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Bro you sound a little bummed about not getting that adrenaline fix. I used to be a pro wakeboarder till I was 40. I know the feeling. But unfourrtunately wakeboarding is a progressive sport like skateboarding. When your done your done! The best thing I've found to replace the rush of a new trick is freestyle fpv drones. Feels just like your really flying the most agile and quick fighter jet ever. Just a little warning though it's highly addictive and quite expensive. Seems not too bad a $1000 and your set up. Nobody ever said anything about the $50 to $150 it costs to replace parts daily or weekly if you only get weekends.

Slalom out of water

One of the best slo-mo water skiing I have seen. Will makes it look easy but most athletes at this level, no matter what their sport, make it look easy. Just an appreciation for sports at this height of performance.

Thanks Marcus and Will. This has been excellent and really generous to share your thoughts, advice and tips. I am motivated to change, adjust and find what works for me, all this you both have addressed. Thanks again! And thanks for the future address of skiing with age, I am 63 now and love skiing everyday can in the summer.

Total GRANOLAS!

The MAN!

Great analysis. I think the physics of this is simple. A blend of two factors are in play: 1) pendulum swing and 2) pre turn edging the ski. 1) Pendulum swing is super efficient. It uses centrifugal force to change direction with no loss of speed. 2) Edging the ski transfers kinetic energy from the skier to the water slowing the skier and causing spray To maintain maximum speed through the pre turn one would maintain a flat trimmed out ski and use the pull of the rope and centrifugal force to swing up on the boat. Edging and loosing rope tension early in the pre turn causes early loss of speed minimizing ability to move out and up on the boat. I would speculate that using all pendulum swing and no edging in the pre turn would get you out and up very effectively but would bring you in to the ball with too much speed. Slowing down some before the apex of the turn may make it more manageable and allow a tighter turn. Thus a balance of these two factors is optimal. Racing motocross I learned that you can only carry so much speed through a turn. The best lap times are achieved by braking hard as late as possible just before the turn and then accelerating hard out of the turn. This maximizes speed at each point on the track. I think the concept of waiting to hit the brakes translates to the pre turn. Keep the speed early in the pre turn by maintaining rope tension and a trimmed ski as you swing out and up to get ahead early, then edge late in the pre turn to start slowing down before the apex. This explains why everyone says you must hold onto the rope longer and maintain rope tension to run shorter line lengths. Hit me back if you think I’m on the right track. Tim linger.tim@gmail

Great comments!!! Kyle Eade has me focusing so much on the gate pull out .. glide and turn in … your advice is spot on !

In the last video I watched you review Asher was holding his handle close to his body crossing the wake keeping the the pull of the boat close to his hips center of gravity now this conversation is total opposite which is it

Two years later, Jaimee is a two time, back to back, world champion!!

that last nugget about being "progressive" was great!

Really good informative episode! The Nate vs Freddy video really clarifies the dialogue about the body movement over the ski at/after the 2nd wake. Video’s are truly worth a 1000 words. I also REALLY liked the “short” drone video of 22’ vs 39.5’ showing the skier path and the rope angle difference right at the bouy. Thanks for all your efforts in trying to demystifying the slalom course!

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Do you offer personal coaching?

I don’t understand why this doesn’t have 1 mil. + views!?!??

Great instruction, simple, clear and easy to understand, tks for the clarity

Marcus, I have ALWAYS been a big fan (ever since you sent me a fin) , that being said , excellent and insightful commentary , I am a left foot forward skier and ski with a righty grip (No instructions such as this when I started and I was told to use my baseball grip, well guess what ? I batted right ! I cannot fix this, I have tried.

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NOT BAD! Employ a company like smzeus!!

Spot on 👍🏼 now, can you tell us how? 🫤😆 some videos of slalom specific mobility stretches & strengthening exs would be awesome

Water skiing is not on tv because the industry is too expensive. I hope people get Trump back in in 2024, MAGA baby!

Great pointers … now I need to work on those positions …

I think you are great !!!! As we all civil engineers are !!!!! 🤣🤣 🙋🏻‍♂️Jaime (James ) 🇲🇽 60 years and still skiing.

That was totally awesome!! Thank you

Great channel !!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Love it. Thanks.

So good....Thank you for doing all you do for the sport!

Thanks Marcus - Great info and it works !!

Gordon Rathburn was an amazing rear toe strap skier.

this is very helpful thank you! can't wait to try it next time

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Your advice is great … now it’s time to practice that !!🤙🏻

What are your thoughts about lifting the rear heel in order to get weight forward? And even if the answer is to *ideally* have the heel stay flat, what if you don't have the ankle mobility/strength necessary to do that? To compensate, it seems like lifting the rear ankle still maintains a good stack and forward weight.

Thanks it was very helpful advice for me. Of course you are still my most favourite skier in the world.

Hello. Could you contact me in private. Strong interest for numerical simulation of slalom

Stripper butt????😂

I have an ez slalom course.. I want to drop a buoy in to trigger me to pull out. Is that distance from gate approximately 88' to drop buoy?

I really enjoy the technical break downs of all of the elite skiers, so keep up the good work. I have to admit, however, I'm a little confused. At 34.30 Marcus says that compressing or flexing after the wake causes the ski to squirt out ahead too much. When I watch video of Manon, she has quite a bit of flexion of the knees that results in the ski coming under her hips and continuing to head outbound. However she follows that with an extension of the legs so that she's fully extended at apex. Futhermore her ankles are also flexed bringing her center of mass evenly over her feet. She definitely makes this retraction style of transition work. If she ended up with most of her weight on the tail I'd say Marcus had a point, but I'm having a hard time seeing the down side of this flexion transition. How about a video comparison between, say Manon and Whitney McClintock or Manon and Jamie Bull?

Enlightening observations and great comments 🙏

Very helpful Marcus . Thanks for doing these videos!

Great info but I'm conflicted. Adam(s) preach the GUT method and focus on speed to centerline, they talk about COM (which essentially translates to body position) and "standing tall", yet as you mentioned, Adam had one of the highest loads and slowest speeds at hilltop. GUT also talks about the relationship of the rope to the course and rope to the boat, but I think they miss an important aspect - rope to skier. Also, when I watch video of Will, he is not so much "stacked" but he holds his handle just above his knee which effectively brings his COM forward, an example of "rope to skier". I'd like to hear both of your thoughts on this. I'd also find it great value if you and Will did some video analysis of Will, talking about what he's trying to do at different phases of the course. What he thinks he does well and what he strives to do better. Also, how does his approach change as the rope gets shorter. Thanks!

I really like these videos about technique.

Great conversation- Jaimee is so well thought out and great skier

Savage 🤙🏽

Really appreciate your time and effort in making these very instructional videos.

Wish I had had this type of instruction 20 yrs ago!!

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awesome channel! really great to see high-end content about water skiing.. congrats

Huge comments and anylisis!! Thanks for sharing, great job. I've heard we have to push our knees forward when pulling... Is it ok to do it? Wouldn't we overload the knees if we overdone it(As when doing weighted squats)?

Love these. Keep them coming