If a change must be made the only change that make sense to me is to have the line length to decrease by .25 of a meter starting after 10.25 meters (41 off). Line lengths longer than 10.25 meters would stay the same as they are now. So pro men would ski 13 meters, 12 meters, 11.25 meters, 10.75 meters, 10.25 meters, 10 meters, 9.75 meters, 9.5 meters and so on. Way back when it was decided to shorten by a half meter after 11.25 I don’t think they had any idea the degree of difficulty a full half meter less rope would be after 10.25 meters (41 off). As a spectator of pro waterskiing, I would love to see this change. Maybe put a freeze on the world record for a period of time to give everyone equal opportunity to establish a new record at 10 meters or shorter then put an asterisk in the record books. That would give the 55 KPH and 58 KPH record holders the opportunity to “defend” their old records and not have their length of time holding the record interrupted.