Looking forward to seeing this thing donw. I chopped 4" off mine and it def takes a LOT of getting used to. I went from a stock SN to mine I built with -4", lowered and widened tray, rocker, pole bracket moved to the nose, lowered hood, and now run a short and stiff pole. I have been riding it for a month now and still am not fully used to it. Mainly when hitting boat wakes it is the biggest change. The ski now wants to get thrown vertical off a wake. Sometimes off cruiser wakes I have been thrown upside down. It also gets much harder to to hit wakes because any small wave or choppiness throws me out of wack. Im sure over time it will get better but it is like learning to ride again