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Great news!! It wouldn't hurt to have a few typos in there. Make it harder for people to recognize what you're doing?!

Body position (sitting too much) -- get your hips between your shoulders and your front heel. Giving up width by not maintaining contact with the rope enough after the spray line. But others already said those things. Go out and watch this video. Key in on the speed you are skiing most. Play both videos side-by-side. Watch where Horton is in the course compared to you and look at his body position and how strong his rope control is. You'll probably see a difference in where you see him accelerate (and how fast). Also, watch how he continues his outbound swing after the spray line without going down course.

@Adam Caldwell Since I didn't see you in FL this winter, I'm most likely going to see you in May when I'm driving to Maine! I can't wait to try to small and/or medium.

I see the biggest barriers for electric (battery powered) boats are charging times (and getting the 50amp (or more!) service to the dock) and the ridiculous charge times (4-5 hours). A hydrogen fuel cell powered electric boat would cut down on the weight, charging times etc., but who knows when or how we'd get hydrogen to a dock! Yeah, I don't see boats as being an early adopter of electric power trains just yet. I am excited for it though.

(1) I'll be working on my off-side turn. When I watch the video, I can see how much more smoothly/faster my exit is on my on-side. (2) I will be less shy about running into -35 even if my -32's aren't stellar.

It sounds like you got the wrong agent. I had a very easy go a few years back. The guy was very reasonable with his questions and very helpful in guiding me through the process. Hopefully, it all ends well. If not, you are welcome to use our course whenever you like! The ramp is close, and, of course, you can ski with us too.

@MitchellM I can't wait to see a course on that lake!! 🙂

That's a friend's Barefoot Nautique. They have the best wakes for barefooting.

No slalom for me today. Each morning, we start the day with a sunrise barefoot session. 47-degree air this morning. The water was 63 degrees. We'll usually do a slalom set later in the day when the sun's glare disappears.

Sorry northerners. This Floridian sometimes has to resort to a spring suit to help stave off the chills while resting between passes. This winter in central Florida has been pretty chilly (by Florida standards). It'll be this cold in late May when I'm back in Maine for the summer. The water has been in the mid-60s. We've been waking up to air temps in the high 40's but it can warm up to the high 60s by mid-day if we're lucky.

I got Scott to send me a handle just as they were appearing on the website. I started using it in Oct 2022. My wife and I share a handle and when in Maine, friends use it too. It gets a lot of use. From a durability standpoint, it has withstood the abuse better than I expected (especially for a gen 1 product). I don't see any wear on the rope. The rubber has some indents from where I grip, but, again, not that bad for over 1 year of heavy use. I will order another (soon).

I'm really going to be in trouble when I admit that I even demo'd the c85 in 2022 ... that's where I got my 4@35 PB. I didn't buy that one either... my wife bought one though!

Sounds like our pot luck get-together tomorrow is going to be very entertaining!

I'm hoping to get another go on a production model this winter.

Too late! I demo'd one of the prototypes in mid/late September. It was a medium, which might have been a little big for me. Still, I got 4@35 (tied my PB). The ski was amazing, in my opinion. I didn't have to work as hard but got tons of angle. I will try to remember to get a video though when I get my hands on the production ski. Maybe I'll take the time to do a comparison video like the one I did with Chris and me skiing on top of each other!