+World Sport I appreciate it! I wish I could upload all of Seth's critics.

+RedBuoy Films It would be great to see more!

Im 165 and get up behind a 90hp johnson tracker! best thing is timing, keep your knees at your chest, arms straight, and wait. Once the boat almost has enough speed push the ski away, it will give you a pocket of air, reducing drag on the boat, and then just tip the ski forward a bit. Pull your hips forward and you will be home free. Make sure the rope is on the inside of your front foot too!!

If the boat doesnt plane fast enough,i have used a dolphin(hydrofoil) on all my boats and sure helps with the boat planning faster,if your boat doesnt have one already..makes the boat plane fast...smooths out the wake to some degree...

Get a new boat 😉

Depends a lot on age. I was at least this good when slalom skiing over my 1st summer at age 12. I could hit 4 at 19 off at 13. Now, pushing 50 years old, I am lucky to hit 2-3 at full length. Got back on the water for the first time in 20 years last summer, and it is now a very slow progression. My observation is that age is definitely a factor in how fast you can progress.

Try arriving to the lake as early as possible so the lake is flat then increase the boat speed. Even behind the best ski boats there is a good sized wake in the 17-25MPH range.

Hips hips hips, keep them forward and you will get better at absorbing the wake and once you are cutting through the wake that will lessen the affect more. If its an inboard outboard or v drive its always going to suck :(

The transition from cutting across the wake to starting the turn to go around the bouy

That’s the speed control in the boat. The skier cannot hear it.