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“ML needs to make different diameters for the Ego. Just can't use a 1" handle without tearing up my hands.” I agree and have been saying that since it was released by Masterline. Masterline or another handle company should look into acquiring US Gear’s tooling and manufacturing technique. There is a market. Having a handle that floats was a plus also.

Can’t argue with that @Horton

Anything else would be a mistake.

Thank you so much for the broadcast of my favorite sport to watch! I rarely watch any sports broadcast that I don’t have a complaint about a commentator, some of which are paid huge salaries, and they receive tons of professional coaching and training. I personally choose not to publicly complain about the Masters or TWBC broadcasting because they are very well done considering the budgets, they are free, and the workers are working for very little or free. I find it interesting that the one commentator I’ve seen on TWBC that I personally find to be really annoying has never had a single negative comment against them on this forum that I’ve seen. I put up with that commentator just so I can see great video of the best skiers in the world. My only suggestion to anyone that commentates on these broadcasts would be to listen to the playback to self-improve. It couldn’t be any more painful than me watching video of my on skiing! I’ve never commentated at an event of any kind but I doubt I could do any better than any one of these commentators. Again, thank you TWBC!

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Massage therapy should be near or at the top of that list I've learned.

My mileage goes from 30 MPG with 10% to 31.5 MPG with pure gas. I buy pure gas when I have the option.

I worked on wide last year and made progress but I have yet to make it all the way up to 90 degrees to boat path. Not even once. Back of the motor box seems to be my default without a huge effort. Seems to be better with my first sets this spring. Nate starts in the trough which gives him a longer loading zone. I’m also right foot forward and just can’t get a handle on starting in the trough.

When you can see the front of the motor box. That’s where Nate is. 90 degrees to the pylon. Beside the pylon.

@BraceMaker Are you saying 11 million dollars a minute?

Try A plus,1,2,and 3. A plus is stronger than any combination of ABC123. B and C plus even more so.

Age 18-60 males is what I just heard on the news.

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Thank you for your great instructional videos!

I’ll watch the Olympics again when they have 3 event waterskiing broadcasting. In other words, never.

A setup like Perfect Pass used with a magnet attached to the buoy and a sensor on the side wall of the boats interior would be very accurate and a great option/selling point for the system.

Slalom Saloon Shortline Saloon Prop Pub Smears

Steep learning curve on those hover skis.

I wonder how many of that bunch have done SS and background checks. Maybe we need to start an Air Slalom league.

I bet he won't let the water hazards scare him!

I tested a ski maybe 15 years ago and seems like it was about 1 percent stiffer for each 10 degrees colder which is enough to feel in itself. I think viscosity is a much bigger factor in what we experience in cold water.

Shortening to 10.75, 10.25, 10.00, and then 9.75 wouldn’t cause the tournament to last longer. By the way, I’ve not seen anyone suggest adding 10.50. Nate would have a shot at running 10.00 I think but it would be rare. I would think the average score at 9.75 is 1 buoy. I’ve seen a lot of zeros and very little past 1 ball. The boat is going to finish the pass anyway so no extra time at 10.00 with maybe a couple more outlandish buoys to enjoy watching. If someone were to every run 10.00, I think that would be extremely entraining plus the “impossible” shot at 9.25 as a bonus. As far as too many passes, watch it after the tournament and skip all you want. I enjoy watching every single pass starting at 13 meters. Remember, these athletes are performing at a level comparable to any sport out there and mostly for the love of the sport, not for you or big cash prizes. Let them get their bearings with a couple of warmup passes, at least for the first round of the day. If the top 10 were making between 1-10 million a year like some sports then yes, make the pro tournaments strictly for the spectators. For free, we’re getting to watch the very best in the world do what we love at the highest level. By the way, no one is even close to Nate in understanding how much harder 9.75 is than 10.25 and he says it’s like going from 13.00 to 10.25! Imagine all the whining there would be among skiers if the rope went from 13.00 to 10.25, and rightfully so. That would be dumb, and so is going from 10.25 to 9.75 only to drop the shortenings to .25 meter every shorting after 9.75.

@ral Make that 30”

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If a change must be made the only change that make sense to me is to have the line length to decrease by .25 of a meter starting after 10.25 meters (41 off). Line lengths longer than 10.25 meters would stay the same as they are now. So pro men would ski 13 meters, 12 meters, 11.25 meters, 10.75 meters, 10.25 meters, 10 meters, 9.75 meters, 9.5 meters and so on. Way back when it was decided to shorten by a half meter after 11.25 I don’t think they had any idea the degree of difficulty a full half meter less rope would be after 10.25 meters (41 off). As a spectator of pro waterskiing, I would love to see this change. Maybe put a freeze on the world record for a period of time to give everyone equal opportunity to establish a new record at 10 meters or shorter then put an asterisk in the record books. That would give the 55 KPH and 58 KPH record holders the opportunity to “defend” their old records and not have their length of time holding the record interrupted.