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The above Ski-Doc is sold. Thank you to all who showed interest.

Don't know where else to put this but I have a Ski-Doc that is just collecting dust. I might as well sell it and let someone get some use out of it. It's hardly been used... maybe a month or two at most. DM me if interested!

Not for our setup. It works great. 30k for the cheapest zero off boat by yourself or 6500 split 8 ways to get a much better boat. Plus, the club tried the whole "bring your own boat thing" Turns out having more than one boat on a small ski lake doesn't work out that well. But I'll take your suggestion to heart. 😉

Well now I feel foolish... I'm normally good at pop culture references. 🤣

The keys are essentially the same things as a notebook just a lot more convenient. The key box is wired to the emergency lanyard circuit so the boat won't start unless there is a key turned on. Otherwise the boat operates as normal. Very simple and easy way to keep track of hours. i've had a shared boat setup many different ways over the years and this by far is the easiest to manage. Having a notebook and making sure you write down you hours is cumbersome and easily missed. I'm not sure I follow your question.

We have a group of 8 people on our club boat. We set up an LLC and have a written agreement with all the formal stuff but we are all considerate and treat each other with respect. To make it fair we each have an hour meter that keep track of use per owner and then and the end of the year we collect the per hour rate. That hour rate pays for gas, maintenance, storage, etc. It's worked out very well for us so far.

Yes, Will Asher can run shortline in almost any configuration of ski. 67" is the size of my CX SL. I'm willing to part with the ski for a very reasonable price. Bindings included.

Certain ski designs are more "in tune" with different style of skiers. I'm not an expert skier by any means but after breaking my front ankle 2 years ago and now my rear foot on the same ski doing the EXACT same type of crash, and not having any other problems on my onside turn on any other ski (I've tried many. Senate, Vapor, C75, Omega, Alpha, XTR, Works 01, Omega Max) I think my conclusion is that this ski is the problem. Comparing against one of the top ranked skier in the world for the past 20 years doesn't really say a whole lot. Will Asher is extremely talented and could ski on pretty much any ski and run shortline passes. Be happy to send the ski to you so you can test your theory..... 😂

Its been a month or so and the result of that CX Superlite crash was 2 broken bones and a heavily sprain big toe. I was in a boot for 4ish weeks and I was lucky to not have significant damage to the critical lisfranc ligament. I lost 6 weeks+ in the prime of summer and many other activities with the family were impacted. Moral of the Story: Exactly what @adamhcaldwell said, if you can't trust your ski on you onside turn, throw it on the fire and forget about it. I got back skiing this week using a rear boot to brace my back foot as flexion of the toes still hurts A LOT, and it was good. Started out trying the Works 01 and I can see how this ski can be amazing. Tons of grip and turns very well. However, I then tried my Omega MAX and yep, sticking with that. Actually ran 32' off yesterday, tied my PB after 6 weeks of not skiing. Funny how an extended rest can help your skiing.

Moved the bindings back a hole and tried the CX SL again.... same result. Blown tail and sprained rear big toe. Hurts like hell. This time I got video. 28'@34. I think my CX experiment has come to an end. Going to get the W01 or stick with my Omega Max. https://youtu.be/1CDFiG6a44Q

Today I was skiing at 34mph at 28-32 off. I love how fast the ski is across course but I do want a little more grip. I might be trying the Works 01 to compare.

Unfortunately, I don't have video of the crash of me skiing on this ski. Yes, it is a shallow tunnel ski and extremely easy to ride. Super fast from wake to wake but I think you are right. Might not be feasible to get the ski to where I want it. I still want to play with the settings, if you guys were to change a fin setting, which direction would you go?

I've never measured that before. I use a RTP so I just put it as close as I can to the front boot without my toes hitting the front boot. What would that spread change? Honestly I can't remember. That is a possibility. But it didn't feel like the tip grabbed. It felt like I initiated the turn and I just lost grip on the ski. I know I was coming in hot and tried to crank 2 ball hard and next thing I know I'm in the water and my foot got cranked out of the boot pretty hard. What are you thoughts?

Had to use my backup ski (CX Superlite) because my binding broke and holy smokes..... I don't know why I ever stopped skiing on that thing. And then I remembered why.... the tail blew out and I broke my ankle on my front foot a few years ago. I did the exact same crash on it today and luckily my foot came out of the binding this time. Despite the ski's best effort to kill be again, I'm so impressed with the ski that I want to see if I can adjust the fin to reduce the tail blowing out on my on-side. What do you guys recommend? Increase depth by .005" change DFT? fin length? Right now they are stock: 29.50" 6.860” 2.510” 0.775” 7 DEGREES Any help from you guys would be very much appreciated. BTW: HO CX Superlite is the most underrated ski of all time IMO. 😄

best thing I ever did was to change from double boot to RTP. So much easier to get up and maneuver with a free foot. It took almost half the season to get back to my normal passes but absolutely worth it. Best of luck!