2008 Put-In-Bay Island Freeride

[Ericfox]

Put-In-Bay Island Freeride 2008.

This year is going to be full of great oppertunities to get out and ride!

Since this is the first year for the Put-In-Bay Island Freeride on the X-H20 Freeride Tour - I would like to start this out by making this a true X-H20 Freeride that is designed by the riders:

Please post any ideas and comments you can think of to help make this freeride the shiznit.

If you have been to Put-In-Bay (PIB) please post up some comments so people get a feel for what the place is like!

Put-In-Bay (also called Southbass Island by some) is a beautiful island right off the coast of Ohio in Lake Erie. You can camp for a very affordable rate at the State Park located on the island: see pics.

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My friends and I have done the Put-In-Bay trip each year for about the past 5 years to escape the everyday world for a few days.

The dates for this freeride are August 7,8,9,10. --> the 10th is just a day to get packed up and come home for us, but others may decide to ride that day.... it's up to you!

The location is the boat ramp at the South Bass Island State Park (AKA Put-In-Bay State Park)

A ferry can take your car across the lake(see rates below).

There are campsites located at the Southbass Island State Park where you can launch your ski about 200 yards from your site!

There are also other places to stay on the island such as the Island Club www.islandclub.com and a few hotels (camping is much cheaper).

The ferry makes many trips every day, so you can make this trip fit your schedule.

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If you want to come: make a reservation at anytime... the campsites usually fill up quickly starting about 1-2 months before the dates, and the Island Club will be full much sooner.

There is a map of the campground on the reservation link below so you can pick your own site.

Camping prices are very reasonable.

There is a TON of things to do on the island other than just ski. Winery, bars, restaurants, shops, history, bars, bars, bars.... there is never any problem finding things to do...

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To check availability of campsites click on the link below and follow the following instructions below the link.

http://www.ohio.reserveworld.com/SiteSearchMaps.aspx

click on campsites then using maps then go down and click on SouthBass Island State Park, then click again on Southbass Island, then select non electric, then select equipment as tent and the # of people and the date and # of nights, then click accept restrictions check availability.
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Ferry service website: http://www.millerferry.com/

Address to the Miller Ferry for MapQuest:
5174 East Water St., Port Clinton, OH 43452

Ferry prices
$72 for: one adult, a vehicle, and a double jetski trailer. (Each additional passenger pays $6)
$66 for: one adult, a vehicle, and a single trailer. (Each additional passenger pays $6)

3 5 gallon gas containers are allowed (bring more if you want... just dont have them all visible.) There is pump gas available on the island close to the campground.

That's all the background info.

[Mike W]

Looks like a cool place. I can't even make Daytona this year thats an hour away. Looks like it would be a fun trip.

[Endo]

Will they let you anchor nearby? Have a friend who keeps a boat at Mienke.

[Ericfox]

btw... the waves on the lake are usually small/medium in this area, but the boats around the island are big and put off some very nice wakes... and the boats go by constantly.

[Ericfox]

Will they let you anchor nearby? Have a friend who keeps a boat at Mienke.

They have docks you can rent on the other side of the island. You can also rent docks from the State Park, but it is in a different part of the island as well. The State Park dock rentals are cheaper most likely. You can also anchor out in the water in a designated area and get a water taxi to the island if I remember right...

[oldskoo]

thats the weekend hangout spot...meet ya at the beer barrel.....we mouch off a very wealthy guy that owns a house right on the water...the place is a blast...doesnt feel like ohio..

[aranka]

i love that place. i am there for x-mas every year.

[SuperjetSteve]

ill come.

[oldskoo]

i love that place. i am there for x-mas every year.

i would have to guess that going by your pic
haha....i didnt make any of the holidays last year however my buddy got removed from a winery during holloween for wearing a strap-on .......unreal

[750 scott]

Do any of you ride around Marblehead and the Island during the summer?

[snowxr]

WooHoo! Put-out bay !! drunk girlz and boats.. Maybe I can get a hall pass from the wife.

[oldskoo]

Do any of you ride around Marblehead and the Island during the summer?

We usually sneek into bay-point a few times a year and ride the area...few buddys have a camper down the road........god i could use some dairy dock.....yummm

[Ericfox]

WooHoo! Put-out bay !! drunk girlz and boats.. Maybe I can get a hall pass from the wife.

I got a pass that is good for one trip to PIB every year with the guys.... :-)

BTW- the campground is also a very nice place to bring the wife and kids or girlfriend as well. The island gets a little crazy at night (which some of you will like very much!), but the campground remains very calm. Rangers patrol the campground very regularly and keep the noise level down pretty well.

The campground is on the other side of the island from all the restaurants, bars, shops, etc... but taxis are available ALL the time and do not charge much. You can call the taxi # and they will pick you up at your campsite within minutes, and it only takes about a 3 minute drive to get to downtown PIB. You can call the same # anywhere on the island and they will drop you back off at the campsite at anytime during the day or night.

We drive our car during the day, but at night when we drink we always use the taxi.

Also, the facilities are VERY nice at the campground. - Private lock-door showers & flush toilets - all very nice and clean

All campsites are pretty good size and have a fire ring and picnic table

[oldskoo]

I got a pass that is good for one trip to PIB every year with the guys.... :-)

BTW- the campground is also a very nice place to bring the wife and kids or girlfriend as well. The island gets a little crazy at night (which some of you will like very much!), but the campground remains very calm. Rangers patrol the campground very regularly and keep the noise level down pretty well.

The campground is on the other side of the island from all the restaurants, bars, shops, etc... but taxis are available ALL the time and do not charge much. You can call the taxi # and they will pick you up at your campsite within minutes, and it only takes about a 3 minute drive to get to downtown PIB. You can call the same # anywhere on the island and they will drop you back off at the campsite at anytime during the day or night.

We drive our car during the day, but at night when we drink we always use the taxi.

Also, the facilities are VERY nice at the campground. - Private lock-door showers & flush toilets - all very nice and clean

All campsites are pretty good size and have a fire ring and picnic table

if i remeber right the ramps at the campground are the only actual public ramps arent they? I believe the rest are private

[Ericfox]

Yes. I believe that is correct. They are the only ones I know about at least...

[Mouthfulloflake]

that place looks beautiful!

what is the weather like and water temp there during the proposed dates?

[Ericfox]

Usually highs in the low 80's / upper 70's. Water temps I do not know... but I don't wear a wetsuit there and it is very comfortable skiing all day.

[mybad]

PUTANG BAY !!!!!!!! Good call Eric. Absolutely the best summertime party location in the midwest. Ill try to get my crew to bring up some party boats so we can throw a few back on the B dock. I posted a photo of the new pool close to the docks. There is a whole other side and party boat attached to that pool. You dont have to stay their to use it. It is the place to be during the day. At night the docks are hittin hard.

[mybad]

Do any of you ride around Marblehead and the Island during the summer?

Yeah,

DOES THIS LOOK FAMILIAR?

If you see us out this spring stop by. It is almost directly across from Johnson island. We always have a buoy course set up. In the backround is Cedar Point and the bridge to Johnsons. Behind that to the right is the sand bar. See ya there!

[oldskoo]

Yeah,

DOES THIS LOOK FAMILIAR?

If you see us out this spring stop by. It is almost directly across from Johnson island. We usually have a buoy course set up.

is the corse right next to the rt2 bridge?? I have sceen you guys out there i think.

[mybad]

is the corse right next to the rt2 bridge?? I have sceen you guys out there i think.

