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I'm 5'8", 164#, have been using a Connelly Aspect 67in for the last 2 years. I recently acquired an XTR Wide Ride CC 64in without bindings. I put my Connelly bindings on and tried it out today. I could not get my knees drawn up far enough to get the ski flat enough to get up out of the water. I'm wondering if I can change the location of the bindings to make the ski flatter. If so which way would I move the front foot and which way the rear foot. I'm LFF skier. Thanks, Bill Montgomery

In August of 2022, someone sent me this screenshot, I believe it's called Little Beech Creek. We skied there then, let's just say there were a lot of other boats from jetskis to cruisers in and out all day.

@Rednucleus upper 60s is about it for me, I'm 70 and have always been coldblooded.

Has anyone tried the Zerofit Heatrub Ultimate Base Layer? Currently, I'm using a Camaro Titanium Shorty under an O'Neill Epic 4/3 full suit. I'm always looking for something warmer that I can still move in.

Thank you!

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Thanks so much for the info, I just got this ski out of the attic a week or so ago, sure am glad I didn't damage it due to my ignorance. I have a pair of Connelly Eclipse combo skis. They feel like framing lumber compared to the GT-R. The label says 'composite', but nothing about carbon fiber. Wonder if they are as sensitive to UV as the high end slalom models?

gotchya, thanks

boat is stored in a garage, so no long term sun exposure. Only when the boat is in the water. To the point though, the clamps won't do damage to the various curves or laminates?

I have a brand new Connelly GT-R. Can I use clamped board racks to store it? I've already been through a delaminated Carbon V, so I don't want to do anything risky with this ski, but I'm running out of room on the boat. TIA, Bill Montgomery

any left?

Thanks everybody!

After 2 seasons, do you use an ankle brace still, or just pretend it was never injured?

Thanks folks, just trying to make friends with my boot!

I am skiing a mini course (green balls). My ski is Connelly Aspect. The other day as I was putting on the ski, I cinched down the lace and for some unknown reason, I gave it an extra tug tightening the lace as much as possible. I always try to cinch it down, but this time I think I might have gotten it too tight. You guessed it! I fell, the boot hung on to my foot and the water jerked the ski. I ended up with a distal fibula fx. Ortho says 4-6 weeks in a boot. Question, is there any real good reason to lace the binding tightly? As I said, I did this almost unthinkingly. Next time out, maybe next season, I won't tighten nearly as much.

any idea when they will be available?

ColeGiacopuzzi, where is this valve located...back of engine, correct? toward the stern? I don't see it on my ilmor 6.0 mc x14v

Here's a comment from a novice who is in somewhat of the same position as you. There are so many different things to pay attention to at that moment. The one thing that has been most vexing to me is not keeping my arms straight. At that moment when all that horsepower is being applied to my arms and shoulders, it has been an almost irresistible impulse to try to combat the pull of the boat by trying to pull it to me. If you do that, there are only 2 results: being pulled over forward or having the handle torn from your hands. Just my .02 as a novice.

Good point, makes keeping it a more attractive option also

yep, if it doesn't sell, that's probably what I'll do

Still for sale, any takers? Summer's almost here!

Thanks everybody. I'm doing all my PT every other day, seems like if there was anything really wrong it would hurt more. But I'll probably check in with the ortho doc.

RGilmore, thanks...point taken, but with one catscan and 2 xrays in the last 3 months, I think I've reaped all the benefit imaging can give me

nope, last xray was at 6 wks and they saw some growth/healing. I spose another xray would be necessary for a definitive answer, but don't want to tax the budget for little reward in the end.

I am super happy to report that after 14 or so weeks, I am very close to being back to normal. I have no doubt that I'll be able ski at my pre-injury level when the water warms sufficiently. My only range of motion deficit has to do with reaching behind my back both down from the top and up from the bottom. I do have a lot of 'clicking' during certain movements. I presume this is from the pieces of bone moving against each other. When I reach into a cabinet for a cup or plate in the kitchen, as my arm returns to neutral position, it hangs up. Then with effort the motion overcomes the hangup and i feel that 'click-pop-crack' and motion proceeds normally. None of this is really painful, I would just call it uncomfortable. Question: will this eventually go away or will it be a permanent feature of my post-injury shoulder. Thanks everybody for all the advice and support Bill Montgomery