Actually, what I was talking about was to move the ski itself fwd....not the whole strut.

I think maybe if you adjust the travel limiters you have on the rear of the ski (what is it made of...looks like fishing line? )...make them a little shorter so that the tail can only come up so far...and not nose over until the prop hits the snow?

Waxing can definitely help...I use spray on Turtle wax...but anything similar will work.