drewski32

Been waiting for this explanation for a very long time

Thread officially derailed

A decent front binding is one thing, but a toe plate likely isn't what makes him feel uncomfortable in deep water start

Upon first viewing - someone drug test this man! After reinvestigation - someone drug test this man!

You're not far off from running that pass. Focus on two things: balance and connection. Notice that in your wake crossing your hips are still a little behind you thus leading to poor connection and loss of power. I like that you don't panic and try to rip hard turns at your hardest pass, it shows control

@adamcord "If we were worried about marketing gimmicks we’d come up with something cooler sounding than this." Flextail? ?

@adamhcaldwell After seeing the example with nate I think I'm starting to understand what you're getting at. Are you suggesting that we need to achieve the required change in yaw through the transition without rolling too hard onto the inside edge and thus stopping the outbound trajectory of the ski? And by creating more roll stability and a little more freedom in yaw, it becomes easier to achieve this?

@adamhcaldwell where in the course does the quicker change in yaw take place? You're drawing the change occuring at a very wide point. Does the change happen closer to the second wake?

Could you go into more detail as to why you would want the ski to quickly reduce angle through the transition? In my mind this would put me on a narrower, later path as opposed to one that allows me to turn earlier. Very curious

PB 1.5@38 36mph Exiting the ball and into the first wake I focus to advance my COM towards my desired direction of travel, and relax my arms. At centerline I am engaging my core to advance the ski away from the boat, and keeping my shoulders level in an effort to keep my upper body resisting the boat. That's just the thought process that works for me

Does anyone know his scores? Can't find them anywhere

Used to be a very serious trumpet player, now i'm a not so serious trumpet player. I sat principal in my youth symphony back in high school and toured Europe. Other than that, I'm trying to scrounge up the cash to get more into motorsports. Really want a spec 944

I hold with my fingers until s*** starts getting hairy, then my palms start to bleed

I was going to make a poll but not sure I can on mobile. At -35, -38 and shorter, do most of you actually start the turn well before the ball to conserve space, or do you feel that there simply isn't enough available width to do that? At -35 and shorter I get the feeling in my own skiing that the latter is true. It could just be discomfort on my part, or maybe I'm lacking something in my technique? A little background in my skiing, I first started running -32 about 4 years ago. I've run -35 twice in practice at 36mph, and scored 2 and 3 in tournaments more times than I can remember. Just this week I tried it at 34 and stroked it my second try, and did that again the next day

Same problem has plagued me for years

It's interesting to see that there are more people than I previously thought that are in a similar situation to me. I've struggled with my onside my entire career, mostly due to a pi$$ poor transition into 2/4/6 (RFF). While it's not easy to slam an offside turn and make up space, I can pretty easily ride the line out to the buoy and finesse the ski back in on a tight, early line even if I'm in trouble. My bad transition into 2/4/6 is definitely what's holding me back from running more buoys. I get great one balls at -35, and even have gotten a decent one the few times I've made it to -38 in practice. The problem is I still can't control the line leaving the wakes into the other side.

@Toddl My post: "Do we really think Nate chose to not turn 3 and prevent himself from going for any piece of 4-ball???" No, I don't think he was capable of turning in that moment. I'm talking about the bug picture, not one particular instance

Go watch the video of Nate's 2.5@43 world record. You'll hear him say "2.25 would've been ideal, but 2.5 is a safe score." Did I ever say it's necessarily a good or bad thing ? No, I kept that one to myself. It's one of the only ways those guys have to make money so good for them. Also, isn't it generally that boat sponsors will only pay out once a year for a record? I heard this from someone at the ridge a long time ago, can't remember who

I realize the boat path may or may not be legit, but remember that video of Andy running 3.5 in practice? Nate looked this past weekend like he has more than 3 in him right now. However, sandbagging for money means we won't see the scores upped by more than the minimum each time the record is broken. Someone will run it, but it'll be a decade from now at minimum unless politics change.

Weren't we discussing how to increase participation not that long ago? Nationals is like a pro-am. And if the best skier loses to someone who's 40th in the rankings, congrats to the winner and/or shame on the "best" for getting his ass kicked

He's only 16. Does this make him the youngest person to run 39?

It's really tough to say if he was in skiing position or not though. It looks like his fall actually started right before the line, and he managed to just barely hang on long enough. Literally right before the buoyline he crunches severely if you watch in slow motion

those pictures of mapple are just.... wow

I'm absolutely in love with the new prostar, I'd hate to see it disappear

get him into the habit of a proper reach early on... down the buoy line and up. Form great habits early on