Slalom Ski

Wow We always teach people to ski by deep water slalom starts. We never drop them. The hardest part is getting up soo once ur up its not bad as long as you lean back. Just gotta keep that ski strait keep those knees bent as much as possible and I wrap my arms around my legs to keep myself stedy in the water untill they hit it. I just taught my fat little buddy how to slalom in 3 tries a few weeks ago. And you cant take off to fast when pulling up a slalom skier Just hammer it. I hat at tournements when they dont hammer it to get skiers up out of the water. Thats my input hopefully you will be skiing like a pro soon.

phatsat67 wrote: And you cant take off to fast when pulling up a slalom skier Just hammer it.

total crap, adjust the launch to suit the skier's preference.

I'd hate to be holding the rope behind my boat if someone hammered it?!!?

I would have to say that the many times I have pulled slalom skiers, including myself being behind my boat, if you put the thottle full on "hammer style", you will rip the ski handle right out of their/my hands.

I always get the rope tight, put it in gear at idle to slightly drag the skier and then hit it with about 1/2 to 3/4 throttle. This, of course, was not the case when we were skiing behind my 1973 avenger with a 85 hp Evinrude......... definitely hammer the throttle in that case.

It must take you forever to get out of the water BKH unless your using a big ski or something. My dad is about 190 and on a connley concept his 285 horse mastercraft has a hard time pulling him up. I retract somewhat of my prior statement but anyone that weighs a deecent ammount benifits from hammer. Smaller people dont need alot but I like to be pulled up with full throttle. I only weigh 125 right now. My boat kind of sucks right now because it has a 4 blade with to much pitch so anyone behind it requires full hammer. We have always just used the hammer down approach for any decent sized person. But I guess you have 70 more horses than me BKH soo your 3/4 throttle is probably like my full throttle.

True I just like to get out of the watter as fast as possible thats my preference haha.

My wife goes full throttle when I am skiing and she is po'd because of something I said. You would think I would have learned my lesson the first couple of times.

phatsat67 wrote: My dad is about 190 and on a connley concept his 285 horse mastercraft has a hard time pulling him up.

There's your problem right there

Hahahahah thats right. Notice I have the "correct craft". I always kid him and call it a mastercrap.. Ill admit the slalom wake is very nice compaired to my old 2001.

If you go with the drop a ski option,as you are learning to slalom ski, you can have another boat just off shoreline, come out and pick up the dropped ski shortly after you drop it. No need to search, no hazard to other boaters or skiers. Just my 2 cents.