Southside_Mike

Thank goodness they don't do that with crash vests, wetsuits and skis

Not sure about them as casual wear. Saw a sign outside a pub in an article about them that said "No Dryrobe w**kers"

Dryrobe was started by Gideon Bright, a Cornwall based surfer. They're really popular over here

But if this guy takes up Waterskiing -

The fundamental difference between a boat and car is that you can take the car to a rapid charger if you need to recharge in less than several hours. No matter what happens regarding battery technology, the basic facts are that unless your set requirements per day can be satisfied on a single charge, it will be a problem as the cost of installing a rapid charger at a lake would be prohibitive

I had a pre-release last year and then a second one earlier this season. I had tightened a quarter turn each time. I then bought a new boot (classic slalom) and found that the setting was too tight when I dock tested. Obviously, the new boot might be slightly different but I do think that over time there is some deformation which may make a pre release more likely

First pre-release today (I'd replied to the poll previously). Have used Reflex binding for 3 seasons and as I'm a 15 off skier, I've had it set pretty light (just below 4). I've been working on my gate this year and going quite a bit harder into centre line. Today it pre-released at the first wake and my face hit the ski. It was quite choppy so that might have contributed. I've checked the mechanism and I can't see anything wrong. I've tightened it just a bit and went back out after the bleeding stopped and ran a few passes without problems.

They're on cable. Cheaper, less painful, much faster progression (easier).

Definitely don't chuck the rope out before you get in the water. Once saw a wakeboarder do this and fully submerge when he jumped in - came up with it coiled round his neck. Boat was drifting away so he started to choke before the driver threw it into reverse. Ultimately no damage but a scary moment.

@MISkier - Sorry about that - it's a UK mobile phone advert. Kevin Bacon has done a load of them over here. He ends up wakeboarding down the Thames

Actually, it's pretty easy to link Kevin Bacon to water skiing ( sort of)

Very few people talk about goofy and regular in wakeboarding these days. It causes a lot of confusion with the concept of regular being your natural stance versus your switch stance. As far as I know, when this has been looked at in wakeboarding the split is about 50:50 so it is clearly not related to handedness. It would be more interesting to see how it relates to kicking foot (assuming Americans do much of that sort of thing)

@Horton - I don't think you should be regretting bringing up pelvis rotation. As a 15 off skier working up through the speeds what you have been discussing is very helpful. Clearly the orientation of my upper body in relation to my lower body needs to change between the point I start to change edge (probably a bit later than you guys, but that's another subject) and the point I hook up with the boat again after the buoy. What I'm taking from this discussion is that the first part of that is squaring up with the ski as I head outbound and then leading into the turn itself (especially offside) with my hips/lower body which I can understand will produce a natural "counter rotation" effect as my shoulder will inevitably rotate out slightly. The idea that this will keep my weight forward compared with pulling my outside shoulder/arm back makes a great deal of sense and I can see that I will have a much better chance of getting into a half decent position at the end of the turn doing that. Without the pelvis bit, I don't think I could really understand what you are getting at. Hope I've understood correctly - if not then please have another go

Golfguy - very reasonable question for which there are a number of answers - 1. Electrically powered vehicles are quiet, have loads of torque and (probably) are less damaging to the environment 2. They have far fewer moving parts and are much cheaper to service. Winterization? Pah! 3. As the car industry moves towards a future where most cars are electrically powered, how easy is it going to be to obtain engines, parts and fuel? 4. Many boats reside in places where there is lots of sunshine - could this be used to power the boat? So lots of potential reasons to consider this option. The technology isn't there yet, IMO, but will probably get there eventually

Like everyone else in the UK, I have 230 volts at home. Doesn't mean I can rapid charge. Best you can get is 7kw/hr which is a long way from even standard 50kW/hr rapid charging