mattymids

what about pitt river

im sure this has been posted or at least scene 100 times but i though it was pretty cool/stupid

before i had my enzo i had an elite and owned the blade, we decided not to put it on the elite because the transom wasnt big enough, or so we thought. we had actually posted about it on the forum and i think a few people may have tried it. but from the diagram that switchblade sends we didnt think there was enough distance on the transom.

no one in our crew rides goofy, so we don't have to worry about that. but we did add a larger fixed plate when we added the switchblade, before we did, we were getting alot of spray on the port side. I would think that adding a asymmetrical plate if you are planning on riding goofy would be a good idea.

My brother in law and I have one on our 2008 sv240 and its great. ours is manually set, 7 different positions you can choose. You can actually surf without any weight and the switchblade engaged, but it is still way better with the weight added. we have a custom enzo sac and bow weight. on the #1 position what i believe to be "neutral" it is not engaged and the boat can plane like normal. for travel, we usually just tie it off instead of removing it.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/boa/5089327360.html

looks to be originally from Ontario from the tags on the boat, and its not in van either its in Kelowna. looks to me like someone doesn't know the value of the their boat. if it is the real deal, it would be a steal for someone in the states looking for a good boat. that's around 32k u.s before haggling..

http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/boa/4967234618.html that price is in canadian

I agree with Canadablack, import from Canada, the US dollar is so strong right now your looking at a huge savings check out this one http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/boa/4967234618.html

Dark why not buy that 07 enzo with the 8.1 I saw you guys talking about on craigslist for now. if you can get it for a deal it may be the best investment vs surfing ability for the mean time? or am i way behind and its long gone sold?

pretty sure that's the case, we have had an amazing extended summer here in B.C and where he boats (osoyoos) has even been nicer and im pretty sure will continue to be. I would love to hear about how it has been with the blade, and see some pics though!

what are you talkin bout Dark, something like this...

Big cat, i think you are right, time to gear down on the beer drinking!

so i just went out and bought a IS big boy flyboy, and so far it hasnt been that great for me. now im far from giving up on it but have been opting to use my existing skim board, the P5 trident which i really like. i wanted to get a better surf style board and heard lots of good things about the big boy. im about 6'1 240, and the wave is not an issue, we have an 08 enzo sv240 with switchblade and custom enzo sac. i have been finding i dont have nearly as much push with the big boy that i do with my trident. hopefully i will learn to love it, any suggestions or input would be appreciated

going to install the switchblade on my 08 sv240 tomorrow night, any advice? any idea if i can keep my trim tab on as well? i saw this thread below where someone with an 08 sv230 was able to http://www.wakeworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=705650 but it seems like my electric actuators are much closer than the sv 230 so it may not be possible any insight would be appreciated thanks

thanks for the info, our tab is hydraulic and because we positioned our mounting bracket right above the plug ( where switchblade tells you too ), the tabs would have to be drilled through but they would also hit where the rams would be attached ( if we decided to upgrade) so i think for the mean time we are just going to use a solid plate Iroc, when are you going to be back in the lower mainland? would you happen to have a pic of what your plate looks like even? we can just go to metal supermarkets and have one cut i believe.

Yes its installed, everything went really well actually. Because of where Switchblade says to install the mounting bracket, we were not able to save the bennett trim tab, for now. The link i originally posted shows the mounting a lot higher than what Switchblade recommends, not sure how much this affects the wave. ours is installed just above the drain. how did yours used to look? I think were just going to install a flat plate underneath, will see how it does in the water before we bother doing it the one thing i am quickly realizing is that buying the manual adjustment mounting kit is going to be a bit annoying to adjust. any advice on which level to keep it on? it looks like there are 7 different positions. Our mounting bracket does have the option of being upgraded with rams and the wiring, may look into that more once we try it out a bit. I'm hoping to have my blade back by today or tomorrow then we will be out playing in the pitt! Heading to Whatcom (outside Bellingham) on Thursday for the weekend, will be trying to get as much time in as possible.

Hey Iroc, now that you have your 2014 sv244, do you see any potential issues installing the blade? i saw they did it on that promo fx44

well we are installing today so i will see how it goes, ideally we want to keep the adjustable trim tab. without the blade and just surfing it doesn't seem like it makes a difference where it is, but for cruising through rough water, it really helped. im hoping we can space out the 2 rams so that everything still works. now i just need to get my bent blade back, the one downside about having a buddy do it, is that were on bros time and he"hasn't had a chance yet" so im hoping a bottle of kettle one helps the situation! cant wait till we can get it out there.

glad to hear it, i guess i probably should have passed that long 5 threads ago! hopefully they can get you one asap good luck

we only bought the blade when we got ours, this is where we bought the mounting kit from Jackie Minor Controller Pivotal Designs, Inc 350 INDUSTRIAL PARK DRIVE BENTON, IL 62812 Phone: 618-435-5015 jackiem@customstainlesssteel.com not sure if that helps or if you already knew about these guys.

im really sorry man but i cant sell it. we already installed a custom enzo sac on the port side and an 1100 pound on the starboard. unfortunately in B.C surfing season is short and its going on asap. also we have the poor mans version (manual adjustment) but if anyone has any insight on installing it to leave the trim tab that would be appreciated

Well the reason is, we got it for cheap. I found one on craigslist a year ago ( i don't want to give Irocnparts a hear attack) that was bent a bit. I had a buddy in the steel business bend it for me. i have read quite a bit about them and ran into Irocnparts where we surf when he had his last boat and the wave was awesome. but ideally we want to keep the trim tab as well.

In the past i have just sent a few of my torn cushions to the upholstery place. but i was told by the seller of my new boat that centurion sells the skins and i can do the work myself? anybody have any knowledge of this? thanks

thanks guys I just upgraded to a 08 enzo sv240. I think i overheard something about the 09 having a better upholstery or something different? I have got some work done before on my previous boat and i think I was quoted $75 each for the back 3 cushions on my old elite. but, it was without the piping i guess its called, and the color match wasn't perfect. problem being is, i don't want to be without my seats for very long. might have to wait until the end of the season thanks for the input