Wadman,
It was great to meet you and I was glad you liked the motor. We had an awesome time. I think the best thing for me was getting my brother out there in the surf. I think he is in love. Was nice for him to go to an event and only ride instead of keeping everyone's skis running.
A couple of observations:
Gary Lamb is a beast. He is the guy with the flat black X2. The reason he can ride is he used to be one of the best old school x2 racers back in the day. He has discovered freeriding and loves it. Great dude, too.
I hate to admit it, but the X2s ruled. I honestly think there were more X2s on the beach than any other ski.
A sport spec waveblaster is about perfect for that kind of surf. We took 30 gallons of fuel to the beach Saturday morning for 3 skis. 1 ski only went out for a short 10 minute session, the other two used all but 2 gallons of that 30 we took. At one point, I filled mine up to the brim, went out and didn't come back until it died. Coincidently, I can barely walk today......
Aircraftsales is a nice guy and his ski is ABSOLUTELY beautiful. And, I can TOTALLY understand what he was talking about - having a ski so nice that you are afraid to go all out because you could lose it. That thing is MINT.
The Wavejunkie guys put on a great event. I kind of hope it stays in the fall because it is kind of an end of year ride thing, but no matter when they have it, we will be there.
Nothing is funnier than seeing the look on people's faces when they ride a 63mph race ski. Twinturbostang's brother's expression was priceless.
Twinturbostang's fixed steer was crazy! George's Gen 2 top deck was beautiful as well.
Oh, and one last thing, as good a rider as Jon Francavilla is, he is a much better dancer!!
Over the weekend, we rode Friday and Saturday, nothing broke, no one got hurt and we had an incredible time. The only downer was our stand going bye bye.
Can't wait til next year.
Scottie Mac