Surfriding BUZZARD BUILD rickter FR2 evo

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bought this 2014 evo hull a couple years ago for $4200.
planned on building a nice surf boat but then I bought that fake rickter from birdman and this got back burnered.
I had that red billet pole laying around from that WDK rokR I tore apart. I bought the black tubes since the other tubes were cut down to nothing for the rokR.
I had the blowsion carbon chin pad on and old SJ I retired, so I robbed that off. I had to build a couple brackets to raise the pad up to clear the riser bars and steering cable. I used a couple stainless stock bilge brackets cut up and modified.
I had a maxx 144 setback mag laying around so I stuffed that in with an 08 SJ prop. the maxx shaft was crookeder than a snakes hind leg so I changed out the shaft with another one I had laying around. I robbed that R&D top loader off a SJ I flipped a couple years ago, picked it up out of the pile and threw it on.
I used a 65V reduction nozzle and rubber flow guard with the metal turn nozzle off a VX couch I think. I haven't made the trim cable yet.
it came with a long rubber exhaust hose but it looked short so i'll use an octane waterbox I had laying around. they are nice with nice prebent longer nipple tubes that will make up for the short hose. the inlet is 2 1/4" and I have an octant chamber which has the wammer stinger mod and uses 2 1/4" hose too.
nice red cold fusion fuel tank should get me plenty of riding time.
 

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Location
PNW
You know freestyle jetskiing is getting old when your Rickter build looks just like a lot of the roached out X2 builds over on PWCtoday, hells yea! Rock on @TheBuzzard !!

"Found this x2 in someone'ss back yard...gunna put a 750 in it and flatwater backflip it"

The inside of every Rickter (new & old) looks this way to me, looks like a bunch of kids layed it up - Oh wait, oops...

Good luck Buzz, I hope this one is as solid as your fake one! :)
 
Location
England
Used to own that exact colour Evo and i miss it....IMO these are the best surf ski's Rickter made especially in big surf with tubbies. Good luck with the build dude.
 
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