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david_quail

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  1. I've skied a bunch of sets behind a 200, 196, New Ski Nautique, Prostar, and LXI this year. Open at 32mph, 22 off. Then 34mph, 22, and progress to 35off. Ran that a few times and end up in 38. I have zero complaints about any of these boats and don't think for a second about the wake on any of them. At any line length or speed. Unless I'm skiing like garbage and then the wake sucks in all of them :# The biggest difference I find is driving. Where there's a clear winner.
  2. Call me a a dummy … I deserve it … but I think I just realized I set my new ski up with its wing upside down and have been skiing like this all year. Funny enough, I’ve been skiing better than ever, setting pbs. Any fin whisperer want to tell me what effect this will have caused wrt the performance of my ski? I hate messing with settings so part of me is tempted to leave it until end of year :smiley:
  3. I can't comment on your first question but can on video coaching. While in person is always good, it often tends to be intermittent (a ski school here and there), and from a different set of eyes. Unless you're lucky enough to have access to a consistent coach in the boat. I would never turn it down. But it's just hard to get the consistency required to really make tangible improvement. I've been sending Terry Winter video for the past 3 years and have gone from just starting skiing as a 38 year old, unable to run 30mph, 15off, to getting into 34mph, 35 off (yes I know, still quite a modest line length). So much of the progress I attribute to having a pro - that knows my strengths and weaknesses & what I'm working on - and turning that into constructive, actionable feedback I can practice and come back to him with. As such, I think having a consistent voice is good. Rather than 8 different coaches telling me different things (all very good things I'm sure, but consistency and a knowledge of what I've tried, what's worked, what hasn't, is great). In addition to maintaining a history with a video coach, what I like about video coaching is that it's highly visual. You can see your style, often side by side with a pros. You can watch it over and over. Added bonus is that I've gotten so many tips and video from him now that its getting to the point where I can watch my own passes (I record most all of them) and self diagnose the simple stuff myself. And get the much more nuanced feedback from him. Anyways. enough of the plug for video coaching but I can't say enough good things about how much it's helped my skiing.
  4. My 8 is outstanding at taking video (orbit, no extension). Video of me skiing 34, 28 very poorly.
  5. I can't tell a difference ... but always stay below 1/2.
  6. What @Chef23 said. Speed behind the boat is the name of the game. The key though is after center, to keep that speed going outbound (rather than getting pulled inside and down course) without adding more speed. Elbows in, handle close, balanced over middle of the ski. Whenever I feel fast and look “fast” from the boat, it’s not because my speed on the water is actually fast ... but because I’m headed straight at the ball narrow, and having to crank a turn. Rossi and Trent talk a lot about this in their podcast.
  7. @kc Last I looked, D3 doesn't offer the same in Canada (which is where @Fam-man resides) though
  8. I'm 180lbs and chose the ION after talking on the phone with the folks at D3. They say at that weight, most prefer to not have the flex. I went from the EVO to the ION and picked up a pass this year (2 at 34mph, 35 off). I'd like to think it was because of all the practice and coaching ... but the ski didn't hurt. The offside is more stable and predictable. I'd definitely demo. My friend who skis that line length tried to go from his vapor to my old EVO and couldn't run his opener after 2 weeks of trying. He gave up and went back to his vapor and started skiing better. I love it. Most people I talk to do as well. But I think it's quite a different ski than the vapor or senate. Maybe it's worth a trip up to Edmonton to ski at Shalom :) They always have a bunch of D3 skis to demo.
  9. @vtmecheng I'd echo your thoughts on coaching. And I'd also say that I'd suggest sticking to one single coach. Otherwise you'll get a million and one different things to focus on said a million and one different ways. People are well intentioned ... but sometimes getting inundated with advice by everyone is counterproductive. Stick to a single "coach" who should give you one single thing to focus on at a time. And just listen to that.
  10. The funny thing is that as you advance, you'll eventually find the problem is that you're cutting too long across the wake. Pretty much every intermediate skier I know (including myself) cuts too long and then has too much speed going into the turn. The key is to generate all the speed before the first white wash so that you can start coming out of your cut and then have your edge changed right after center-line. Ankles flexed, hips forward above your front foot, proud chest, long arms, leaning towards the wakes (rather than straight back of the boat), and you hardly feel the wake. (easier said than done). The worse your body position is, the worse the wake feels. The easiest time to practice this position is when you pull out to start a pass, and when you pull out after a pass. You're not contending with any wake then, but it's the same idea.
