What do you imagine you would spend to make a SJ Freeride ready?

[D-Roc]

its not about just about riding or wrenching. personnally i enjoy both. i love riding and hate wrenching at the beach or on the trailer. Now o,nce the season is over then its time to spend money and get the ski ready for next season. i enjoy the challenge of installing new parts and dialing them in. once you start modding its really hard to stop. especially if you have buddy's with kick ass skis. feed the addiction and buy some more new parts and replace the worn out ones. some people have bad luck and end up wrenching all summer to stay on the water or chase a tuning issue. As long as you get out their with your crew and have a great time it doesn't matter. wrenching and riding go hand in hand imo. if it weren't for all the grease monkey motorheads we wouldn't have so many parts developed to but on out skis. Stock sucks!

 

[Midlake Crisis]

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[Foximus]

yeah you really got a steal on that pipe fox lol..... happy to see you finally got it in the other thread

Meh....

 

[brett]

quick steer is way important on a surf ski. straps are cheap. d-cut stock plate.

 

[Matt_E]

You can do quicksteer and straight bars without buying anything but straight aluminum tubing.
The rest you can use stock parts, modified, for.

 

[wydopen]

these are my MUSTS

quicksteer
tubbies
dcut stock plate
LOWERED POLE BRACKET
prop
pipe
footstraps

thats all you really need for the surf till you break your hull

 

[Foximus]

these are my MUSTS


tubbies

Interesting. I wouldn't think that something that apparently is controversial (as we have found recently) would be something that would be "Tits or GTFO" for someone. I hope I have the same experience with mine.

 

[wydopen]

Interesting. I wouldn't think that something that apparently is controversial (as we have found recently) would be something that would be "Tits or GTFO" for someone. I hope I have the same experience with mine.

just because some lake riders dont like them dosnt mean i dont :ugh2:

id honestly rather not ride than ride a sj without them

and what the hell does "tits or GTFO" mean???

 

[Foximus]

Right... but you said its one of your Must haves. Meaning it must have had a HUGE effect on how how your ski rides. Im just glad to hear that I guess. Even though I only do lake/river riding right now.

 

[hangtime]

My ski has over 10,000 invested in it .

I don't have time to type all the parts I've bought over the past couple years .

 

[wydopen]

Right... but you said its one of your Must haves. Meaning it must have had a HUGE effect on how how your ski rides. Im just glad to hear that I guess. Even though I only do lake/river riding right now.

yea like i said id rather not ride then ride one without..

 

[thegoldenboy]

Freeride, 5k? :lmao:

B-Pipe $700
Bilge pumps $40
Tubbies $300
Hoodstraps $15
Pole limiter $15
One way $30
Rideplate $100
Intake grate $100
Impeller $250
Get stock head milled $50

Total $1,600

Sure, you can add other stuff like straight bar steering, UMI, whatever - but with the above, you'd have a nice freeride SJ.

Pretty much whats above but with

Straps or Footholds - $50-100
Turf & Underpadding - $100
Towloops - $5
Girdled head - $300 (of all people you preach not to run without a girdle)still can but he wants a bulletproof ski so we'll add this

Thats pretty much it, you'll want a throttle and bars though, just because the OEM ones are terrible. You don't 'NEED' them.

 

[D-Roc]

shorten the stock pole, its cheap and it helps with waves.

 

[WaveDemon]

As for paint. Thats for losers.

right on!

 

[FL-cracker]

2K for a nice Sq nose surf boat. Who gives a shiot what it looks like???!!!!!

 

[Mike Serlin]

i say buy one thats already done and save some money. That being said, my personal boat might be on the market pretty soon

 

[WaveDemon]

Interesting. I wouldn't think that something that apparently is controversial (as we have found recently) would be something that would be "Tits or GTFO" for someone. I hope I have the same experience with mine.

this subject is for freeride right? tubbies are needed on a real freeride boat.

 

[Cliff]

i bought a cranking and running 98 for 750.00. before it sees water for the first time, ill have over 2 k in it no problem.

 

[Crab]

Nobody has spoke about reinforcement, the most important thing for surf.

 

[Idok]

you guys are WAYYYYY overkilling it....


for a freeride ski all you REALLY need are:

reinforcement
pipe
footholds
shorter pole w/straight bars and limiting rope
hoodstraps
prop
bilge pump/scupper/1 way...your choice

DONE!