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Great advice - thanks @oldjeep!

@The_MS - not sure of the price. My friend didn’t give any ballpark either.

Hey Ballers - I have a friend who had someone ask if he would like to buy his 2012 Malibu Response TXi. It has 120 hrs on it and has been “pampered”. I don’t really have any experience with a Malibu other than skiing behind one 13 years ago. I figured you folks would be the best to give me some feedback - I appreciate it. Picture of the boat is attached - it is a sharp looking boat.

 

Once again - another awesome interview! Love the Passion - you can see it on your faces.

Alright skiers: I have been working on an illustration to help us understand this concept/theory of stack towline tension and efficiency. If this needs a new thread or moved somewhere else let me know.

Illustration:

Some of my ideas and takeaways as I developed this illustration. (Perspective is the skier is at centerline)

The closer/lower you get the pull (connection to the rope) from the boat to your center of mass, the less torque you feel from the boat.

The stack moment is counteracting the torque moment created by the angle of stack.

Assuming you have optimized body alignment this helps move the rope/handle lower on your body. When the handle is on your hips (ie: arms straight) more of the force is transferred to your legs (legs are some of your strongest muscles - so this will make it feel like you aren’t working as hard).

As you move the handle down the pull force passes through the center of mass - lessening the torque moment.

The more efficient your body position (stack), the better your speed/acceleration on the “downswing” into center line.

The speed generated into centerline allows the skier to use that energy to carry them outbound (using the pylon as the pivot point) out towards the buoy.

 

I’d like to make another of these illustrations depicting the path out toward the buoy and do a similar description. Hope this helps.

I love our islands. We have two of them - size matters - our islands are 100’ diameter and we also have a channel of 100’ width to ski around the islands. Plenty of space for skiing and boarding. When you have a tight radius turn and a small channel between the island and the shore that is where it can get a little sketchy. You will find a lot of opinions on islands here on BOS.

Excellent work @Luzz o

n the Horton interview. Keep it up!

I’d listen to @mike_mapple - he knows a thing or two about skis.

 

My personal experience with Radar is that they were gracious enough to allow me to visit them at the legendary Radar Lake AND let me watch the whole process of a Radar Vapor being made. Nothing but high quality in my opinion. As others have stated - the white that you see is not “de-lamination” rather it is the flashing that was trimmed to size. Nothing to worry about.

@DaveD - going up in diameter also helped me with elbow pain.

Good catch @The_MS That ski also seemed like a revolution in the sport.

I was already reminded by my wife that I have a 2020 C75. But my mind says - I want more Denali!

@adamhcaldwell - YES. That is money. That technique will keep us not only skiing until we are “old” but also helps us improve as we get older.

 

When I first started trying 32 off I felt like the less I “tried” the better it was. Efficiency - of which stack is the building block - is what I was feeling. As we continue to build and improve our stack/alignment we can continue to improve.

 

Own your stack - own your efficiency.

@DaveD - no. It feels a little different at first, but the bend is so subtle that you’ll hardly notice it your second set. You’ll also find less stress in your elbow. Out of curiosity sake - what handle diameter are you using?

The pro star that @wish linked to is a sweet boat. If only I could be in the market!

Swag is always nice - unfortunately my attempts to post something insightful and intriguing have not come to fruition.

 

However I will make a nomination - @DAKERS His podcast with Regina was spectacular. Undoubtedly his efforts with Regina and Chad will at least bring a little visibility to slalom skiing (and trick/jump) and the thrill of this sport to others who may be intrigued enough to go try it out. That is at least worth a little something.

@Horton - feel free to delete this thread -doesn’t seem to be much interest.

We have grass carp in our lake too. I know some are three feet or longer (5 yr old lake). This season we had very little weed growth, and it seemed like they kept up with the growth we did have. I have also put dye in our lake as it looks great and helps shade the more shallow areas of the lake.

 

Sonar is interesting. I’d like to hear more about that as well.

A lot of great discussions have been going on regarding technique and theory. I am curious how these techniques may (or may not) change depending on boat speed. While body positioning may be similar/same between speeds, how does the higher “commoner” skier and high end skier adjust? A follow up question - for those that have skied at two (or more) very different weights how does skier mass affect positioning/technique and ease/difficulty of moving either speeds or rope lengths.

@lpskier - kids and wakeboards. I will wakeskate because you aren’t attached to the board.

 

I also see some surfboards....

 

Will be great to see more ideas. Anyone have something on their boat dock?

I just finished this. I used ladder hooks that are screwed into the studs in my wall. Have some additional hooks on the bottom for a wakeboard.

Another thing to consider is weed propagation, wave wash back, water depth, and max water temperature. Our lake is 2000’ by 240’ wide. We do not jump on our lake. For skiing the width we have is definitely wide enough - I’m not sure about jumping. I’d rely on those that have experience with jumping.

 

I really love the 3D concept of your lake. You certainly put some thought into this and it shows. Besides safety aspects of a purpose built ski/jump lake do you have any other questions? Feel free to PM me with any other questions.

Nice looking design! What are the approximate dimensions of your lake? I am assuming your will be building from scratch or is there a body of water existing and you are going to expand/revitalize it?

I was trying to stay within the bounds of two sentences as indicated by the original poster. No need for pleonasm.

 

Diving deeper into what I said earlier - focusing on the dynamic part of “stack” maybe we need to ask another question - What is one of our primary goals in course skiing? Is it to reach the buoy at the right time with the right amount of line tension? How do we get there? Through proper “stack” (body structure alignment, mass balanced over ski, and positioning of the handle) we can accomplish this. Don’t we want to ride or carry the handle out to the buoy as far as possible? Having ourselves properly aligned on the ski will help us do this. The dynamic result is we will have speed, direction, and positioning (skeletal alignment and ski position) that allows us to start our turn far earlier than we could before and carry our speed through the turn and back into the stack position for the next buoy.

Stack gives you mechanical advantage. Mechanical advantage gives you efficiency.

Basement water sports wall. Ski racks and wakeboard racks plus everything to hang our stuff on - vests, wetsuits, ropes and even kids life vest hangers. Still needs some finishing work, but I’m getting there.