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@Jody_Seal @AndersonSkiTeam Jody, my brother and I learned to ski behind an old 70's flat-hull jet boat with a 440 Olds motor. The wake was soft and flat but the softball-sized balls of water that the jet would shoot into your chest always made wake crossings an adventure. Had a lot of fun behind that boat :-) As for a buttery wake - the Carbon Pro is the softest wake I've skied

@BlueSki Thanks for the encouragement, I'll keep working at finding the sweet spot

@AdamCord Thanks, Adam. I'll try to take some video Friday morning and send it your way

@Than_Bogan I'm actually 7 sets and 3 settings deep. I have to admit that on the last 6 skis I've transitioned to in the past 12 years or so, they just worked within the first half-dozen sets and with a couple of settings adjustments. This ski feels way off for me. @BlueSki @Skoot1123 Adam Cord was kind enough to give me some alternative settings and I've given them a try. @Ed_Johnson also gave me something to try (will give it a go on Friday). Here are the settings I tried (First three so far, will ski EJ's on Friday) 28.50 2.53 6.740 0.920 8.00 28 1/2 2.500 6.800 0.900 7.0 28 1/2 2.430 6.970 0.920 7.0 28 1/4 2.425 6.975 1.090 5.0 @owennibley I'll PM you

I know that many skiers have had an amazing experience on the C75, but after three trips to the lake and 3 different fin settings, I can't get the 2021 C75 to work for me. I'm on a Large Standard Flex. Offside is really nice and consistent, but I've lost my onside and the standard flex just doesn't feel right to me. I'm not a good skier (I usually make 95% of my 22-off passes and 50%-75% of my 28-off passes) but since switching to the C75 I have struggled to make any of my 22-off passes. There is a nearly brand new C75 on ski-it-again at a great price if anyone is looking for a good deal.

Been on various Reflex front/R-style rear bindings for a few years due to consistency of release (rear shin beware), but in terms of fit, feeling and responsiveness, my favorite were my Goode Powershells. The Goode shell flexibility made my skis feel like they were part of my feet/ankles. For me, the best blend of hardshell and rubber bindings, but I didn't like the inconsistency of release.

The Ion looks great. Enjoy! I'm still waiting for my Denali to arrive and can't wait to give it a ride

This is really good -- thank you!

Thanks, @paul413ski - Appreciate the advice

Thanks, I actually experimented with a 2019 Senate Pro this summer for two weeks. Loved the predictability of the ski, but I was on a 67 and it felt like I was sinking and sluggish compared to my Vapor (I'm 6-2 and 210 lbs). I worry that the 69-inch Senate Pro will be too big if I upsize. I wish Radar made a 68 inch Senate. I sold the Senate to a friend at my club and it transformed his skiing.

I'm ready for my next ski. I've been skiing a 68" 2019 Vapor Pro Build for a season, and I don't ski it as well as my 2016 Vapor (my previous ski). Onside is great, but offside is a complete guess at every offside ball (I'm RFF). I'm in my 3rd season of skiing the course seriously and working hard on technique. But that said, I have very little confidence in this ski after riding it for over 100 sets and I'm ready to try something new . I ski about half of my passes at 28-off and I ski mostly at 32 mph, but working towards 34 mph. There are a lot of great insights on both skis on BOS, but very few, if any, comparisons between the two skis. So...any advice on the differences between these two skis and what I can expect from each? Thanks! :smile:

I'm sorry. That is a painful injury. In my experience you will be off the water for 4-5 weeks. Good luck with a quick recovery.

@mtnskiskate I have a never-skied thin liner I can sell you at a discount if you want mine that I purchased two months ago. Just let me know.

I had the same experience with the 5.0. Followed the Reflex measurement guide and the #10 that I ordered was impossibly small, even with the thin liner. I returned it for a #12. I normally wear a 11.5 D (average width) shoe and the 12 works just fine. You can use the buckles to manage how tight it fits to your foot (the volume of the boot). I use the larger Intuition liner, thin liner was sloppy. The only problem I have with the 12 is that the plate it comes with is really long and the front of the plate is well beyond the inserts on my ski and the pressure applied by the release causes the front of the plate to bow up by about 1/4 of an inch at the front of the plate. That was unsettling to me so I eventually drilled and epoxied two more inserts into my ski to hold the front of the plate down (there were slots for this on the plate. It may not have been needed, but it gives me peace of mind. Hope this helps. Good luck!

