skidawg

I will say that set up is mucho importanto, both binding placement and fin adj, (dft esp)-get it right and you are richly rewarded, whoop out the check book ms.

You are a smart man, sell the old, get the elite.

Much shorter from stown to fayetteville for me, but still a haul, gonna make both this year

You may have to eat your wheaties to keep that camera moving fast enough to keep the elite in the viewfinder.

You got that right, wife and kids now sleep in garage, elite is in bed next to big daddy, you better get one soon.  In the words of MS it rocks.  But seriously, next year I am voting the elite the new ballofspray intergalactic ruler, horton can be the new biden.  Emergency mode is sick, sick, sick,  on time mode is wide early and super sick sick sick.  Pick up the phone and call JTH and just get one.  It makes me want to ski 36mph again.

seen it from the boat, didn't ride it (wasn't set up for velcro).  The warp looks good, just hard for me to take a chance on a ski that one handle ding and you are down for a while waiting on repair. 

 

First - fin set up is critical.  Too much length will cause the ski to

prematurely turn back into the buoy - as will too little depth.  With a

length of (6.838) the ski transitions well off the 2nd wake.  Width is no problem

The depth of 2.512 works well in conjunction w/ the length.  DFT of (.784) is critical as well.  Jones talked to cp this wknd and said a bit shallower and shorter for 34 (which is where I ended up by accident)

 

 The ski is fast (fastest I have ever been on)- that's been said about a lot of skis - but this ski is fast in the sense that it is fast behind the boat (scary fast)- fast off the second wake in transition- and super fast thru the finish of the turn. It is one of the few skis that I don't feel like i sink at 34 mph in the turns.   Other

skis are quick out of the buoy but this ski gets it's quickness from its

maintenance of speed created off the 2nd wake - you don't have to bleed

speed to get the ski to turn.   Unlike some skis I have ridden this year the elite is money when you are on, but it also is very forgiving if you make a mistake. It has a wonderful emergency mode.   The

turns are symmetrical on both sides - ski does not have an offside -

doesn't take a lot of effort to ski.  Like most of Andy's skis, you can move

around a bit with no negative reactions.  

 

 The ski gets better as the line shortens - the "space" generated at 39 Is ridiculous.  Is it possible to be to wide and early?

 

 Very good finish quality.  The packaging is great.  It has a clean and sexy look. No fancy graphics to cover up some deficiency in the layup.  O'Brien obviously is confident in the RMT process - they give the ski a two year warranty.  In today's high-end ski market, that stands out from the crowd.  I feel this ski is much more durable than what's offered from others.   The ski is light but not from a lack of internal components but rather a  new manufacturing process that allows for reduction in weight without

sacrificing durability.  Overall my impression is a jaw dropping  WOW.  I am skiing better than I have in two years with less effort.  Andy, adam and Obrien have done a fantastic job, everyone should own an elite.  It is by far the best ski I have ever been on.  Skiing is now fun again.  I can't wait till my next tournament-I smell a PB.

Put the bindings on something else until the bugs are gone, another one snapped at tynan's last weekend (at 35 off)

another wide ride bit the dust this weekend.

Just got mine, Makes a great father's day present

Rabbits, cats, bears, chickens, pigs, its all good, kinda like having one of every ski made!!!!/vanillaforum/js/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-embarassed.gif

New brain = cardboard check.

3 sets on z7 and it is definately a player for 34, it may b a bit better than my sauce, eagerly waitin on the elite....

3 sets on z7 and it is definately a player for 34, it may b a bit better than my sauce, eagerly waitin on the elite....

It is a 9700 that my neighbor broke, no injuries, just broken ski.

No web cast yesterday from the bigdawg,  that is to bad, BC miller ran 4 @ 41 to win the finals, congrats dave.

How about a new thread,  "SKIS I WISH WOULDN'T HAVE BLEW UP!"

Wing definately isn't necessary at 34 mph, 36 is difficult w/o.  If you use it don't run less than 7deg.

If a ski is not of the same sex how could it be homo erotic?  Just asking.  Sounds like the misses has something to worry about.

Everyone will be relieved that MS went 6 for 6 this past weekend (that is called a streak folks) stay tuned for the bigdawg live twitter following MS' deepwater starts.

I have noticed that on cloudy days our boat runs diff, than typical days (mc w/ gazer).  Coincidence, who knows,  but it does feel diff.

Pink commie bunnie, what is the ski world comming to.

I thought the code word is dirty sanchez!  Yeah, whine, moan, it sucks to ride all the good stuff.

Who is roger rabbit, kim ran 2.5 @32 and 2 @ 32 (sat best, sun best)  Exceptional since her hubby won't shorten her up!!!!

Thanks to JD and the whole cottonwood gang for a great weekend as usual, great skiing, CB's and big eats.  Scoke pb'd 2 at 38- it's going down soon,  jfox pb's 3 at 35 ( NEVER SAW HIM RUN 28 LAST YEAR-AMAZING PROGRESS).  JD finally getting it in his thick head it is time to start movin down 38.  wish every one could some take a ride w/ us.  Dawg out.