Rico226

Hello, looking for other options with recording ski footage. Generally only my wife & I, she is driving and I am skiing, so no 3rd person to record. Been using a Ski Doc set up with my cell phone, but getting too much vibration in the recording. Anyone have a better option with that scenario ? Thank you

123

Appreciate the advice

Hello, first time shipping some bindings internationally from USA to UK via USPS, do I have to get a forwarder or is it possible to ship without a license ? Thought it would just be filling out the customs form in addition to paying postage. Thanks for any advice on cheapest alternative to resolve.

@dude, felt the same restriction, I moved the screw for the strap to the top hole & it fixed the issue for me, allowing more flex

Great suggestions ! I have always kept my back binding loose and intentionally heal lifted my back foot to place more weight to the front leg, pondering now if the consequence is loosing some balance in the rear ball of the foot and rocking back onto the heal. In actuality doing the exact opposite of what I wanted. Will be trying to feel that connection with the new binding set up where my rear foot will be locked in tighter. Two rooted foot beds with a straighter rear leg sounds like a good starting plan. That laundry list of keys are more of my "dry land skiing" daily chant ritual. I do try and only carry a couple of technique intentions into a pass, but for sure I am guilty of over thinking. Hips dropping in, are definitely in the forefront, I tend to toggle back and forth with trying to be the one legged man, figuratively speaking, and just using the hips in the edge out. Did manage to shed the weight, 17 lbs gone as of today, shooting now for 3 more lbs to make it an even 20, before I start the new season. Thanks very much for the feedback

After 15 years, I have determined, “The single weakest leak in my chain is the “Edge Out” A LFF skier Mens IV – 34mph. My thoughts just prior to Edge out. Weight on the front foot, hips up, elbows on the vest, arms straight, fingers relaxed, handle low, ski close to the wake as possible but out of the trough, I start when the boat is approximately a half a boat length from the pre-gates. As I go, I turn my shoulders slightly to the boat, with vision on the back of the boat’s platform to get my hips moving in the direction I need to go, (having my vision anywhere else has not worked in the past and causes me to break forward at the waist, as my eyes directly control my shoulders). Most of the time midway out from the start of the edge out, to the middle of the white water, I end up losing some of the front foot pressure, the hips squat back a little (strangely I never feel it until it is too late), connection (elbows to vest) is lost and I end up with decreased outbound speed and energy, instead of the opposite increased speed to take me high up on the boat. I believe once the hip drop occurs, I hang on the line a little bit too long (as a consequence) in the edge out to achieve that width. I feel like most of the time I have ended up with down course rather than outbound speed. My next move is to stand tall and square up to look down the buoy line. I normally do get as wide as the 2, 4, 6 buoy line at 28 & 32 off. The end result is a slower turn in for the gate, ski gets stuck or trapped slightly behind me instead of out in front in a good stack position. The boat pulls me down course through the gates into a “late” one ball. Video displays a slight squat on the back leg through the gates with space between the elbows and vest (all as we know no good). I would say 75% of the time this is my start to the pass. So I want to really change it up this year more than ever. Searching for the why I allow the hips to squat a little, even with so much focus on not doing it. Note I have and will continue to do get more professional coaching just in Atlanta nothing is too close by, either over to South Carolina or down to Florida are the closest avenues. A little background, 2012 I was a 35 off skier (scrapper, mainly because of the poor late starts), I managed to get one or two balls at 38. 2013 broke my L ankle right at the beginning of the season, hit 2 ball square and didn’t release (fogman bindings) and was done for the year (surgery). 2014 started my come back, changed my bindings got back to skiing 32 off (but never liked the new reflex bindings, were just too sensitive for me). Stayed away from tournaments last year just because I never made it back, Could not ski consistently where the first two passes were on demand out the boat, normally start at 28 off. Towards the latter part of the season, I just fell a little out of love with chasing buoys and worked more on free skiing instead of course skiing, with the intent to change up old ingrained bad habits. Free skiing helped some, (I am an adrenaline junky, so ripping 100 turns over a ski practice brought me back some joy into the pureness of skiing. but never helped me as much as I thought, once I would go back into the course) Overall, For me, if I am not skiing the course 3 times a week, I normally do not make forward progress getting shorter down the line. If you are like me, your perception of what is going on in the pass versus reality are nowhere close to each other. Long story, but hopefully the details are clear in understanding. 2015 is here I have decided to go back to my original fogman bindings that I really liked because of the stiff cuff and now have them mounted on the OB4 system. Really been motivated over this fall, & will be back to high school weight by the start of the season in March, dropping 15 lbs (180 down to 165lbs & I am 6’ tall). So wondering, How do you keep & maintain your stack in your edge out ? For those that have mastered your edge out if you can think back on what you did mentally to keep the hips up at all times. The start dictates the rhythm & speed of the pass. Any suggestions/comments are appreciated on what I listed above. I believe the RFF skiers may have different approach than the Lefties on the start, so if you would not mind advise which foot forward you are. Thank you

Sold !

Brand New Release Mounts never used asking $75 OBO

i just recently upgraded from a 9800 to a Nano One, haven't made the maiden voyage yet, was wondering from those that have skied it, if you stayed at stock or ended up shallowing up the fin in a diagonal or vertical move. Hearing from some that they had to shallow up the fin to get it to turn. Seeking to circumvent some of the R&D & cut to the chase. What were your magic fin #'s ? I posted the stock #'s as a reference. Thank you 65.25″ Binding placement: 28.75″ (+- 1/8) from the tail of the ski to the rear of the front boot. Fin: .705″, 2.491″, 6.770″ Wing: 9.5 degrees (+- ½ degrees – The NANO ONE is wing sensitive. Try different settings)

@rico do not feel any coming from the steering wheel

No visual damage to prop, will have the other items checked, trying to make it to fall before putting it in a shop or sending the prop off, @rico vibrates no matter if pulling up straight or into a turn around island

I have a 09 Ski Nautique 196. It vibrates when pulling up heavier skiers (170 lbs +). It goes away after the initial get up, but it is considerably noticeable. It is weird, as there is no vibration when normal throttling the boat to plane or when pulling up the wifey at 125 lbs. I assume the prop is the first place to start and have it reconditioned or could it be something else ? Anyone had this issue before ?

how you can make those gate entries with your head turned almost totally away before the turn in is extremely impressive, awesome skiing !