Ronix One

RC · Addict Joined: 10 Sep 2006 Posts: 771 City: Tuscaloosa

Hokay..so, i think its time for me to retire my Murray and get something new. My #1 candidate right now is the One board and i just have a few questions.

1. Why do some people say it lands super soft and others say it lands like a ton of bricks? Which is it?

2. What are the fins made of? I've been hearing a good bit about them breaking.

3. I heard it was shaped a little different so you ride different sizes than usual. So if I'm 5'10" 175 lbs, quite an advanced/aggressive rider, would it be better to go for the 142 or 137?

Thanks ahead of time. And by the way, my #2 candidate is the LF Watson.

Reid

koltman · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 902 City: Sydney/Orlando

1) I say the landings are pretty soft.

2) The fins are metal painted white. If you hit sliders fins will break no matter what they are made of.

3) If I were you I'd definately go with the 142. You have to size up a bit with this board.

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 6:18 am Post subject:

The fins are composite plastic. They are shaped like hyperlite's p-wings. And the watson lands softer. Ronix's info on the board says it lands soft because it lands with more forward momentum, which is bullsiht. That makes no sense.

Elysia · Outlaw Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 105

1. ton of bricks.
2. plastic
3. 142

but overall....i would get the One instead of the watson. I think everyone is having a hard time getting them tho. i was at Ambush the other day and they were sold out and they checked buywake.com and they were having trouble getting them.

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 11:46 am Post subject:

performance has at least one watson 142. I can check when I go to work tomorrow. I'll also check on one's for you, see how many we have in what sizes. I do know that one's are flying out the door like hotcakes, so I'm not so sure what the availability is

Maestro · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 11:59 am Post subject:

Forward momentum will help soften landings. Think about running and jumping while keeping your speed up vs. standing in one spot, jumping up and landing flat. Which one will be more jarring to the knees (won't land as 'soft')? Now, I'm not exactly sure how a board can itself facilitate landing with "more forward momentum" - I see that being based more on the style of the rider. Obviously a board can be "fast" (have more forward momentum), but it really comes down to how the rider rides.

Maestro · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 12:00 pm Post subject:

Ok the running example wasn't the best, but it's all I could think of Rolling Eyes

Elysia · Outlaw Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 105

Maestro, W-T-F !?! LMAO Laughing

Maestro · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 12:13 pm Post subject:

Basically if you're landing on a wakeboard with speed your landings will be softer than if you're landing coming down flat. If you've ever heard people say "land on edge" it's the same concept - I just gave a very poor example in my previous post.

Elysia · Outlaw Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 105

yeah...im pretty sure you have speed when you land wakeboarding.....i dont think you just stop in mid air and land like a brick.

Maestro · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 12:32 pm Post subject:

Clearly you have no idea what I'm getting at, and I've wasted enough time trying to explain the relatively simple concept, so I'll let you continue going about life in your little ignorant world.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Maestro, that is the wise thing to do. Don't waste your keystrokes.

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject:

Maestro, I know what your saying, if you're landing properly on edge on any board though, the landings won't really be jarring. But we all know that in the real world, every landing's not perfect. so having a bit of a spine or some concave to break the surface in case you land flat makes sense. I just thinkg it's just more hype about nothing, which Is why I don't buy into the ronix craze. I don't really like any of their shapes yet. (The covin does it's job right, I just don't like continuous boards too well)

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

How does one board give you any more "forward momentum" than another?

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject:

jt09, that's what baffles me. I think having parks on the team is what does it....

j/p parks is an awesome rider and just as cool of a guy, but I'm sick of ronix already

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

The momentum fairy comes during your ride and sprinkles momentum dust on your board.

Duh.

Elysia · Outlaw Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 105

Maestro, yes listen to what everyone is telling you and stop... Rolling Eyes

victory again... Laughing

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Elysia, do you live under high voltage lines?

Elysia · Outlaw Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 105

chavez, why yes i do. do you live in your moms dusty coochie?

Maestro · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 3:08 pm Post subject:

Wow, really? I enjoy a good episode of SouthPark once in a while myself, but maybe it really is destroying the minds of today's youth. Rolling Eyes

Elysia · Outlaw Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 105

haha south park dosent destroy minds...
it's a very intelligent show

Blindside_137 · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject:

chavez, momentum fairy? Where is she after I get an A on my Calculus tests? Maybe if I buy a One...................... Question

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Maestro, sadly, I think we have our first confirmed casualty.

Blindside_137, the momentum fairy works exclusively for Ronix, and is paid with "very valuable" Ronix stock for her services. She is the one that convinced Parks to move over. She visited him during a very smoky haze of semi-consciousness.

If you seek enlightenment, you must travel that same road. Go now, seek out the answers to your questions.

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject:

the smoky haze of semi-consciousness road? I'll walk it with ya Laughing

nickl011 · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject:

LakeIolaLuke, Elysia, no the fins are a one inch detachable aluminum fin. If you dont believe me listen to Danny Harf say it himself.

http://ronixwake.com/video.html?h=256&w=320&video=One_collection.mov

Elysia · Outlaw Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 105

LFPIMP, danny lies! danny cant be trusted.....down with danny! yes aluminum...like .01% aluminum ive felt it those fins be4 they arent 100% aluminum...

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject:

I don't believe you. I see lots of them, they're plastic

*edited because the original was pretty a-hole sounding

Elysia · Outlaw Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 105

LakeIolaLuke, what?

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject:

performance ski and surf.

nickl011 · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject:

LakeIolaLuke, not to be disrespectful or anything by the above reply, but I know where you work and that you handle that kind of stuff, but thought Danny would know a little more about it since he "supposedly" designed the stuff.

Elysia, you half to take into acount that they were most likely sprayed with a coting making them seem like plastic. Aluminum isnt the strongest metal out there. But I myself do not own a one so I am not sure on the whole subject.

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

The fins are an alloy, which means they are a combination of several metals. Go check the Ronix literature.

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject:

The early ronix boards had the same metal fins as hype boards, probably because Herb was in business relations with the company making them. I've seen them cracked in half though, metal fins, first of all, wouldn't crack, and secondly, they're white all the way through. They are all plastic now

LFPIMP, sorry, didn't mean to come off sounding like a dickhead. I'm not trying to pull rank on you cause i just got hired at a place that sells wakeboards. I was trying to cite my evidence, and it sounded a-holish the way i worded it, so sorry.

Elysia · Outlaw Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 105

meh...w/e i really dont care im never getting a ronix board so they can make it out of what ever they want too. i was just saying they look/feel like 100% plastic to me. for a board thats msrp is $430 they need some better quality fins...

Maestro · Posted: Apr 16, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject:

Are you hitting sliders with your 430 retail valued board? If not, crappy fins will work just fine. Hell, if you were any sort of a wakeboarder you wouldn't be riding with fins in the first place! Rolling Eyes

What was that you mentioned about victory earlier?

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810