Freestyle Remember When Standup trends

motobehrens

motobehrens

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Location
Gilbert, AZ
Magazines!
Before the internet came along, it was all about the paper.
Splash Magazine and Personal Watercraft Illustrated and the IJSBA rag, if I could find it, were the only way to get up to speed with what was going on, especially if you lived in the middle of nowhere like Lake of the Ozarks in the mid 90's. At LOTO, I was lucky to even know 3 people that rode standups, and rarely saw anyone else riding them. I was amazed back then that there were races with what looked like a 100 standups all in the same place!

Footholds.
Up until I saw a Kenneth Wood square SJ in 96 or 97, we'd been screwing and gluing stuff to our tray sides to help us stay in the trays of our skis. His ski had toe boxes cut out of the tray sides. I went home after that, bought some "Sea Goin' Poxy Putty" and grabbed my dremel and got to work on the tray of my 550sx. lol, right side toe box only, since I was 100% regular foot rider at the time.

Reinforcement.
Aluminum brackets bolted to the side, front, back, handlepole, etc, to keep your 550 from breaking in half.

VHS
Rippenkroger, Burlew, and Roy had some good tapes for learning the latest and greatest tricks.
We also tried to get the ESPN races recorded on tape, and watch them over and over.
 
rollin5150

rollin5150

Location
Idaho
motobehrens said:
Magazines!
Before the internet came along, it was all about the paper.
Splash Magazine and Personal Watercraft Illustrated and the IJSBA rag, if I could find it, were the only way to get up to speed with what was going on, especially if you lived in the middle of nowhere like Lake of the Ozarks in the mid 90's. At LOTO, I was lucky to even know 3 people that rode standups, and rarely saw anyone else riding them. I was amazed back then that there were races with what looked like a 100 standups all in the same place!

Footholds.
Up until I saw a Kenneth Wood square SJ in 96 or 97, we'd been screwing and gluing stuff to our tray sides to help us stay in the trays of our skis. His ski had toe boxes cut out of the tray sides. I went home after that, bought some "Sea Goin' Poxy Putty" and grabbed my dremel and got to work on the tray of my 550sx. lol, right side toe box only, since I was 100% regular foot rider at the time.

Reinforcement.
Aluminum brackets bolted to the side, front, back, handlepole, etc, to keep your 550 from breaking in half.

VHS
Rippenkroger, Burlew, and Roy had some good tapes for learning the latest and greatest tricks.
We also tried to get the ESPN races recorded on tape, and watch them over and over.
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Damn you sound old
 
kevbo

kevbo

Location
dfw
waxhead said:
I remember when you werent allowed to race a superjet as it wasnt homologated. They let in them in one year and they cleaned up every class except the 550 class
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They did beat all the 650SX in closed course, not so often in slalom. Once SJs were allowed, slalom had to go before they pushed out the 750s.
 
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kevbo

kevbo

Location
dfw
Schmidty721 said:
I remember when a video of a Japanese rider did multiple flips in a row everyone hated on them saying it was stupid.

2 yrs later when US riders / hulls/ engine&pumps are capable of pulling multiple flips its cool again.

Oh... and when upgrading a SN hull to a RN hull was a big deal (that's about as far back as I go in this sport)
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Kantz did a barrel roll on an x2 at the WF in 93, ten years later it was all everyone wanted to do. Its interesting to watch an activity go from obscurity to an obsession in such an organic way. I never dreamed that so many would be willing to spend so much for a flip and spin. The next big thing may be fixed steers. Once a popular rider makes it cool, everyone will want one.
 
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garrcass

Location
Redding CA
Florecent colors where all the rage every one wanted to "JetSki"....
I was with dad the 440 and X2 every other weekend "you want to go ride". Yes dad "ok go mix the skis for 4 gallons each and the jug for 5".....
Flipping through the channels on the tv and there was Jetski races on if you didn't stop right there you where in deep :):):):)!

dad said if you beat someone in a race "just tell them its just a pipe under the hood when they ask"
McDonalds had jetski toys in there happy meals.
All my buddys wanted to see my dads slippery when wet catalogs and kittens where killed many times because of those catalogs..
I just wanted to race and be sponsored like chris macculage he was just a kid on a jetski like me..
Dad.... "watch that guy he's going to :):):):) with his carbs all day while we go ride" a set of Westcoast round body readymade duals under the hood sure enough he was still there at the end of the day...
Dad wouldint let me ride on the ocean trips because I was "to small"
All the ride buddys standing around the X2 I walk up "what's wrong with the ski dad" oh nothing we where just talking about puting a 750 in a x2. LMAO!

