I read your article Chris, on gates and then looked at other subjects you talked about on this forum and i want to give a testimonial on how much it helped me. I run 38 pretty consistently in tournaments in mm55 and occasionally 39 but i have been feeling no power past the 2nd wake and getting stood up and losing angle into the bouy.
I tried your gate and philosophy of efficiency - taking less out of bouy and not trying to win against the boat .
Well, I am earlier to the bouy by doing about 50% of the effort I was putting into it previously.
All I'm doing different is easier start out of bouy and holding constant the amount of lean I take instead of trying to pull against the boat .
I'm 42 this year - I need easier,
Anyway Thanks again , I'll try to keep my body together and get some good scores this year
Joe Pound