jhughes

If Rossi is in, I'm in.

Thank you for the appropriate non-aphostrophe use in "pros". I was going to write a PSA about this.

Avoiding an office job for the first 45 years is the real win here, ha! Congrats, you're going to rock.

Anyone driving the 91-94 MC and the bubble back SN (or even a NWZ SN) back to back would never look at the MC again. Sometimes you just don't want to meet your heroes. Trust me. It seems like CC was the only manufacturer who designed anything with the driver in mind for a very long time.

Worst case I suppose if you noticed this on the way in to the destination but not at the airport, you could always "notice it" on the return flight if this is the requirement.

At the risk of totally jinxing myself, a soft roller bag has never failed me. I don't know if they instinctively go easier on it or what, but I travel at least once, maybe up to 3x per year with it. Never an issue. I'd also imagine it is way easier for TSA to inspect than sliding apart some tube packed with gear.

On a public lake you need the following for course skiing. 1. No other boats moving, for several hours, on the entire lake 2. Favorable winds/weather 3. No boats in approximately 2000' x 300' or so of water 4. Course not destroyed It takes a half hour to hitch up and drive there, maybe 2hr for 4 people to ski including getting stuff on, falls, putting out to the starting spot. At 6:00am. So that entire lake's capacity for slalom is 4 people for the entire day! Most people won't do all that work and even if they do, they may not have time to fit in the rotation. Private lake may still only have capacity for about 4 skiers before work, 4 at lunchtime, 4 after work. 12 skiers per day assuming everyone is at least somewhat working a day job.

Potentially its on thread but I do think about this as well and I think it's worth pondering. That generation feels like it has been the economic engine behind a lot of the sport, and was also the generation that dug all the lakes and really dove into the tournament thing. I do wonder who will be putting the big money and effort into the sport in the future.

What can be tough to see from the boat is the load that skier put in the rope and how early they loaded. By the time they get to the second spray they are in an unmanageable situation. They can't "do" alignment there because they loaded too much too early. That skier may say they "can't" do it, and they are right because they created an unmanageable situation earlier.

What's sad/funny is that even though the "warm up" passes are incredibly difficult and impressive, it's still: For each skier: [multitask until 39 off] Watch 39, 41, riveted next skier [multitask until 39 off] Watch 39, 41, riveted repeat

The Python boats are super rare. They actually have factory dual exhaust and a bigger dog house to fit the engine. Very cool boat. At the same time not necessarily a "feature" depending on the use of the boat and thus doesn't add a ton to the value IMO all this time later. The more common GT40 EFI is the motor to have in that boat.

Some amazing shots, on a 4K monitor it looked incredible.

VR1 20W50 is the go-to for most Ford ski boat guys these days. Easy to find, high zinc content.

The app is clunky but I've had great experiences with it and the coaching. Incredible value.

Side note- crazy to see the full length rear locker! That was such a trend for so long but you never see it anymore.