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When in Playa you're approximately a short hour drive from Scott's Waterski cancun. (In Cancun obviously). Make sure to double confirm with him that he'll be there!! Otherwise, Kitesurfing, diving, dolphin swimming etc etc ;)

There is another very interesting side to mid-loops that we have not discussed here: They can come in very handy whenever you're pulling someone who is "mentally" struggling, over one given line length. You can fool them into thinking they are still skiing at one length when you actually shortened it a little without telling them, and without them noticing it, and you wouldn't believe how much people perform when they don't know the rope is shorter ;) We've all heard a story about a guy who mistakenly ran a line because the guy in the boat messed up and shortend it too much ;) well mid loops are kind of doing this intentionally :) Obviously this also applies to "normal" loops, but then, the gap is bigger, they might notice it / feel it .

I've been using it as a way to "ease" into my sets and I actually think it is a very valuable training tool. of course, for those who compete, as you get close to tournaments you might want to go back to "normal" lengths, but for those who don't or for those who are just really trying to get to the next line, IMO it is what makes more sense. I must confess I don't get the "this is not a real line, you'd better slow the boat down" argument, as, IMO, one could answer "that's not a real speed, you might better shorten just a bit" ;) ? (No offense intended, sincerely) Last year I used to tweak with the boat's speed between 32-33-34 mph, and was less consistant than this year, I now only ski 34mph, start longer (22 or even 15 off if i'm really tired), but consistently go 15 - 18.5 - 22 - 25 - 28 - 30.5off, and good days 32off. The true difference with tweaking with the speed is, as others have said it, you keep the same rythm/timing. Now for rope reviews, I've been using the masterline progressor, which is good but the mid loops seem to "undo" after a while as they are just pieces of rope "inserted" inside the initial rope, they come out after a while, I'll post a pic as soon as I can take one.

I'm no Goode Expert, and let along XT expert, but just yesterday, on the site where i ski here in Paris, a guy came back so pissed to the dock, his 1-year old XT just cracked in between both bindings. He cannot recall dropping it, or getting it hit / shocked / whatever. Simply skiing. It really cracked on a ball 1 as the tip of the ski "bit" into the water to start carving, thus slowing down and it snapped and it looked like the tail just kinda went "past" the tip, a weird thing to see really. At first we couldn't figure out why he had fallen, until he came back to the dock.. I have no idea wether this is common or an isolated case, but just letting you know. For the rest, I wouldn't be able to tell, so i'll let the guys who know better ;)

Great thank you very much! Will get in touch :)

Hey guys! I'll have to go to Dallas for a week or so in early October. I've downloaded the google earth file and have seen a couple ski sites around the area, but thought i'd ask the experts for some advice? is that season skiable? Worth it? Also, any good ski shops around the area? Last but not least, any ballers there? Any input greatly appreciated! All the best Romain

I believe watching this guy is probably the best way to learn about skiing ;). @twhisper

hahahahah well that's embarrassing!!!! That friend thought it was an MC, I assumed he was right (again, hadn't seen the boat in a couple years), and dugg out these pics ;) Well i'll ask him what kind of boat it is, and i'll check what it is made of etc , then i'll have it audited by my club's mechanic and decide what to do with it ;) Will keep you posted!

Thank you for your help guys! Actually I'm actually even starting to doubt it's an MC? I had it as a given but now that I think of it, the only elements I have are the attached photos, anyone recognize which boat is that? My friend told me it was an MC 86, might as well be something else, haven't seen that boat in 4+ years, couldn't really tell?

@MattP in Paris, France? ;)

@6balls exactly my idea! ;) All, thank you for all of your inputs, again, this friend is seling the house and living in an appartment downtown, has absolutely no place to ski, and married and got kids, not into skiing anymore (not judging ;) just analysing!) So I guess I'll take it and have it "audited" by my club's mechanic. if it has wood in it, (m&aybe it's older than 86? don't know), or if it needs >5k, will in turn give it away or just dump it, if not, will try to keep it for recreational, spare boat. I'll try to find a pic to show you guys which model it is By the way, is there anywhere online a library of all mastercraft models with techs spechs and stuff like that? Didn't quite find anything? maybe not looking in the right place? Many thanks again romain

Hey Guys, Just reaching out for some advice from the pros ! A friend of mine just sold his house by the countryside, it had an access to a river with an 86' MasterCraft which gave us many good runs a couple years ago but hasn't really been used for the past 4 years approx. I have a place i can actually park it, and can figure a use to it, it wouldn't become my slalom boat as we ski in clubs here, but could be a boat to share with friends. I'll look into details of insurance, cost for parking year-round etc etc, but just out of curiosity, is that boat a keeper? Something one should stay away from? i'm not really looking into buying a boat, but this friend is actually either gonna give it to me or just give it away to whoever shows up first! the idea would be to invest a couple '000€ to get it up and running (, make sure the engine is OK, fix whatever is needed, new upholstery and stuff like that, it already has a tower) and use it as a recreational boat to wakeboard / tube / trick / freeski if it reaches 36mph... Any inputs greatly appreciated! Thanks for your help! Romain ps: not even sure it's 1986, but somewhere in that area...

Anywhere between 32 and 34, most of the time it varies throughout my set. Starting at 32-ish (thanks ZeroOff) and bumping up to 33 and 34 towards the end of the set. My goal is to ski only 34 this season, work in progress ;)

I travel with this Construction pipe (30$) inside a Dakine rollbag (that I can also use for snowskiing) And my ski has never been hurt. I did the exact same thing (Dakine bag + construction pipe) for my sister, and her Goode Maikai is all well in spite of a HUGE crack on the pipe (probably fell from the plane while loading or something ran it over...go figure). Downside to it: kinda heavy, probably around 15 pounds empty. Upside: It is versatile. Once on location I can take the pipe out and only use de much lighter ski bag for moving around to and from the lake etc..

Hi there! I'm not sure if the question is Software or Hardware? As you mention both? Anyways Chrome Software on both Mac And PC Lenovo hardwares and never had any troube appart from my login not being remembered sometimes, so I have to log back in but no real trouble.