PING PONG BALLS / defoam / tray widening / #zero SJ sponsons plus more

[SurferSmurf]

ya, its been over a month now. surly you have rode it a bit. hows it holding up?

it is holding up great. we have had i think like 4 wave days and i have had some seriously hard landings on the sides and i have had some flat landings from pretty high up. it is structurally sound. it does take in water from god only knows where but its only about 3 cups of water over the entire day and i just drain it out when i get home. i need to spend some time hunting down where the water comes in, i think it is the pump bolts or the foot strap mounts. nothin a little 5200 cant handle.

 

[SurferSmurf]

top seck is pretty thin and flexible all over. the gunnies are flat thats why you can see the flex on the sides. its not gonna have any issues. people run no foam without problems at all.

it was solid looking yesterday
we haven't had our wave season yet really though

it looks as nice up close!!
just feels like there isn't the support internally that foam provides.
but then again
fiberglass is made to be a somewhat flexible building material i guess.

 

[ski4]

top seck is pretty thin and flexible all over. the gunnies are flat thats why you can see the flex on the sides. its not gonna have any issues. people run no foam without problems at all.

well
the beauty of you doing this is i get to see first hand. :arms:

it's your roll attempts im most intrested to see the out come of

 

[SurferSmurf]

im interested in seeing some roll attemts too. i have been a bit nervouse since i hurt my neck trying. maybe i need some liquid courage.

 

[ski4]

I know the feeling

 

[SurferSmurf]

at least someone understands. all i get out of matt is "dude it dont hurt to crash"

 

[ski4]

lol
the pain wasn't too bad . the long term loss of sleep from my gnarly nose is though lol.

the being knocked out with a broken face sorta bugs me too.
blood. water . meet the lungs . im sure you won't get along so well ,

 

[djkorn1]

I remember that day...lots of blood. Haven't seen you attempt a roll since that day...

Nurse, make some time to ride in the next month or two...wave season awaits!

 

[ski4]

i think i tried 3 or 4 since then. just get spooked to easy now

im hoping to ride maybe tomorrow?????

 

[djkorn1]

I might make it out....if not tomorrow, definitely Sunday. We are hitting Sandusky to ride at the sandbar for a couple hours in the mornin...

 

[ski4]

cool
keep me posted
i have the plague but would like to ride some

 

[jeremy chambon]

im getting ready to do a refoam my self love the exhaust but when u do a tail stand does it still let it cavatate like the rear exhaust? if it does when i do it should i move it farther forward?

 

[suva]

so how many balls did you go through altogether?

 

[SurferSmurf]

about 1000 to fill it up. it can do a tail stand no problem out the side. i never really tried one before and i figured i would try it when i took it out the first time. it just balances in one spot no cavatation at all.

 

[MileHighJSC]

Update? how is it holding up?

 

[SurferSmurf]

as far as i know its good. i rode it for the whole season and then sold the ski in november. my buddy just did his the same way.

 

[Surgikill117]

How much weight did you save if any?