I like the fact that I can say : YOU DA RIPPA!. Now tell me that rip wasn't a brow raiser for the groundies. I would like to see the picture of you cutting it.
You only need a little peel material for control of a big log but if you can control weight with a huge gash like that predictably then you got something.
By no means am I picking at you, well I am, but what I saw looked a little sketchy ( to me). It looks a little hackish to some. Me to on that but with good reason. Please be aware that what I think is sketchy usually, by sane men, is. I can be proven wrong and in some cases it is nessasary.
You ought not to be ripping like that when 1. you don't need to 2. its dangerous 3. can you argue with 1 and 2? Don't bother, I will get the book.