No, Thats not us. Its not the one you see from route 2. Ive only seen couches over there. You need to get off at the Marblehead exit and turn right. Make a left at the drive thru and were down past Dempseys and Otays Pizza on the right hand side by the war monument. Their is a bathtub filled up with flowers at the end of our street.

[oldskoo]

so your right on bayshore rd then>? Were at baypoint and baywinds along w/ a few local trailer parks around there most of the summer. Otays o man thats a asshole killer there.:AR15firing:

[SuperjetSteve]

My family was going to come, but i hear it becomes a party place at night? and do they waves get big, my dad wants to bring his bass boat, but his boat doesnt like big waves.

[mybad]

My family was going to come, but i hear it becomes a party place at night? and do they waves get big, my dad wants to bring his bass boat, but his boat doesnt like big waves.

If your gonna be with your Dad everything will be good. Their is alot for the family to do. There is a new waterpark going in right now at PIB. It should be open this summer. Taking a Bass boat across to P.I.B is risky tho. The lake can get real rough.........quick. I wouldnt take my kids to the bay on a small bass boat. Put the your ski in the back of his truck and take the ferry across.

[SuperjetSteve]

ya, he wants to to pull it across, but is the the water around put in bay to rough for a bass boat?

[mybad]

He should be OK. If it does get rough he could always pull it out or pay for a public dock slip and have a good party location all night long. This is what I would do. How old are you?

[SuperjetSteve]

16, ill probly have my liecence by then, so ill just drive myself.

[Ericfox]

Going to bump this thread every couple months until the trip.


There has been one big change to our plans. We are now planning on staying at the Island Club - www.islandclub.com as long as we have enough people... if we cant get enough people- then we will just camp...

My friends expressed the desire to do something different this year, so we are going to give the Island Club a try. I will still be at the State Park every day- all day with the ski.

If anyone wants to stay in the house with us - let me know. I may be able to work something out. There will be a deposit of $100 (my friends are giving me the same deposit). The State Park is definately the cheaper....but this place should be pretty cool.

Hopefully I can talk a few of you freestyle guys into coming up... my friend rides a GP1300R....I wish my friends all rode standups...

[djkorn1]

Dude, this will be a KILLER time for anyone who has never been there. Put-In-Bay is like Spring break for people in thier 20's 30's EVERY WEEKEND all summer long. It gets INSANE at night. 10,000 partiers every night. I like the Round House Bar the best. The Island Club is a killer hotel. They have a pool with a Bar in the middle of it!

The state park is beautiful and is very rural and quiet. It is about 1/2 mile from downtown and all the action. I have never ridden there. I am guessing that it will be quite flat on the South side of the Island with HUGE cruisers making wakes every couple minutes. I am gonna try to make this ride...

[Ericfox]

bump for anyone trying to make plans for the summer....

[MADMAT]

Dude, this will be a KILLER time for anyone who has never been there. Put-In-Bay is like Spring break for people in thier 20's 30's EVERY WEEKEND all summer long. It gets INSANE at night. 10,000 partiers every night. I like the Round House Bar the best. The Island Club is a killer hotel. They have a pool with a Bar in the middle of it!

The state park is beautiful and is very rural and quiet. It is about 1/2 mile from downtown and all the action. I have never ridden there. I am guessing that it will be quite flat on the South side of the Island with HUGE cruisers making wakes every couple minutes. I am gonna try to make this ride...

I rode some killer 4-5 footers in that park once. Free ramp 2 seconds from your camp site! I rode all weekend non stop while everyone else drank. And then I passed out all night and did the same thing for 2 more days.


It can potentially be big waves at that spot.

[Ericfox]

Thread officially moved to the X-H20 Freeride Tour section... awesome...

[MADMAT]

NIce!!

[Scoot72]

Hi Eric. This is Scott. I was the one from the islands area who bought your double trailer last year. How's your '07 project going. When I was up there it was showroom stock still...glad you decided to cut into it. That is going to be fun freeride weekend your planning. If you need any assistance, don't hesitate to get ahold of me. I know of a few more killer wave spots around Marblehead and Cedar Point Sandusky Bay area.

I pretty much have half the summer dedicated to racing. But, this freeride falls on an open weekend between races. sweet... I'll be there and I'll bring some of our racers and riders from the area. Are the dates current? August 7-9 Thur to Sat....or Fri to Sun as they are posted. It's gonna be fun to meet some more freeride/style riders other than my tour bros and a few others. I race standups, so my crew mostly has those over couches. I picked up a tricked out superjet from up in Green Bay last October ready for some island waves.

There was a mention on the first page of this thread about a bouy course next to Rt. 2. That's me with the course in that cove as you cross the Edison Bridge. Got more skis than couches this past year. If anybody frequents the islands area and would ever like to stop by and run some buoys. Not a problem. Just shoot me a pm. First timers to veterans..everybody welcome.

DJKorn..you got that right..spring break all summer long for sure. Alot of us older partiers from the area have bolted to Kelley's Island some time ago. Always up for a good PIB run anytime though

cheers,
Scott

[Scoot72]

Hey MYBAD...you guys put up bouys over off Bayshore Rd.? You know the good wave spots in that area then too. We actually ride in that area as well. My race buddy lives on Bayview Rd off Bayshore past O'Tays. We ride over from Bayview and our buoy area that is seen off Rt. 2 in that cove.

Not an event like the freeride, but we throw out buoy's for the first time on May 3rd weekend in conjunction with a trip we make to Kelley's Island for Kentucky Derby Day that Saturday. Cougars in Derby Hats everywhere that early in the season. We're getting the itch bad to get in the water. We get lots of skis and couches to run from our area. Other than the area riders, we got some racers coming this year from Kentucky, Canada and Michigan. Anybody coming through the area is more than welcome to stop for a ride ..we're always trying to recruit first time racers. The cocktails are flowing all day. You can see how your Region 6 racers get down. If interested in stopping..shoot me a line.

cheers,
scoot

[mybad]

Scoot72,
Are u with the Hilltop crew ?? If so, we party with you all the time. Chris, Bryan, Tom................

Get some brap in that SXR and bring it over too the buoys.

[mybad]

If thats not u. Ill ride by this summer and bring the cold ones.

[Scoot72]

Your talking about Brent Lembach's family house there that has that the little tiki bar. They have Hilltop racing shop. Zeller's Beach area on Bayshore Rd. I go over there every now and then with my cousin Mike D...you probably know him and me then. My race sxr has got a little brappp. More brap in my SJ though. Wet Pipe in Limited, Stock class SXR, and limited freestyle superjet. I'll change my avatar to what I ride. Yah..come on over with some cold ones whenever. We are back and forth from there all the time. Bigger waves over on that end. Better for buoys over here with some chop with smooth straits.

scoot

[Ericfox]

Scott- what up man? How is that trailer working out for you? Good I hope... that thing is pretty much indestructible.

The dates for the freeride are August 7,8,9,10.

I will be taking my ski up on Thursday the 7th in the morning/afternoon, and will be coming home on the 10th in the morning.

We used to go Fri, Sat, Sun... but we love the place so much- that we decided to go one extra day last year and it was great...

[Dirtybird]

Where do you plan on riding? I've only heard of people NOT going in the water because it's so nasty. Everyone says they jump from boat to boat and never touch the water.

[Scoot72]

Trailer is good. I traded my old double a while back and glad that one came long. It hasn't been too far..just over to Marblehead boat ramps. We were supposed to haul it down to Tampa this past winter, but didn't make it down. I did hook it up to hold 3 standups...barely...2 sxr's and a superjet in the middle.

