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So I finally got my vest back, the 2xl was a good choice, it fits great. With enough room to go up or down in weight(in the midsection @kona). Although I'd probably say for anyone looking to get the vest it will encourage you to hit the gym or lake a bit more frequently. Either way the fit is incredibly good, and I can't wait to see how the material holds up.

thanks @aswinter05 all great things to try

@ShaneH it has gotten better than that, but ill try to focus on it a bit more and see if that works. @Killer Thanks for the advice ill try it this weekend as well

I am experiencing what feels like a lot of "kick" off the first wake which tends to put me out of position and skiing flat out to the ball. I'm wondering if this is caused by not leaning enough on my approach and therefore the ski would be already partially flat heading into the wake?

Last year I attempted to get a co-op position at Nautique and Malibu, but Nautique wasn't hiring for that time of year(fall) and Malibu didnt have a co-op program in place. I was wondering if anyone on BOS had any information about this for ski manufacturers or any other area of the sport? Working, even for just the experience, in this industry would be a dream come true so any information would is helpful. Thanks, Derek

@Chuck_Dickey Thanks for the advice. @colo_skier I managed to find a blacktec 2.0 full suit outside the states for basically the same price so ill let you how it fits. Same for the vest size.

Thanks @Horton @gregy for the info. @ral i had the same thing, with a medium oneill vest and thought the large camaro would fit, but definitely not the same sizing at all.

I recently bought a Camaro impact vest for the summer and found that the sizing on the vest was roughly 2 sizes smaller (L on the website was listed as 38 1/2" were vest shows 37") than listed on the website. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem? It will be an easy exchange courtesy of miamiskinautique but made me question about sizing for their wetsuits as I was also looking to get the new blacktec. I'm 6 ft, 180 lb, so if anyone's close to that and is using the camaro wetsuits I'd love to hear what size your using? There is also no were in Ontario to go try these on that I know of which is why I'm trying to reduce the amount of back and forth shipping that I have to do. Thanks for the input.

@Brady Ya that wind chill will get you, and so id agree its cold no matter what you have. I was more wondering then how the camaro, being only 2 mm in those temperatures, where Id regularly have 4-5mm. It's cold but you can make it work if your "committed".

Does anyone know how warm these suits are in 30-50 degree(F) water? When i see a suit that's only 1-2 mm thick that makes me a bit skeptical.

Texas is great..I lived in Laredo for a few years, but its a long way to go for a lot of people. A more central location would seem to make more sense. The scope of the event seems to be developing into another tournament with funky rules? Although that isnt really a bad thing in any way..is it really that inclusive to the people who aren't those reading BOS everyday? When I started the previous thread I imagined this event having the same or better opportunity as the Stoaked festival coming up this weekend to start creating a lifestyle image the same as sports such as surfing, snowboarding, or wakeboarding even have right now. A great way to do that is to add things which will interest a lot of people to the event...like a rib fest, with tons of beer tents..maybe thats not family friendly entirely but its an idea. If people want to start a thread for those interested in orgranization of the even I'd be all for that.

@Brent What happened with the video? I don't remember seeing anything about it?

@swc5150 auction the boats?

@skoot1123 @horton We could auction them off to raise money for BOS...thats another option..portion/all of the proceeds to BOS say from auctioned off equipment.

@richarddoane i was thinking also to include some of the other random ideas that have floated around the forum to allow everyone to participate in something Getting some lighted bouys for a night competition would be fun too or even just for people to try. Possibly even having multiple different events were you tally a score at the end of the weekend, somewhat like golf. Ill have to start logging all this..