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@JayG80 Could be. The few recent homes for sale here in Princeton Lakes were under contract before they were even listed, and some sold for higher than asking price. Crazy market right now. Prices up ~20% from a year or so ago. Still, $156/sf is not bad.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/107-Island-Way_Princeton_TX_75407_M82101-97670 $156/sq.ft. Less than an hour to DFW airport. 45 min to downtown Dallas. 15 min to major shopping. Only home currently listed for sale at Princeton Lakes.

Direct message Dave or I for details.

Recently listed at $696K

Direct link to video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/106qH4oUv5vHPJj2VhaL3c1y8IIPOxnZh/view

Looking for a new neighbor. Cool drone video. https://indd.adobe.com/view/0aedea8e-e6e0-4ab3-9f13-21a2a3ef940e

2nd set on the 66.5 Flextail Felt much more familiar and comfortable today. Almost back to average performance. Hoping for more bouys tomorrow.

Wade gave about 11 of us lessons last Friday here at Princeton Lakes. Great coach and really nice guy. Explained things differently than I had heard before. Helped me quickly fix some fundamental flaws with my technique. The changes seem to have stuck, according to my neighbor / driver.

First Impressions of the Goode Flextail 66.5" I am transitioning from a 9900 mid-ride 65.25" that I have always liked, or at least ever since I installed black interloc that would actually adhere to the ski. The FT is a completely different ride. If you consciously try to turn with hips or by pushing the tail around (bad), it will screw you. Took me 8 passes to successfully run my normal opening line length, which is how long it took me to quit turning the ski the way I normally do. This ski turns sharply with no skier input. I think it will help me in my quest to break bad habits and improve my technique (don't really have a choice if I want to use this ski). I was running the 9900 with Powershells a full 1/2" forward of factory default. The new ski seems to break water at the front of the front binding, so will wait a few more sets before starting to tinker with adjustments. No tape adhesion issues with the first set, but Goode is still using the clear 250 tape, so expecting problems soon in our 90-95deg water. At which point I plan to try black 250 instead of the 400 I have been using (the 400 never releases, which has worked out well over the past 4 years). By the way, I bought this ski 'for my wife' of 37 years, who has enjoyed ~45 years of waterskiing with no major injuries. Several of our ski buddies told us she needs her own ski (we always shared a ski because we are close enough to the same height/weight/shoe size). So we had a demo day with a pro skier and bought her the recommended ski and bindings. A month later she had a freakish 3 ball and ends up with 20x8mm fractures of the large bones above and below her front knee due to a wrenching partial release, along with a partially torn ACL. 6 weeks in a wheelchair. My motto is "if you break bones, never use that ski again" (which is how I wound up buying the 9900). Thus we have a new Flextail, and an almost new ski of a different brand for sale if anyone wants it. How could I in good conscience sell that ski to anyone? Bad boot design with high risk of serious injury. Guess I need to see if the manufacturer or dealer wants to buy it back for research purposes before I start whining about the brand and model.

Flextail arrived today. Ordered it 3 or 4 weeks ago. @Cayman2, I think it looks great - very cool. To each his own.

My wife and I both use a 65.25 Goode 9900 Midride 34mph LFF with double powershells. Our height and weight are both within the recommended range for that ski. It works great for me at 34mph, but it's holding her back from progressing past 30mph (she runs the course with both gates). Coaching feedback is that she does not have enough ski in the water - breaking in the middle of the back foot. We moved the boots forward a half inch at the beginning of last season and that helped her a little. She focused on form and putting more weight on her front foot all last season, but it's not enough. Guess I could move the current boots forward some more (good excuse to buy myself a new ski). Or I need to get her a different ski that will work better for her, but not sure what to buy. Also we can't transfer our boots to the blank demo skis our neighbors have offered us because the powershells are attached with interlock. Looking for suggestions on the right ski and length that would help her get to 32mph (W5) and shorten the rope. She agreed for me to post her weight.... 5'8' 155lbs. Appreciate any suggestions.

Sorry to hear about your cable break. Agree that 1/4" cable is not strong enough. I had galvanized 5/8 7x7 strand cable that frayed due to an incorrect snatch block pulley size (3" for 5/16 cable). Before it broke I installed 5/8" 7x19 strand stainless steel and a 6" diameter snatch block. Probably a bit over-engineered, but that should keep my SN200CB safe for a few years.

My 2006 SN196LE was 4-5 deg F off, but was fairly consistent. Dealer told me there was no way to calibrate it. My 2013 SN200CB Team seems to be within 1 degree. No obvious way to calibrate it, but I haven't asked the dealer.

