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Why Do You Get Jacked?

Published on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 13:45

O’Brien sponsors Junior Masters Slalom skiers with college scholarships.

Published on Monday, 20 May 2013 17:34

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O’Brien water sports is pleased to sponsor, for the second year in a row, a Junior Masters slalom competition. Both junior women and junior men slalom skiers will have a chance to win a college scholarship. The Junior Masters Champion and runner up will ski head to head on Saturday for the junior women and Sunday for the junior men, with the winner’s each taking home a $1000.00 scholarship.

“This is a great opportunity for the junior skiers; these kids will have the chance to showcase their ability on Robin Lake during the weekend’s events.” says O’Brien General Manager Pete Surrette “O’Brien has been a long time sponsor of the Masters and we realize that the juniors are the future of these events as well as our sport. We hope this is a way to help these juniors start to achieve their goals in life.”

The Masters Water Ski Tournament is held every Memorial Day weekend on Robin Lake at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain GA. This year’s tournament is May 24^th – 26^th.

A Morning with The Wilson Bros.

Published on Sunday, 19 May 2013 20:46

Terry Winter Signs with Raptor Water Ski Technology

Published on Saturday, 18 May 2013 09:40

A New Era: The Freeride

Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 21:43

D3 Quest review

Published on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 21:55

QuestMay12SkiWest-0915-2 The D3 Quest is an all-new ski for 2013. The development process of the Quest may have started with the D3 X7 but the final product is a completely different ski.

In a field of super aggressive, fire breathing slalom skis the Quest is the most predictable and refined high end slalom ski tested to date. As opposed to being the most radical, the Quest has the right amount of the speed, angle, stability and aggression. Not radical does not mean pedestrian. In this case, it is quite the contrary. The Quest is a world class short line slalom ski.

As with many design attributes such as stability, too much or too little can make skiing more challenging. The Quest is stable enough off the wakes to allow the skier to feel comfortable and confident, but is not over stable at the expense of aggressive turns. The Quest offers a very tactile feel underfoot. In combination with other attributes this stability makes the skier feel comfortable and able stay more centered over the ski.

“Off Side” turns are dependable and consistent. Compared to other skis in the same class the Quest is perhaps less sensitive to weight distribution. Because of the ski’s basic stability the Quest makes it easier for the skier to be in better position through the turn (*). The arc from apex to hookup is crisp but not abrupt. If the skier is patient with their free hand at the end of the turn the Quest will arc far back inside the ball line for even more angle. The basic attitude of the ski is not overly tip down but is consistent.

“On Side” turns are practically indistinguishable from “Off Side” turns. Skiers who are not as centered going into their “On Side” will find that the Quest Quest-3 is quite tolerant to this technique flaw. (*) If needed the “On Side” turns can be pushed fast and hard with only a little tip rise as a consequence.

Because the finish of the turn is calm, the amount of angle the Quest establishes can be deceiving. The one thing this ski does in extreme is create angle, but it does so without making the skier feel out of control.

The overall balance of the ski means that skiers will find it easier to be centered and to be stacked from the hook up to the wakes.

From the wakes to the ball seems to be the one segment where the Quest is especially sensitive to fin and binding settings. With the right settings the Quest draws a very wide and early path to the ball. The ski is surprisingly tolerant to technical errors by the skier *. With the fin a little too far back and /or the bindings too far forward the skier will be faced with the odd experience of being very early and narrow at the ball.

Quirks: In comparison to other skis, the Quest is very sensitive to binding and fin settings but forgiving to skier indiscretions.

*Insert the obligatory “all skis work better if you ski with good technique”

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WATCH THE PRESTIGIOUS 54TH MASTERS AT CALLAWAY GARDENS VIA MASTERSWATERSKI.COM

Published on Monday, 13 May 2013 18:08

Masters Orlando, FLA (May 13, 2013) – For the ninth year in a row Nautique will provide live web coverage of the prestigious Masters Water Ski & Wakeboard Tournamentvia www.masterswaterski.com.This event is held at beautiful Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia (just outside Atlanta) over Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26.

New for this year, Apple iPhone/iPad users will be able to view the live webcast of the world’s most anticipated watersports event. View all of the live action including interviews with key industry representatives, wakesurfing exhibition with the all-new Nautique Surf System, head-to-head exhibition with slalom’s up and coming junior skiers presented by O’Brien and much more. The 54^th Masters live webcast will begin Friday morning at 8:00 am EST with the 21^st Junior Masters.

Additionally, Nautique will provide periodic live event coverage of the tournament via its Twitter and Facebook accounts (@NautiqueBoats). Follow Nautique to catch all of the latest updates during the 54^th Masters weekend.

“The Masters is the greatest tournament to experience and we are excited to offer more people around the world the ability to watch the live action from their phone or tablet,” stated Nautique’s President/CEO Bill Yeargin. “In addition, we will be showcasing wakesurfing with the patent pending Nautique Surf System behind the industry’s most innovative product, the Super Air Nautique G23,” added Yeargin.

An invitation to compete in the Masters is universally considered an acknowledgement of achievement for reaching the pinnacle in a given watersports discipline - only the world's most elite athletes compete at the Masters. To view the 2013 criteria please visit the Masters website. This tournament is sanctioned by IWWF/USA Water Ski and WWA. To watch all of 54^th Masters action live, visit www.masterswaterski.com.

How many 41s Will Nate run?

Published on Sunday, 12 May 2013 20:30

LEAVE A GUESS...WIN A NEW QUEST!!!

Nate continues his dominance of the pro slalom ranks. After a course record at the 2013 Moomba semi-final Nate came home and knocked down two complete 41 passes in his first two record events of the year. Nate has now completed eighteen 41-off passes and counting. What do you think the total will be by August 1, 2013?

Drop us your guess in a comment on the Quest Giveaway page.

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Contest Closes May 24, 2013