New Rickter Ski?

j0hnny

j0hnny

Location
detroit MI
im thinking maybe it was the rider?? idk this is essentially what i wanted to do to a 440 hull this winter. wish i could afford the nice carbon version
 
ATS_Aaron

ATS_Aaron

X-
Location
Shady Shores, TX
kieran79 said:
i want video off the stock 701 flip or it didn't happen
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I am sure it happened. It's a stock pump. Bored nozzle (88mm). And an impeller. I didnt see the pitch or even the hub size

I rode it today and it felt pretty good. It's rideable up to about 30 mph then it got skittish as heck. I didn't try anything on it (no skills) but it felt really good. It didn't feel under powered even with that stock piped 701. I got a lot of straight air with no trim. Enough to assure me that if I had skills and balls it would go around.

Then my Rickter experience went down hill. I rode it back to the group and where they setup is really shallow for a long ways. I messed up and carried too much speed. I hit the kill switch and stepped off. The steering nozzle touched the bottom. One Rickter employee freaked out on me. I felt under the ski for damage. There was none. Jack Moule jumped on it and rode it. I stood there and apologized to Rick Roy and Taylor Curtis with full intentions of paying for any damage I caused. They told me it was a sold boat to some guy in Australia. Long story short, they made me feel like :):):):) for a tiny mistake. So karma kicked in and when Rick and the gang put the ski on their crappy stand to check the fuel and confirm there was no damage the stand collapsed and dropped the ski straight on the rocks below.
 
weston

weston

Location
Oregon
ATS_Aaron said:
I am sure it happened. It's a stock pump. Bored nozzle (88mm). And an impeller. I didnt see the pitch or even the hub size

I rode it today and it felt pretty good. It's rideable up to about 30 mph then it got skittish as heck. I didn't try anything on it (no skills) but it felt really good. It didn't feel under powered even with that stock piped 701. I got a lot of straight air with no trim. Enough to assure me that if I had skills and balls it would go around.

Then my Rickter experience went down hill. I rode it back to the group and where they setup is really shallow for a long ways. I messed up and carried too much speed. I hit the kill switch and stepped off. The steering nozzle touched the bottom. One Rickter employee freaked out on me. I felt under the ski for damage. There was none. Jack Moule jumped on it and rode it. I stood there and apologized to Rick Roy and Taylor Curtis with full intentions of paying for any damage I caused. They told me it was a sold boat to some guy in Australia. Long story short, they made me feel like :):):):) for a tiny mistake. So karma kicked in and when Rick and the gang put the ski on their crappy stand to check the fuel and confirm there was no damage the stand collapsed and dropped the ski straight on the rocks below.
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That blows man.

I'm sorry to hear the rickter crew treated you that way, What a shame.
I'm sure you felt hella bad.


On a side note, While at the WDK booth we where all packing up on Sunday evening and some guy drove his Toyota Tacoma in to one of the Rickter. he ran in to a ski tote and pushed it in to the pump and rear of the hull.
Rick seemed cool about it but one of the other guys was all:rant:

how did the ski hold up to the drop?
 
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T Curtis

T Curtis

RRP/ RICKTER DEALER
Location
Morro Bay California
you'll see the footage, I flipped it off a boat wake. The hull flips easily. I think its pretty cool now you can have one boat that does it all. No need for race gas and total loss.
 
GIL

GIL

Power In The Hands Of Few
Location
Cullman AL
T Curtis said:
you'll see the footage, I flipped it off a boat wake. The hull flips easily. I think its pretty cool now you can have one boat that does it all. No need for race gas and total loss.
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Life without T/L and MS109 is no life at all. lol
 
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