Dano and Cord are on the money with those last few posts. @Horton Please see ridicule below... --- "There is a maximum amount of manageable load that any individual skier can manage off the second wake"Agreed however that maximum amount of manageable load changes depending on how well you are doing the things mentioned in that edge change video of mine you posted. --- "Leaving the second wake, the more load the better up to the point where the load is unmanageable"Nope… There is a correct amount of load regardless of your ability to manage it. If you are loading harder than Fred at 41 when trying to run 35 it is probably too much. --- "As soon as the handle passes the centreline the handle path changes"Path of the ski changes as a result of the edge change. Handle arc does not exactly have a corner. See link to vid for my thoughts.
--- "So if the ski is still on its away edge and the skier is still trying to maintain the same path as before the first wake then the load will spike beyond what the skier can manage leading to separation"If the skier does not have the ability to control load, speed and angle individually there is a risk of separation.To run 39 the direct correlation between load, speed, angle needs to uncouple.Skiers who run 39 manage load, speed and angle as three separate things.I keep my load through the edge change while allowing my ski to gradually point more at the ball and my speed to reduce.Note peak load is still exiting the ball.