Awesome on the dates..can't wait. I told a lot of my racer buddies about it and their hip that weekend. That Friday I work til 3pm and riding as soon as I get home. My crew will probably be here Friday evening or Saturday morning.

Hey dirtybird. Yah..Lake Erie water is not like St. Claire or other Great Lakes in clarity, but it's good around the islands out to Canada. Not sure if your referring to the may fly situation in past years, but that has gotten a lot better. They still come..just not as much anymore. We'll always have to deal with mother natures's wicked jokes. The surrounding bays and coves as you get closer into Sandusky Bay from Lake Erie can be a little dirty. Just a little shallower outside the channels. We get the filter water & sediment from the Sandusky River.

You get good waves all around the Bass Islands. Constant wind changes funnel through the islands so you get good waves all around.

Good wave spots coming from my house in the bay and moving towards Put In Bay are:

-Edison Bride over Rt. 2 on the South side
-Tip of Johnson's Island from Marblehead / Dempsy's Access in Sandusky Bay
-East side of Marblehead Bay Point sandbar
-Cedar Point breakwall channel...big boats here
-Cedar Point Beach
-East Harbor Beach towards Kelley's Island from Marblehead / Marzurik's Access in Lake Erie
-Mouse island where the Miller Ferry comes out is always a good wave spot

[mybad]

scoot72

I try to make it up to Chris's place every weekend if I can. I hit the PIB twice a year. Check out the picture of the skis on my first post. You should recognize the dock setup. Coming from your place its past Dempseys on the left hand side. Im not sure when you raced, but one of our crew was national expert champion a few years back. We should be putting the docks in sometime in early May. Not really sure tho. Looking forward to this summer. Ill PM you my cell #. Call it if you get lost.

[Ericfox]

Where do you plan on riding? I've only heard of people NOT going in the water because it's so nasty. Everyone says they jump from boat to boat and never touch the water.

The ride will be around the State Park Campground right by the boat ramp. The water you refer to is on the other side of the island in the bay where the mass quantity of boats park. The water by the State Park is awesome.... very clean.

[Scoot72]

State Park is a great spot for waves. Do you remember a couple years bac.. the mayfly soup that pooled up on the Boardwalk end of the cove. That was a bad smell.

Mybad..Oh yah..I know about where you are from that photo. Man..still rocking the old balls skis..nice. who's your boy that was nat. champ. I'm thinking Judge or Crash?? If so, then I do know you guys. If not, I'll swing by that way. I still hanging tough with the racing.

[mybad]

Judge is old school and impossible to get around, but Brian had the #1 plate. I sold the SJ last year and bought a SXR.

[Scoot72]

What Exp. class did he run? Well I guess what is Brian's last name then? I'm racking my brain with all the Cleveland area racers. Stroshak? spelling?? Yah..PM me your number when you guys make it up this way and we'll gather up the riders and have a session

scoot

[Scoot72]

Don't think I saw a link to PIB itself. May want to put that in for those a little further outside the area the area who don't know what the island is all about. Historical facts and all that other stuff. I know there are a lot even from Michigan area that have never been there. Getting excited to ride in 2 weeks. Burrr..still a little cold yet, but gotta get in soon. 'm glad this post is out now to to get my pumped about riding

http://put-in-bay.com

[djkorn1]

http://www.x-h2o.com/photoplog/images/70/1_pib.jpg


Put in Bay in all it's glory on beautiful Lake Erie.

[Scoot72]

Forgot it gets that blue on that side...purty. Nice overhead shot. If you could pan in, you'd see thousands of drunk folks. Nice weather coming up Thursday and Friday. I hope you all are out there. I'm in for the first time of the season for sure.

[Eclipsed830]

Me and my buddy are probably in on our old 550's... he also has a cottage on East Bayshore Rd a little before Otays by the big wooden ship. :)

[Scoot72]

Has anyone reserved campsites yet. If so, what campsites did anyone get? I was thinking about campsite 120. I was up in the air about getting one and just riding out to PIB each day...but..it is a big party on the island and I thought otherwise. As of right now, they have around 100 left...Mainly all inland and will fill very quickly as it gets weeks away from full on island season. All the water's edge campsites are gone. To give an idea of price...2 nights is $52.00 + 8.00 in fees...$60 for 6 people max per site. We camp at Kelley's quite a bit and they stick to that rule for sure.

Rode today to get my boats tuned. Water was nice. It'll get back to chilled a little here soon, so I hope if they weather holds, everyone is able to get out for some weekend fun. Broke out the superjet too to show off a few dunks for the Rt. 2 people headed home from work

aloha,scoot

[Ericfox]

Yep--> you have 6 people per site max... something we figured out: we usually got 2 sites with 4-5 guys each per site... then paid $5 for extra 1 or 2 people per site... those people we named some random girl name when we filled out the forms upon arrival.... that way if you meet someone "special" you can bring them back and their name becomes "Jen Smith" or "Julie Roberts" or whatever... they are pretty strict about that crap, so it was a cheap easy way to bend the rules... they actually stop the cabs on the way back into the campsite at night and question each person as to what their name is and what site your staying... thought some of you single guys could benefit from this...

Also, we need someone with a ski tote... let us know if someone has one or two nice ones we can use at the ride... like a tiger tote or similar... it will be important that we can easily take out skis out when we are taking breaks... I will buy one soon if nobody has one handy.

[Scoot72]

Got a campsite reserved for Friday and Saturday nights. Campsite #120 if anyone wants to link up campsites close. Yah..for Memorial weekend each year at Kelley's we get 3 sites and usually have to make up names cause we never know who's gonna show up. I left it with just my name on it and 5 empy name spots. I'll fill them in when I check in if we got someone that needs a spot to crash. I have know idea who is gonna come with me as it is a ways away yet. A lot of my crew are not ones to plan that far ahead for anything outside of the races. I'll have a few. If I don't have 6 with me, anybody who needs a spot is more then welcome to hook up with us.

I got a 2 wheel bigfoot beach cart that we can use.

[djkorn1]

A little info on this pic. This is a pic of Downtown Put In Bay on South Bass Island. (Where the Bars and Crazyness go down) The small Island is Gilbralter Island. It is owned by Ohio State University and is a Biology lab with dorms. Usually if there are waves they are on the North or West side of the Island. (This pic is facing south-east)

http://www.x-h2o.com/photoplog/images/70/1_pib.jpg


Put in Bay in all it's glory on beautiful Lake Erie.

[djkorn1]

After looking again at this map. To ride to the Campgrounds, you would run out of gas. Even if you left from Catawba. You would have to follow the Ferry Line, Fuel up and then go around the Island.

http://www.x-h2o.com/photoplog/images/70/1_island_map.gif

Another great attraction in the area is Cedar Point. The BIGGEST ROLLER COASTER PARK in the world. It is on the map in the bottom right corner. If you have never been there, you NEED to go. It chews up any six flags big time.

[MADMAT]

The only public ramp I know of is at the state park campground which is way to the right on that pic. Like way to the right off of the pic.

Its dead south of where the ferry drops you off.

[djkorn1]

The only public ramp I know of is at the state park campground which is way to the right on that pic. Like way to the right off of the pic.

Its dead south of where the ferry drops you off.

Dude, the campground I stayed at was to the LEFT of that pic. You had to pass the monument to get downtown.

