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Interesting. I haven't heard about this new puck stuff. I might need to try it.

How about this: I'm 200 pounds and still have to occasionally drop down to 28 mph passes as my opener when I'm really skiing poorly or it has been a while off. My 67" Senate seems *just* enough to make that work out. I still won't regret buying a 2024 67" vapor?

yikes. This is a bit scary. Here's to hoping for the best. However, knowing how publicly traded companies work, there is also certainly reason to fear the worst.

That would be awesome. I will do that for sure. Thanks

Definitely not on the level that they would be contacting us. So it looks like I just need to look around for some of the locally organized camps. I'll give that a try. Thanks much.

Where would one go to find more info on these local Jr Dev camps?

With my 14 year old boy, if we get out an even reasonable amount this year, he might likely make a 28 mph pass. I'm really hoping we can go as a family a LOT to give him that opportunity. For my 11 year old girl, if we get out a bunch, the main goal is to get her deep water starting on 1 ski. I really think she can do it. For my 8 year old boy, I want him to just keep getting more comfortable with the water, right now through kneeboarding. It would be AWESOME if he could end up getting up on 2 skis and on the wakeboard this year, but that feels like a lot to ask at this exact moment. I guess we will see. I haven't really told my kids that these are the goals I'm hoping for. Nevertheless, it would just make my day if some of this progress could actually happen.

If you want to ski like what you see at the 5:00 mark of this video, then the boat will be fine and dandy https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=462203897808301 If, however, you ever want to learn to ski more like this video, then you need a real ski boat.

I'll never forget the day when Scot Chipman was nice enough to invite me out to Stillwater one nice September day to ski with him. I'm on the deck, ski on, handle in hand and he says "Alright, what are you working on?" In my head I was like. "Bro, I ain't workin on nuttin!! I just ski for fun!" But my mind knew that was probably not the right answer so I said something like I was working on my stacked position or something - which certainly is true to some extent, but probably not to the extent that it would be for most of y'all crazies on here. That was the day I realized I'm actually quite a misfit in this sport. The poll results above seem to bear that out. 3 out of 4 people on this forum are heading into the season with a solid plan to work toward improvement. I have no other plan than to enjoy swerving lake time with my family on a hot afternoon. Hopefully we can still be friends?

I mean...let's put it this way. HO has been SO successful with that Hovercraft, that they have now caused Connelly to re-introduce to the market, the Big Easy! But if those are just too far overboard for you, I suppose, I kinda understand. Then you could look to the Connelly Big Daddy, or Outlaw, which are just less far down that same road. And then the least far down that road would probably be the Radar Session. Just depends on how much you really meant to say "easiest".

Also, what's with the weird shaped swim deck on Kandi?

I love it. Please keep ordering them with Towers Horton. One of these days, I'm going to be buying one of these on the Western used market and I need it with a tower. Let's get a bunch of those available all around the west please. P.S. I love the MC tower. It is so minimalist and out of the way for slalom. Interfaces with bimini excellently. So awesome.

@HortonThanks. That's helpful info. @elr Yes for sure, I love that idea. Unfortunately this coming summer particularly, there will be some job items getting in the way of making that possible.

So...I know we can't talk politics on here. But I don't know how to avoid it and I don't know where else to go to ask. So I'm going to go ahead and throw this up here and hope it doesn't turn into a firestorm and pray that maybe there's a chance, if folks can behave, that it won't get deleted or get me banned or something and that just maybe I can get some good answers from those of you in the know. My teenage boy is now quite interested in attending a summer ski camp to work on improving his skills and having a cool camp experience. His PB this year was 25 mph at full line length. If we skied a bunch before a July-ish camp, I think I could have him up to about 28 mph at full line length or even 15 off. This point becomes the point where stacking up etc. becomes critical, and I believe the best age for him to begin taking advantage of the coaching that would be available at a camp. However, he is still at a very young and impressionable age where I feel like I would really still like to have some control and say over who I allow to take full ownership over him for a full week at a time. So...I'm asking the question. Now I will accept the consequences to follow, whatever they may be, and hope to maybe get some useful answers.

Alright I just started listening. I'm really enjoying it. But I'm just now figuring out that I should have waited until they were all up for free before starting because now I'm going to be tempted to pay money that could go toward my next ski instead.