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brettmainer

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  • Preferred boat
    SN 200
  • Home Ski Site
    Bell Acqua
  • Real Name
    Brett Mainer
  • Ski
    Goode XTR
  • State
    CA
  • Tournament PB
    2.5@39
  • USAWS Member # or other IWWF Federation #
    700041985

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  1. “Undecided” should be one of the choices when asking what brand of boat I will buy next. If everyone has already made up their mind, boat companies could save some money by eliminating their advertising and marketing departments.
  2. Both water and snow skiing are best performed with level head and shoulders and a quiet upper body.
  3. @JoelHowley, please don’t give @Horton such good coaching. Just tell him to pull longer.
  4. @Horton, don’t over complicate it. You should pull 10’ longer.
  5. I’ve seen this list before, but it just struck me how surprising it is that Tgas has not run it again in the last 13 years. Obviously it wasn’t a fluke, because he has multiple world championship wins. Kind of surprising.
  6. Rumor has it that the Western Regionals will be back at Bell Acqua. I hope so. Hopefully @dirt will be out on parole by then and ski with us.
  7. 10-15 lbs. I’ve lost almost 6 buoys in the last few years as I have gone from high 170s to low 190s in weight. That is likely the cause of me being more on the back foot, plowing water instead of accelerating. My top scores are only down 4 buoys, but my real average is down almost 6. I could also stand to be more connected off the second wake, but most of that is probably a function of not having the proper position and acceleration through the centerline. I miss 35 a lot recently and I haven’t run 38 in two years. I need to get my strength to weight ratio back to where it was or better, as proper technique is hard when I am behind the pendulum and not getting any swing.
  8. It would be awesome if @Not_The_Pug and the Grubbs could make Bell Acqua happen again next year. 3 lake site, 10 minutes from the airport and as central as can be in the Western Region. It would be nice to have Nationals back in picturesque Rio Linda again someday as well.
  9. 11 in 3 states, CA, TX and FLSurprisingly, only 3 lakes in tournaments, but I only skied in 4 tournaments
  10. Very disappointed to see the Syndicate Dufus is not one of the options. Optimized to create big spray for unathletic middle aged men with beer bellies. That would be more my speed.
  11. If you want to surf, go to the ocean. Surfing behind a boat is kind of fun, but not the same as feeling the ocean under your feet.
  12. @buoyboy1, I am with you on the runners high. I was a sprinter in high school and still run a bit to stay in (poor) shape. I have never felt anything but the discomfort of plodding stride after stride. I have, however, felt the perfect swing while skiing. THAT is a high!
  13. It has been several years since I had that feeling. For two years now I feel I have been dragging from buoy to buoy. Good thing that the feeling it is addictive and I keep striving for it. It is what will get me in the gym this winter. I hope to feel it again next year.
  14. @prk, interesting post. I agree, kind of, but the “yes or no, have your run it list” is attractively binary. Discounting Nate, who has proven he can run 41 anywhere, anytime, day or night (yes I know it was a little slow), there are two skiers, Freddy and Will, who can run it at any time and who have done so often in big time tournaments. Detrick and Sacha can do it and have done it (and have run 4+ many times), but seem to have health issues. If you have run 4+ many times, 6 is right there. Factoring age and height, it does seem like Joel Howley is next. Skiers like multi time world champ Tgas and former WR holder CP have age working against them to be consistent runners of 41. There is a reason you don’t see any 40+ athletes at the top of the game in any major sports. I think Ryan Canepa could also run 41 if he dedicated himself to Crossfit for 6 months this winter.
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