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Safety is critical. I switched to edge front and a large rear Venom boot coming from double Animals. I don't ski as well, but the ease of entry and safety are for the better.

Front boot released. I guess the moral is, check your equipment early and often.

All of the above, plus check your equipment before you ski and survey the ski area with binoculars for any impediments.

Hmm, well if you are going to enter horses in the discussion, then I'm going either Mother Nature or Father Time. Both undefeated and untied. Where as Secretariat lost a couple of times. I don't know I think probably there is some downhill snow skier who should be considered as World class downhill is the toughest thing to do in the world of sports being that you are on the edge of death. No, hitting major league pitching is not the toughest thing to do in sport.

Yes, Geoff Carrington not Sammy. They do look somewhat like members of a "syndicate" to me. Jus sayin' maybe at bore the idea for the branding.

@Horton While they may not have been directly referred to as "syndicate" and were umm projected as the good guys. I am merely saying this may have been the beginning of the syndicate concept. Sir, may I have another

Oh wise @Horton of the left coast. I know/knew that, however often times within the world of marketing and branding things are umm let's say usurped. You agree? O by the way thank you thank you thank you very much for my Panda. I will wear it proudly.

Back in the day Andy Mapple, the two Lapoint brothers, Camille & Sammy Duvall were dressed to look like mobsters, but were carrying skis instead of machine guns. This may have been the origin of the branding.

If it helps I purchased an overlay carpet that I can pull out easily if it gets damp. Give Fogarty Marine a call and I'm sure they could help.

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I have a 66 2019. If you're interested.

@lpskier I agree and so I think if someone wants to turn and burn it should be at a premium. That is sort of my point. Additionally, if someone has a late round assignment then they should feel obligated to that assignment. I also concur that turn and burn probably doesn't result in a high score, but I have absolutely no data to base that on.

I will suggest one more example to try to get across my idea of revenue added at no additional cost. Consider the turn and burn concept. I don't think it adds any dollar cost to a tournament. So is it logistically too difficult to allow some people to turn and burn and in return those people would be charged a premium. Do I want to do it? No, I have all the time in the world and really enjoy tournament days and talking to people and helping out in whatever way I can. But there might come a time when I would have other obligations that make it impossible for me to get two rounds under the normal timeframe. Do I expect tournament organizers to let me turn and burn for $0? No I would expect to pay an additional fee to inconvenience them. So, that's the concept. Is it going to bother me to have tournament fees raised? No, I'm probably still going to go and enjoy the people and the places. I'm just trying to think of value added at no cost to anyone which might increase revenue. Sorry if it is bothering anyone.

@dave2ball I have no problem with the idea of helping the promo person absorb costs. I also have no problem skiing behind older boats. I was merely looking for ways to provide added benefit at no cost that people might like. Sorry if I offended you.

The video was only meant as an example, but the overall idea is that at some point everyone votes with their dollars. Many would not see the new Ski Nautique as a benefit and would in fact far prefer a 200 with appropriate ZO not just skiers but drivers too. As another example; consider the current ski Regionals to ski Nationals rule. What if instead of having to actually ski the Regionals you only had to pay the fee to ski Regionals to ski Nationals. Would this save money/reduce costs/make the event impossible to hold or some combination. Anyway as expenses continue to grow the experience needs to grow too.