LeSkiAvantTout

boxing - similar emphasis on both technique and mindset

just starting to run course and gotta agree with above comment on getting from 1-2 ball, huge confidence booster for me 1st time made it and got me thinking will one day run all 6 - not that I have yet!

Talksport, the leading commercial sports radio channel here in the UK, gave Andy's achievements a mention yesterday lunchtime after fans contacted the presenter Colin Murray, (trying to get a link to post). We don't produce many 6X world champions in any sport never mind one as demanding as slalom waterski.

@than "intentional draws" are certainly frowned upon, the reason they moved both ties to the same time in final round of group games was to minimise them. however in a scenario like this when both teams have everything to gain from a draw funnily enough that's frequently the result! In actual fact a narrow loss for the US could also very well take them through in a number of scenarios, this explains it well: http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2014/6/22/5832970/world-cup-tiebreaker-rules-usa-germany-group-g If you'd offered Klinsmann this scenario at the start of the tournament he'd have accepted it quicker than I'd accept running 41off!

@Jipster, it's pretty much the norm now to add 4-5 mins regardless. US should be OK way group stands, you had perfect line at 4 ball, wobbled at 5 but just need to haul yourself around 6 ugly as you like and you've ran the pass to last 16! Bookies over here (UK) make you 1 to 4 on to qualify.

I care, enough to bust my knuckles punching my garage door last night so maybe I can't ski this weekend, that hurts but not half as much as England's failure yet again. Good luck to the US on Sunday, if Ronaldo is only half fit and with Pepe suspended you have a shot at getting at least a draw which may take you through assuming Germany beat Ghana and are already qualified when you play them Thursday.

Low-cost and can definitely see the potential for it over here in UK where many people ski without access to private lakes and courses. Good luck to the manufacturer.

Switching from private equity to quoted ownership is unlikely to make them a worse ski boat manufacturer, If anything they may be able to adopt a longer term horizon. At $23m net income on an average earnings multiple they'll be a $300-$400m mkt cap stock, ie not much more than a micro-cap. Typical small cap institutional manager will own them for long term capital appreciation not dividend payouts. I'll have a look at the filing.

Not a particularly expensive sport in UK at entry level, certainly relative to say golf. Most clubs allow you to turn up and take a 12/15 min set for £25, sometimes cheaper esp off season. Obviously if you want your own high end boat etc that's expensive, but that's your own choice and doesn't make the sport the preserve of the wealthy.

Cigarettes and Alcohol as the Oasis song goes....

That sport's about as exciting as a Floyd Mayweather fight. He's probably the only sportsman who could afford to compete in it as well.

Buy the best ski you can afford. As long as you can get up on it and cross wakes (which describing yourself as "intermediate" I assume you can) you'll ski better. I'm a purely recreational skier and I can ski a lot better on an O'Brien Elite than an O'Brien World Team!

As a causual skier most of the terminology ski mfrs use goes right over my head and all sounds the same anyway but I had the chance to ski on an O'Brien Elite the other day and it absolutely blew me away, found it insanely fast and easy (normally ski on a D3 X3). Only reason wouldn't buy one immediately is conditions skied it on were different, (Elite was a free ski on a river).

Frankly family (and lack of grief from them) trumps skiing, so I'm once a week at best. But hey 41 off is over-rated anyway :) Good topic.

As a purely recreational skier I'd argue it's anything but easy, requiring time, physical effort, £/$, an understanding partner/family and a huge dose of humility and I'm sure there's plenty that can be added to that list. If I want easy I'll go to my local pub drink some beer and play pool (with more success than slalom skiing)!