Good tips but obviously the boat your skiing behind makes a ton of difference as well. I'm a 150 lb, 48 year-old woman who's been slalom skiing since she was 15 and getting up behind our little 2001 Four Winns 170 Horizon is a lot more work and I use different techniques vs getting up behind my friends 2006 Mastercraft.
I feel you. I am 30 lbs over my typical weight!! I am 55, been skiing slalom since 12. We have a Mastercraft...used to the old 80's Reinell that took 10 seconds or so to get a person out. I cannot get up.
I just tried a single ski for the first time and it feels like I can get up but I just get a ton of water splashed into my face as I'm getting pulled up so I can't see. How do you avoid that?
You could try - changing the angle of the ski. Flatten or get the tip down by pressing your toes a bit. 2 Use a larger ski. 3 Wear some swim goggles until you get the right feel for it (my kids use goggles for tubing etc.)
Hi I am 15 years old and have been skiing for a while now. I am at the stage where I am getting some good cuts in, however my boat is not a slalom boat and it creates a wake. Any tips?
Trent, when I was 15, I sold my Dad's boat (a 40hp) and with those $ we bought a hull + few more $100 and we got a 90HP motor. We built a ski machine it was awesome!
My family owns a 90hp bayliner and any tips for crossing the wake because its not a ski boat. And the wake isnt the smoothest compared to tournament boat. so any tips for trying to make crossing the wake on that easier would help. thanks
Remove as much stuff out of the boat as possible as less weight = smaller wake. Also trim the motor to get the wake smallest. If you have a ski pylon or proper "ski post"on the boat, that is better. A small 90HP runabout should be good. We learned with an 85HP
Just starting slalom myself and somebody at my office said to get on edge as much as possible through the wake. It was an amazing difference. Also, it seems that the faster through the wake the better and I have notices some pros have their knees really bent. Enjoy the rush!
Take a look at the wake while you are skiing. It will have a different profile at different distances from the boat. A good ski rope can be set at different lengths so try and set the rope so you ski through the smoother part of the wake. Not always possible but it is worth looking at.
I'm 105kg and nearly 50, I got a Connelly pilot, so much easier to get up. Try an outlaw or big daddy. 2 years ago after a 25 year break I used a drop ski , two to get up then drop the right one off. I did it for 2 years to get my arms back up to speed. Also I started with 1 chin up a day ,increased to 10 a day. Persistence will get you back
Yup. I have gained 25-30 lbs in the past few years and I cannot seem to get outta the water. It's good to hear the tops...Not being able to get up is truly distressing me. Chin ups, lose weight, get back to yoga. Thanks for the motivation.😢
I’m in the same boat! I’m almost 62, gained weight and haven’t skied for 8 years or so. Blew out left hammy in 2020 had surgery and still overweight but want to do this. Great tips and I feel no shame trying it with the tower if I need to. Love the Connelly! But first I’m w/y’all, chin ups, mobility and weight loss. Persistence! I feel much less alone. Thank you!
"There are other one-ski deep water basics that are not covered here." Boy!!! you aren't kidding. Too much here to add without rewriting everything said. If you are a beginner pairs skier transiting to salmon, skip this video and take away nothing. Please understand this comment...the level of discussion at best is for a couple tips that anyone already salmon starting would not need and anyone just learning deep water starts could not benefit. my two cents your opinion may be different.
This video is more "tips". We had 4 skiers this past month all get their deepwater starts within days - & will do a video on how we did that. Need a boom but here are the 4 steps: 1. Started with big ski/holding onto boat boom, 2. Handle attached to Boom. 3. Special (trick) wide ski/full length rope 4. Slalom ski (shaped) full rope.
I'm 2 meters tall, weigh 120kg, built big and a bit fat now I'm old....just got a 15 foot boat with a 120hp inboard/stern setup, do any of you recon I stand a chance of getting up on one? Been skiing on one behind a coapped out old 80hp inline 4 Mercury for a little while now, but always started on two and kicked one off.
I had no choice. Learnt on a 50hp as a teenager. Then to a 70hp. It was always v challenging to get up. Key was to have excellent balance and strength as the drag through the water was so long before finally rising up. Also we’d get the driver and observer to lean over the bow to allow the boat to get on the plane quicker, and hence deliver more power. Bottom line, engine size makes all the difference to getting up (assuming it’s a decent driver too)
2 questions.. Ive developed a REAL bad fukn habit n im gettin pulled over my ski.. NEVER EVER IN 30 FN YRS has this hsppened.. but it IS NOW Goofy foot or lead foot forward?? that pull over ski has developed ever since a pain has developed in my hip... ive goofy footed for the 30 fn yrs ... pls advise.. IM ABOUT TO SINK MY BOAT lol😮
