- Location
- Oceanside, CA
well come to ventura holmes.
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Lightweight hulls for freeride.
- Thread starter maef
- Start date
wydopen
onthepipe
- Location
- Goleta the Goodland
i dont like riding where #1 u are riding next to where guys are surfing and #2 u have to hold back cause if u sink its a 3mile tow back..ill take little inside reforms at pismo anyday
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Frosty
New York Crew
- Location
- Western New York
Amen brotha! I've been preaching this for some time now. Maybe if I was purely a flat water rider I might think differently...
- Location
- Oceanside, CA
infamy
Westside Freeride
so true... my superjet has way softer landings then my fx-1 used to.
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ridethelip
Guest
#53 thinks he is a super light.
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- Location
- Largo, Fl
Tem, my wife really wants a paddleboard. Do you think you can knock one out before x-mas? LOL
stanton
High on jetskis.
- Location
- atascadero,ca
I think the rickter fr hulls have an advantage for surf riding but really when you watch imo the style suffers. It has looked less aggressive to me. I want to see a ski just rip a wave to shreds and they kinda don't do that.
The way taylor rides his xfs in the surf is misleading, that boat is a handful!!
The way taylor rides his xfs in the surf is misleading, that boat is a handful!!
- Location
- Largo, Fl
I think the way Taylor rides ANY ski is flat-out misleading. :notworthy:
Idok
F1pro
- Location
- Nations oldest muthaF+++kin city
agreed.......best Ive ever seen him ride was on that 08 SJ when he brought it to daytona
- Location
- Largo, Fl
not too shabby on the Rickter
FlightPlanDan
Don'tTrustAfartAfter50
- Location
- Crescent Beach, FL
I have little to no experience with light hulls. Maybe a test ride on a friends. There are many things to like and/or dislike about them. Just my opinion, but I think it all comes down to whatever feels good to you and your style.
Sometimes it just comes down to what you are used to and comfortable with. I've tried a few, very expensive ski's that I could barely ride.
Tems new hull sounds VERY interesting though. Some who have ridden it say that it actually handles like a heavy ski.
Either way, it's important to keep trying new things. It's the only way to really know what works.
Sometimes it just comes down to what you are used to and comfortable with. I've tried a few, very expensive ski's that I could barely ride.
Tems new hull sounds VERY interesting though. Some who have ridden it say that it actually handles like a heavy ski.
Either way, it's important to keep trying new things. It's the only way to really know what works.
I've chased the lightweight hulls for years, owned some, and ridden a LOT of them. In my endless quest to get something that is truly an all round hull, I realized that the only thing wrong with the oem hull is the SMC bottom deck.
We need WEIGHT! To make a ski carve, you need weight! So, I guess you need to decide what you want to do with a particular ski, because there is not a single ski on the market at this stage that has everything. You either have light weight, which handles flat and offshore/smooth surf well (with the exception of carving) or a heavy hull that carves like all hell, but feels heavy as lead when you're trying to impress the ladies at your local lake.
Over the past five years, I've ridden a lot of aftermarket lightweight hulls, owned a few, and I am now back on my oem Superjet hull that I bought brand new back in 98 (been through 3 owners since!). I've had more fun in the last 6 months on this ski than what I have in the previous 5 years throwing money at the latest and greatest.
The bottom line is that I spent all this time trying to find something that I had from the start...a ski that's strong enough to take a beating, and handles any conditions I can throw it at. After reinforcing, my first ski, I swore I'd never do it again, so bought an XFT. Since then, I'd always admired the guys still rocking stock hulls. They were carving up anything they could get to, and I was bobbing and sliding over the top of waves, looking like a hack!
I think it's what you get used to, and sometimes you don't know what you're missing out on by not trying another hull, or putting at least 3 or 4 rides on it.
We need WEIGHT! To make a ski carve, you need weight! So, I guess you need to decide what you want to do with a particular ski, because there is not a single ski on the market at this stage that has everything. You either have light weight, which handles flat and offshore/smooth surf well (with the exception of carving) or a heavy hull that carves like all hell, but feels heavy as lead when you're trying to impress the ladies at your local lake.
Over the past five years, I've ridden a lot of aftermarket lightweight hulls, owned a few, and I am now back on my oem Superjet hull that I bought brand new back in 98 (been through 3 owners since!). I've had more fun in the last 6 months on this ski than what I have in the previous 5 years throwing money at the latest and greatest.
The bottom line is that I spent all this time trying to find something that I had from the start...a ski that's strong enough to take a beating, and handles any conditions I can throw it at. After reinforcing, my first ski, I swore I'd never do it again, so bought an XFT. Since then, I'd always admired the guys still rocking stock hulls. They were carving up anything they could get to, and I was bobbing and sliding over the top of waves, looking like a hack!
I think it's what you get used to, and sometimes you don't know what you're missing out on by not trying another hull, or putting at least 3 or 4 rides on it.
- Location
- Qatar
Watty nice collaborating all that bashing into SENSE. It all depends on your preferences because the end of the day its you braping that desired hull. Honestly i never have ridden gnarly surf you guys have in the US. Hopefully one day.. In Qatar(the middle east) we only have choppy surf. So back on TOPIC, i must say you guys know best about what hull characteristics are essential for surfriding.
Hamad
Hamad
KR
www.krlines.com
- Location
- San Diego, California