gpcarson

I like the Marcus at night slalom photo

Why not require a fun division for all tournaments with a guaranteed 4 passes? The requirement could have an option to cap the division to 6 skiers which would take maybe 30 to 60 minutes per round. Wouldn't even need to discount the entry fees, but I think most hosts would. That might help bring in more skiers to the sport and better than doing nothing.

We lack leadership in that area. Take Florida for example. Suppose to be the mecca of waterskiing but few to no grass root tournaments. Then the sport requires a speed control for tournaments that only work in mostly 50k plus boats. Brilliant incentives for newbies.

Well we do get to jump behind zero off boats at Stillwater Lakes in Palm Bay, Florida, but I'm trying to get our boat set-up so he can train more. I am going to try to change out engines for Zero off, but was wondering if the z-box is an option, but I don't think it is. I was also wondering if I need to try to get the 6 liter over the 5.7. Really appreciate your input.

BCM, what engine does the zero off boat have that you train behind? Wondering if you tell a difference because of the 6 liter tournament boats?

Thanks, will try but I think they all use zero off

I have a throttlebody injectes 5.7 2001 mastercraft

Its for my boys 3 son. He is jumping close to 120

Anybody use Z-box for jump and how do you like it?

Anybody use Z-box for jump and how do you like it?

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Glad they passed a rule that will be good for helping grow the sport. I think they should allow this for Boys and Girls 1 for all class tournaments.

I think the next big technical move should be to finish designing an electric or hybrid boat at an affordable price (since high fuel prices seem like they are here to stay). If that happens, I think our sport would start growing again.

The construction installation cost would also be less expensive because you wouldn't need a crane to set the steel and material delivery would be less expensive.

I have thought about this before and what might be more cost effective. My thought is to excavate a lake and use all of the fill to build a high berm on one side and a short berm on the other side. Then use cables with one end anchored at the top of each berm to go across the lake and spaced as needed. This would make a "lean to" type frame and then cover it with fabric. It might be less expensive than a steel framed structure.

This warm up was recommended in a previous thread by I think Brian/Wish:

I haven't read the whole thread, so I hope I'm not repeating anything. My idea is that we replace the entire system with something more simple like the following. Try to look at this like a new person to the sport trying to understand it. Call the rope sections Levles (the public would understand that a higher level would mean more difficulty). So the levels would be: Level 1 (long line) Level 2 (15 off) Level 3 (22 off) Level 4 (28 off) Level 5 (32 off) Level 6 (35 off) Level 7 (38 off) Level 8 (39.5 off) Level 9 (41 off) Level 10 (43 off) So then the score would correspond to the level. For example, a score of Level 8.3, would be (3 buoys at 39.5 off). It doesn't matter to the public that it is 39.5 off, but they understand that a Level 8 would be more difficult than a Level 7. This could even help simplify all of scoring for all divisions. If a skier is under the max speed, then you could use whatever mph and Level 0 # of buoys. For example, a score for a mens 3 skier who got 2 boys at 30 mph would be: 30 mph Level 0.3. Let me know what you think. Thanks, Gerry

This might make Wish smile, but not me at the time. He got first place at Florida States 2009, I got second. I think we were in M3. I think it was the first time I noticed Brian was better than me, and he just kept getting better.

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