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Like a lot of people on the forum I am a weekend warrior with a modified SJ and in the market for an AM hull. This is my experience with the California Freestyle Phantom:
Josh carefully rode the Phantom into the icy waters of Miller Park, navigating ice bergs, yachts, and trees floating down the river. With the small light weight hull, tiniest handle pole I have ever seen, and a big nasty xscream 1000cc beast, he pulled off big air backflip after backflip and whipped that ski around like it owed him money! Once he rode back onto shore, I had to go over and take a closer look.
The first thing you will notice is the great air brushed paint job, followed by nice lines and how Joshe's attention to detail when building a hull really stands out. It has a nice wide and plush tray with plenty of room and lots of padding. At this point, I had to ask if I could take it for a ride. Josh was really nice about it and gave me the ok. Now for the highlight of the trip that made the 2hr drive and ice cold water worth it!
I slowly rode the Phantom out trying to get a feel for not only the lightest hull I have been on, but also the first engine over 100hp in a stand up I have ever seen. I took her out a little ways and kicked into the oddly comfortable holds--feet felt like they where being hugged by Jesus in these holds.I began making some slow turns and playing with giving her more throttle. One little blip of the gas and you are flying out of the water!
First thing I noticed was holy $h1t this thing has some power! Next was that I had not fallen off yet! For being such a small hull along with my inexperience, she was really stable and predictable. So now I am starting to feel ballsy, or maybe it was the hypothermia setting in, so I grabbed the throttle thinking I will attempt a nose stab and ended up doing a 180! Then she died!
While being towed back to shore, it felt like an eternity thinking about how I just killed a ski worth more than my car. Luckily it was just a loose wire that Josh was able to fix in a few seconds. After that, he fired her up, took her out for some more backflips and was kind enough to let me ride her again. This time I was given the ok to attempt a backflip. I rode her for a good while this time, riding fast like I was racing a buddy or chasing down a boat. Also doing nose stabs, 180s, falling a lot and even attempted a backflip at Mach 1. I am sure it looked more like a monkey on a football, but wow I was having fun! The great thing was the ski was so light there was no issue holding onto it.
My take away from the ride was the Phantom fits everything I am looking for in my weekend warrior a/m hull wants and needs. Very predictable when doing freestyle, or in my case attempting freestyle. Easy to ride, looks awesome, and I will still be able to have fun chasing boats and riding with my buddies that have sxr's. Hopefully, in the not too distant future, I will post up another review of how it rides with my 61x in it.
Josh carefully rode the Phantom into the icy waters of Miller Park, navigating ice bergs, yachts, and trees floating down the river. With the small light weight hull, tiniest handle pole I have ever seen, and a big nasty xscream 1000cc beast, he pulled off big air backflip after backflip and whipped that ski around like it owed him money! Once he rode back onto shore, I had to go over and take a closer look.
The first thing you will notice is the great air brushed paint job, followed by nice lines and how Joshe's attention to detail when building a hull really stands out. It has a nice wide and plush tray with plenty of room and lots of padding. At this point, I had to ask if I could take it for a ride. Josh was really nice about it and gave me the ok. Now for the highlight of the trip that made the 2hr drive and ice cold water worth it!
I slowly rode the Phantom out trying to get a feel for not only the lightest hull I have been on, but also the first engine over 100hp in a stand up I have ever seen. I took her out a little ways and kicked into the oddly comfortable holds--feet felt like they where being hugged by Jesus in these holds.I began making some slow turns and playing with giving her more throttle. One little blip of the gas and you are flying out of the water!
First thing I noticed was holy $h1t this thing has some power! Next was that I had not fallen off yet! For being such a small hull along with my inexperience, she was really stable and predictable. So now I am starting to feel ballsy, or maybe it was the hypothermia setting in, so I grabbed the throttle thinking I will attempt a nose stab and ended up doing a 180! Then she died!
While being towed back to shore, it felt like an eternity thinking about how I just killed a ski worth more than my car. Luckily it was just a loose wire that Josh was able to fix in a few seconds. After that, he fired her up, took her out for some more backflips and was kind enough to let me ride her again. This time I was given the ok to attempt a backflip. I rode her for a good while this time, riding fast like I was racing a buddy or chasing down a boat. Also doing nose stabs, 180s, falling a lot and even attempted a backflip at Mach 1. I am sure it looked more like a monkey on a football, but wow I was having fun! The great thing was the ski was so light there was no issue holding onto it.
My take away from the ride was the Phantom fits everything I am looking for in my weekend warrior a/m hull wants and needs. Very predictable when doing freestyle, or in my case attempting freestyle. Easy to ride, looks awesome, and I will still be able to have fun chasing boats and riding with my buddies that have sxr's. Hopefully, in the not too distant future, I will post up another review of how it rides with my 61x in it.
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