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  1. I'm curious, is anyone using this boot on a releasable plate for trick? Currently using 2021 Vapors on a sequence plate for Slalom and Wiley for Trick but this is interesting for using the same front boot for trick and slalom.
  2. While watching live streams of tournaments I've seen more and more jumpers wearing what appears to be a rubber strap around their foot, ankle and heel. I first saw Freddy with them. I'm just curious if anyone is able to enlighten me what these straps are and why they are being used?
  3. @OSSKI: I am completely unable to use this app. When I try to add a pass it always gives me an error and I am unable to add any more passes. Clicking the Log Set button also gives me an error. I have tried across multiple browsers on multiple devices and I get the same errors every time.
  4. Has anyone had issues with the single puck system. I recently had to replace the head unit in my boat and upgraded to the ECI puck. I have now encountered a couple times when the boat will accelerate unexpectedly in the middle of the course with a skier, it then abruptly slows down below the set speed and re-engages and comes back to the correct speed. I have noticed when it does this the ZO screen appears to go mostly blank with just "0" showing for the speed. When the speed comes back on the screen is when it drops the power and then rengages and comes back up to the set speed. Anyone experienced anything like this with REV R and the ECI single puck? I plan to get more trouble shooting info when I get back out to the lake.
  5. I wasted an hour or so yesterday and found this: https://www.truesport.store/index.php/product/point-951-120-worldcup/ It appears to be a Alpine Snowboard Hardboot cut down that Joel uses.
  6. I had the same thing happen to me, though where it really hurt was overall scores. My case was slightly different though. All my scores were at 36 LL because I could run 34-15 consistently but just couldn't run 36 in a tournament to save my life. No all my scores are showing up at 34 LL when I had actually run 34-15 to even get that score. So at a minimum my scores should have been at 34-15. So far both tournaments I've skied since moving up I've run 22 and I feel like I'll be knocking down some 28's next year so it's kind of moot point there. But my overall scores were lowered enough that I moved out of level 8. Where as with scores at 34-15 I would have been in level 8. I don't have any 3 event scores since moving up but I should be able to get my average back up. Especially if I can run a 28 in a tourney sometime.
  7. I found this: http://www.wakehouse.com/vtype/
  8. @6balls I totally agree kipping is not the same as strict dead hang pull ups. I can "do a pile of 'em" yet I can only knock out about 4-5 strict pull-ups at the moment. Once I get my shoulder healed up my goal is to improve my strict pull-ups and even progress in to weighted pull ups to help improve my strength.
  9. Real here as well can do more kipping. Right now I'm dealing with a shoulder injury so I'm only doing banded pull ups so I don't lose scapular tension in my injured shoulder. Otherwise anything hanging from a bar is out (ie Toes 2 Bar) as are push-ups, dips and bench press. Funny thing is that Snatches don't bother me at all and Jerks only bother me occasionally. I think that as long as I am recovering properly then any of those compound weight-lifting movements are great for my skiing. They work the whole body and I can definitely tell I'm stronger and more fit. Where I really noticed it was after big OTB jumping a couple weekends ago I never really got sore or hurt anywhere. I attribute that to my increased core strength/mobility/flexibility from performing those lifting movements. Granted I have drunk the Crossfit kool-aid so some people may discredit my comments just because of that.
  10. Since I have chance with no tournaments on the near horizon I have been giving this a try. I am 36mph skier and have yet to run 36 -15 in a tournament or up the rope in practice. Though I run 36 -15 at least once in most practice sets and have run 36 -22 once this year. I have had 3 sets skiing at 28. My last time out I ran 30 -28 and 32 -28 off the back of the boat. I have yet to put together a full pass at 34 -28. After a few stabs and not making it I went back to 32 -32 and ran it on my second try ever. I then tried one pass at 32 -35 and got 1/2 and if it hadn't been my 9 pass of the set I definitely could have made much more. It was a lot of fun but most importantly I think I'm learning how to turn and get into position to receive the pull from the boat better. I also am getting a better feel for the timing of things as well. My next set was more like tournament set working up from 32 -15 into 36. Going from 35 to 15 was a huge jump and took a pass to acclimate. I still had some trouble running 36 -15 but I eventually ran it. I took one shot at -22 and I could really feel some of the things I had done at shorter lengths start to come together on that pass. If it weren't for being tired and some stupid mental mistakes I probably should have run that pass. I like this experiment for myself. I think it will really help as I shorten the line at 36 but most importantly it makes it fun instead of beating my head against -15 and -22 at 36 all the time and not being very successful.
  11. I am about 220 right now was down to 195 last summer but as high as 230 probably a couple years ago and ride a 68" Radar Strada. I would say that for 215 a standard 68" ski should be about right. I really don't have much issue at all on deep water starts with any ski that I've tried. I still ski 36mph for tournaments and get into 28off in practice on occasion. Though for fun just the other night I skied 1 @ 35off @ 32mph just to change things up for a set (thanks AB for the tip). This all to say that deep water starts don't have to be difficult (think about trying to flatten out the ski to get it pop up on the water faster) if you kind of sink down and have the ski more straight up and down, any ski is going to be more difficult to get up on. Also for your weight any standard ski will work good for you. Like AB said as you get up to 34 and working on shorter line lengths will be more difficult to ski. I also meant to mention that I think about not using my arms at all on the starts. All I think about is letting my arms out and not pulling in while getting up. Instead of fighting the boat with my arms and back I kind of become a ball and the boat just pulls my entire body up as one unit and I pop on top of the water.
  12. I started out riding a wakeboard in college and I had experience on a wakeboard before my college tournament experience. Mostly because nobody on the team actually had/ or rode a trick ski. After I got out of college and bought a boat I finally got an OBrien rubber edged trick ski (44"). I can't exactly remember my progression but eventually I bought a goodman trick ski (45"). I only had enough tricks on one ski for one pass so I started out riding two skis for the first pass and one ski for the second in tournaments, but I think I primarily practice on just one ski when not in tournaments. About 2 years ago or so I finally started learning toe tricks and now I only ride one ski with a hand pass and a toe pass in tournaments. I am slowly picking up more tricks but really I just don't get enough water time to progress quickly. If you get enough water time you should be able to progress quickly enough to only need one ski. I have learned several tricks just by trying them at the end of my run in a tournament since I don't get a lot of chance to practice especially toe tricks. I only practiced and learned toe wake back and toe wake front in my tournament passes due to not having a pin person available enough to practice it at home.
  13. @sunvalleylaw - that would be Perfect North Slopes just outside of Cincinnati, OH. Modern fat skis ride in powder with a similar angle of attack as a water ski does in water. But in neither case do you lean back instead you aim to remain stacked over your skis. I have used this same description with students who seem to think you need to lean back in powder, crud or other similar conditions and I have also used the same description when helping snow skiers learn to waterski.
  14. @sunvalleylaw -- I am also a full cert instructor as well as a member of the ski patrol. I think it's funny because whenever I tell someone about I snow ski with about waterskiing they always comment about how it's different and you have to "lean back" on water skis. I always tell them it's actually more similar than you would think. I have found that if you compare waterskiing to skiing in powder (at least while on two skis) it seems to make more sense to people. Besides water skiing I also do quite a bit of running and have been getting into triathlons lately.
  15. Maybe vests like ropes shrink as they get older? I've always had a little trouble with vest covering my gut. I've found that my eagle is plenty long enough to cover everything. (At least until it rides up, now that I have less gut than I used to.)
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