Hello all. I've been trying to get a deep water start to work for a year or 2 now, and am slowly making progress. Now that I actually have a beginner like ski (HO Rival 66.5"), I've made some progress in the last week or so. But I can't seem to get all the way up. Once i'm out of the water, the ski seems to begin to oscillate left and right and eventually I lose it. I'm using a deep V rope (cheater rope), and the boat is a Larson 248 LXi w/ 5.7 GXi (320HP duoprop). I'll attach 3 poor quality vids from earlier today and see if any of the experts here have any ideas for me. I am early middle age and just decided to learn this a while back, skiing on 2 is no problem w/ starts, etc. I can drop a ski as well, but don't usually have the best results w/ that. I'm starting w/ both feet nearly in, the L (trailing) foot is not fully in the binding, but I slide it up into the toe plate once my driver hits it. The driver is using full throttle to pull me up.
Thanks for any help.
Thanks for any help.