company? cuz that would do it right there. seriously though, it may be a combination of your body position and the water pressure around your chest and stomach. try floating on your back in the water so your chest and abdomen are aligned fairly straight and at or near the surface. under *any* conditions it's easier to catch a full breath when your diaphragm is not being constrained by being bent over.

@GAJ0004 -the original accufloat used lengths of aluminum angle for gates and splices, tide with hose clamps to 18 foot lengths of clear douglas fir 2x2s. those staid surprisingly straight.

i do recall the power port. ultimately it didn't make the cut, but it was certainly an interesting idea. i also recall perfect pass rattling their saber at new player e-controls, only to have e-controls challenge their patent in court - and perfect pass having to settle for the lesser market in order to stay in business. on a side note, you and i interpret the primary function of the slot differently. i don't believe the partially obstructed slot is so important to control the volume of water passing thru it. my take is that it allows the fin to be adjusted through a wide range of length / depth combinations without appreciably increasing or decreasing the fin's surface area. As always, just my opinion.

@Wish -for the record, i use a cg fin myself (with a schnitzers mini-wing) and i love it. i'm supportive of the adams and their ski company and i hope to find the time this fall to fly down and and try (and prolly buy) a ski from them. also for the record i'm sure no one *does* care about the similarities i pointed out. in fact, my real point is that because the similarities do exist i don't think @Than_Bogan 's prediction of other ski companies *licensing* the cg fin is likely to come about. i think if the other companies do anything at all (unlikely) it will be to simply appropriate whatever features they think have value -and it certainly wouldn't be the first time in history a ski company did exactly that. again, this is all just one guys marginally informed opinion.

@adamhcaldwell -I realize you're being sarcastic, but i'm pretty sure i didn't actually say *any* of the things you are implying. however, would you agree that the seemingly 'unusual ' aspects of your fin can also be found in one form or another in the schnitzers fin?

@Than_Bogan -i'm not sure how much ' negotiating to license ' would be necessary. i compared my denali fin to a schnitzers slot fin that i've had for at least a decade and to my eye it seems like every ' unique ' feature on the cg fin can be found in one form or another on the schnitzers fin. maybe denali could get a design patent but i don't see anything new on the denali fin that actually qualifies it for a utility patent. since schnitzters didn't patent his slot fin any specific feature of that fin like the horizontal slot or the beveled ends on the holes is literally ' up for grabs ' by anyone else who wants to manufacture fins. as always, just my opinion so don't shoot the messenger.

whoever fabricated that mounting plate for you really knew what they were doing.

also when working with g-10 plan on wearing out drillbits and other steel cutting tools at a fast pace. the glass reinforcing fibers are extremely abrasive on anything but diamond tooling.

personally, i think the best advice regarding compressed legs is identical to the instructions i once read on a tube of unguent - ' apply as needed". plus i also like using the word ' unguent '. it just sounds so retro. . .

@jimbrake -chet raley, who is old and skis every day at a very high level, convinced me to purchase and use a stretching regimen called ' magnificent mobility '. when i stick to the pattern of taking ten minutes before and after skiing that fatigue you describe is cut down to hardly noticeable. don't knock it till you try it.

i guess i prefer the word ' transition ' rather than ' edge change ' because a transition is by definition a process with a beginning middle and end. the concept of an actual *change* of the edges, on the other hand, seems like a pretty brief and defined moment - that instant when the skier is no longer riding one edge of the ski, but instead is riding the other edge. semantics? for sure, but slalom theory is already complex enough that i think any effort to clarify what we mean is effort well spent. as always, imo.

I took the above video and clicked on the settings button to get one-quarter speed then repeatedly clicked on the start / pause button to watch a couple of frames at a time. I dont want to be argumentative but i couldn't hardly find *any* edge changes that happened any where near the centerline. a lot of them happen in the white water and a few even happen at the fare edge of the white water. so i pulled up the slow motion video of regina jaquess and even slowed that down to one quarter speed. heres a screen shot of her typical onside wake crossing at 32 off (i think) and theres no way shes changes edges anywhere near the centerline. the second shot is from the above video of @horton. i apologize for the crappy cell phone pics of my desktop monitor but thats what i have so thats what i use. What am i missing here? to my eye i dont see these edge changes actually happening any where near centerline and we *are* looking at a typical good side pull of the very best female skier in the world. is it me, or am i the only one who cant see the emperors new clothes? (ps -dont shoot the messenger).

69.5 2016 Vapor -stock matt rini settings -7.00 / 2.45 / 0.735 / 31 So far, trying various others setting and then messing with wing angle i still felt the ski was dragging behind and could never really get it to slide back under the rope at the finish of the turn. finally, in total frustration, i went back to stock rini setting and took the wing completely off . got some of the earliest widest 28 passes of my life. still have more experimenting to do with a mini wing, but right now this ski is ' magic '.

well kept secret: matt brown is the grizzly whisperer. apparently grizzly bears like it when you whisper.

@Horton -you left out the most important part -knowing *how* to use the rented survey equipment. my smart phone is smarter than i am so i'm still trying to learn how to use that. pretty sure i don't have enough room left in the noggin to take up amateur surveying too. just sayin

@Horton -surveying is not particularly daunting, but if you're not a surveyor or good buddies with one it *can* be expensive. figure around 9 or 10 pairs of ski gloves worth.

you can build a floating measuring stick using lengths of white plumbing pipe. you should either cap the ends to seal the air inside or slide some small diameter swim noodles inside so it will float. The total length from end to end should be 41' 5.5" (+or - 4.5"). This is the distance from the outside boat guide to the skier ball. distance between centers of boat guides should be 7' 6.5" (+ or - 4.5"). distance from nearest boat guide to skier ball should be 33' 11" (+ or - 4"). While not accurate down to the absolute hair it will be close enough to be in spec.

@vernonreeve -important point, as soon as the skier is up and skiing he releases the straps and they simply dangle, either in front with the one strap method, or in back with the two strap method.

there are various strap-like set ups that have been used by a lot of older guys. the basic idea is a single piece of nylon webbing (like seatbelt material) coming from the buckle area of a waist belt or double straps coming from behind the back of a belt. the strap is simply laid over the top of the handle (*not* a full wrap around) and clamped by one of your hands. if two straps coming from behind are used then each hand clamps one. The guys who use them swear by them and @Horton can probably explain more since i know his dad has used one.

take along swimmers nose plugs and a box of cotton balls, assuming you can use the nose plugs without irritating the cauterized area. the cotton balls are just in case you start to leak a little.

forget comparing her height to the men look at her height compared to the other women. they have to have her stand on a box to ' measure up '! https://instagram.com/p/Bi1kVoUhlGk/?taken-by=regina_jaquess

inner city kids have been coloring functional objects for decades. its called ' tagging '.

@lkb -assuming you had a successful reattachment and now can get full extension of your arm *without* problem then the power vest may not be that much help in the long run. overloading a bicep muscle that is stronger than its tendon attachment is what caused your injury, and that comes from trying to pull high loads with bent arms. if you relearn your ' pull ' phase so that your arms are always stretched out in full extension there should be zero danger of a re-injury. on the other hand, if you try to shorten the straps on your vest so much that it will take over the load while your arms are bent you're gonna feel very encumbered in all other phases of skiing the course. work on getting your arms straight during the pull every time and you'll never have to worry about tearing the tendon off the bone again. as always, imo.