We lowered Princeton Lakes for some shoreline maintenance over the winter, but water level is never an issue here. When it gets low we turn on the well pump. Several homes sold recently, but there are still a few homes listed for ~$350 - 800K. Or buy a lot and build your own! Great community with lots of really talented skiers (that I try to learn from), including 2 big dawg competitors and several past national champs. http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/632-Calm-Water-Cv-Princeton-TX-75407/53126939_zpid/ http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/119-Island-Way-Princeton-TX-75407/65353325_zpid/ http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/107-Island-Way-Princeton-TX-75407/65353324_zpid/

We lowered Princeton Lakes for some shoreline maintenance over the winter, but water level is never an issue here. When it gets low we turn on the well pump. Several homes sold recently, but there are still a few homes listed for ~$350 - 800K. Or buy a lot and build your own! Great community with lots of really talented skiers (that I try to learn from), including 2 big dawg competitors and several past national champs. http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/632-Calm-Water-Cv-Princeton-TX-75407/53126939_zpid/ http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/119-Island-Way-Princeton-TX-75407/65353325_zpid/ http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/107-Island-Way-Princeton-TX-75407/65353324_zpid/

I ordered the radius handle with anti-roll, and dropped from a 1.0" to .93". Wife and I have used radius handles from Brenda or Masterline for years and never had elbow problems. But as we shortened the rope this past season more than ever before, we started taking more hits and both developed tendonitis - hers on the outside (tennis elbow) and mine on the inside (golfers). Had to end our season a month early. I am using a BandIT brace, which looks funny but really helps. Also using a green therabar and doing recommended stretching / therapy - not helping so far. I keep reinjuring the elbow when I forget to wear the brace and lift something heavy. Now I am 2 months from the start of the season and still having pain - getting concerned. Smaller diameter handle might end up being a mistake, but a 38/39.5 off skier that is a friend and neighbor suggested it because it helped him, so we are giving it a try.

A little surprised everyone seems to have pullovers and back zip vests. I share a front zip Eagle Platinum with my better half and it's way better than our previous vests, including some pullovers and back zips. It feels like you're not wearing a vest at all, but provides decent rib protection, back support, and floatation. 1 full season / ~150 sets later, it still looks brand new. Yes it's very snug and I expect to have thread issues at some point, but if I have to buy one every 2-3 years it's still worth it.

We use a dremmel tool as @bruce55 described. Works great with the fine sandpaper cylinder. Kevlar liners and gripping the handle more with the fingers keeps the callouses thin and easy to sand off. er...for my wife I mean. (actually both of us)

My 2013 CC200CB Team 5.7L with 422 prop suffered from over-revving before the 55K's, then would back off too much after the 55's, then gas the skier into the gates. It was most severe when there were 2 or 3 people in the boat with a skier at 34 or 36 mph. Swapped antenna connections and tried a few other things, with no luck. Another issue was that our completed 34mph passes were running ~16.92sec instead of 16.95. My CC196 with Stargazer was almost always right on .95. I don't need the extra .03 challenge - unless it's .03 slow. CC sent me a new ZO head unit. Swapped that out, remapped, and now all is well - thanks Ron Nace and Phil Smith! Completely different throttle performance - very smooth. Times are within .01.

Recommend against turn islands. We have a turn island on lake 1 (trick/jump lake), and it's somewhat of a maintenance issue. I know of lakes that started out with turn islands and then were modified to remove them.

We have Wally buoys on lake 3 and Bubble Buoys on lake 4. The BB's last a season or less before they are irreparably damaged, and they are relatively expensive. We are 2 months into the Wally buoy trials on lake 3 - so far so good. But lake 4 gets most of the shortline traffic. We had several buoy related injuries when we were using polyforms (including my fractured talus), but no injuries after switching to BB's 2-3 years ago. Hopeful that the Wally buoys will work out since they are less expensive and lower maintenance.

I watch @disland ski often out my home office window. Those pictures are not typical of his form (which is usually much better). Well, maybe typical of 40ish deg water in February form. My goal for 2013: better stacked position coming out of the turn. I am hoping that the dry practice I am doing this off-season will help somewhat - at least stretching and muscle memory or something.

2013 SN200's have integrated Zero-off, so the driver gets 2 cupholders. I think I'll like the Linc display on the new 200CB Team. Seems to work well sitting in the garage :( Hope the water warms up soon. About to modify my cradle from 2 bunks to 4. Trailer has 6 bunks. Suggest closed bow for private ski lake use, unless you have a large family and/or need to take out more than 4-5 people at a time. Closed bow observer seat easily accommodates 3 people; OB version barely seats 2. Loved my 2006 196 limited, but expecting great pulls from the new boat.

Of course had a few spectacular yard sales OTF after 2nd wake many years ago, with broken ribs to prove it. But most serious injury was glancing off the 4 ball - left (LFF) talus cracked in 3 places riding a Monza with double animals. 13 weeks non-weight bearing on a roll-about, and a year of therapy and pain. Powershells and bubble buoys seem to have worked well for the past 3 years. They are a lot higher maintenance, but well worth it so far. Not complaining, since I am totally addicted to the sport.

She's been my ski partner / driver, best friend, co-breadwinner & lover for 35 years.