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Moldable plastic work well for this as well.

Couldn't agree more @thager , I only managed two days of riding last year (due to lack of snow) ... so glad I didn't pull the trigger on an new M8000 last year ... that would have been painful!

A couple other steps I do (in addition to most of the above) 1. Remove the rubber impellor from the raw water (secondary) pump. Inspect and store for reinstall next spring. 2. Loosen tension on belt(s). Rather than going through the effort of drawing antifreeze through by running the engine, I have always just poured it in through the hose that feeds raw water (from the pump) into the top of the engine.

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Moving my rear foot back leveled out my onside turn making for a smoother and more complete turn. For years ... no decades... I had my feet as close I as could get them (nearly toe to heal) and struggled with a slight hitch and tip rise on my harder passes. Moving them apart vastly reduced that issue. I noticed no deterioration in my already strong off-side turn.

I have heard the number settings explained a bit differently. Rather than being the amount of load required to engage and increase in RPM, they represent the actual level of RPM increase once the system in engaged (as determined by the Letter setting). 1 being the lightest and 3 being the strongest. So in reality the number setting dictates when the RPM increase will end. 1 being a lower RPM increase will remain engaged longer that than 2 or 3. There is a graphical representation of this that makes this very clear. From studying this I decided to change my ZO setting from B2 to C1. According to the chart this change would provide the results of a quicker engagement (which I prefer) but would remain engaged for a similar duration as B2. (C2 shut down too early for me). I'll see if I can find the chart, which I think I pulled from a Mapple discussion on ZO settings.

I haven't played with adjusting the settings when switch to a strong pulling boat because I typically ski better when the pull is a bit firmer that normal. However, I have made adjustments in the past when I know the boat pull will be softer than normal. It has been my experience that a change in number setting is a better form of compensation than a letter setting. When I was running B2 would change to B3 if the pull felt soft. I have not had to make this adjustment since I changed to C1 but instinctively I would use C2 to compensate if needed. Of course if you already run a 3 setting that won't work. I view the letter setting as when/where you want the pull to start and the number setting as when/where you want is to stop. (the "plus" settings provide an additional spectrum within the settings array)

@jimski Take the time to set it an the standard Rossi settings 6.870, 2.48, 0.755 @ 29 3/4. My On-side turn was still a bit slow with tip rising up and all I did was shallow the fin to 2.475 the thing came alive with a nice level finishing turn. This ski works best if you set the ski on edge and let it do it's thing. Are you headed to Borderline next week. If I see you there I'll see if I can help out.

Maybe I'm just too darn old and been doing this for too darn long but the day a skier can call for an instant replay video review is the day I go back to just free-skiing on the river ... it's suppose to be fun!!! Safer turn buoys, I'm all for it, but I think I can count the number of bad scoring calls I've witnessed over 40 years on two hands ... the last two by "Senior/Level III Judges" that received those ratings because they can ski really well.

67 (same size as my Strada). I know I'll like, I could feel some great things on the 68 I took a set on last May.

I'm lifting my embargo and picking up a Vapor in time for the weekend.

I'm still boycotting the Vapor after I learned of it's existence 2 days after I picked up a new Orange Strada (replacing my old Strada). I rode a green on last spring and could feel it's potential though. I may lift my embargo after I manage I get a dozen sets in (3 sets so far). If I do acquire one, you can all be sure that shortly thereafter something new will be released.

I love this video analysis, the only thing that is missing is an overlay with the boat location in the course (instead of the skier location). I think that would add some additional insight into the ski speed variation between the two line lengths.

WPB or BAKO ... My two all time favorite site for Nationals. But I'm still trying to figure out the different colored t-shirts @richarddoane ... are you a Trekkie????

Sorry I could only be there for Day 1.... Next year !!!