Hi Ben,
Good to hear from you.
The "cheat" on the slide is still in effect till 2005. We had discussed a great length the pros and cons of keeping the 10 degree cheat or not. It basically came down to the fact that since we are going back to a true FAI K factor for the slide and rollers, the hit a pilot would get (if observed) for cheating the slide will not be too damaging. The legal "cheat" was also one of those issues like "what color is better, red or blue" no matter what you decide your going to piss off a group of people.
I personally think that the key to performing good repeatable slides is what Kule said; "practice what you hate".

Ben, it's been a long time, send me your number so we can talk. [email protected]

Tom Wheeler
IMAC President