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jibbing water ski's

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heavymetalwinner
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Hey, I am not sre if anyones done this yet, and if not I patent it. I made myself a pair of twin tipped water skis and they are not shitty either, a hhuge tail so landing backwards is easy, they are pretty wide, and they have a strong suicide wakeboard boots mounted on them. I also built som rails out of PVC, a rainbow and a dock box. They are pretty goo, the dock box is sketchy easy to get hurt, but the rainbow is cool. Any ways, you now when you jump on normal water skis the skis are all over the place. These are different, because of the suicide boot, they feel like skis. Also they got fins at either end, and a huge tail. The only problem is bailing. Because of the suicide boot, it hurts your knees some times, because your feet don't come out. Anyways if anyone wants to give 'em a try, I have a cabin in windermere and will be up there for the majority of the summer, I'll be the only one on the lake with them and I am usually around Terivista, so try to catch me. I also got a wakeskate, but believe me the skis are way better. Also do you think this would sell as a product? Thanks
May 8 2002 8:12PM
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ACLs_suck
Posts: 534 - Karma: 11
i wanna try that this summer. i have sweet wakeboarding boat
May 8 2002 8:34PM
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nipe
Posts: 2586 - Karma: 6
thats pretty hot, what can you do on them though? ski backwards? id love to get on waterskis and jib a dock....heheh



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May 8 2002 9:51PM
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cams
Posts: 3937 - Karma: 26
it is very sweet but isn't this like the 6th post about it


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May 8 2002 9:55PM
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etom
Posts: 2443 - Karma: 13
what kind of boat you have ACLS suck? you slide rails on skis, oh man what if you nut it going 22 mph, ouch,

~Tom
May 8 2002 10:11PM
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heavymetalwinner
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Its PVC and its pretty hard to nut yourself, I managed to last year once, but it didn't hurt bad, it hurts more, cause the jib is like in 3 feet of water so you hit rocks if you fall. Super fun though. I can do 180, switch and regular, 360's and mutes. I tried a backflip and landed on my head and got a nasty concussion, the skis hit my face. I tried a lincon, they are super easy to do the rotation, I just kept on skiffing out when I landed. Anyways they are dope. You can make yourself a pair, just buy some okay wake boarding boots, drill em into the water ski, make sure to seal the holes with super glue, then with a hack saw cut off and over hanging peices of metal from the binding. It warks better if the ski is kinda short and fat. Like old water skis. They must be a straight edge or shaped kinda like Volants spatula, semetric oval, anyways blowtorch the end which is not tipped up, but don't let the plastic bubble, that leads to cracks and then water in your skis. And then bend them. This is the hard part, it takes like 6 hrs of work to do this right. It takes along time to bend. Then buy some replacement wakeboarding fins and put them on each tip, small ones work best for jibbing and spinning, and big ones work good for carving and getting big air. Also don't pop off the wake, you get more air if you knees are straight, like wakeboarding. Its fun to built a launch ramp to, if you have a dock, and a flat bottomed tin or aluminum boat just set that up against the dock. tie rocks to the boat as anchors which then weich the end down so it won't move. It looks really cool cause you gotta clear som dock before the water. Its gonna be awesome when skiers are out on the water showing up wakeboarders with a smooth switch 270 to rail to fakie off. The wakeboarders in windermere just walk around and gloat, its not even that hard of a sport. Anyways it anybody is interested you can email me a highnorthrider@volcomsurfer.com, cheers
May 8 2002 11:00PM
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teethi
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id like some. but theyd gotta be really easy to manuever. in the air. and fat too.
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May 9 2002 8:53PM
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Pipe_Munky
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got any pics?


i think i'll stick to my killer wakeboard! im buildin a 15ft launch slider this year so it'll be hella sick!




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May 9 2002 9:46PM
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FreshCoast
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Yeah, some pics would be sweet, but the bindings sound kinda sketch. Oh well, as long as your recovered by ski season who cares! Sounds awesome!
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May 9 2002 10:38PM
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sirjibsalot
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hey whats your name???
my buddy has a cabin in windemere ...
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May 9 2002 10:41PM
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etom
Posts: 2443 - Karma: 13
is that windemere lake washington? or where? cus if it is, im probably going to take the boat from the cabin into seattle and take it out on the lake sometime.

~Tom
May 9 2002 11:24PM
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nipe
Posts: 2586 - Karma: 6
ur talking about wooden water skis right?

post some pics up of those beasts and stuff



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May 9 2002 11:31PM
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CTripper
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i know obrien makes short skis for jumping and stuff, but not like that. at my house one summer i saw some guy skiing back wards with regular skis, weird.
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