This is looking real good! I wish there were more at Lake Anna to help set up and maintain a course! Jay, I'm also better at slalom than boarding. Something about staying close to the water is comforting. But, the same principles for slalom apply to boarding - drop hips and pull from center of body, keep tension on the rope and board back to the handle, etc. I also found that bouncing on the kids trampoline helped! When you do fall, 19 mph feels better than 34 and 36 mph!