What is the last line length....

[MNshortliner]

That you don’t feel like you can get wide and early.

[Horton]

@MNshortliner I have been wide & early to one ball at the pass I've never run... ( 39 )

[Andre]

Not sure of the question but for me, i would say 32 off is the last loop you can run with bad technique.

Been trying to run 35 with same bad habits for 13 years with no success...yet.

 

[Than_Bogan]

Trying to guess at the underlying meaning of the question, I feel -35 is the first line where you have to relinquish your psychological addiction to feeling wide an early. It absolutely CAN be run wide and early, but ironically that becomes harder if you TRY to run it wide and early, instead of respecting the geometry of the handle path.

[The_MS]

@MNshortliner depends if you grip the handle with both hands knuckles down or not?

[MNshortliner]

@The_MS I haven’t done that since I skied with you.

As for the original question, I am running 35’s at 34mph and they are starting to feel pretty good but I’m trying to cut the bouts tight. Just wondering if getting wider and cutting the back side of the buoy would be a better approach.

[dchristman]

Uff da! Just when I thought I had it all figured out I may have to "cut the bouts tight" to run 35! :p

[Than_Bogan]

In that case: No. Focus on getting and carrying speed to get higher on the boat, not wider. This will make -38 possible.

[The_MS]

Like @Than_Bogan said. Gate and 1 is key. Comfortable start will make 2 ball feel early. You need to go to the end of the rope and extend. Back side slack will kill you.

[brettmainer]

There is no one answer. “Wide and early” is a relative term. Relative to how you normally approach buoys at a given pass. I have felt wide and early at 38 before, but what I thought was “early” would not have been perceived as early by a top skier. Felt earlier than normal to ME though.

 

I would say 35 is the first pass I can’t get crazy wide. Not that getting crazy wide is a good plan, but sometimes it happens, especially after going back to 32 for the last pass back to the dock after skiing 38 for a few passes.

[o2bnMaine]

35 is very ugly for me. I would never describe 35-off for me at wide or early. ;-) I'm able to run 32 staying early at most balls most of the time.