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Not sure the resale value would really matter in one sense. If you sell to a serious shortline skier, they will likely just take the tower off. That is what I would do. If you sell to someone that wants the tower on there, no harm no foul since it looks like no problem anyways for the majority of skiers. If you mounted a bimini it might be close to those locations as well. I am not sure it is really a big deal?

What size ski is she on? Just think in 5-6 years, she could be slalom skiing!

@FWinter does this mean your published thoughts in Waterski Magazine on tweaking has changed? I am headed to the site to order one as well. Never have too much info available.

I would ski it with the "from factory" set up...... Just not worth chasing another variable around as you dial it in.

Wish I were there!

I was going to type the word ... "INFINITY" ........

Any new truck has tons of creature comforts, I chose TOYOTA, been best rig ever for us!

@oldjeep better safe then sorry...... but under your scenario most families wouldn't ski or be in a boat together for years. Both my kids were skiing on their own beside the boat (boom) and transitioning to behind the boat before they could talk much at all (Shark Trainers ROCK!) WA Law is any boat over 19 feet requires a PFD be present in the boat, but not required to be worn. My 196 passes the test for the law. Skiing in my course on our river, or on our swamp I am not so worried with the somewhat controlled environments. Out on a public lake in high winds and waves, YOU BET THAT PFD IS ON! Common sense is the key here. For most of us, having an additional person to take our son/daughter every time we want out in the boat is unrealistic as much as we ski and in the non-club scenarios we ski at. PLUS, I still say, getting your family involved early ensures that the sport stays alive for you. My kids come to almost 100% of my tournaments, ski in about 70% of the tournaments we attend (increasing as they ski better and better), and are in the boat 99% of the time we ski. I am not a handle/rope launcher, but we do try and use a shock tube. Common sense...... I would never let my kid on a bike, motorcycle, snowmobile, skate board, etc... without a helmet. Other parents seem OK without. I was OK with the risk associated with kids in the boat. To each their own. My kids survived and my wife and I got to ski as normal and my kids are both skiing and having fun on the water at the ages of 4 and 6!

Sometimes it is more what you do pre-ball than what you do out of it. I would examine how you are coming into your off-side and see how you can set yourself up better to spot the next ball.

@Greg Lukin nothing changed in our boating world. If anything we skied more with kids than we did before. Bring em with ya! Let em have fun and start skiing them with you as early as possible!

All of these stories certainly incriminate us as "Bad Parents" in the eyes of the law. I hear CPS calling now............ But as @Than_Bogan said, the statistical chances of the meteor hitting you. We always had the infant PFD with us, but THOSE THINGS SUCK! No happy children are ever in those things! I have a never before worn infant PFD hanging on the wall, and my guess is you may also.

@Orlando76 @Bill22 That was our new boat story as well..........

Depending on how many you have in the boat...... my wife and I drove for each other with no other help, so that left kids having to be "on their own" for 16.95 seconds...... We wedged a car carrier in between the spotters seat, engine compartment, and pylon. Worked for both my kids. Then I put "seat straps" in our spotters seat so that they could be held in place when they out grew the car carrier. Just so they weren't up on their own in the boat as we were skiing. They could wiggle out, but this atleast kept them put from sliding all over the seat and boat. Now at ages of 4 and 6, they just come to ski with us like normal skiers. Not sure I would bother with the extra flotation in the car carrier. Truth of the matter is, at that infant age stage, that won't be the saving grace anyways. Something bad happens where you can't aid in their speedy rescue, and I don't think even the PFD will be good for anything other than a recovery. I hate to say it, but that is the reality I believe for infants in a boat. It was a risk we were willing to take and did what we felt was the safest possible things for our kids. Pictures below are one of the mirror reflection showing my daughter in the car carrier while I get my son (age 2) skiing on the shark trainer off the swim step. Next of my son driving with me. Makes me reminisce about the progression in such a short period of time. Now at age 6 he runs 21 MPH like nothing! LOVE having them in the boat with us! Wouldn't have it any other way! He is turning into my coach!

I'll remember that when I help my buddy on the cold river tomorrow. Just ski harder and more precisely would ya!

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Looking at a family RV trip that includes Regionals, Yellowstone, A special Visit, and then Nationals.......... Exciting!

I am hearing great off-side turn, but challenging on-side from people still talking to me.........

@OB1 7 hour drive from my place...... I'll see you there!

Heard Rumors...... anyone officially know the options or at least the possibilities being considered? Considering these to be my first rodeo!

More north and you could ice as you ski. You know multi-task...............

@Skislalom perfect opportunity for a test. In the colder water conditions try a slight movement forward with bindings. You might be the one at your club to kill it in all conditions/temps. Sounds like that is a GREAT control group of scientific proportions.........

Not to sound silly...... but are you buying a ski cause it skis well or looks well? I get it that looks are important, but could you look past the appearance if the ski skied well? I know I would ski on a baby poop colored anything if it ran me deeper down my hardiest pass!

@richarddoane ? You know pink right?

@TallSkinnyGuy you mean skiing isn't enough of a priority to quit work? I thought everyone skied 6 days a week? Everyone on this forum does?

I first read @Horton thread on Volume vs Intensity last year. It was always in my head, but seemed like all my buddies that I skied with on the river wanted me to shorten every time. I decided to actually follow my desire to run VOLUME this summer and avoid the peer preasure to run a PB every set. My suggestion is to run a TON of buoys at line lengths and speeds that are achievable every time with GREAT TECHNIQUE. It does no good to bang your head against the wall trying to run your almost or true hardest passes. In your case, if you can comfortably start at 28 MPH, I would run 2 passes at 28 MPH and then 4 passes at 30 MPH. If you can ski every day, I would do that 2 sets a day for 4 days in a row. On Day 5, run down the speeds to failure and go 28 MPH, 30 MPH, 32 MPH (if you run it go to 34 MPH, if not drop back to 32 MPH) and finish out the set with your last successful rope length (likely 30 MPH?) and run MORE buoys. On Day 6, I would ski 2 sets of 2 passes at 28 MPH, and 4 Passes at 30 MPH. On Day 7, I would NOT SKI AT ALL! REST! This summer I spent about 90% of my practice time at 32' Off working on finishing my offside turn. I really only ran 35' Off in tournaments (And a few days where I ran it 28, 32, and four 35's). I think I ran 38 in practice about 4 times and tried it about 8 times total. VOLUME netted me running 38' Off in 3 different tournaments this season, way more buoys at 38 than last season, and a new PB of 2@39.5' Off. I am a firm believer in practicing a line length that is achievable with GREAT Technique. Next thing you know, that achievable pass moves up to the next line length or speed. Stick with VOLUME and it will net higher buoy counts. Use intensity infrequently.