Hey everyone,

Hope that everyone is having a great summer so far.

So at the ripe age of 38 years old, I decided that slalom skiing looked intriguing and needed to be tried (after essentially no water sports in my childhood).
I started very late last summer - started with a borrowed ski with double wrap boots and really only had enough summer left last year to get the deep water starts down. I did manage to get that down by summers end last year. (My arms a good 4 inches longer now!)

This February I picked up my very own ski - an HO Burner with double wrap (Venom) boots and have had a few runs in this summer now. I feel like I'm progressing, but I'm a total rank beginner here, so any kind improvement is against a low benchmark

That being said, I've developed a real passion for this sport and I find myself dreaming of the next run on the water!

OK, so now I'm at the point where I have a few questions that some experienced folks can help me with;

1) How do get that nice turn with my arm extended to "ski back to the handle" as they say? It makes complete sense when I see someone do it, but when I'm on the end of the line, at the end of the turn I seem to end up following the boat in a straight line waay outside the wake for a bit before it feels like I can turn back the other direction.

2) Is it better to run my Venom bindings really tight, or loose? My thinking is that I may be better off to get pulled out of both boots loose in a crash rather than one, and I'm not advanced enough where I need them super tight. Thoughts?

3) After reading all the serious injuries sustained on this forum (broken tibias, broken hands, ankles, ribs,etc) it scares me a bit to think of all that can happen - and I don't want to be intimidated skiing. Are these serious injuries more common with advanced skiing or casual beginner skiing? I'm OK with falling, as long as I'm not breaking my bones!

I'm really stoked on this sport and just want to get better as quick as I can. I've really only had a dozen runs on the water, but I'm hooked!

Thanks!