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Your are looking in the wrong place. The problem (certainly for the moment) isn’t in the turns. Your best position is out of 2 ball which shows arms straight and good alignment at the white wash. This is huge as it shows your body is happy aligning correctly. Unfortunately in that, and all other cuts, you give up your alignment as you cross the wake, causing you to head as right for the bouy with too much speed (and your question about how to turn - effectively when out of control, which shouldn’t be your plan). If you can get the alignment consistent at the white wash and hold it to the other white wash, you will make and carry speed such that the turns will be more like 6 easy starts rather than actual turns.

@Horton said : When coaching where I get lost is the following situation. The skier understands what a stacked or athletic position looks like. The end goal is crystal clear. The skier has a decent stack into the first white water The skier is a broken hot mess by the secondwhite water. Hips back / elbows are bent / back ankle is very bent / ass is dragging Id be interested in the collective views on managing this issue. From the coaching I do, I see this a lot and depending on the level of the skier the cause (and solution) appears to be quite different?

I ski RTP during the season and reflex R-style in the winter - because with the R-Style I can wear a neoprene sock comfortably as the temperature gets down to freezing. Going from RTP to R-style with sock I feel no difference whatsoever. In the spring going from R-style to RTP takes a couple of sets as things are just a more “loose” with the RTP. Actual performance (for me) no difference at all between the two, but with the RTP you can do cool dockstarts and take your foot out before you drop 😎also as the lake level goes down less likely to damage bottom of the ski on any rocks around.

Has this always been JH set up? Would be interested to know what he was running on a conventional set up before he started tinkering? Suspect as the athlete he is, that 39 goes down on a conventional set up. This looks like searching for the extra bouy rather than the reason he skis well. Ie no one else should be doing this 🙂

Im one of those folk who videos every set. Given different drivers and observers, I needed a system to be robust and “fool proof”. Im using the hero 10 black with the QR code settings on a skidoc. Crucially, to manage the issues previously mentioned, I use a Vloggers case with a 52mm thread which takes a 2.0X Marumi 52mm 2.0X tele converter. I’ve Set the QR code to turn off image stabilisation, use linear lens and max digital zoom (which is x2) - works perfectly for 16m and shorter - see attached video. The best thing is that with the screen lock on I just turn the camera on - point it at the QR code on my phone to secure the settings, attach to the ski dock and no one needs to touch it after that. Between sets its really simple to watch the videos back using the GoPro Quik app (which streams directly to the phone without having to download and use up memory.) https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lm91ptrl9xlz96ncydvly/GX015095.MP4?rlkey=snwf5kb7uk4pc4qxwtngmy2fi&dl=0

So its only possible to watch live ?

Been a while since checked the forum - loads of interesting comments. I suppose my question may not have been specific enough? In terms of “how strong do we need to be to run short line” I think a “correlation” rather than “causation” is what I’m thinking about. It’s not so much how strong do you need to be, but once you can run short line, how strong are you? That might then give the winter gym training some meaning. Thinking about the best exercises to build muscle for a sport, “specificity” trumps everything. Meaning if you do the sport correctly then you will develop the best conditioning and strength for the sport in question. Could explain why Nate doesn’t look like a beast, if he is technically doing everything as close to ideal as possible, he will only be developing the muscle strength necessary to manage the loads he’s experiencing. The more muscular skiers are either in the gym, doing other sports or taking loads that are less than ideal. Thinking this through seems to further support the idea for free-skiing. Free-skiing, with the mindset for developing the correct rhythm and timing with the boat, may be the closest we can get to focusing on the best strength training for the sport.

Leading on from the “what does CR or other do differently…..?” Many of us are working hard in the off-season on our strength and conditioning, which has me thinking about “benchmarking”. This is perhaps a “how long is a bit of string?” Question, (its winter though and its still dark outside): What do we think is the “minimum dose” of strength to be able to consistently ski deep (38off & shorter) short line? The immediate measures that come to mind are: Deadlift Squat (back and front) Pull up / muscle up Bench press - all as a percentage (or multiple of) body weight. The easy answer is that whoever you are you could always benefit from being stronger. If your goal is to ski short line however having a benchmark to work to might be really useful (and also reinforce the need for better technique, if you have achieved the benchmark.) Technique as we know is a massive variable with, I think we’d assume, poor technique requiring greater strength. I dont think a knowledge of someones strength would ever be a surrogate marker for where they can get to, but it might be helpful in showing where they need to focus their limited time. The best data would be to put the best skiers in each category (36, 55 & seniors) to a strength test - probably not practical though. I’m fairly sure some of the best skiers go nowhere near a gym and simply do the sport to get better - they would be the best to test directly, if we could 🙂 K

What is really nuts is that they keep that up for an hour - used to kill me about 40min out ! You’ll also see that the inland stuff with the rollers is not actually that fast - the conditions drop the speed to around 50-60mph. More folk get injured in 3 - event than racing.

Unfortunately not the Day 3 video but the prize giving :( Day 3 doesnt appear to be available ….

Does anyone out there have a zero off head unit for a Malibu 5.7l (circa 2010) Or a “fix” - Ours has stopped going off and on. Many thanks Kevin

Yes dual fuel now - works great (esp. when petrol is $8 gallon).

Thanks for all the comments (and those that messaged me) - think I have all the info I need now ?

Hi - we have a new 2022 200. It’s been gas converted and due to being open bow the gas tank is mounted in the space behind the passenger seat - there is nowhere else. The tank is 75l so fullup we essentially have an extra, average size, passenger on that side. What we are finding is that with even one observer the boat sits over onto the passenger side such that it kicks a spray up off that gunnel and adds an extra rooster in the wake - at 14&13m it’s like skiing through a shower. Is this a common problem ? Is the 200 really twitchy about balance ? (We’ve had Malibu before and one or two passengers doesn’t make much of difference - even if the boat is over slightly it didn’t have an effect on the feeling behind it.) Maybe the 2022 is different from previous models? We have tried moving passengers around and also added a “fat sack” behind the driver. This improves it but I’m not sure I’m happy carrying the extra weight (or having to move it around based on observers). Tried the fat sack in the open bow but in the turn the driver gets sprayed as the front digs in! Any advice welcome ?

Started in slalom course at age about 15 - got to 18m at 34mph (hand driven behind an old Bosch) before went off to uni. Did a few yrs ski racing whilst at uni due to the social side and availability. Gave up all skiing for about 15yrs while started and developed my business. Took it up again at age 40 bashing away at 18m 36mph. Realised at age 45 that didnt need to ski 36mph (Too much testosterone at our site!) Became a slalom “student” and sought out the right coaches for me to develop the correct technique at 34mph. Progressed until the season before covid, at 55, I was running 12m every set, ran 11.25 twice and had a practice pb of 2@10.75 (39off) The covid yrs and lack of time on the water have messed with my skiing and I didn’t look at 11.25 during them - this year!