KeownFILMS Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Video Description: Jeff Rodgers set a new record of 1@43' off in the second round of the Little Mountain Record Tournament on September 15th, 2012. The next day, he scored 1.25@43' off in the first round of the day, and 1@43' off again in the second round. He was the first skier to run 41' off at 36 MPH in 1997, and now he's the first to run it at 34 MPH. Jeff's original score on Saturday was 1.25@43' off, but since he lost the handle right before the second buoy it was corrected to 1@43'. Big thanks to Little Mountain Lake and Race City Marine for putting on the tournament. Check out Jeff's documentary at http://43at43.com/ Music: Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Green Onions 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klindy Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Outstanding job Jeff!!! Glad I was able to be there and be a part of it! Great video Will!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller tjm Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 Thank you for posting this, very very exciting to watch!!!! Congratulations to Jeff Rodgers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Garn Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 Unbelievable skiing! And Jeff seems like such a nice, down-to-earth guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GregDavis Posted September 18, 2012 Members Share Posted September 18, 2012 Congrats Jeff, WOW! Very exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 Jeff Rodgers is a beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihart Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 Anyone know what ski he was on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 9400 Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 That rumor may be inaccurate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Texas6 Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 Dude is a beast, and he put an enormous exclamation point on that record by running it three times in a single weekend. Unbelieveable skiing from a humble guy that anybody would like to see at the top. What an accomplishment and what a freaking career Jeff has had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 Simply incredible. The position Jeff is in when the rope comes tight and his ability to stay stacked under incredible load is a testament to his skill and his power. Terrific skiing Jeff! Thanks for posting the video @KeownFILMS ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted September 18, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted September 18, 2012 Rumar has it his arm soccets have been medically altered to take the loads and slack line or lack of. Geeeeez that's amazing.!! Anyone know his practice conditioning regiment on and off the water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bhs Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 @Scot, if that rumor is true, Dave should have brought back the 9500 and not the 9100. Anyone here pick up one of 200 limited 9100's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Ed_Johnson Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 Off the water he works really hard for a living digging wells !!! Must keep him in great shape. I have the utmost respect for him as a great skier and great person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lakeaustinskier Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 Great video. I love where he says "at 43 the gate is critical". At least for me the gate becomes critical at much longer line lengths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller estrom Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 To my novice eye, Jeff is completely different than Nate, which shows there's more than one way to get it done. I see Nate as smooth and light on the line where Jeff cranks out insane turns and then hangs on and bully's his way across to the next ball. Both are amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MattP Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 @9400 thats why they call the rumors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MrJones Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 43 looks shorrttt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Skoot1123 Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 I could only dream of getting into that short of line length. Being 5' 9" doesn't help. But then Terry Winter gets into 41!!! It is possible, there is a chance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller JohnCox Posted September 18, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 18, 2012 That was something else to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klindy Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 @JohnCox ...again and again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwillygood Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted September 19, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted September 19, 2012 First time I had the opportunity to watch that vid with sound was just now. Humble is an understatement. How many skiers, pro or otherwise, have you heard refer to their ski set as "we" ......as in "we get down to the end of the lake and we opted up to 38" & "when we got to the 41..." He is THE quintessential gentleman. BTW. amazing driving. How in the world do you do those techniques talked about in another thread (countering, blocking, holding) with all that going on behind the boat. WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeownFILMS Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 @Wish He does that all the time. I think the only time he uses "I" is if he's referring to how he felt about something. It's like he never wants to take full credit for anything because he wants to acknowledge the people around him any time he does something. It's incredible how humble he is and when I...I mean we, did 43@43, he said "we" a lot to reference his family and friends when most people wouldn't. The guy truly is a waterski legend, but he doesn't really worry about being recognized for his accomplishments. That's not why he skis. He just does it for the challenge and fun! If there is anyone in this sport to look up to I'd say it would have to be Jeff! I'm so glad I was there to capture his first record of the weekend. Thanks for the kind words on the video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gregy Posted September 19, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 19, 2012 @estrom I was thinking Jeff's and Nate's gates at the Shortest lines look similar were they both use two hands and reach forward with a slight bend at the waist and then turn and ski they're hips into the handle. Other than that not much in common other than neither of them looks like they have a heavy muscular build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeownFILMS Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 @gregy Nate and Jeff look pretty similar when they turn. Schnitz took the picture of Nate and the picture of Jeff is from my film camera earlier this year at 36 mph. The one of Jeff is right before he grabs the handle and it looks like Nate's is right as he grabs it. Each picture is of their onside turns as well. http://i.imgur.com/ltk6U.