Freestyle Help the Newb
- Thread starter prettyricky218
- Start date
wydopen
onthepipe
- Location
- Goleta the Goodland
Build it right right the first time and you shouldn't have many problems...
- Location
- Orange County
Here's my take.. I'm pretty new to this sport too, but like you I grew up racing motocross, bmx, and offroad. So doing freestyle on jet skis sounded like pie to me.. DONT jump straight to an aftermarket hull... Why do you want to spend 10k so bad right now when you don't even know if you'll be able to stand up? Spend 2,3,4k on either a sn or RN SJ.. Learn to ride aggressively, carve, buoys, tail stands, nose stabs, learn to slide the ski..all the basic fundamentals.. I know you stated you've ridden before, but it's an entirely different feel from a motorcycle.. And it's gonna take a lot of adjustment to get used to it! I guarantee you if you buy an after market hull, you won't flip it for at least a year, maybe 2, maybe never! Ive gotten pretty good over this past year and Im starting to ride the ocean more and more and I always tell my self that I can easily roll or maybe even flip... But as soon as I have the wave in front of me.. It really puts you in ur place.. It's not as easy as it looks..
Btw I ride a square nose.. And LOVE it! I will switch over to a RN before I even consider a aftermarket hull.. Just my .02
Btw I ride a square nose.. And LOVE it! I will switch over to a RN before I even consider a aftermarket hull.. Just my .02
- Location
- Orange County
Oh... And ice? Hahah these motors are water cooled(gets sucked up through the pump, goes through the motor/pipe, and then pisses it out) the idea is to have a light hull!
- Location
- Minnesota
Alright... I'm the idiot. I know how much water and ice weigh. I wasn't sure about the cooling methods of the engines. These engines are designed differently than what I'm used to looking at (motocross bike), and I'm not mechanic.
No one answered any of my legit questions, all I got was crap for my dumb questions. ....which isn't THAT dumb. a colder engine runs better. It would melt fast, but there's a bilge pump and...I dunno... just thinking aloud.
It's all good though. I'm taking the advice. I'm now planning on getting a blaster and after seeing this video I think I can get into freestyle :-D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R-NqcT_vs8
No one answered any of my legit questions, all I got was crap for my dumb questions. ....which isn't THAT dumb. a colder engine runs better. It would melt fast, but there's a bilge pump and...I dunno... just thinking aloud.
It's all good though. I'm taking the advice. I'm now planning on getting a blaster and after seeing this video I think I can get into freestyle :-D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R-NqcT_vs8
- Location
- Stouffville, Ontario
Lets hope he was joking. We really do need a sarcasm font.
- Location
- Boynton Beach
Here's lil inspiration 
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- Location
- Minnesota
I was obviously kidding! Sarcasm is tough through text. Honestly though. What are the wear and tear parts / spares people carry with them?
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WILKEY
SO FAR CHANGE SUCKS!!!!!!
I'd rather watch that than backflips and fist pumps
Buckwild12
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- Location
- Chester, Maryland
In my experience only the parts you don't have with you, are the ones that break. They always break on a Saturday ride if the big ride is on Sunday. In all seriousness, if you are riding hard, things will definitely break. Sometimes every time you ride. A common point of failure are the turn nozzles. Especially if they are plastic. People air out and hit unexpected sand bars regularly. Steering cables break with some frequency. It's a very good idea to carry an assortment of stainless hardware and thoroughly check your ski after every ride. I've lost ride plates, intake grates etc from not checking my hardware often enough.
Buckwild12
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- Location
- Chester, Maryland
Handlebars get bent on occasion, all electrical parts occasionally go bad, especially if you ride in salt water. Motor mounts fail especially if you are attempting to learn backflips and barrel rolls. You will fail more often than succeed the first year you get the nads to try them. And in the immortal words of Ron "Tater Salad" White: Buy a helmet, wear the damn helmet!