  11. @BraceMaker yup. In the future, I’d love to own a hydrolic. From what I can tell, so simple. So efficient. But ... so much $
  12. And for good measure ... the old pvc from our course I had to chop up and remove. New one goes in a few days after the cable and pulley. Thankfully it’s not quite yet “summer” up here in Canada so I’ll have some time to enjoy. Moral of the story ... don’t rely on the auto shut off / limit switch of your boat lift.
  13. This is a picture of the frayed cable. And bent bracket. Both after getting everything back on track. Wish I had a picture of the lift suspended and the 5 of us working. New pulley and cable system installed in a few days. le
  14. We managed to suspend the lift using multiple cable come alongs, heavy duty straps, a chain, and several metal pier stands underneath the bunks. We were over the top careful making sure that it wasn’t going to come down like Thor’s hammer once we started fiddling with the pulleys. Once we did that, we lowered the cable a bit to generate slack, then took off all of the pulleys, got them unstuck, and then put everything back on track. The bad news was that the cable is severely compromised in the process with a lot of fraying. Too risky to put the boat back on. So I trailered it and am waiting on a new pulley kit. What a pain. I’d say that process was about 3 hours for 5 of us. As I said though, we were over the top careful and spent a bit of that running around grabbing chains, pier stands etc. Looking for ward to having that fixed on Thursday and our new slalom course installed on the weekend (old one had a bunch of damage and was unusable). Definitely a slow start to our already short summer. But will squeeze everything out of what’s remaining.
  15. Going out today to try to fix. 1. Will try to move the cradle to the side just enough to free the pulley from the bolt/other pulley and hit “down”. 2. If that doesn’t work, will ratchet the boat and cradle up with heavy duty straps. Remove the pulleys, lower cable a couple inches. R-attach the pulleys. 3. If that fails ... call the professionals ...
  16. Good points. Probably about 4 or 5 feet of water. The winch literally stops when I try to lower it any more (I can lift it up an inch and then lower it to this spot). So can't create any slack.
  17. @oldjeep How to get the tension off though? Either jack from below? Connect heavy duty straps to the corners and ratchet up?
  18. I’ve come to rely on our auto stop feature on our boat lift. Lift it up until it stops. Done. But the stop failed and I was on the trigger a second too long before I realized it. As a result the Pully system is all jammed up and the lift won’t lower. Anyone been through this? I could try some heavy duty straps and ratchets to try and get the weight on the frame, and lower the cable a few inches to free up the Pully? Jacking a boat up in the water doesn’t seem exactly easy. This sounds crazy, but the lift dealer I just talked to, who serviced them, said as a last resort they cut the cable and replace it. He says it’s scary as hell seeing the boat drop, but it doesn’t damage anything. He’s done it for massive surf boats, so ski boats are nothing. Seems so sketchy.
  19. I ended up pulling the trigger on a new ez-slalom course. Quick connect sections so hopefully future issues will be easier to isolate and fix ... without ripping the whole thing out.
  20. @pregom Yup. Ours is that design. We worked backwards from one end. And then encountered this. No idea how it could get so tangled up ... even with one loose end.
  21. I’ve inherited maintenance of a course. It’s been spliced together a dozen times - mainline and pvc. I guess the mainline snapped last year and the wind dragged it in all types of direction. No idea how to actually untangle without bringing onto shore (and no idea what these cans were tied on for). Hence my earlier post about upgrading to a new one ... What. A. Mess.
  22. @addkerr big lake but I have shore access for most of it. Needs to be sunk every September. I’ve used ez slalom before and really liked them but don’t think they’re available :'(
  23. Including 55s. About 10 to 20 feet of water. Any recommendations?
  24. For what type of skier is the S version better? Same price, so I guess it’s a matter of preference / style? I realize that S has a softer flex ... but who is that better for?
  25. Not in Canada :( Officially cancelled today :(
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