And all the kids wanted to legdrag the TS jetskis
ride in front of toysRus

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And vanillia ice was a one hit wonder rapper racing a runabout
 
EfX

EfX

Location
St.Pete, Fl. - Daytona, Fl.
I remember when I met the Flying Fish the first time at the Pier in St.Pete and got a little under his skin asking a bit too much about the Jammer. Then meeting the Jammer and sitting in the back of his box van when he first got his Gibson and played some old Zeppelin tunes, and he played some U2. I still have the Domination Jet Pilot t shirt with the 550 on it in the closet (very ragged and just can't seem to throw it out). Meeting Christy Carlson and not realizing it at first thinking this was some little girl...she was unstoppable on the Butch's ski.
The PJS skis always having the hoods on them with their new fancy top secret FI. Even after hanging out with Jeff, he lifted the hood for like 3 seconds for me and said see? Just a pipe....ya.
Watching the Slasher leg drag left and right! Meeting Dan Fitzgerald (he was an accountant - I remembered him as the racing accountant LOL) and his dad and sharing some Dominoes pizza night before the race while they wrenched in his skis at the Pier parking lot in St.Pete.

BTW, the Jammer ended up getting heat exhaustion that weekend and spent time in the meat wagon. I remember he said this area had to be one of the best in the world to ride skis with so much access and water and temps...why do you even own a wet suit??

A few years later watching The Kid shred slalom on the FX-1

Parties I don't remember at local racers house in Tierra Verde when these crazies came to town. That dude was the first one in the area with an FX-1 and he could pull off some insane aerials...then he showed me these "lifters" bolted into the sides of the tray area. I thought that was the greatest idea back then.

Custom of the month ski pics from SPLASH, Factory Pipe ads, Hydro Turf ads and the smoking hot chicks that modeled with them plastered all over the shop along with the aftermarket part ads I would dream of one day being able to afford.

Some day I'm gonna get my first Factory Pipe on one of these skis and break a hip or die trying!
 
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waxhead

wannabe backflipper
Location
gold coast
EfX said:
I remember when I met the Flying Fish the first time at the Pier in St.Pete and got a little under his skin asking a bit too much about the Jammer. Then meeting the Jammer and sitting in the back of his box van when he first got his Gibson and played some old Zeppelin tunes, and he played some U2. I still have the Domination Jet Pilot t shirt with the 550 on it in the closet (very ragged and just can't seem to throw it out). Meeting Christy Carlson and not realizing it at first thinking this was some little girl...she was unstoppable on the Butch's ski.
The PJS skis always having the hoods on them with their new fancy top secret FI. Even after hanging out with Jeff, he lifted the hood for like 3 seconds for me and said see? Just a pipe....ya.
Watching the Slasher leg drag left and right! Meeting Dan Fitzgerald (he was an accountant - I remembered him as the racing accountant LOL) and his dad and sharing some Dominoes pizza night before the race while they wrenched in his skis at the Pier parking lot in St.Pete.

BTW, the Jammer ended up getting heat exhaustion that weekend and spent time in the meat wagon. I remember he said this area had to be one of the best in the world to ride skis with so much access and water and temps...why do you even own a wet suit??

A few years later watching The Kid shred slalom on the FX-1

Parties I don't remember at local racers house in Tierra Verde when these crazies came to town. That dude was the first one in the area with an FX-1 and he could pull off some insane aerials...then he showed me these "lifters" bolted into the sides of the tray area. I thought that was the greatest idea back then.

Custom of the month ski pics from SPLASH, Factory Pipe ads, Hydro Turf ads and the smoking hot chicks that modeled with them plastered all over the shop along with the aftermarket part ads I would dream of one day being able to afford.

Some day I'm gonna get my first Factory Pipe on one of these skis and break a hip or die trying!
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the factory pipe girls were awesome except for the seadoo adds where it was your grandmother
 
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garrcass

Location
Redding CA
There was this guy named gary that used to ride with us all the time he had a seadoo xp I think he was the only guy in my dads group with a sit down. I never even got the slightest idea to try and ride it but one day I had my buddy Colin out at the lake he was a big boy probably 180-200 I was about 115. I knew I couldint ride 2 up with him on the x2 so I asked him if he wanted to go try and do some tail stands with garys sea doo I told him we might be able to do it if he sat on the back of course he gave me some why cause I am fat :):):):) and I just said come on let's try. Well we tryed and tryed and tryed and it would just flip up and do a massive uncontrollable bob and flop down it was fun trying though. Actualy siting here writing this that's the only time I have been on a doo maybie someday I'll try a octane.
 
VXSXH20

VXSXH20

Sionis Industries
Location
Mid-Atlantic
-Back when there was NO Paypal or JetManiac!

-Back when Factory Pipe welcomed watercraft business and was pleasant to talk to on the phone...
 
jaxrider

jaxrider

Location
jacksonville florida
picking up my first Kawasaki 550sx jetski from Ron Jon Surf shop. Did a moddded 650 conversion and widened the tray on the 550 and then the 750sx came out
 
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