- Location
- Bay Area, CA
FIRST RIDE REPORT: I need to practice!
My very first ride attempt was a shore launch on my knees that lasted about 1 second before I shifted my weight and fell over because I was barely on the throttle...womp womp...
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Second ride attempt was moments later from my stomach and I was actually able to pull myself up in the tray onto my knees, get to my feet, and make a few turns before I leaned the wrong way as I hit some chop and fell off...
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As expected, I spent a lot of time in the water swimming back to the ski and laying in the tray catching my breath and waiting for my arms to work again - I definitely need to get in better shape for this!!! I also need to learn how to get up without exerting so much energy. The guys I was riding with gave me the tip about starting with one knee in the tray before hitting the start button, so I need to practice that for sure...every time I tried I would lose balance immediately and roll the ski on it's side.
I let someone with more experience ride it so they could determine if the ski was as hard to ride as I was making it look, and although they were able to ride it, they confirmed that it is NOT an easy ski to ride. In fact I was told if I can get good on this ski, I should be able to ride anything lol.
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The nose wants to ride high, so they recommended I switch to a longer ride-plate. I still have the extended Pro-Tec plate pictured earlier in this thread, so I plan to swap that on to see if it helps.
Everything about the ski is so twitchy and responsive its going to take a lot of getting used to, especially since I don't have the muscle memory/instincts to know how to correct when I'm losing balance, even on a more stable ski.
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Takeaways:
The ski looks awesome in the water.
The engine started every time I pressed the green button and appears to be running well - has enough power to jump out of the water.
Nothing broke or came loose (yet).
I had an absolute blast even though I barely stayed up.
Video stills ALMOST make it look like I know what I'm doing.
My very first ride attempt was a shore launch on my knees that lasted about 1 second before I shifted my weight and fell over because I was barely on the throttle...womp womp...
**video placeholder**
Second ride attempt was moments later from my stomach and I was actually able to pull myself up in the tray onto my knees, get to my feet, and make a few turns before I leaned the wrong way as I hit some chop and fell off...
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As expected, I spent a lot of time in the water swimming back to the ski and laying in the tray catching my breath and waiting for my arms to work again - I definitely need to get in better shape for this!!! I also need to learn how to get up without exerting so much energy. The guys I was riding with gave me the tip about starting with one knee in the tray before hitting the start button, so I need to practice that for sure...every time I tried I would lose balance immediately and roll the ski on it's side.
I let someone with more experience ride it so they could determine if the ski was as hard to ride as I was making it look, and although they were able to ride it, they confirmed that it is NOT an easy ski to ride. In fact I was told if I can get good on this ski, I should be able to ride anything lol.
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The nose wants to ride high, so they recommended I switch to a longer ride-plate. I still have the extended Pro-Tec plate pictured earlier in this thread, so I plan to swap that on to see if it helps.
Everything about the ski is so twitchy and responsive its going to take a lot of getting used to, especially since I don't have the muscle memory/instincts to know how to correct when I'm losing balance, even on a more stable ski.
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Takeaways:
The ski looks awesome in the water.
The engine started every time I pressed the green button and appears to be running well - has enough power to jump out of the water.
Nothing broke or came loose (yet).
I had an absolute blast even though I barely stayed up.
Video stills ALMOST make it look like I know what I'm doing.
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