clemsondave

After 7 years on a couple Nano Twists I am now on a 66" 2020 Vapor. Honestly I can't tell much difference. The Vapor is faster since my Twist is worn out. Both skis turn super hard and gain as much angle as I want. Haven't skied much this year due to injury but went right up to my practice average on first set.

There is a floating course on the private side near the power plant during the colder months. Sinking course also on private side. Our club, Richmond Water Ski Club, is about 40 minutes away. Corey Vaughn runs a ski school 15 minutes away. Let me know if you need details or contacts. clemsontigerdave@gmail.com

Can I have a Nano Twist FT?

I always cover them. It's not just rain that gets in the boat. Road grime is not fun to clean. Here is what I do, in fact it's what I did to the boat he just bought. Lowe's sells rolls of 2ft cellophane (in the packaging section). Place microfiber towels on the corners and stress points on cover to boat. Wrap the plastic wrap around the mid section of the boat and over the towels several times (where the cover hits the boat). Cover boat with the Nautique cover. Like Shane said, it's made to be towed. Slip a towel in between the bow stops and the cover so it doesn't rub a hole. This should prevent any scratches. Even if it doesn't, I would rather buff a scratch than get road crap stains out of carpet and vinyl.

It was my 2014 promo boat. Beautiful boat and in perfect condition when I had it delivered. I'm sure Mike kept it that way.

I sent an email to the guy that bought mine. Will let you know what he says.

+2 on uship. I used it to find a guy semi local. I contacted him directly the second year.

My '14 promo went to Bear Lake near Minneapolis. If you want to reach out to him let me know.

Orange!

I advise against leaving the front zipper down a few inches. I used to do that too. Took a huge fall and the zipper came all the way undone. Now with my front zip, I zip it all the way to the top and tuck it in the elastic piece at the top.

I prefer the rear zip. I have 4 of them with no issues. I'm a dealer and have sold quite a few. Only one has had issues. Make sure you take it of using Chad's method. I do have a front zip to use when it goes over my Camaro suit. It's also one size larger.

When y'all are talking about fuel consumption, are you considering the new prop on the 200? It turns much less RPM's than the old prop.

Lots of good stuff above. I'll add one thing. Supplements will not do the work for you. Don't expect to take a pill and get stronger. There are good supplements that will help you recover faster, but you gotta put in the effort.

You can do a blanket sanction for practices. I sanction March - November; 7am - 9pm all in one sanction.

I'd like to see a BD tournament after Nationals that qualifies you for the next year. I wanted to attend one this year, but the only choice was in June. That's barely when our tournament season starts here. I'd rather compete at the end of the year when I'm skiing more to my ability. I might consider the one in July this year, but I'd still like to see one in August/September. Can they call this new thing something other than "Senior Tour?" I've been called a lot of things, but 'Senior' isn't one of them!

Maybe a different view. I see it as a wind up to ripping the turn. It's difficult to turn hard without winding up the 'spring' somehow. I would bet the next frame shows the handle rising up and some counter rotation of the shoulders. This loads the core (or spring). Once the spring is fully loaded, he releases it and the ski will snap around. Lowering the handle is a prelude to counter rotation. PS I agree with being free of the boat. I actually open up my fingers and let the handle just rest there until I finish the turn. When I am skiing well, I feel like I could let go and the handle would stay there until I'm ready to tuck it back into my core (of course, probably wouldn't happen in reality).

I used to move the fin back. Now I'm not much of a believer in fin adjusting. You always sacrifice something to get something else. When the water gets colder, I just go later and hold handle a touch longer. But yes, I agree that cold water is slower. Been making that argument for a while. No one seems to believe it. Nice explanation!

Be careful with 1/2 water, even 1/3. They become so light, they will drift. We used to use 1/3 until I noticed them floating 3-4 feet down course in a light wind. For us a little over 1/4 is the sweet spot. Not saying something else could be safer. Just that I see a lot of really big and high buoys. Even at some really big tournaments.

I think things would be much safer if tournament sites would just follow USAWS's recommendations. Our site gets accused of having the buoys too small and too low. Well... I follow the rule book and their recommendation. We also fill them with about 1/4 water. Considering switching to Wally buoys next year. Every site I go to, they buoys are much bigger and much higher. Ours are not too small; everyone else's are too big! The rule book quote is below. Notice what they recommend. Make a template that matches their recommendation. If the nipple is 1-2" out of the water, pull them down! The height (3.9") is half of the width (7.8"). So the water line should split the nipple if the buoys are 7.8". Skier and Gate buoys shall be generally spherical in shape and 20 - 28 cm (7.8” to 11") in diameter (20 cm (7.8”) recommended), and fastened so that they have 10 - 17 cm (3.9” to 6.75") of height out of the water (10 cm (3.9”) recommended). They shall be of lightweight, pliable material with a smooth, exposed surface.

Some of the guys I ski with at a former lake built a nice sinking course. I did a write up on the water ski forum, but that's gone. I think Ed put it on his EZ Slalom website, but I can't find it. I'll look around for the pictures I took. Basically, they put a combination of rocks and a small wheel/tire in a 5 gal bucket under every buoy. It was neutrally buoyant with air in the tires. When you let the air out, it sunk. They had a hose leading to each bucket/tire and it led to shore. Take a portable compressor to that hose and it would fill all the tires at the same time. Took apx 10 min to rise and sink.

We've been doing handicapped h2h tournaments for a few years now. Always a lot of fun and good for the crowd. It's not that difficult and I'd be glad to help any TD's that are interested. www.skilittledawg.com

@horton is correct. Heavily modified ski. I was there this weekend. Dude's an animal! It was pretty windy too. FYI, the legend Tommy Harrington was driving that set.

Don't think you can look it up. I have a list of the Nautique promo guys and can help. @swc5150, you are pre-buying my '13, right? ;-) Dealers are not fond of us advertising pre-buy's. I used to talk about it on PN, but called out for it. Of course, my '11 and '12 were pre-buys, I just didn't advertise! ;-)

The G23 and G25 base prices are well over 100k. I'd be surprised if newer skis break down after just a season. I've ridden mine pretty hard for a year and it still feels as good(e) as new. Are they replacing them because they break down, or because they are looking for something better?

Yep, wakeboard boats are really crazy. I bet you could spec out a G25 approaching upper $100s.