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  1. ski6jones
    "... finance a boat for 20-30 years." Yeah, that sounds like a GREAT idea! Good grief!!
  2. ski6jones
    Happy for her. Sad to see us lose 1/3 of our tow boat manufacturers. Or maybe Malibu is the new.team model?
  3. ski6jones
    Bureaucracies grow themselves.
  4. ski6jones
    One thing I learned a few years back was to make every pass count. Despite having every intention of practicing with purpose sometimes you get in the boat with your buddies, get to gabbing while you put on your gear and jump in. Next thing you know you're in the course and skiing with no plan. Have a plan and execute it from the start. You may decide to change it on the fly, but have a plan. Mindless skiing is essentially worthless if your goal is to progress.
  5. ski6jones
    I'm pretty sure I won't get enough water time this year so my goals are to hone technique. Primarily gates and handle control behind the boat.
  6. ski6jones
    @Horton my first response to you in this thread was about not beating a dead horse. Pot meet kettle. You facilitated much of the thread after that. A good thing. As pertains to tournament skiing this is apparently still an important topic. I agree most of it is water under the bridge. I disagree the decisions made were the only options available. Banning discussion of such an important topic seems counter productive, but you are the Supreme Galactic ruler, so ...
  7. ski6jones
    @Horton don't generaiise my comment like that. I was commenting specifically on why some members are really bothered by thie intrusion by government into a virtually invisible sport. No mention of politics. Agree more participation in governance is the way forward for those still participating. There are always alternatives.
  8. ski6jones
    There are alot of people that don't like the government sticking their nose where it doesn't belong. This is a perfect example.of that. Seriously? No bigger problems to solve?
  9. ski6jones
    @Horton Pretty sure that horse has already been beaten to death. Many alternatives were mentioned in previous threads. Whether viable or not depends on what you want the outcome to be. Does viable mean exactly what we have now? If so then the correct alternative was chosen.
  10. ski6jones
    There is always an alternative.
  11. ski6jones
    I hope they do well. I was thinking the market would be small with it really only applying to longboards. Looks like the entire skateboard market worldwide is $3.2 billion so hopefully a small peice of a big number is still a pretty big number.
  12. ski6jones
    It would be great if we waterkiers had some organization to help sort things like this out. On second thought it's probably better we don't.
  13. ski6jones
    Might be able to use a heat gun (or similar) to permanently open the top of the R-style a bit more to fit your foot better. I have no idea if this would.work but might be worth a try.
  14. ski6jones
    Judge that in real time. I double dog dare you.
  15. ski6jones
    Mapple 6.0, and not for lack of trying. Great ski though.
  16. ski6jones
    Your plots show min speed just before the bouy. Seems to me you must continue to slow down through the turn until the boat picks you up and you start accelerating again. This would mean your min speed would occur after the bouy. How is speed measured (or calculated)? Do you have an explanation for this?
  17. ski6jones
    Nobody looks better on a ski.
  18. ski6jones
    Awesome, but what's the next big thing? Goode has always been on the bleeding edge. Change in focus?
  19. ski6jones
    Interesting segment. It's a currently available E-boat. Price: $300k Hull: Aluminum Length: 24 ft Weight: 7000 pounds Speed: 40+ mph Layout was super roomy with no dog box. The only mention of battery life was at idle, "more than a day."
  20. ski6jones
    Even when you know what you need to fix I think most people, myself included, become bored and get distracted by some other thing. Rather than being purposeful and focused on that big item long enough to really make a change we wander off to the next thing. Not having a training plan and the discipline to stick with it is probably the biggest reason we get stuck in a rut.
  21. ski6jones
    "mild heart explosion"? Doesn't seem like heart explosion needs an adjective.
  22. ski6jones
    From what was discussed the win is completely determined by score, and since they score the same it's a tie. Seems reasonable enough on the surface. Clearly skier B had a better outcome but due to the weird 6 ball rule it doesn't matter. You'd also have the same situation if skier B turned 6 crossed, the boat guide line and didn't make the gates but skied away. The weird 6 ball rule seems like the cause but the situation could still happen even if it were changed.
  23. ski6jones
    Nope.
  24. ski6jones
    Inspect as suggested to determine what parts you need. I had this problem and posted about it on correctcraftfan.com. One of the users there had some old parts laying around and helped me out, he just dropped the parts in an envelope and mailed them to me free of charge. Could also post on planetnautique.com to see if anyone can help. Alternately you might be able to find a new complete throttle lever.
  25. ski6jones
    @Hortonanything to add?
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