[Scoot72]

JD..if your thinking of Fox's Campground, that is 1/2 mile from downtown. Yep, to the left of downtown in your map picture behind the trolley station. That one is closer to downtown, but they usually fill up with reservations by now. The State Park campground is on the middle left side curve of the island. You'll get the waves there vs. the downtown bar/boat area. It's all No Wake til you get pretty far out and then you have to wait for north winds for waves.

Launching from Catawba Island state park, your about a 5 mile ride to the PIB state park. From DJ's pic, follow the Miller Boat route and skirt up the left side til you get the where it curves out to the left.

I have a triple ski trailer and I'll have my superjet to take over and have spots for 2 other skis. If anyone wanted to meet at Miller Ferry and load up their skis to cut down on travel costs, that would be ok with me.

cheers,
scott

[MADMAT]

Dude, the campground I stayed at was to the LEFT of that pic. You had to pass the monument to get downtown.


Did they have a ramp? If so it would be better than the state park one cuz that state park one is way on the quiet side of the island. But is is really nice and 2 nice ramps.

[djkorn1]

No ramp. It is on a 50 foot cliff right into the water.

[MADMAT]

Dude!! Gotta have a ramp!!

The cabs can you take you to the east side of the island for partying.

I actually walked back to the state park campground drunk once. It took for flippin ever!

Or just rent mopeds, bikes or golf carts.

[ski4]

dj
catawba to pib don't look much further than kelley's to pib
we did that and back on a tank. or
i think we did
wow
maybe im getting Alzheimer's

[Scoot72]

You can make it on one take sj or sxr. It's 5 miles.

[djkorn1]

I wasn't riding. We were just there boozin and strolling for chicks. :cool2:

Dude!! Gotta have a ramp!!

The cabs can you take you to the east side of the island for partying.

I actually walked back to the state park campground drunk once. It took for flippin ever!

Or just rent mopeds, bikes or golf carts.

[Scoot72]

Speaking of well other islands.....We're headed for the first trip of the year to partake in a little Derby Day fun at Kelley's Island. Got the race crew coming in for some practice too. Hope every has had time to get out for some spring waves and sun.

[ShAkEdOwN]

Early august will be nice'n warm water should be close to its peak temp.

[ShAkEdOwN]

The Roundhouse is the best. Always has good bands playin.

[ShAkEdOwN]

U only have to worry about the bay water, due to all the boats and people. Other than that the water is clean.

[Ericfox]

Cant believe summer is almost here... I cant wait to get to the hothole this next weekend, Jam at the Dam, Rock N' Ride, the Put-In-Bay Freeride, Wave Rave, and Freestylefest! This summer is going to be great! hope the ski holds out!

[Scoot72]

Eric..have you rode you new superjet yet with all the updates you added?

[Ericfox]

yeah... it is crazy how different the ski handles... the throttle is a little touchy... I am still getting used to it. I have been out 3 times now this year... so far I am really liking all the changes I made.... pretty awesome compared to stock!

[djkorn1]

There are a TON of great lakes freerides this year!!! :bananalama:

Cant believe summer is almost here... I cant wait to get to the hothole this next weekend, Jam at the Dam, Rock N' Ride, the Put-In-Bay Freeride, Wave Rave, and Freestylefest! This summer is going to be great! hope the ski holds out!

[Scoot72]

Eric..good to hear man. I've had some tweaking to do on mine. I have the xmetal too and have a hard time going from race ski to that is terms of the pole weight. So, I'm putting a spring on mine.

DJ...forgot to thank you for the video. Really liked it. I'm no backflipper or anything like that, so it was great to see a video with riders doing stuff that i can do.

Wish me luck this weekend as I'm gonna brave the great city of Cleveland. Weekend trip to see my girls in the Wood and party out in Mentor

[Ericfox]

Something I found by using the link in the first post to do a mock reservation:

1) you have to do a reservation: no walk-ons during summer time - so make sure you book your site using that link...

2) campsites are starting to fill up... about 50% booked already compared to about 25% last month and the good sites are going fast... 42 and 44 are good ones just from past experience and are still open as of today

3) you have to book for a minimum of 2 nights... this makes sense since they sell out every weekend in the summer. Most $ for them....

[Ericfox]

FYI::::: I just called the gas station on the island and they only sell 87 octane :Eyecrazy:... I thought they sold higher, but I guess not... so fill up your ski's tank and all your fuel jugs! If you dont have a high compression head then you'll be fine!

If you dont have fuel jugs go to walmart and get two 5 gallon containers for like 10 bucks... cheap azzes! :-)

[Ericfox]

Like 7 weeks left before the trip! word!

[Ericfox]

Just wanted to let everyone know I started a roll call thread--> http://www.x-h2o.com/showthread.php?t=38529

[getzjd]

Where do you plan on riding? I've only heard of people NOT going in the water because it's so nasty. Everyone says they jump from boat to boat and never touch the water.


Nope, nothing wrong with the water around the islands. At least that time of the year that I have ever experienced in my years up there.

[Zerfman34]

man this looks like an awesome weekend. i'll be in L.A. watching girls roller skate in bikini's. I'll be thinking of you guys! no.....no actually i won't be thinking of you guys.

[MADMAT]

.... pretty awesome compared to stock!

That should be a major understatement! That flywheel alone is probably amazing.

[Ericfox]

I wish I had something to compare it to.... the engine I had in my blaster was similar with a lightened flywheel, but then I had a bunch of other mods including porting I dont have on this engine, so I dont know the difference.... all I know is that compared to stock last year it was like learning to ride on a different ski... just with the handling mods alone....

[CarFanatic]

hmmmm I might have to come up to this!

[Ericfox]

1 month to go!

[Ericfox]

Campsites are almost all booked.... If anyone is at all interested in going (and will be camping) then you should reserve one SOON.

Instructions on how to reserve a site are in the first thread... you can do it online in about 3 minutes.

[oldskoo]

just rode put-in bay all week and i must say riding all day and drinking all night ad's up to a good life. few things iv learned
1.trailer/tow parking is very limited i highly recc those w/ out campsites get together to bring the most skis w/ the least rigs. I had to almost get into a brawl with some non english speaking folk as they were trying to drive around me to get in the spot i was holding for our rig.ramps get interesting
2.PRAY FOR A SOUTH WEST WIND that kicks the little bay area up but they are very close sets.
3.If you like your ski,bring a anchor its a rock beach all around that cove and i mean all rocks
4.watch out for the jetski rental retards that ride right off the beach they are complete morons.
5.watch where you ride the island has crazy sandbars well offshore under 1 foot deep. i dumped it going around the island in 3-4;s and was standing 1000 feet offshore.
prices have gone up on the ferry, for us to take 3 people,a tripple trailer w/ 1 ski in the bed of the truck both ways was 110$$$$
so if that helps anyone in anyway cool,should be a good time.

[CarFanatic]

man that ferry is stickin it to the man!

[Ericfox]

yeah... the ferry isnt cheap, but its worth it....

The rocks on the beach are a biatch... this is why I am trying to make sure someone has a good tote we can use to pull out skis out onto the grass when we arent riding... I think Scoot72 said he has one... anyone else have one that they can bring? I will still be bringing my anchor with me anyways as well...

[CarFanatic]

I am wanting to come up for this, but might have to come solo, who all would be staying at the camp ground?

[Ericfox]

16 campsites left.... the island is almost totally booked for the weekend... those sites will be gone by next week or so...

