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  • Preferred boat
    Malibu
  • Home Ski Site
    Charleston
  • Real Name
    Richard Lacey
  • Ski
    Denali
  • State
    SC
  • Tournament PB
    1 at 39 many years ago
  • USAWS Member # or other IWWF Federation #
    300009864

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  1. Jamie B also ran 41 in Charleston and I believe it was before the France deal. This would have been with PP. Wade Cox also had a 5.5 somewhere in there in Charleston.
  2. @lpskier I quit counting after about 10, Terrance and I were talking about it last year I was guessing well over 200, 98% of those are from @adamhcaldwell . I asked Adam a few years ago and he said he stopped counting at 50. Since then there are multiple days of 3, 4, 5 in a row. Just to be clear I assume you are talking about driving, my personal count on running them behind the boat is very easy to keep up with :smile: By the way he runs them behind at least 2 others at our site. The real question is how many has Adam run?
  3. @mike_mapple I know you know. The first person I ever pulled through 41 was your dad, and it was the only time I ever drove him. It was when he brought you to our site for a tournament because he said you wanted to ski there. He wasn't even planning on skiing but we talked him into it for our own selfish reasons.
  4. Driving -41 is hard, really really hard, driving it perfect is even harder. I have no idea what it feels like on the handle end but from the drivers side it is a mix of anticipation and reaction. Many of the drivers only get to practice driving it (-41) in tournaments and usually in a foreign to them boat. When the skier turns the backside of a buoy at -41 or -43 the boat will get pulled to that buoy side (unless the anticipation is perfect) then the driver is trying to put the boat back center, if he misses center he will either be with the skier or against the skier. My preference is that if I am not center ( which is the idea) I would rather favor the skier...I would guess most drivers feel that way. So when they are off at ultra short rope it usually favors the skier. Not sure how many drivers can pull skiers through -41 but the list is short, sometimes it doesn't look pretty. Driving -41 is nothing like driving -38. I don't know who the driver is here (actually I might) But he/she has probably been in the boat for an hour or more locked in to giving each skier the best pull they know how to give. I know there are drivers who make -39 look like -38, I don't think the video above reflects that.
  5. i Would be impressed to find something more flexible than the Blacktec.
  6. About 20 years ago, I lived in that spot for rent. I didn't have Adam Caldwell as a ski partner then but if you are a skier, this is one of the best spots on the planet.
  7. Not being a pilot and in reading this thread, it makes me wonder, does driving a boat well (lets just say record tolerance -41) require more precision that landing a plane? Just wondering.
  8. @Cnewbert Anytime we are not under a Hurricane Watch in September it's considered good weather.
  9. It’s a medium and I’m around 163 pounds. When I ask what flex it is, Adam tells it’s a good one. I assume it’s the record flex. Most numbers they give me work. I’ve been all over the place on setups, every time I get a setup I like, then he gives me another one and I like that as well or better. This ski works all over the place.
  10. Currently at 28.5, 2.660, 6.665, 0.910, 7 flat, no complaints
  11. Learn everything you can about trigger points (aka knots in muscles). When you can find and treat them, your life will be better. https://www.painscience.com/tutorials/trigger-points.php
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