If I had to guess, I would say she hates it because of the pole. they are freakishly heavy feeling, and I even notice it. I bet it sucks for a chick trying to ride around and hold that thing up.
The pole is neutral on my SXR, I have the Blowsion Spring. The problem is the steering and the unresponsiveness of the hull compared to the superjet.
Your g/f will like what she first learns on, unlike men who want to change everything all the time, the girls want their skis to be the same every time, (at first anyway). I made the mistake of starting mine out on a ski that was quite modified, including shortened pole, shortened steering and straight bars. I did these mods to make the ski respond and handle better so it stands to reason that going to a stock ski, even a stock superjet, is going to be a huge step back. As she gets better at riding she is now able to tell me more what she likes and dislikes about the ski and is now working with me to "tune" the ski for her.
She loves riding my 07 SJ and I have the full go-ahead to build her ski to match exactly, even the power of the ported 760. In every other sport you never really want to give the girls the big power but skis are so much easier to ride/learn with good power. I'm aiming for a nice smooth power curve on her ski so it's more predictable, so I might give her my 760 and upgrade to a bigbore 61X or X-Scream 825cc for myself.
The biggest thing is to be patient. My girl was quite timid at first so I booked a few weekends off from the surf and took her to quiet spots on a local lake where we could ride in unmolested waters and build her confidence. I'd give her tips and talk to her about rider position but basically I just let her go and do her thing.Two weekends on a lake and she had no problems coming in the surf with us. She hangs back where the water is calmer the same way I did when I was learning but she is out there loving it, in fact, just try and tell her that she has to stay behind.