[CarFanatic]

None of my retarded friends will go with me! :aargh4:

How many guys are actually staying in the camp ground, maybe I'll come up by myself.

[Scoot72]

I have 4 including me at the campground. Carfanatic, if you need a spot you can get in with us. I passed the word more at our race this past weekend, but a lot either can't or don't want to go with our race finale' being that next weekend after the freeride. I'll have a beach cart for sure.

[MADMAT]

Dude you will be crashing in a field or on cliff with 1 or 2 chicks possibly.:icon16:

[CarFanatic]

damn ok, scoot.. forgive me but what all would I need to bring.. never been camping really.. Also what would I do with my car and trailer will it fit at the site? or is there a place to park else where?

I like that crashing with chicks idea! :arms:

[CarFanatic]

anyone?? :sadwavey:

[Ericfox]

South Bass State Park Campground phone to find out about parking : 419-285-2112 .... doubt you will be able to park by the campsite.... they might let you park by the boat ramp....

I have a decent tent you can use... let me know if you want to use it... or you can just buy a little tent at walmart for cheap.... then just bring a few blankets and a pad to sleep on...

just make sure you get there... after that you will just need to sleep somewhere to sober up and somewhere to park your stuff... if Scoot72 as room on his trailer or truck you might be able to ride over with him on the ferry... if you do that you guys would have to try and hide those gas containers in his vehicle or something... they might say something if you have too many... they allow 3 containers per vehicle... gotta bring enough containers with 93 octane.... they only sell 87 on the island... I would call the park and then get ahold of scoot72 to figure things out with him...

[CarFanatic]

wow... only 87... I will burn a tank of gas in 2 hrs easy... that kinda sucks.. I guess you cant go get more either without paying the ferry fee eh?

I take it the camp ground has showers and stuff right?

maybe scoot will have some more info.

[MADMAT]

I woke up one time and was on a small beach on the FAR EAST side.

It took me like 2 hours to walk back to the camp site.

[Scoot72]

What's up boys. Love everyone's memories of times past and all the drunken lunacy. I'm headed over this Sat. for the evening and hope to check out the campground. I am pretty sure they have shower houses. Most of them do and with that being a big destination I would say they would.

Carfanactic. the best thing to do is give me a ring so I can go over thing with you on our end and general stuff you might want to bring to camp. My number is 419-202-5020

These next few weeks are gonna be crazy up here for me. So, if I don't post right away and want to know something give me a ring. I'm a gonna get all the info from my gang this weekend as far as who's bringing their skis, trailer, etc. As far as getting our stuff over, I am bringing the trailer I bought off Eric and have it situated to fit 3 skis. I have an suv, but hoping my buddy will bring his truck so we can fit another ski in back. We're gonna hide plenty of fuel with us too.

Miller Ferry has a 2) 5gal. jug limit now. That will go prety quick. I hope everyone brings tons of gas so we can ride to the other islands as well and really explore with everyone.

Another option is us bringing out enclosed race trailer. we fit 3 in there plus a chance to definatley bring more fuel.

[CarFanatic]

scoot I will try and give you a ring tonight.

I cant believe they dont sell good gas out there! thats really a pain..

[Scoot72]

Sounds good..I wake at 5:30 am for work so try to call before 9pm if you can. If I bring the race trailer, I may fill my 30 gal drum and we can pump it out of there. I'm gonna call the ferry to see if it costs more than a reg. double trailer

[Scoot72]

Only 2 campsites left

[Ericfox]

holy crap those sites went fast!

A week ago there was like 20 some left!

2 sites left!

Snatch them up even if you are just thinking about going and cancel later if you must!!!!!

Oh, and the campgrounds have VERY nice showers (for a campground at least)... about 6 or 8 lock-door private showers with an area to change in each one as well.... that was just at the bathroom next to us... there are several bathrooms at the campground with similar arangements...

the toilet and sink side of the bathroom is pretty decent... prob a little above average for a campground...

[MADMAT]

Man camping rules!!! Have fun!

Hope you guys get waves!

[Scoot72]

talked to Brenden last night..he's good to go with meeting up with us and bring his ski on our trailer/truck. Have him camping with us as well so if someone else needs a spot at our site we got 1 left.

[CarFanatic]

Ya I'm in thanks to Scoot! :woot: Scoot PM me a list of stuff I need to bring, and what I owe ya for my share of the camp ground! Man it sucks being the lonely stand up rider in cincy... Really looking forward to riding with some guys and hopefully getting to learn some stuff! oh ya lets hope my boat is together and working then!

[Ericfox]

Awesome man.... you should have no problem getting your ski dialed in by then... and if you need some help we can get it squared away before you go or when we get up there.

[CarFanatic]

I have it all torn down.. waiting on some misc items... so I can reassemble it. Hope to have it running by next weekend.

[Scoot72]

Brenden..I'll get you a list made up sometime this weekend. I have a lot of extra stuff you'll need like tent, etc. so you won't need to bring much. Hope your not waiting on parts to make your ski brap. nothing like waiting til last mintute to wrench on stuff. But yah, like Eric said..i you need some help man..we'll get your ski up and running if not together when you leave.

[CarFanatic]

I got my carb gaskit from wammer yesterday, so now I''m just waiting on the carb screw that MattE sent me, since mine was stripped out. Plus I have to finish putting in all my stuff.. I'll get it done if nothing else pops up along the way!

[CarFanatic]

good news got my screw today from MattE so got my carbs back togeather! Also got me ADA head on! So just need to put the Bpipe, prop, intake grate in! Hope that ADA head seals up ok!

Should I install a primer and ditch my choke?

[Scoot72]

Good news that your stuff is coming in. As for the primer, it might be a good idea to install one. If you got some time, make a bracket and install it in the inside of your hull to prevent from breaking it off.

[CarFanatic]

I just read a post from supertune (chuck) he said to leave the choke on, its easier to tune.. so I will leave it the way it is for now I guess.. This is my first boat, so I'm a newb at tuning it!

[Scoot72]

Brenden...Do you want to meet at my place that Friday AM and load your ski up with us there? If not we can load up at the ferry. We'll be coming back for sure on Sunday morning. Or..my buddies are coming down Thursday eve from Grand Rapids if you want to chill with us too and throw back some brews. Certainly would take away part of a long day with taking out a 4 hour drive on Friday morning. I'll give you my address now if you want to meet at my place then. Let me know whenever what you want to do
It's:
202 W. Bayview Dr.
Sandusky, OH 44870

We will be taking the race trailer so we can bring our 30 gal drum filled. Bring any jugs that you have though. We'll tap into that after we run through the jugs.

If anybody needs more gas, we can sell some out of the drum.

[CarFanatic]

I planned on driving up thursday after work! So that be good. IS there room to leave my car at your house?

[Scoot72]

plenty of room for your vehicle

[Scoot72]

Just called Miller Boat Line..updates

Vehcile $15 one way
Trailer $19 one way (up to 14')
Person $6.50 one way

[CarFanatic]

sweet! Cant wait!

[Ericfox]

All the lodging on the island is pretty much booked, but we can prob. make something work if anyone from here is looking at coming... just let us know and we will see what we can do...

[djkorn1]

It looks like some of the Cleveland Crew is going to ride our skis to the island for the day. How hard is it to fuel up over there? Is there a chance you guys could bring extra gas and we could pay you to refill when we get there?

[Ericfox]

what octane? how much would you need?

[CarFanatic]

I cant believe they don't have gas there.. insane I tell ya!

