Help. whats the best Flat water Ski for 17K or less

KMN

KMN

Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota
GMINT3R said:
Thank you for the response.
buy once cry once. i think ill keep saving for a carbon hull and do it right the first time.
thanks everyone
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I'd say the shape of the hull is more important than what it is made out of. Some carbon hulls ride terrible. Research a bunch of hulls, and ride some if you can. Travel and go to events, talk to people.
 
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Storbeck

Location
Minnesota
I'll play devils advocate and say don't stress so much about getting the perfect hull or perfect ski right away. You're not marrying it, if you find something that is somewhat mainstream and in good shape used you will see pretty minimal depreciation you can ride it and get to know it and what you like and don't like, you might find something else you like better, sell your ski and buy that. You'll be in a better position to recognize that it's better for you if you have something of your own as a baseline. You'll probably find yourself in more situations where you can try other skis if you have one of your own, more likely to go to events or hang out with people that do the type of riding that you are interested in. A guy with a flatwater ski is more likely to be okay letting you try his out if you are already doing flips or at least nosing in on your own ski. It also gives you way more opportunity to try out things and see what tuning does, try different pole lengths and different ride plates, nozzle angles, get a feel for how to tune a motor that is hotter than a superjet with a B pipe. The same hull can feel way different with changes to pole length, footholds, power delivery, nozzle angle, ride plate length and shimming. Having your own ski can let you get a feel for what you like, then you ride someone else and you might recognize the reason it feels super weird is that the pole is too long for you or some such, where if you had never ridden anything but a superjet it's probably going to feel super weird when you first try ANY flatwater ski.

$.02 from another perspective.
 
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Dukey

Location
Oregon
97superjet said:
After just building a carbon superfreak titan I can tell you that if you have 17k, buy a pre built boat. Little things add up quick, forgot this, want to replace that "as long as I'm there"...I would do it again because I liked the outcome and the process of the build...also fixed a bunch of things but moral of the story...just find a used RTR boat for 17k or cheaper, nice thing about skis right now is superjets are going up in price but aftermarket is going down a bit so you can get a nice comp level ski for not much money...case in point there is a carbon revolver close to me with a 1200 xscream in it for 17?....that thing will flip right off the trailer.
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where did you see that ski for sale?
 
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