SBT buys out Hydro-turf and HT Moto

Big Kahuna

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N.Penley said:
I had intentions of placing an order but this post has me waiting. I may order the hydro-turf sheets from Amazon. I have 3 skis that need paint and turf. I don’t want to overpay but I want to ride in the next month or two.
Unfortunately it seems most manufacturers would rather sell through Amazon, Walmart, or other retail outlets than directly to customers.
I hope I didn’t get this too far off topic.


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This is a small sport, your not going to find much on Amazon for our ski's..........
Your going to find them through shops like High Speed Ind, LPW, Jetmaniac, Watcon, Thrust, Riva, Broward Motorsports, Kommander, Blowsion..............
 
mikidymac

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Well, finally got word on my order from November. they only response from Hydroturf was that the order was held because, "We don't carry B-stock anymore". So the company I bought it through decided to pay the extra to them for A-stock and my order should ship in a few days. Sorry but this "new" Hydroturf are a bunch of tools. I will be spending my money at JetTrim in the future.

Keep in mind this was all ordered and now Hydroturf (SBT) is making the retailer pay the difference instead of covering it because they discontinued an item. Pretty big slap in the face to the retailer and customers.
Pretty sad what they did to a great company.......
 
Big Kahuna

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mikidymac said:
Well, finally got word on my order from November. they only response from Hydroturf was that the order was held because, "We don't carry B-stock anymore". So the company I bought it through decided to pay the extra to them for A-stock and my order should ship in a few days. Sorry but this "new" Hydroturf are a bunch of tools. I will be spending my money at JetTrim in the future.

Keep in mind this was all ordered and now Hydroturf (SBT) is making the retailer pay the difference instead of covering it because they discontinued an item. Pretty big slap in the face to the retailer and customers.
Pretty sad what they did to a great company.......
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You do realize B Stock came about after they decided to sell the Blem's. That is what it is. Most never noticed any differences. I have gotten sheets where 6" down the length almost did not have any grooves. Or Bubbles were present. It could be that they found a different market or something. Sounds like they have just decided to only sell 1st Quality Products now.
 
mikidymac

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Big Kahuna said:
You do realize B Stock came about after they decided to sell the Blem's. That is what it is. Most never noticed any differences. I have gotten sheets where 6" down the length almost did not have any grooves. Or Bubbles were present. It could be that they found a different market or something. Sounds like they have just decided to only sell 1st Quality Products now.
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Yes, I do understand that.
All I am saying is they should have let the seller know sooner why the order was being held and they should have covered the cost increase since they discontinued the item. It was not the seller or the customer's fault that they decided to cancel the item after it was ordered.
 
mikidymac

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Well, I can say my order finally arrived on Friday after ordering in November. Big shout out to PWC Muscle for supporting customers and dealing with the new Hydroturf.

The sheets of A stock look fine but of the 3 precut kits I ordered specifically with no logos only one came without logos. The other two have the white Hydroturf logos that rot out after a few years that I specifically didn’t want.

After all of this I can say the new company better get their crap together as they suck at this point especially with the 25% price increase. Hopefully they didn’t kill a great company but I personally am done with them and will be buying JetTrim especially since it’s only $15 more now than Hydroturf.
 
Sanoman

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mikidymac said:
Well, I can say my order finally arrived on Friday after ordering in November. Big shout out to PWC Muscle for supporting customers and dealing with the new Hydroturf.

The sheets of A stock look fine but of the 3 precut kits I ordered specifically with no logos only one came without logos. The other two have the white Hydroturf logos that rot out after a few years that I specifically didn’t want.

After all of this I can say the new company better get their crap together as they suck at this point especially with the 25% price increase. Hopefully they didn’t kill a great company but I personally am done with them and will be buying JetTrim especially since it’s only $15 more now than Hydroturf.
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l like the jettrim too,but most skis l have turfed are a/m skis.So that is always gonna be a problem.Guess l’ll just pay more for HT.Glad you finally got yours after months of waiting
 
MADMAT

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So what are our options now? HT says 10 to 12 weeks JUST to process the order?

Has anyone found anything as good or nearly as good as far as grip? I don't care if it only lasts a season at this point. I just want it now and soft and grippy.

I see the old school gray underpadding is no more.
 
Ducky

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MADMAT said:
So what are our options now? HT says 10 to 12 weeks JUST to process the order?

Has anyone found anything as good or nearly as good as far as grip? I don't care if it only lasts a season at this point. I just want it now and soft and grippy.

I see the old school gray underpadding is no more.
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I remember back in the day Fast Elements sourced some of their own turf, but I think everything they ever got was waffle cut. Could be a good business for someone to come up with something new and exciting.
 
SUPERJET-113

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MADMAT said:
So what are our options now? HT says 10 to 12 weeks JUST to process the order?

Has anyone found anything as good or nearly as good as far as grip? I don't care if it only lasts a season at this point. I just want it now and soft and grippy.

I see the old school gray underpadding is no more.
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There is a ton of HT for sale on ebay. I saw some for like $70 a sheet with free 4 day shipping.
 
WFO Speedracer

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Ducky said:
I remember back in the day Fast Elements sourced some of their own turf, but I think everything they ever got was waffle cut. Could be a good business for someone to come up with something new and exciting.
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At one point I checked in to getting turf from Jettraction in Brazil, they will sell it to someone here if you put the right deal together, WSM was their dealer and Atlantic jet sports, WSM dropped them and now sells their own turf kits, last time I looked Atlantic jet sports no longer carries them either, there is a business opportunity for the right company . They are a little hard to deal with because they speak Portuguese.

 
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I talked to the guy at Hydro-Turf many months back and what it happened after sbt bought them out, it took them forever to get all the supplies and equipment shipped to Florida it was like 17 trucks full of stuff and then when they started to set up the equipment the guy that's been with him for like 12 years who is the head honcho quit two weeks to start up the equipment so nobody knew how to do proper installation ,know how to really run the machines so they had to have a guy come in that worked for HT years ago and set it up and teach the guys how to run the equipment ,hopefully they'll have your stuff coming sooner it took me many months to get my sheet Hydro-Turf and we'll see what happens
 
SXIPro

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I hunted down some molded black diamond sheets on eBay and a mat kit as well. Tried a couple 'distributors' that claimed to have stock but after I ordered and never received tracking info, I contacted them and they said "Oh, this item ships direct from the manufacturer"...ahhh..cancel those orders please....SMH
 
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