[Ericfox]

Refueling after riding over to the island will be tricky.... they MIGHT sell premix 87 at the marina.... if you know there will be a few guys that need higher octane it would be better to have a buddy or girlfriend take the ferry across with enough fuel tanks hidden somewhere to supply everyone with fuel... I hope you guys can come, but if the fuel is too much of a hassle then I certainly understand if you dont want to mess with it...

[oldskoo]

marina sells 89 plus so if ya bring a few jugs of race gas you'd be ok......do a lil blendin

[Scoot72]

DJ..come on over for sure. Gas won't be a problem. I'm bringing my race trailer over on Friday so I will have in it my 30 gal. drum with 93 octane. I realized to problem it would propose so I'm gonna be able to sell some off to whoever needs it. Pack some oil..i'll have a few empty jugs to mix in.

[CarFanatic]

scoot I have 2 jugs I can bring aswell.

[Ericfox]

I will try to bring an extra 5-10 gallons as well...

[Ericfox]

cant believe its only 10 days till we get to party hard again at Put-In-Bay!!!! I feel like a kid on christmas morning!!!!

[CarFanatic]

good news.. ski is running! hope tuning is ok!

[Scoot72]

I just had a good warm up weekend. Spent 3 days in row on PIB...crazy time with Xmas in July too. Tons of fine ladies strolling around.

I started getting things ready for next weekend. Eric, I'm gonna give you a call here soon to see how were gonna roll things. Brenden..what is your number again.

[CarFanatic]

sent you a pm scoot

[Ericfox]

I just had a good warm up weekend. Spent 3 days in row on PIB...crazy time with Xmas in July too. Tons of fine ladies strolling around.

I started getting things ready for next weekend. Eric, I'm gonna give you a call here soon to see how were gonna roll things. Brenden..what is your number again.

anytime from 430-9pm is good time to call during the week

[Scoot72]

how was the cleveland freeride? anybody go? I was supposed to race last weekend but have been on injured reserve since july 13 with a burned up foot. Healing better now enough to walk around a lot more and I"ll definately be ready to roll by next weekend. I"ll show the cool scar and give you the full insane random story of how it happened too

[CarFanatic]

ya how was the freeride eric?? I wanted to go!

[Ericfox]

It was really fun even though I was only there Sunday.... there were way more people there on Saturday... would have went if it wasnt for family stuff...

[Scoot72]

Did you ride? How does you ski run in the waves. Brenden..how's your tuning coming along?

[CarFanatic]

Ski seems to run good to me... only had a few stall outs, dont know if its because of tunning or another issue.. will have to test more.

[Ericfox]

Oh heck yeah I rode! My ski rides great in the Erie waves.... made some wicked stabs and some decent rolls...

[Scoot72]

Eric..did you get any full barrel rolls..that's awesome that your getting the tricks down. Do you know of anyone else staying at the campgrounds or are we it? I just filled 25 gallons of 93 octane today (gas was to cheap to wait) so we'll have plenty for anybody that needs some to mix.

Brenden..a running ski not fully tuned is always better than one not running at all. Get it to where you like it or seems good and we can always take a look at it when you get up.

[CarFanatic]

it seems ok to me... plugs are a light brown/tan color. I'll let you experts check it out.

Eric I hope to learn some tricks from ya at the ride... only thing I can do is a damn sub! and get big air of wakes lol.

[Scoot72]

Are we setting up a meeting time to get eveyone together at some point on Friday / Saturday? We'll be there early as possible on Friday. I have my dudes and Brenden coming here Thursday evening so we'll be ready to roll early Friday.

[Ericfox]

yeah a meeting time would be cool... how about 7am each day? hehe

Maybe like 10am or 11am or something?

[CarFanatic]

7 am... :booty:

[Scoot72]

I can party til 3am and still be up by 7am..that's our usual race weekends..haha Maybe up up a new post on that or something. 11am seems like a good time for people to get there and get to the park ramp. Is that where everyone is meeting?

[CarFanatic]

phew thats dedication

[Ericfox]

yeah park ramp will be a good place to meet up...

[oldskoo]

Eric you wake us up at 7 am and you will pay!!! theres nothing funny about 7 am.....god isnt even up yet.......Were not exactly morning people....11 aaaaaahhhhhh maybe regardless we;ll know were everyones at its a 2.5 sq mile island no ones gonna be 2 far away...

[Ericfox]

If I get there earlier than 11 then I'll be riding around very close to the ramp... I never really leave the area too far from the ramp/rocky beach there around the campground... my 8.5 liter tank usually has me sticking close to home... I'll probably get there closer to 10 depending on how hungover I am...

If I dont see you at the ramp I'll stop by your campsite Scott... and we'll either find Paul (Oldskoo) and his crew at the ramp or he'll find us easy enough if we're already out.

[Ericfox]

At this time next week I'll be on the island!!!! Dont forget to bring a beer or 2 for the ferry ride!

If everything goes right I hope to catch the ferry at 11:30 or 12

[Scoot72]

Hopefully we can be there by 11am on Friday morning. Our camp reservations are for Friday and Saturday nights. Got my dudes and Brenden staying at my pad on Thursday evening. We'll try not to get too crazy that evening so we can wake early. Wake at around 8:00, be on the 9/9:30 ferry and be at the camp by 10am..skis out and in the water by 11am.

[Scoot72]

Eric..you going over Thursday evening?

[Ericfox]

I'll be there Thursday afternoon...going to try to catch the 11:30 or 12 noon ferry..... I took a vacation day on Thursday so I could get an extra day in... I may ride for a bit on thursday, but not as much as I will be on Friday and Saturday....

[Scoot72]

Uh oh..now I got some superjet issues. Not riding for a while I was unaware of the problem that now i'm faced with. Sputters at mid throttle. Thought it may be fouling the plugs a little or just not gettin good spark, but no luck there. Taking it to my cousin's test tank to check spark, compression, etc. I"m hoping if it's anything, it's electical because that can be replaced easily..given I get the parts in by next thursday. Nothing like last minute wrenching..but then again..this is also my usual. Damn by bad luck with skis this year. It will run for next weekend, but I want it tip top..if not, then i'm bringing my stock sxr.

[CarFanatic]

least ya got a back up!

[Ericfox]

Good luck man... keep us posted!

[Scoot72]

A backup is always good. The stocker has been my backup for racing all year too. Many problems with my limited race ski as well. That's a whole different animal. Didn't expect to have problems with my superjet right before this ride. I still may bring that as it still seems to have the good bottom end punch I want for waves. SXR is so heavy for that.

Eric...as I spoke to you yesterday I mentioned we both had the same setup as far as pipe, head, etc. What compression are you running? Never checked that when I bought the ski last year. A lot of just gas and go.

[Scoot72]

Just read your build thread. Still running 185 comp.?

[oldskoo]

hey man i got a sweet WR500 you can barrow......ask eric it is a special freeride edition very custom....o yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[CarFanatic]

I have the same set up as eric aswell.. I need to test my compression....

[Scoot72]

Away with the gggggggrrrbbbbllll...hello brapp. Got that problem fixed. Pop off pressure was way low...12psi... we cut some springs to get it back to 21psi. Also rebuilt the carbs and tested it in the tank. Thought it was electrical at first...maybe bad coil causing the bog, but glad I get the bugs worked out. Good pop and rpms now. I am still running lower compression though. Not really sure what I was when I bought this ski, but it's running 155 in both now. It's enough to get my through the weekend and rest season before looking more into it later in the year.

