Matt Smith has gone to the Dark Side

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Yep thats right, the the famous SXR rider in all the Oside vids has gone to a Superjet! Kind of a surprize to me also 'cause Matt went big on his SXR! He recently found a smoking deal on a Roundy, droped 3 grand in parts and spent the last month cutting, grinding, reinforcing and turfing. We rode the last few days and he's throwing rolls and big stabs on his SJ like he has been riding it for 5 yrs! Congrats Matt!

 

[tipafew]

I was really surprised to see that on facebook.

 

[Proformance1]

WOW, insane. Cant wait to see what he does with it. Matt was going large with the SXR so on an SJ! Hell get him on a XFS or SuperFreak and lets watch him shine

 

[FlightPlanDan]

Cool...but I always thought the "darkside" was flatwater riding... (it's a term of endearment....)

 

[Wes K]

saw a pic of his boat... wow that thing looks amazing!!!!! one of the best looking superjets ever!

 

[SuziQ]

...Cant wait to see what he does with it...

Maybe we will get to see soon!

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml?epac

 

[Charlie_Hustle]

John, I think you have influenced a few of us Kawi riders to go that route :silly:

And congrats Matt, you rip it up on that sxr, cant wait to see you tear it up on the new roundie :headbang:

 

[Tkmww]

Yeah...Matt skys that ski out!!! Can't wait to see what he does on the sj.

 

[NVJAY775]

Congrats Matt for your Dark Side switchover. I got to watch him once on his SXR and as said previously, he went HUGE on that thing.

 

[ridethelip]

He told me the ski after surf modifications is now called the WAVE HUMPER 9000

 

[btmboards]

All this talking about him and Matt is the only one that isnt chimming in. We were just talking about how we were about the only two kawi riding out there the last time I was out.
Any pictures of the new ski (for those of us that dont have a running ski to be able to see it on the water)

 

[Charlie_Hustle]

Heres some classic shots of Fat Bastard Matt from his Kawi days

 

[MattSmith]

you guys are hilarious... don't get me wrong.. the SXR is still my baby.. i 'll post some build pics soon. this new sj is super rad.

 

[Tkmww]

The fat bastard thing is too funny!!! Hahahaha

 

[djkorn1]

I was about to do the same because of weight, but I went lightweight -2 instead.

Matt, what year u get?

 

[djkorn1]

I was about to do the same because of weight, but I went lightweight -2 instead. Would love to see what Matt could do on the Trinity.

Matt, what year u get?

 

[Jordanhiggins2002]

Is the reason ppl switch to dark side. B/c of weight only. Or is their only reasons i do not know about and would like to know

 

[yamanube]

Is the reason ppl switch to dark side. B/c of weight only. Or is their only reasons i do not know about and would like to know

The SXR hull rides a certain way, regardless of how "light" it is they still ride like an SXR (crap).

 

[yamaslut]

hey, ride Dustins SXR it handles great. might change your mind a bit

 

[MattSmith]

Getting an sxr surf ready takes 1 day. Getting a sj ready for surf correctly takes 2 months.