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Both feet in when starting? If your plowing that tells me your weight is too far back and the ski is vertical. Try sucking your rear foot under your butt as the boat goes to keep the ski at a 30 degree angle to the water. trying to think of why the hard shell would cause this - maybe your pushing through your front heel instead of the ball of your foot, hence changing the ski’s angle of attack. the flex in the rubber bindings lends itself to getting you to press with the ball of foot and get on top of the ski. With a hard shell you have to be more deliberate in you positioning. i seem to recall missing my first start or two when I made this transition a decade ago. hope this helps.

Hi - small chance I might take a new job that would be in Austin, what would the commute time during rush hour be from this location? thanks JMO

Jodi Fisher is great place as well. https://jodisskiskool.com

Bummer - looks like you at Ann McGinnis’ place in Fort Lauderdale? if so it might be the baggage handlers at that airport, I was there a few weeks ago and the plastic shielding on the side of my masterline bag got torn off, fortunately no damage to the ski. Ann said the week before one her clients ski bags got run over and destroyed the skiis and the sport tube.

I used a collagen supplement for year upon a recommendation from my trainer. Didn’t seem to make a difference for me. not sure there has been a medical study to prove benefit. After all since you eat it, your digestive track is going to break it down anyways, so if you eating well it shouldn’t be needed IMHO.

For me it’s - off season training: strength, cardio, and mobility/stretching. This helps offset the abuse from the asymmetrical loading incurred from waterskiing. then in season, warm up before skiing, stretch/mobility after. Give yourself rest days and mix in a few non skiing workouts. Big fan of Jenny LaBaw’s program, I have worked with her directly and highly recommend it direct or via flow point method. as I have gotten older, skipping post workout stretching/mobility exercises gets me in the most trouble. It makes a big difference in how sore I am the next day.

@Dano I don’t see the post above changing guidance for the gt40? The bottom section of the PCM guidance post above for “others like gt40” is incomplete as it specifies the change interval only. You can see on the PCM site, the service advisory notice on this still shows 15w40 for the gt40 (above 50 degrees F) The switch to dexos 5w30 from 15w40 is for the newer DI engines. This is where the “Notice” at the bottom regarding change it at the next interval is relevant.

FYI, dexos gen 3 has replaced gen 2. I could only find gen 3 this past Fall when I winterized.

Biggest difference I notice skiing the 200, 196 & Prostar is at 30-32 mph and 22 off. There is a small bump on the 196 & 200 wake that’s just not there on the Prostar. Best way I would describe the difference is if your just learning 22 off, the Prostar wake is more forgiving if you hit it on a flat ski.

@rfa pm sent!

Thanks everyone, I found a furniture uphosterly repair guy locally that thinks he can swap in a heavy duty zipper, will see what the $ to repair is.

Hi, my master line one event travel bag has a busted zipper, and ML doesn’t repair them anymore. Does anyone have the new Radar travel roller bag? It’s almost the exact same dimensions as the ML but is way cheaper. Curious how it compares. we travel internationally with 2 slalom skiis, the ML worked great until the zipper started to go. sport tube isn’t a great option for international travel given security fully opens them up and won’t carefully repack it after they are done. thanks

Our course is on a public lake, a boat guide got taken out recently, but what was strange was the line wasn’t cut - it was completely pulled off the pole. as you can see in the picture the prop caught the rope and pulled it through the clamp that establishes the loop around the pipe.

I would pull it all. Your shoreline is conducive to easy removal via getting a wheel kit for the lift.

Nice - behind my boat my kids, nieces and nephews have to “earn” a tubing ride by skiing (or at least trying.)