floating a kicker

STALEFISH79 · Outlaw Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Posts: 200 City: CAPE CORAL

when you float a kicker, do you feel it move or flex alot when you hit it.
and when you do float it, how much height do you loose?

eda360 · Newbie Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 20 City: Coldwater, MI

yeah i have made 2 kickes b4. both of them are floating a 1 or 2 pieces of 4x4 voltec. when u hit em you dont feel neflex or nething from them. they stay pretty sturdy. really u only loose 2 er 4 inches height wise. so its cool.

wkbrdr · Posted: Sep 10, 2003 6:42 am Post subject:

they feel sturdy bbu sit in the water behind one sometime...THEY MOVE

alafiaboarder · Posted: Oct 03, 2003 6:01 pm Post subject:

it depends on how good u make em. I prefer mostly stationary unless u can build some floating like at OWC Shocked

, they are awsome at making those things Cool

u dont lose that much height if the floatin is built well

wkbrdr · Posted: Oct 11, 2003 1:04 pm Post subject:

a stationary kicker? that has bad news written all over it Laughing

criminally_minded · Posted: Oct 12, 2003 2:54 pm Post subject:

Unless you have zero tide/depth change, you will want to use a floating kicker.

We floated ours with 2 x 200 liter barrels, and it hardly moves an inch.

Inggy · Posted: Oct 12, 2003 8:22 pm Post subject:

You didnt secure that at all?? You just let it float? and it doesnt move huh?
tight

criminally_minded · Posted: Oct 13, 2003 3:15 pm Post subject:

No no, there are 3 anchor ropes, one off the front and one off each rear corner. They stop it floating away.

It moves when the wake hits it, not much but a little. By the time the wake hits it you are already flying through the air though!

There is actually a floor in that kicker (put in after these pics were taken) and several adults can sit, lay or even stand inside it at once. Its a great place to have a beer and get out of the sun, and it's fun to sit in while people are hitting it and watch them Twisted Evil

We though about putting a clear plexiglass panel window in the surface so people inside could watch the rider approach, but it was expensive and impractical.

wakerider07 · Posted: Jan 25, 2004 5:36 pm Post subject:

criminaly minded, how did you keep the backside afloat. or did the barrels at the front just keep the back from sinking farther?

criminally_minded · Posted: Feb 02, 2004 4:31 am Post subject:

wakerider07, there are 4 barrels in all, one for each corner, you just can't see the front ones (by front I mean the approach side). They are also set higher into the frame in order to drop the front and ensure the 'fender' protrudes nearly a foot under the water. Better safe than sorry.

alafiaboarder · Posted: Feb 11, 2004 3:36 pm Post subject:

ya, thats a nice one, im workin on a 4.5 ft high and a 9 foot long, its coming together pretty good, i'm trying to get it to seem like those at o-dub, those things are great, if anybody has any cool ideas, lemme know

wakebored · Posted: Feb 14, 2004 9:10 am Post subject:

We used an old jet ski hull. Filled the inside with spray foam and attached PVC pipe and it made a great kicker.

alafiaboarder · Posted: Feb 14, 2004 2:31 pm Post subject:

thats pretty cool, im trying to think of some cool sliders to make, the kickers looking pretty good, ill probably have it out and floatin by this monday(2 days). peace out Twisted Evil

Broccolimoo16 · Newbie Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Posts: 8 City: Pocatello, Idaho

eda360,
Is Voltec What you floated it with or is that what you put on the surface of your jump?

unlawfulsessioner · Criminal Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 95 City: The SRQ

my kicker floats and i dont feel hardly and flex. just make sure u ancor it down really well and its fine.

Metzy · Outlaw Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 177

wat do u use for the top of the kicker where the wakeboard touches? could u ever break a board on that?

unlawfulsessioner · Criminal Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 95 City: The SRQ

i used the material that classroom whiteboards are made out of. its slides really well. i dont think u could ever break a board on it. i wakeskate but my freind wakeboards and he says its fine.