[CarFanatic]

scoot you have a ada head on there?? thats like stock psi!

[Scoot72]

Yep...ada head with 35cc domes

[CarFanatic]

I gotta compression check mine... I think it should be aroun 185 with the 35cc

[Scoot72]

Definately needs to be overhauled after this year

[Ericfox]

maybe... unless your gage is off... I can bring my gage to the ride and we can test it with it to compare...

[Scoot72]

Yah eric..bring it along. thanks. i was suprised by how low it was too.

[Ericfox]

Bought a helmet cam last night... Should have it set up by the time of the ride!

Also, I was thinking about how to get our skis out of the water during breaks since that beach is all rocks... maybe just bring a big piece of carpet and lay it out on the rocks? Walmart sells little blue closed cell foam camping mats, but I dont know if they will be big enough to stay put when we try to pull the skis up on them... any skis with no scuppers should be able to anchor....

[MADMAT]

I beached a brand new 99 SXi Pro on those rocks for 3 days and it barely left a mark.

Its like small round smooth gravel.

[Ericfox]

I thought it was larger rocks... you're talking about the beach right by the boat ramp down from where the rental guys pull their skis up? Maybe we'll be fine then...

crappy pic but:

[MADMAT]

Yikes!!! Yea thats the beach but I could swear those rocks were smaller.

Man I had some good breaking waves right at that spot one year!!

[ski4]

the beach at kelly's is the same.
i got a scissor stand just for those trips

[Ericfox]

Think a piece of carpet like 5' x 20' would work well to pull the skis up onto?

[CarFanatic]

well you guys aren't gonna believe this.. After 2 solid weeks of getting my ski together, and it runs great. I went out this weekend, with my skis and my sister took our parents boat out. Well she wanted to take my rxp for a spin, so I let her no big deal, so she head out with her friend on the back. So then her other friend asks to ride my stand up, I have let her try it before, so I didn't think much of it. Well at some point my sister switched drivers and let her other friend drive my rxp.. needless to say the stupid b*tch runs straight into my superjet. So it cracked the back rear gunwale of the ski, I dont know how bad it really is, cause it could have hit hard enough to crack under my turf, maybe eve n hurt my foot hold install... on top of that my rxp has a scratches and cracked down to the fiberglass aswell... SO I"m extremely pissed off, and I'm going to see if I can get it fixed in time to make it to the ride, but I dunno if I will be able to get it fixed.. This weekend marked the last time people ride my stuff, that I dont strongly trust. :hitwithrock:

[Ericfox]

man... thats why I never let people ride mine either... I have gotten people that seem rather insulted that I would not let them ride it too... I'm like DUDE its my frickin ski.... where do you get off acting insulted because I wont let you ride it!!! frickin stuck up people... 3/4 of them are hillbillies at the lake that see me ride and want to try it out real fast... needless to say that the outcome of those rides would most likely end up with me fixing something...

I hope you can have it fixed in time!!!! Should not be hard to fix...

Sand the cracks down and lay a bunch of glass over it... if you have to rip some turf up to check for cracks just rip it up and forget about what it looks like.... who cares about looks as long as you can make it to the ride!!!!

[CarFanatic]

ya, I try and be nice and I would say 90% of the time nothing happens, but I'm fed up. I"m pissed because it couldn't have happened at a worse time :AR15firing:

[Ericfox]

You should have no problems gettin that fixed in time... I assume you know how to fix it right?

[CarFanatic]

ah, I am not a fiberglass pro.. in order to make it look nice and as if it was never damaged, I will let a pro take care of it. I"m off to get an estimate right now.

[Ericfox]

thats cool man... just dont let some guys schedule keep you from coming up though... glass is nothing you have to be a pro at... I have done glass work a few times now, and even the first time I tried it came out really nice... if he cant do it in time then just DIY...
Hopefully he will take pitty on you and do a rush job...

[oldskoo]

i understand everytime iv messed with glass or paint its come out like ********.....but for a quick repair it may be ducktape time....

[Ericfox]

paul,
I was thinking an old piece of carpet like 5' x 20' would work better than those camping mats to put over the rocks to pull the skis up onto... what do you think? only problem I can see with those mats is that they would move around a lot when we try to pull up the skis... carpet would prob. stay in place pretty well... I have some old carpet at home and and if thats not big enough I got a place down the street that sells carpet at a good discount...

scissor stands would be great.... just too much $$$$

[Ericfox]

We still can accomidate a couple more people prob. if anyone else is thinking about joining us for the trip... i'd have to check with a few people first, but its definately still a possibility... just let me know...

[CarFanatic]

well they managed to rack up 4gs worth or damage. They said they can get my stand up done for sure by thursday so hopefully if once they get into it there isn't any more damage, I'll be good.

[Scoot72]

Brenden..I"ll give you a ring later tonight to see where your at on your repair. That sucks man.

Eric..i'm gonna give you a call too. My cousin is the one who does all the maintence on that rental guy's skis at PIB. The rental dude mentioned about sponsoring help..this year or next. I"ll hip to you it later

[Ericfox]

Thats awesome! small world man... I'll talk to you later then...

Brendon,
DAMN!!! 4k? thats crazy... guess that will get you the "like it never happened" fix for sure! Is insurance covering that????

[oldskoo]

paul,
I was thinking an old piece of carpet like 5' x 20' would work better than those camping mats to put over the rocks to pull the skis up onto... what do you think? only problem I can see with those mats is that they would move around a lot when we try to pull up the skis... carpet would prob. stay in place pretty well... I have some old carpet at home and and if thats not big enough I got a place down the street that sells carpet at a good discount...

scissor stands would be great.... just too much $$$$

iv ponderd that too. the only prob is after we use it were prolly going to have to throw them away there....wet carpet weighs a f-in ton..and it will smell like azz......but we could def try it..they dont have any of those mats at walmart by my house...the cheapest ones are 10.99....i was going to bring a few anchors and be done with it...iv got the 10 by 10 canopy for everyone however every needs to bring there own lawchairs i only have 2....i also got a ripper deal on gatorade and water for everyone to so we;ll have a few coolers down there too along with some tunes snacks ect.......now i just need my head to show up in the mail and im ready to roll.......

[oldskoo]

3 days boys and galz

[Scoot72]

Not sure if it was mentioned, but what about those pool float mats. Foam with rubber on the outside. Walmart may have them too

[CarFanatic]

ya, just under 2g each.. And yes it will be just like new when done.

I"m gonna try and find one of those pool floats that are like foam rafts. Scoot and I were talking about this, that work well. Dunno how much they are though.

[Ericfox]

let me know if you find anything for cheap...

[oldskoo]

HUMM ya may be on to somthin there scoot....eather way bring some carpet eric if ya have some laying around....we may have some extra room as were gonna barrow a mini van for the trip so we can help ya get it across if need be..not enough room in my gay little jeep...also if theres good water we;'ll all have to just dock at the public docks and climb up as theres no cover to any of those beaches and it will smash the ******** out of our skis on that limestone....

[CarFanatic]

haha no more SMASHING of Skis PLEASE!!!!! :smashfreakB:

[Ericfox]

scott is bringing his ski tote, so if the beach ends up not being a good place we can just pull our skis out of the water when we take breaks... those with standups that is... the people with sitdowns or sport skis can just anchor them on the other side of the break wall

[Ericfox]

2 days till
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PaRtY TiMe!!!!