Man, I sure hope I am still skiing in 20 years -- thanks for the motivation. FWIW, at 30 mph and 22 mph, and your weight of about 190, I would try a 69" Senate. In my experience, the Senate is more stable and forgiving than a Vapor. 69 might be a bit large, but my guess is that is would be a good option to try.

Thanks for the advice, guys. I’m going to give it a few more days and see how things feel before charting a course of action. Any arm movement below my shoulder isn’t too bad. Anything above my shoulder is “no bueno”

Hey ballers, I thought I would see if the community has any advice on rehabing shoulder injuries from impact injuries (hard falls). I thought with age I had learned to avoid a bad OTF, but yesterday I went over the front on my way to 6-ball and crashed hard. I'm sore all over, but also injured my shoulder. This is the fourth time in 12 years I've had the same injury to a shoulder (two left, two right): no full dislocation, and twice in the past an orthopedist looked at an MRI and said nothing was torn, but like in the past I can't lift my arm above my head without using my other arm to assist with the lift. Even a tossing a tennis ball a few feet will have me cringing in pain. Pain is in the front half of the should, deep at the socket. In the past, this injury took 1-2 years to heal and never back to normal (fortunately, I could ski after a few weeks). Not having a working shoulder really sucks. Anyone else have similar shoulder injuries, and any advice on physical therapy/rehab? Thx!

@keithh2oskier - Setting aside the esoteric black magic of fin settings for a minute, any BOS member who can combine Letterkenny and skiing makes me smile :-)

Fill it up! When I do this on my Carbon Pro is comes close to balancing hte wake. When you are behind the boat before your set, you can see if it needs less (or more, which would requre other weight) but mine was close enough for what I need. I drain mine after each use, but if I forget, it will slowly drain out on my boat - learned this from the tiny rivulet of water that was draining out my boat after forgetting to drain the ballast. Haven't had any troubles with it and I think it is a nice feature as I never ski with an observer in the boat. Hope this helps!

FWIW, I think this issue is common in most sports where equipment/gear is used by an athlete. The high performance gear (bows in archery, raquets in tennis, rods in fly fishing, etc.) tends to be more sensitive to technique. If you are extremely consistent in your form and can utilize the high end of the performance curve, they feel magic in a good way more often than not. For those of us who are far from world class (in abilty or technique) they can sometimes (and on a bad day every time) feel squirelly and highly unpredictable --those days when the slalom course can feel more like a rodeo than skiing. With gear at the top of the price range, some models are known for predictabilty and others for top-end performance. Very rarely do you get both in a single product. So I guess your choice depends on what you want to achieve ;-)

Eagle Platinum has been great -- doesn't ride up, right amount of padding, super durable, doesn't retain water/dries quickly. My best piece of ski gear.

I'm 1.5 seasons on my reflex front and r-style rear setup. Since switching I've avoided the ankle injuries that I would experience on my Good Powershells, but I often miss my Powershells. I feel like I was always in control of a turn in the Powershells. On my reflex/r-style bindings, it seems like a little bit of a crapshoot from one turn to the next (much less consistency). The Reflex releases are consistent and predictable (although the ski sometimes beats the crap out of me when I release (shredded shins and bruised inner thighs) -- but nothing that keeps me off the ski. So net/net, I plan to stay with the Reflex setup.

I'd echo the comments about how you grip the handle may impact your thoughts on gloves. I used to ski with the handle gripped tightly in the palm of my hands and I had problems gripping the handle and bad calluses forming. Then 5 or 6 years ago I started heavy (for me) deadlifting in the winters as part of my workouts. You can't hold 500 lbs squeezing the bar in your palms and so you learn how to hold weight with your fingers (btw, same mixed grip as we used in skiing). Once I gained that skill, any problems with my gloves went away. FWIW - the black version of the 41 tails works for me (good combination of durability and I can feel the handle well enough).

@dwfrech Thank you! I owe you one. This is exactly what I was looking for. I mounted the binding/boot to my Vapor and I am really happy with the 5.0 so far. FWIW, my early edition Reflex boot seemed to leave me poorly connected to the ski -- every ball was a guess as to how the ski was going to turn. With the 5.0 I feel really connected/stable and the turns were much more predictable for the two sets I ran. Hope that trend continues. Thanks again for the help. Happy skiing!

I tried a 67 2019 Senate Pro this spring and while I loved the consistency, it felt too small for me -- I'm 6-2 and was skiing at 215 (bloody Covid weight gain!). I'd try a 69