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gregy Posted September 19, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 19, 2012 @keownfilms, When you look at them there they do look very similar! Jeff sure comes out of the turn a lot harder, almost looks like stops at times. Jeff's got to be one of the best scramblers ever though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bhs Posted September 19, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 19, 2012 @wish, had a similar experience. Watched on my phone earlier but couldn't really hear. Turnedit on again when I came home on a bigger screen and got to listen. The whole thing is pretty incredible, amazing skiing, super cool person and yes rubber bindings. Also, big thanks to KeownFilms! You did a great job and thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted September 19, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 19, 2012 Fantastic Video!! Thanks for posting. "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller andjules Posted September 19, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 19, 2012 @KeownFILMS they do have head & shoulders pretty level and pointing down the course, similar hips and knees, and are grabbing the handle very low at the hip (wish I could). But (and I'm just re-gurgitating what others have said elsewhere on the forums), Nate seems to have a talent for letting the ski come around more before hooking up - look how much closer Nate's tip is to going under the line (and yes, I realize Nate's shot is taken an instant further into the turn, but I still think his tip was further ahead @ hookup). The other thing is Jeff's outside shoulder is coming around more aggressively vs Nate's staying open. I think those two things have a lot to do with why Nate & Jeff tend to look so different an instant - or about 5' feet - later in the sequence. If that sounds like a critique of Jeff's skiing, i) I'm an intermediate nobody, and ii) although I love watching Nate & try to learn from his style, I think Jeff is a lot more fun to watch and brings out the all-heart/hang-on feeling that I love about course skiing. Great film. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MrJones Posted September 19, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 19, 2012 KeownFILMS. Do you have a similar pic of their offside turns? Also, was Jeff skiing "L" when he broke the record? I am assuming so as everyone has mentioned him skiing 4 rounds. If so there should be boat video out there somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klindy Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 It was class L. 2 separate tournaments on 2 days of 2 rounds each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeownFILMS Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 @andjules They definitely have different styles.I just happened to see that picture of Nate when I was editing 43@43 and immediately thought of how Jeff turns the buoy. It's kind of cool how different they are in other aspects but look similar at that moment. Jeff has a unique and powerful style while Nate has a smooth and light style. Whatever they are doing seems to be working for each of them respectively haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 @lakeaustinskier I thought the same exact thing when I first heard the audio. Especially the casual manner he has when he says it. As us mere mortals struggle with our 38 gate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Than_Bogan Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 Thinking about how humble and down-to-earth he appears in this video, it seems even more odd that he is carrying on this charade of not telling anyone what he is skiing on. If he was planning to have some fun with a "big reveal," wouldn't this be the time? First EVER to run 34/-41? Not gonna get a more interesting milestone than that, I don't think. I've never met Jeff and maybe he has a great reason for the secrecy. But it's starting to seem really weird from afar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Than_Bogan Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 @OB These are interesting and enlightening points, and you are absolutely right that I am not a true competitor. I could care less about beating anyone; I just want to ski better. It can be hard to remember that other people have different goals and motivations! Perhaps the parallel I should draw is that I'm not about to tell anyone how I optimized the snot out of a 2d median filter. That innovation is hard to discover on your own, and is an important competitive advantage for my employer. That helps put it in perspective. (Crap, I just put you even further ahead of me in The Points again. When will I learn??) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MrJones Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 ... or maybe he doesn't want to give a company that is not supporting him with skis, etc. free publicity. Maybe he built it in his garage and plans to make a killing selling the JR 43 ski. All that is jokeing of course. Over the years Jeff has ridden almost everything out there and skied well on it. I don't think the ski really matters. He could probably borrow my ski or your ski and run 41. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jlittle Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 I'm tellin' you, it's an EP Stiletto :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller andjules Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 @MrJones ... or maybe he doesn't want to give a company that is not supporting him with skis, etc. free publicity. Maybe he shoulda painted out that "Overton's" on his swanky intermediate nylon vest :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Than_Bogan Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 I agree the ski doesn't matter. I was just trying to understand where he's coming from, and OB has helped me quite a lot with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Garn Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 I got a kick out of his nylon vest. While everyone is going withe the "cool" neoprene, NCA vests, he's still kicking a boring old nylon Overton vest. I think that alone gives insight into his down-to-earth personality and attitude. Garn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 @andjules if I remember correctly Jeff is friends with the Overton family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Than_Bogan Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 He could have the slogan "advertise here" on his ski. If Goode could use this in ads, they would already have a video interview with Dave on the web. I think his performance dropped when he went away from Goode several years ago. The quick turning and explosiveness of the Goodes seemed to fit his style well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jimbrake Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 in my best MS impression: "the EP Stilletto rocks". It really did. That was a great ski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Stevie Boy Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 Well Well Well, I remember there was a thread about 41 off, where there were some doubters, that the old boys could come up with the goods, Never, I say Never ! write off an old Dawg ! Congrats Jeff ! just another acholade, for another well respected all time Great ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 Agree that the original black Stilettos rocked. Not after they sold and moved company and guy who hand laid them didn't move. Isn't that what the 9001 was based off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jimbrake Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 I heard 9100 and the KD 7000. Wonder where the guy that built them went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bhs Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 @Than, no charade. He is a humble dude that lets his skiing, not his ski do the talking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Ed_Johnson Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 It's not the Arrow....It's the Indian !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MrJones Posted September 20, 2012 Baller Share Posted September 20, 2012 Actually, if you shoot stick bows you will find that almost any bow will shoot fairly well if you have well tuned arrows. The most expensive bow in the world won't shoot worth a flip if you have an arrow that is too stiff/soft or not true. Sorry, off topic a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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