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WATERSKI Magazine“I regard my skiing as being very instinctive. I don't spend a lot of time thinking about what I can do better. I just go out and ski and make things happen. Most people might be surprised that I'm not analytical about my technique, but that's the way I've always been.
“Some people might even become frustrated with me when they ask, for example, about my gates. I might hear, 'When do you start your lean for the gates? Where is your hardest lean? What are you thinking about at the second wake?' Honestly, I really couldn't tell you. No two gates of mine feel alike, I don't waste time thinking about it.
“Everything about my skiing is feel and instinct. If I had to put a finger on a problem area in my technique that I've thought about in past years, it would probably be letting up through the wakes going to two, four, six. I get such a hard turn out of one, three, five that it's hard for me to hold that kind of angle through both wakes. I feel that if I don't let up, I will have too much speed into my offside turn.
“To help with this problem, I think about building my leverage 8-10 feet past the ball, so I can be at maximum leverage at the second wake. I also think that I've gotten better at working my knees for angle and deceleration in the past few years.”
