I confess I am a tricker

Horton

It is in the books. Last weekend I scored 2600. Darn Eddie at Radar made me get a Graviton and start tricking again.

Next stop 3000 points. A lot of practice to get to 4k then I set my sights on @ELeeSki

RichardDoane

@horton - I'll let you try my Jumpers.....

Horton

@richarddoane man I still have jump dreams. If you watch me watch jumpers my right leg twitches when I see someone hit the ramp. If I was unaware of my age and the damage in my ankles and knees I would totally do it. Last time I jumped was in 93. Never again.

Nason

@Horton Next thing you know you'll be proposing rule changes specifically regarding tricks. If you start wearing white dress shirts...haha

andjules

I wish I had the water-time to start tricking again. I was always better at it than slalom. But after a few summers where - given how little time I'd get to practice - the best I could hope for was to get worse slower... I decided to let go & devote what time I had to swerving.

Not_The_Pug

@Horton Is it like a 12 step program? First you have to admit you have a problem!

MattP

The day @Horton beats @ELeeSki in trick I will buy him a bottle of Kilo Kai

andjules

@MattP - a bottle for @Horton or for @ELeeSki ? ;-)

MattP

@andjules good question. Reward the victor or consul the looser.. hmm

A_B

@Horton finally comes out of the closet...

usaski1

I want to see a Horton trick pic / vid.

Horton

crap

usaski1

Pics or it didn't happen! na na!

GAJ0004

@Horton, AWESOME JOB JOHN!!! I am still trying to hit the 2000 point mark. My best is 1600. I am very close to adding a reverse toe slide to my toe pass. I would hate to see trick skiing die off, but with RADAR starting to make trick skis it looks like it may make a comeback..

GAJ0004

@Horton, How do you like the RADAR trick ski. One of the other trick skiers a I know from PA just got one. He said it is very easy to get lift off the wake.

Horton

yea, hell yea. I made a flip the first time on 20 years the other day. The Graviton is awesone

ozski

I trick about 800 plus a toe side flip... Its ugly but good fun on social days.. give me a trick over a wakeboard any day

MattP

@Horton I would pay money to see you flip..

Horton

@mattp you know my PayPal account address

MattP

@horton ill send you all that's in it.

Horton

I guys I can expect a number with 4 zeros

Chef23

@Horton can you tell us your trick passes? Serious question I am not trying to bust on you. I would love to get to 2K and need to figure out what to add.

GAJ0004

@chef23 you can hit 2050 points 1st pass ss rss b f rb wbb rwbb rf wb wf rwb rwf wo rwo
2nd pass tb tf twb twf ts
I am still working on getting all of those in a 20 second pass. I do better on toe tricks than on wake tricks. Still struggling with consistency on the wake 360 tricks. I also have a hard time moving fast enough to get all of them in 20 seconds. I am getting close to getting a reverse toe slide. I am also struggling with line tricks. It will be some time before I add them to a trick run for a tournament. Just can't do them fast enough. (yet). I am thinking plyometrics in the offseason will help me.

klindy

@GAJ0004 I'm thinking you're missing something. Perhaps a BB, RBB?? what you have written above would score 1810 not 2050.

GAJ0004

@klindy, Yes, I did forget to put those in, right before the WBB's. Last time I try to do any serious thinking after work.. My brain just shuts down..

Horton

Haaa. I had no idea what my run was so I was making crap up.

crashman

Looks fun. Dumb question alert- I've searched but can't figure out the boat speed for tricking- what's the official speed? I might be mostly limited to a lake with a 20mph speed limit next year- is that fast enough to screw around with a trick ski? I can't imagine enjoying it as much as slalom but I won't knock until I've tried it.

Horton

Adult men trick between 18 and 20 (ish) mph. You choose. Some pro men might go a little faster. you can go faster or slower as you wish.

eleeski

Unless you are a big guy on a small ski, 18mph is about as fast as a developing skier should go. Faster speeds make the wake harder and the ski slipperier but allow more tricks per pass and favor some advanced tricks. Start slower and find a balance where half your falls are from slipping out and half from sticking. Adjust your line so the wake is about 3 ski lengths wide. If you do speed up, lengthen your rope to keep the wake the same width. Not many ski over 20mph.

On the other end, I don't like to go much slower than 16mph. I'll try to work kids and small women up to 16 as soon as they are ready. Too slow speeds give weird wakes and water feel. Obviously really little kids should start slower.

I ski 18.5mph. Kirk toes at 17.5 and hands at 18.5. Lisa skis at 17.1. And we are "the best skiers on the lake"!

Eric

Horton

you are the only skiers at your lake