When you ride, do you lean forward? My two brother in laws tried out my superjet last weekend, they're roughly 220lbs each, and they couldn't keep the nose down since they were leaning back too much, i told them to lean forward and they were actually able to ride it. I currently have a stock rideplate, but do plan on cutting it flush with the hull. So i'm thinking, even with an extended ride plate, if you don't lean forward, you'll probably never keep the nose down.
Thanks Turbo and Baxt3r. Actually that helped. I took the SJ out today and feel like I made some progress with it. It was really only my second day ever riding a stand-up (except for a couple hours when i was a kid), so I'm really still gettin the basics down. Your comment helped though.
My SN SJ has freestyle footholds, an intake grate, aluminum handpole, scat trak prop, and a bilge pump, but everything else is pretty much stock.
The freestyle footholds seem to make it better in a way and more difficult in another. I started out keeping my feet in the footholds all the time, but it makes it hard to go fast because the ski porpoises a lot more and it makes it makes the turning way more aggressive. I listened to what you said and took my feet out of the footholds and got much further up in the tray and I could go WAY FASTER. Turning like that was very different, but fine. I know it's all gonna come down to more time in the tray, but tips and feetback always help too.
I'm thinking maybe it's not all that great to ride in the footholds all the time - just in the right situation. Actually, it seems like it would be really cool if the footholds went further forward so I could move my feet further up on the ski and still keep the wider stance, but that's not gonna happen any time soon for me. I'm thinkin I'll just have to get better at transitioning my feet to different positions on the tray more easily while riding.
I'm also thinking it might be a good idea to get a limiting strap 1) to protect my ski from unnecessary damage 2) it also may give me more control by allowing me to use the handlepole to keep the nose down more at times. What do you think?
I also noticed today why it would be nice to have a shorter pole. I don't think that's gonna change anytime right away either.
I'm thinkin a ride plate would be good though. With my feet in the footholds at the back of the tray the nose will still probably come up too much for a lot of circumstance, but I think it might help to keep it down a little so I can utilize the footholds at higher speeds than I can right now.
Does anyone have any recommendations of ride plates or where to get them. OCperformancemotorsports.com has the Pro-Tec +30mm ride plate for $120. Then there's +90 or 100mm plates and plates from Worx, Jet Dynamics, R&D, etc. Any recommendations?
Thanks!
