yamaha06
TY 4 Stroke Guru
Anyone with split rails try taking them across some open water? Was up North on the weekend and there were some sections with some open water under the bridges people were ripping across the open water, I wanted to give it a shot but didn't know if this was a good idea with the split rail skis, there were nytros ripping across there with stock skis no problem.
Best way to avoid sinking your sled is to not do it.
shadow44
TY 4 Stroke God
Go to their website...they used to have vids of his kid riding across a pond...no issues
terez
Expert
split rails
I ran Splitrails last yr on a Polaris Dragon 800
1st off water skipping on a 800 2stk, and especially the IQ polaris chassis which is very good for it, is a different ball game than other sleds.
My experience with splitrails was that they do in fact "float" well in loose snow and water...but ONLY when there is some speed to allow them to generate lift. At initial movement to around ~30mph or so they dive and sink terribly...once there is enough speed the two rails share their lift and act like they are as wide as they are..poss even wider than they are.
As such they make a poor boondock or off trail ski as you are rarely developing enough speed in this enviroment to achieve the lift they need as well as from a dead stop they are very poor especially when trying to initiate a turn at low speed.
This aint a flaw in their design...they are designed from the drawing board to excel at hard pack trail riding....which they do in spades!!
These characters will make them equally poor at water skipping UNLESS you are carrying good speed...which U should be if you plan on surviving the skip!! LOL
For trail riders who need/want to skip water where they need to/have to/want to it's of no concern....carry some speed before the H2O and stay on the hammer till yer across.
If yer lookin to specifically play on H2O with Splitrails yer gonna regret it
I ran Splitrails last yr on a Polaris Dragon 800
1st off water skipping on a 800 2stk, and especially the IQ polaris chassis which is very good for it, is a different ball game than other sleds.
My experience with splitrails was that they do in fact "float" well in loose snow and water...but ONLY when there is some speed to allow them to generate lift. At initial movement to around ~30mph or so they dive and sink terribly...once there is enough speed the two rails share their lift and act like they are as wide as they are..poss even wider than they are.
As such they make a poor boondock or off trail ski as you are rarely developing enough speed in this enviroment to achieve the lift they need as well as from a dead stop they are very poor especially when trying to initiate a turn at low speed.
This aint a flaw in their design...they are designed from the drawing board to excel at hard pack trail riding....which they do in spades!!
These characters will make them equally poor at water skipping UNLESS you are carrying good speed...which U should be if you plan on surviving the skip!! LOL
For trail riders who need/want to skip water where they need to/have to/want to it's of no concern....carry some speed before the H2O and stay on the hammer till yer across.
If yer lookin to specifically play on H2O with Splitrails yer gonna regret it
yamaha06
TY 4 Stroke Guru
Re: split rails
Ya I know what your saying I love the skis, and I'm not looking to just ride on water. We were in Dorset on the weekend and people were doing the water skipping there, and a couple of times we were going across the lake and hit a little section of water about 10 feet wide and it was no problem but the area in doorset was more like 80 yards most of our group went across while a few of us had to take an alternative route.
terez said:I ran Splitrails last yr on a Polaris Dragon 800
1st off water skipping on a 800 2stk, and especially the IQ polaris chassis which is very good for it, is a different ball game than other sleds.
My experience with splitrails was that they do in fact "float" well in loose snow and water...but ONLY when there is some speed to allow them to generate lift. At initial movement to around ~30mph or so they dive and sink terribly...once there is enough speed the two rails share their lift and act like they are as wide as they are..poss even wider than they are.
As such they make a poor boondock or off trail ski as you are rarely developing enough speed in this enviroment to achieve the lift they need as well as from a dead stop they are very poor especially when trying to initiate a turn at low speed.
This aint a flaw in their design...they are designed from the drawing board to excel at hard pack trail riding....which they do in spades!!
These characters will make them equally poor at water skipping UNLESS you are carrying good speed...which U should be if you plan on surviving the skip!! LOL
For trail riders who need/want to skip water where they need to/have to/want to it's of no concern....carry some speed before the H2O and stay on the hammer till yer across.
If yer lookin to specifically play on H2O with Splitrails yer gonna regret it
Ya I know what your saying I love the skis, and I'm not looking to just ride on water. We were in Dorset on the weekend and people were doing the water skipping there, and a couple of times we were going across the lake and hit a little section of water about 10 feet wide and it was no problem but the area in doorset was more like 80 yards most of our group went across while a few of us had to take an alternative route.
