Changed to the Torrent 155 mm for the 2015 World Finals thanks to H20 Products and Lynn Oski. The ski is now logoed with TPE and H20 Torrent for the H20, True Performance Engineering and Rage Composite Works booth. As usual in full disclosure i'm affiliated with all parties mentioned in this thread and am a dealer for all items mentioned.
The prop turns out to be about 10/17. The motor when the water injection is on spins the prop down low and makes this package hit like a freight train. Some "really good riders" have commented that its too much. Shut the water off, cooled the pipe, heated the box and now shes perfect. Tuning specs by Phil Clemmons of P&P. Its perfect now for me, low end freight train is gone, now the ski boosts on command. Long way to go for my skill set but Phil, shortened the pole 3", changed the foot holds, throttle position and trim lever.
Enter Evan Krefski, Ryan Doberstein, and Justin Sylvain.
I cannot say enough about this team of riders and crew. I am fully humbled to be a part of somethig like this. WF was huge for me this year. I learned a TON.
Spend as much time as you can with friends that tune and ride better than you.
Phils specs had me riding better than ever and landing more neutral. Few more changes to come for the trim and motor once back from AZ to make all perfect. Next up is reeds and foot hold blocks. Evans were perfect. Soft and grippy, but firm in the heel. The reeds went the first day in AZ, but I was too lazy to change. The missing bottom end snap made boosting the BF trials that much easier. Finally understand why the power up top is so important for riders. I was always a low end hit rider. Ask anyone who has ridden any of my skis. Even my old 05 701 SJ was all low end hit.
For those that dont know, I quit doing FW BF's back in 2012 when i had a -2" SJ with a DASA 1000 and B pipe. I was getting close to completing them off double up jet ski wakes. They were simple in surf back then. I tried a BF off double up ski wake, ran out of fuel and had the ski land on my head. Hospital visit later, I stopped trying them at all in the flat.
Sold the ski and updated to a Rickter EVO, then to a KDX. Every one but me was flipping my skis but I had a severe mental block.
Fast forward to WF 2015. Evan was riding next to me giving me pointers. It all clicked at once. I was keeping track for a while of how many I did and how many I failed. I lost count at 15 completed and one 3/4 BF failure. I have only ridden out of about 5 but am truly grateful to the team that got me here. I was a long road mentally for me.
Next up combos, I have only tried a few.
Photo courtesy of Selene from Rage Composite Works
Photo courtesy of my wife