[oldskoo]

HELL YA!...im taking tomarrow off too due to the fact work is DEAD!!!.....anyone have a decent camera there bringing>?? My old ladys is kinda a turd

[Ericfox]

as far as camcorders - I will have my mini dv and my helmet cam... helmet cam is coming to my door on Wednesday, so hopefully I will have time to set it up good enough to use... not sure how I'm gonna stick it on my helmet good enough not to get ripped off because of how I ride...

helmet cam will only take 1 hour of video, and I'm not sure if any of it will even be usable... but the mini dv camera should work good from on the breakwall...

[CarFanatic]

well I'm on pace to make it so far! They called and said it should be ready to ride buy then, It will be missing some decals though that they will have to put on when I get back! haha big deal..

bummed though cause I wanted to get my WDK hood and bracket on but Dont think I will have time.

[Ericfox]

Nice!

Did you get your hood and bracket yet, or is it still in the mail?

[MADMAT]

bummed though cause I wanted to get my WDK hood and bracket on but Dont think I will have time.


You are gonna love those! That 7lbs up top makes a huge diff and the pole bracket really gets you over the pump better.

[CarFanatic]

Tracking number says its in indy and scheduled for delivery tomorrow.

how hard is it to put that lowered bracket on?? does the stock one just un bolt? Do I h ave to pull the gas tank?

[MADMAT]

Yea the bracket is a fairly big job IMO. Also the hood has to be lined up and all of you hardware moved over.

Leave the front hood side brackets loose and put the hood in place and then tighten them with a 1/4" extension and socket. You want the hood to be sitting where it should when you tighten the front hood hooks.

[Ericfox]

Should not take more than 2 hours to put both on... you will have to really push down or strap down your hood to figure out where to drill the holes to mount your stock latch... I ended up using 2 old carb screws I think to go into the hood latch catch piece since the screws from the stock hood were not long enough for me... maybe yours will be different, but I doubt it... the front pieces that go into the hood hooks should already have holes drilled in the hood for them...

[MADMAT]

Oh yea I forgot you had that too! We have almost identical set ups.

[Ericfox]

oh yeah.. duh... didnt think of all the cables matt... that will add another hour to your fun... but you should have a little experience already from shortening your pole...

[Ericfox]

Oh yea I forgot you had that too! We have almost identical set ups.

Yep.... too bad you're gonna blow me outta the water now with your new hull!!! I'll have to get something good this winter so I can still have something to compare!

[CarFanatic]

damn, I just thought everything swapped over... Does the lowered bracked just bolt up? I didn't see any bolts holding it on.. didn't notice some glue of somekind around the stock bracket.

[oldskoo]

you coming across for the weekend mat>? im grabing all the booze tonight....grey goose come to daddy....

[Ericfox]

damn, I just thought everything swapped over... Does the lowered bracked just bolt up? I didn't see any bolts holding it on.. didn't notice some glue of somekind around the stock bracket.

There are a few bolts... cant remember if they are made into the stock bracket or not... you'll need to pull the lines through the new bracket and back into the pole again... that will prob. be the hardest part.... you might want to check to see if you need any hardware or if the stock hardware works... or if jeff supplied it to you??? When I put my xmetal bracket on I had to buy hardware if I remember right...

[CarFanatic]

guess I'll see when I get the package... Sounds like alot of work though, so I wont have time to do it before the ride.

[Scoot72]

What up ya'll. Eric...lucky....you get the first wave action and downtown action. Brenden..good to hear you'll have your ski. It's a weekend not to miss...you'll soon find out why. Paul...it'll be good to meet you too and the others going. We got any last minute add on's for the weekend?

I"m gonna tune a little tomorrow finally...my ass hasn't been in the water now since July 12th.....that's way too long, but the foot is now good and ready to roll.

I also have a helmet cam (oregon scientific) that can be attached to my mx helmet. It takes pretty good video. Engine sound kinda overwhelms the take. Anybody is welcome to use it. I have another..the one Samsung came out with with the corded helmet cam from the mini camcorder. That proved to be a piece of crap..but alone makes a good cam for handheld action shots...or some late night bar video's.

[Ericfox]

Dont worry Scott... there will be plenty of action left for you guys when you get there!!!

I dont know of any last minute people... maybe 1 extra guy is staying with us... but he wont have a ski anyways.... figured we might get another person or two interested at the last minute... from my experience - it happens each year that people from surrounding states dont know what the heck Put-In-Bay is.... and then some people from Ohio dont even know.... no excuse for that!!!!

I will check with one guy from pwctoday... he seemed interested a few weeks ago...

If anyone sees this - and has no plans this weekend... MAKE SURE YOU DO THIS!!!! IT IS LIKE SPRING BREAK, MARDI GRAS, AND AN AWESOME FREERIDE MIXED INTO ONE WEEKEND!

there may still be a way to accomodate an extra person or two so let us know ASAP

[Scoot72]

I wanted to remind everyone to bring current registration for their ski if they have it and whistle, fire ext. I'm sure we'll have no problem with the ODNR as we'll be away from the downtown action for the most part...but better to be prepared.

[CarFanatic]

man anyone know where I can get my registration laminated? I always just leave mine in my car.

[Ericfox]

Word...

I just talked to JM-Team... Brian from there said he might come up with another guy... just very tentative though as they are both trying to get their skis running...

[Ericfox]

man anyone know where I can get my registration laminated? I always just leave mine in my car.

You can take to any kinkos or other copy place... they should be able to do it... I always keep mine in my ski.... but you could prob. just bring it with you and go back to shore to show them if you had to... just depends if you have time to go get it laminated...

[CarFanatic]

They always get ruined when I leave them in the ski. I will see if kinkos does it.

[Scoot72]

i got a laminator here. I can take care of that.

[Scoot72]

I always got a lot of odd random crap around the pad. haha..got my foot saran wrapped about to got test run my ski.

[Ericfox]

NICE!

dude... I'm going nuts right now... I have 1/2 hour left at work... I wanna leave so bad to go home and get ready!!!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow's weather is looking just ok... maybe get a little storm in the afternoon....
Friday looking pretty good with only a slight chance of a little storm
Saturday looking very good!

Chance of getting wasted every day 100%

[CarFanatic]

you got a laminator! Excellent! I gotta start seeing what I need to bring.

MY WDK hood got delieverd... but no ski to put it on :(

[Scoot72]

just got back in..ski feels good. Need to tune the bottom end in just a bit, but i'll do that friday am. I wanted to get a little open water through it then load it up. getting some stuff out of the way before everyone gets here tomorrow evening.

Brenden..what's the word on the fiberglass. They started it right? Have it back by tomorrow?

Eric..the weather is gonna be awesome this weekend. 20% forcast of rain that I seen today for Friday Saturday..that's nothing

[CarFanatic]

they called me yesterday said my superjet will be ready to ride tomarrow. it will be missing some decals haha but they will fix that when I get back. So I should be good to go!

[Scoot72]

Good to hear. Have you mapped out your route up here yet? Know what time you might be rolling in?

[CarFanatic]

I got all my WDK stuff! to bad I have no ski to put it on!

Theres no holes for the hood latch!!!!

Scott, It all depends on what time I get out of work. hope to get out a little earily but I dunno if I will. Then I have to go get my ski and start my drive up. I assume your like 4 hrs from me?

[Scoot72]

that's cool..my buds from Michigan won't be here til about 10-11pm anyway...no rush, we'll be up having beers and loading up the gear and skis

[Ericfox]

Awesome! I'm about done packing... I'll see you guys on Friday! (and some tomorrow!!!)