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@lpskier my first thought was also hydroplane. There's no v-bottom to this thing anywhere. But then I saw the flip up seat in front of the steering wheel. Throttle is on the steering wheel as well. Has a lever that move left and right. The step hull from bow to stern is really strange. I have no idea how you would ever turn it. Kinda like a pumpkin seed sliding across the wayer.

@Jetsetr the guy who owns it isnt selling yet. He's trying to find more about it first.

@dbski cool. Thx. I'll check that out as well

@KRoundy that's a good idea. I'll post there as well.

 

@BraceMaker the logo is actually a name WmH Ricker

 

@Jetsetr I should but the wife would not be impressed

Looking for some input on what the heck this is that I stumbled across. This thing is wild. i don't actually own the boat, but my curiosity is getting the best of me. Internet searches are coming up empty. Thinking its from the 1920's? Johnson made a Super Seahorse motor many decades ago, but I 'm not sure they ever made a boat. Any ballers out there have any in-site?

 

 

@dbski is that a CNC shop-bot in the background?

there's a car frame in the pics? All I saw was a powermatic table saw, nice 8" Jet long bed jointer, benchtop dewalt planer, compound miter saw, lathe and a whole rack of what appears to be exotic wood blanks

@Horton how do I like a comment more than once?

 

@uwskier nailed it

have to remember that with a skim board you are just riding on a thin film of water and surface tension. lots of drag on a trick in a pool.

Best video yet. The more I see the more I'm intrigued!

i'm sure someone on here will complain about the size or detail of the wake... ;)

laying on the deck wiping down the bow of the boat while it was up on the lift. closed bow and lots of wax on the deck. slid head first into ~3' of water with a mucky bottom. my pride was injured a little that day

DIM quick to respond to any questions. Always make sure I'm getting what I need.

A new prop or freshly rebuilt prop is like driving a car with a brand new set of high dollar tires. So smooth you kick yourself for not changing it out earlier

Where's the wingnut

Last year i bought a used trick off ski it again. Pulled off the old front binding and found it was signed by Corey. Pretty cool.

@oldjeep everything but the wing nuts

I'm surprised @DynaSkiPete hasn't jumped in on this thread yet. Great skiing. Joel just seems like a really awesome guy and great ambassador of the sport!

If its really windy I put the slalom away and reach for the trick to play around on. Rough water and my slalom don't mix well for me. I just get aggravated.

Lots of good products and applications listed above. If i wanted to scientifically quantify and prove which product lasts longer than the other how would I do it?

I can spend a lot of time applying compound wax a couple times a summer or just wipe the boat down with spray wax after each use. Sometimes I do both. We all know some form of wax is effective in maintaining a nice gel coat but how long it lasts and how well it works under normal conditions has always been debated and usually an owner preference sort of thing. Does anyone actually know of any scientific studies on which type of wax provides the most protection and lasts the longest? Wonder how you would actually quantify the data... Wet mills? Microscope? Surface friction?

 

I like my boats shiny. Its cold outside and I haven't skied in weeks. I've got nothing else to contribute to BOS right now....

Is your Malibu fuel injected? Can't remember if the '96 was or not. If so I would fog it by removing accessory belt, pulling spark plugs, spraying fogging oil inside each cylinder and rotating the flywheel by hand a couple of times. Supposed to be more friendly on the injectors than having the oil coming in contact and potentially fowl them.

@swc5150 make sure you do an un-boxing video!

@jercrane it would bring back the true definition of the gunwale!

cross course speed is incredible