the results of not reinforcing

[IceRocket1286]

anyone have pics of a ski that got F'ed up cuz it wasnt reinforced?


post'em. i need some motivation

 

[Frosty]

I don't have any pics but I can tell you that my 2001 superjet is cracking at the bond line and i've only been doing BR's for about 1.5 seasons and nose stabs for about 3 seasons. I need to pull it apart and get her reinforced before it gets worse.

On the other hand, I'm kinda hoping to smash her all to hell, then tell my wife I need to buy a nice new WCF hull :wink:

 

[WAB]

Even if you don't do the sides, for god's sake do all around the underside of the pole bracket area. That's where mine developed stress cracks from learning nosestabs.
You can still do that area & not mess up your new paint.

 

[beachedflunkey]

Here's a couple:
http://www.wavejunkies.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=4 (+ reinforcement pics)
http://www.pwctoday.com/showthread.php?t=58624
Plus the stress cracks are an awful eyesore. They are all over the place. You should really reinforce before you need to fix something in the middle of riding season. How much you build it up depends on your environment, style, and balls.

Not bad enough for the carnage section, but bad enough to shove my heart into my stomach one month after putting out big $$$ on a brand new ski.

 

[ketsair]

look at post #14 in my build thread, those tan pieces are what glued togather a huge break!! http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/214

 

[Idok]

Even if you don't do the sides, for god's sake do all around the underside of the pole bracket area. That's where mine developed stress cracks from learning nosestabs.
You can still do that area & not mess up your new paint.

yeah, wouldnt have ANYTHING to do with bouncing off the bottom every week..would it? :aargh4:

 

[Matt_E]

yeah, wouldnt have ANYTHING to do with bouncing off the bottom every week..would it? :aargh4:

LOLZ....:biggrin:

 

[kingnothing3]

cant find any pictures but i know i have seen some. i never took pictures of my hull cracks, and hood cracks.

 

[Ross_C]

You will break the crap out of that square nose hull if you don't reinforce the sides of that thing.

I don't have the pics anymore, but Mike Serlin put a 3 foot scupper in the side of my x-GF's 650 square.

 

[runaway]

Ross you lie. Mike Surlin has never broke anything in his life.............

 

[Mile9c1]

Luke... didn't you spend like a gazillion hours sanding the outside? Then reinforcing the inside should be easy :arms:

 

[superrob750]

I will be taking some prolly tommorow night that i will post for ya..

 

[Mile9c1]

Yeah, that will be motivation enough :bigeyes:

 

[RoyalFlush@PCB]

You will break the crap out of that square nose hull if you don't reinforce the sides of that thing.

I don't have the pics anymore, but Mike Serlin put a 3 foot scupper in the side of my x-GF's 650 square.

How about he reinforce with some aluminum sheet and some rivets...:arms:

 

[Matt_E]

IceRocket knows how to do that properly.

 

[superrob750]

Yeah, that will be motivation enough :bigeyes:

if it helps out one person that it was all worth it..

 

[IceRocket1286]

seriously, you guys can drop the rivet deal. I did what steve said, who cares if they look crappy. they work. no wonder people stop visiting pwct and other sites.

 

[Matt_E]

:biggrin: You brought that on yourself, IceRivet, err Rocket.


J/K.

 

[IceRocket1286]

:biggrin: You brought that on yourself, IceRivet, err Rocket.


J/K.

no actually i didnt, pal

 

[Matt_E]

It's all in good fun.




Remember that.:biggrin: