Baller ForrestGump Posted November 19, 2013 Baller Share Posted November 19, 2013 So in discussing @Horton's point to me about Nate and Mapple riding out to the buoy line with a ski on a noticeably flatter pitch, one of the top Big Dawg skiers told me this.................. I do not want to push the ski out in front of me during the edge change as that only forces my weight back, setting a harder edge with more pitch. Ideally i want my hips to move out in alignment with my knees which move out in alignment with my feet. What you find is that nearly every skier is out of alignment at that phase with either hips and shoulders back behind knees or shoulders ahead of hips which are behind feet. Nate keeps his entire unit in tact everywhere. In addition, he then stated that he believes most skiers are trying to send their ski towards the shore much too soon, right after the second wake. Which causes the boat to move away as they're slowing too much on that inside edge. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted November 20, 2013 Administrators Share Posted November 20, 2013 most skiers are trying to send their ski towards the shore much too soon Honest to Buddha I hear stuff like this and I have no idea what it means. I am not 100% sure that the way I visualize the edge change and the path out is correct but I do not "send my ski out". If I do the right things my outward inertia drags the ski away from my COM. If I resist that inertia by staying tall/ not falling to the inside and keeping the handle close to my center, I get wider. Support BallOfSpray by supporting the companies that support BallOfSpray California Ski Ranch ☆ Connelly ☆ Denali ☆ Eden Lake ☆ Goode ☆ HO Syndicate ☆MasterCraft ☆ Masterline ☆ Pentalago ☆ Performance Ski and Surf ☆ Reflex ☆ Radar ☆ Rodics OffCourse ☆ S Lines ☆ Stokes About Horton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFIN Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Could be stated in simpler terms, but yes. Which skier were u talking to? TF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted November 20, 2013 Administrators Share Posted November 20, 2013 @TFIN you talking to me? I am talking to anyone who will listen. :-) Support BallOfSpray by supporting the companies that support BallOfSpray California Ski Ranch ☆ Connelly ☆ Denali ☆ Eden Lake ☆ Goode ☆ HO Syndicate ☆MasterCraft ☆ Masterline ☆ Pentalago ☆ Performance Ski and Surf ☆ Reflex ☆ Radar ☆ Rodics OffCourse ☆ S Lines ☆ Stokes About Horton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigtex2011 Posted November 21, 2013 Members Share Posted November 21, 2013 Maybe sending there ski towards shore to earlier is by separating to early. Often you see the edge change and release all at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klundell Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 I think he is talking about trying to get the ski wide of the buoy line too early. Instead of riding the natural line of the handle with your line of site inside the buoy until extending at the apex of the arc and just slipping the ski outside the buoy line. I know when I finally started trusting a narrower (inside the buoy line) preturn I started running a lot more 38's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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