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I’ll be there, and looking forward to a good week.

Miami Nautique gloves. Great feel and connection to the handle.

I think MattP is dead-on. The rebound (or unloading) of a “stretchy” rope during the edge change bothers me much more than the stretch (give) when you load off the buoy.

A big thanks to Mr Horton and his minions in “Whoville” (aka Whitestone) for putting on an incredible tournament. It was hard to top the success of last year, but we managed to pull it off. Incredible two days of skiing.

The Ball of Spray cash prize at Whitestone is only 2 weeks away. Anyone on the fence should register soon. Last year’s tournament was a blast.

I’ve been to hundreds of tournaments over the past 25+ years, and I can state without doubt that the combination of having a world class ski site along with the head to head cash prize format makes it a great experience…….You don’t want to miss this tournament.

It’s been an awesome BOS tournament at Whitestone. Special thanks to John and our sponsors for helping us put on the tournament.

The weather in North Georgia has been perfect, the lakes are skiing well, and I’m signed up for the BOS! Time to up my skiing a notch or two (or three) and bring home some hardware.

After skiing at Whitestone the past 3 days I’m pleased to report that both lakes are skiing AWESOME. The water temps are getting very comfortable, and the air has been in the mid 80’s.....Gonna be an awesome Ball of Spray tournament here in a few weeks. Sign up now.

Now that’s some serious hardware!

The BOS Cash Prize tournament at Whitestone is only weeks away!......Whitestone’s lakes 1 & 2 have been skiing awesome lately! Air and Water temps are warming up nicely. It’s going to be a great tournament weekend, with an opportunity to post some big scores. I encourage anyone interested to go ahead and sign up now. ??

Jeff, an idea that I’d like to float regarding scoring for slalom is instead of number of buoys + line length (i.e. 3@12M or 3@35’ off) going to a standard “Course Width” +/-. Course Width from centerline of the course (at the boat pylon) to the skier buoy is around 37’6” (If my memory is correct). This number becomes Course Width which also = 0. Course Width is approximately 11 Meters (38’off). So, a competitor that skis the course at 14.25 M (28’ off) would be running at CW (Course Width) +3.25 (14.25-11) If the skiers round 3 bouys, the score would be 3@+3.25CW. If it’s a skier that skies 3@391/2, that would be scored as 3@-1.5CW. The plus sign and minus sign denote if the skier is using line longer or shorter than the distance to the buoy from the center lone. (Think about like golf. Everyone knows what par means. If you shot 1 under par you know it’s a birdie and a good score. If you shoot 2 over par it’s a double bogey. A “scratch golfer” with a handicap of 0 is thought of as a really good golfer. A golfer with a 20 handicap is not nearly as good. We have a frame of reference that is much easier to understand that just saying 9.75M rope, or 41’ off. To novice skiers these numbers are confusing at best. It would be relatively easy to explain what -1CW means. (1 meter shorter than the distance from the center line to the buoy)

I think the number of sets skied is more accurate indicator of wear than years skied. I replace my bindings (Goode Powershells on a Powerplate) around once every other ski season. This year I skied over 130 days (probably 200 sets). I could likely get part or whole of another season, but the plastic in the bindings becomes loose with fatigue, and invariable I start replacing metal parts/screws/ fasteners/interlock tape. (Which is not good if it’s at or right before a tournament).

Phenomenal job by everyone at TWBC! Excellent coverage of the tournament, and the giveaway prizes was also a very nice feature. I hope you are able to cover a lot more tournaments like this one.