- Location
- Southern Idaho
Like title says can be titan or badass. I'm a flat water guy so I will be going full carbon when I buy. Thanks
-9 freak review/opinion wanted
- Thread starter Flyboy
- Start date
- Location
- South Florida
For flatwater it's great. For surf I like a -4 better.
- Location
- Southern Idaho
Any pro's and con's?
- Location
- Coeur D' Alene, ID
I have a -8.5 carbon badass and I really like the hull (have also ridden hurricanes and a Phantom). I ride flatwater and river rapids but mostly chase boats. I love the hull. Only downside is it is not a lot of fun for longer distance rides. The hour long rides across our bigger lakes on my superjet don't happen anymore on this ski. Part of that is i am out of shape, but the short hull and short handpole make it much harder to be comfortable cruising. However, for the 4 mile stretch of river i tend to stick to chasing boats its fantastic.
- Location
- Southern Idaho
Thanks for the reply. I was trying to buy that hull but my wife said new furniture was more important. I'm guessing they are popular because you hardly see any for sale.
- Location
- Coeur D' Alene, ID
Np, and yea i watched it for awhile too. I don't think TEM made a lot of the -8.5 to be honest, i think it was the last badass model to be made before the jump to the circus. But you don't seem to see superfreaks in general up for sale very much. Never heard a bad thing said about them other than fit and finish on the early ones.
It seems to strike a good balance between the -4.3 and the circus. Can still chase boats and freeride decently, but also flipping it with a 701.
It seems to strike a good balance between the -4.3 and the circus. Can still chase boats and freeride decently, but also flipping it with a 701.
sjetrider
615 Freeriders are addicted to T1 madness.
- Location
- in the 615 (Nashville)
I had a -8.5 not even sure how you get to -9 as it appeared to be as short as it could get. Its a good hull, not as nimble for flatwater as a KDX or DVX IMO I owned a KDX next and have ridden MANY DVX's but it is more stable and glued to water than either of those. The downside is it didn't pop off setup wakes as well and the nose being flattened across bottom front made it really rough to handle in chop when chasing boats (center keel removed throughout the rockered section on bottom). It is not a bad hull at all. Its my 3rd favorite of all that I have owned or ridden really. T1 which combines the DVX and Badass being my favorite then the DVX and 3rd the -8.5 carbon Badass. The new Helium seems to be a nice option, I have very little time on one and seems to need me to adjust my ride style a little but the wider hull feels super stable where the DVX was tippy on recoveries.
Read the T1 review for more opinions if your interested, but these are simply my opinions. Again its a nice hull but not the best IMO. If your interested in ONLY Flatwater from my experience it is hard to beat the XScream hulls, for a mix of both there is nothing I have ridden that does it better than the T1.
A friend has a gorgeous KDX for sale with pole which for the $ is a great flatwater hull and this thing is MINT if interested PM me for his #, the hull is at Tricky's in AL having the drive train removed to be installed in his new T1.
The hull is incredibly clean and plug and play.
Read the T1 review for more opinions if your interested, but these are simply my opinions. Again its a nice hull but not the best IMO. If your interested in ONLY Flatwater from my experience it is hard to beat the XScream hulls, for a mix of both there is nothing I have ridden that does it better than the T1.
A friend has a gorgeous KDX for sale with pole which for the $ is a great flatwater hull and this thing is MINT if interested PM me for his #, the hull is at Tricky's in AL having the drive train removed to be installed in his new T1.
The hull is incredibly clean and plug and play.