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I will say there are 3 things that I can take to relieve cramps. Pickle Juice and I have not tried this stuff but just plain ole liquid from a jar of pickles, Mustard, and Hotshot. I don't "suffer" from cramps I get cramps from suffering. Most IM races I used to carry a packet of mustard during the run and that worked but it is slow to act. Had a competitor give some pickle juice out of a flask one race and that worked pretty fast so I carried that for a couple of races but it is kind of pain to carry. Last year I tried a new product "hotshot" and so far it is the best product I have tried.

I just returned form 17 days on Lake Powell with my new Vapor. I am a low mid level skier 51 yrs old and ski 28 -32 off. Came from a very old KD CR7. set the ski up to Rossi Specs and the first 3-5 rides scared the crap out me but after the initial shock of not having to do much to make the ski work and getting used to the speed all I can say is WOW. I am excited to hit the course this weekend and see how it performs in the real world but I have high expectations. The off side and side turns are very similar in ease and performance. The ski is fast from turn through the wakes (scary for me until I got used to it). I can also say I made a good choice with Vapor front boot and HRT rear. I had to make a conscious move in the CR7 to slow it down and apparently would pull a little bit with my rear foot as the first times on the vapor I would be lifting my heal pretty significantly. The vapor does not need this and found myself well planted and secure with the HRT.

@Jordan I will for sure. I've been in double boots for 30 years but wanted to give this a try. I went with a vapor front just in case I need to do a rear boot.

@Chris Rossi I got a 67. Going to set it up per your specs today. I am pretty stoked about it. First new ski in many years and just in time to spend two weeks in Lake Powell.

Well I Just joined the Vapor ranks. Now I need @Chris Rossi or @scotchipman to help me set it up correctly.

So have a brand ne Vapor with front vapor and rear HRT sitting in my living room. Pretty stoked about giving this a rip.

@gregy I am interested in your hrt. How much do you want for it? I would need it by next Thursday as I'm heading to lake Powell for two weeks. I have a FedEx account we can use to overnight it.

I know I cant transfer my old boots and I don't want to either. I am not sure if the vapors will be too much of a jump from rubber and freak me out or if the profiles or even vectors are a better choice.

I am ready for the laughter and ridicule, but I am getting a new ski. I am currently on a KD CR7 (yea I know very old). I consistently run 28 off and hit 32 50% of the time. I am 51 so I ski at 34 mph. I am going with the vapor but am not sure on what boots/bindings to get. I am currently on the stock rubber KD bindings. Not sure if I should go with the Vapor, Profile, or even the Vector. I am going to give the HRT a try (currently in double boots) as I think it is a good blend of performance and safety. Looking for opinions on the various model of boots.

Have gone from classic to Stargazer to Zbox. Each time was an improvement. Is it ZO? No but its pretty close and it does not have an impact on my scores when I ride behind a ZO boat. To me it is a solid upgrade from stargazer.

I had to laugh as I binged 1994 centurion falcon and there are a lot of photos of my boat. I need to update it as I put the tower on, a new bimini, tower speakers and racks. I probably put more into it than it is worth but I don't see me selling it ever.

@6balls

Ipskier I too am a Tele dude and so are 2 of my daughters. My youngest has not alpined since she 9 and can rip it on teles.

I was a broke recent college graduate with a one year old and a new house. I was on a budget and could not find anything used that I liked so I ordered a 1994 Bimini Skier (single axle trailer and not a dang thing extra on it. About 3 weeks after I ordered the dealer called me and said that the Centurion factory had a boat that a customer had put money down on and had backed out (lost his deposit). I could have the boat for the same price but the trailer was tandem axle and was $500 more. I did not get to pick colors but went ahead with the change. 21 years and over 2600 hours later the old tug is still going strong.

No question the Bu. I am even biased owning an older centurion. I looked at the T5 when it came out and it was not even close to mine in skiing and the Bu is a bit better than mine is.

Maybe not the best ski ever. But I have a fondness for the Connelly shortline 1982. It was the first ski I bought with my own money and I loved it. Still sits in my office.

Reading this thread makes me feel very inadequate on an intelligence level. I have an EE degree but have not used it in 15 years since I started selling medical devises, but damn you propeller heads make me dizzy.

If the barefoot warrior looks like it has seen better days I would be concerned as that boat is a wood stringer boat and they might also have seen better days. I love the pure barefoot boats for barefooting and they actually ski pretty dang good too. The one issue I have is with the outboard you are stuck with two very small platforms off the back and you then are forced to get your ski on in the boat.

That was fun to watch. Tony was great. I remember the days of hot dog skiing

Very Cool

@Horton my Grand Pappy always said "you never get what you don't ask for" That and "boy you got a lotta quit in you"

@Horton I can send my 94 Centurion Falcon for the winter and you can re-power with ZO and send it back to me for extensive testing. That should keep you well under your budget and get me a heart transplant after 2600 hours of use.

This from an OTF last weekend. Not nearly as bad

I cracked 2 ribs wakeboarding the first week of june on day 2 of a 10 day Powell trip. IT sucked big time I was however able to cinch my vest up tight and gut through getting up on my ski. Once I was up it was not too bad but I did not ski at all aggressive because I did not want to have a hard fall. I can still feel it when I sneeze.

The first pic is my boat LOL. I had the jump seat built and it has storage underneath and it is great. I ski into 35 off and it does not come any where close to the person sitting there. I would think that deeper it might but at age 50 I doubt I will get any better than I am now due to time on the water. It was one of the best things I have done in my boat IMHO. It is one of the first seats picked by my kids (youngest is 15). All the little pieces of gear like gloves extra rope and handles little clips for towels goggles etc. and my chamioux for drying off the boat all reside there.