2 minutes ago, Nick55 said:

Mark, did you(she) try skiing behind one of these before you ordered it? What is her rope length in this video? I agree, I’d be disappointed if I was her, but this is really a crossover boat, it’s not touted as a ski boat for a slalom pro rider. Still, you are getting some good suggestions here and I’d see what happens when you try them. 

15' off = 60' rope length

Mark, did you(she) try skiing behind one of these before you ordered it? What is her rope length in this video? I agree, I’d be disappointed if I was her, but this is really a crossover boat, it’s not touted as a ski boat for a slalom pro rider. Still, you are getting some good suggestions here and I’d see what happens when you try them. 

For those who asked, here is my wife on May 18th, skiing the course, 15' off at 31.5mph behind a Response TXI.

She strong feels she was sold a false bill of goods (by the Malibu dealer) and is very disappointed with our new 2024 Malibu VTX. 

A couple of people mentioned to me that you can slalom at 30, 32 and 34mph on a VTX and that I should just go and look at the YouTube videos. So I did.

You can see from the screen shots below that the skier is jumping the wake at those speeds because the wake lip acts as a ramp. If he was to try to cut and lean really hard and pull right through the second wake (as my wife does in tournament skiing) he would most likely trip. This is definitely a really, really bad slalom boat. 

PS Look how much he has to bend his knees to absorb the wake and he still gets airborne. 

Thanks for the help folks!  No more leaks now.