2010 Slingshot vs. 2009

savage3221 · Posted: Jul 08, 2010 9:58 pm Post subject: 2010 Slingshot vs. 2009

I think I knew the answer to this question at one point, but I can't find any mention of it anywhere. Are the 2010 SS boards any different from the 2009 ones? I know the fins are different, but I seem to think that they beefed up the middle of the board to be slightly stiffer. Am I crazy?

isuckatwakin · Outlaw Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Posts: 185 City: Pompano Beach

some store told me "same board, different graphic..." btw the 2011 ones will have the same bottom design and water channels.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

Anyone know when SS's will go on close-out? I had been meaning to get a new board this year but haven't gotten around to it. Seems like I'm only a month away from close-out prices.

LaynDoor · Outlaw Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 152 City: Meriden CT

savage3221 · Posted: Jul 09, 2010 6:42 am Post subject:

isuckatwakin, yeah, I would assume that that would be the case, but I thought I heard this.. hmm.

LaynDoor, yeah, that's what I'm talking about, that would be interesting. I'd snatch a closeout 2010 board because I love my 09, but I'm intrigued by the potential of the board with a slightly stiffer middle. Not much more though, it's so good already.

Wakebrad, I'm sure they'll start in a few months, I remember seeing some boards go closeout around September sometimes.. but I don't know if that's the earliest/norm, I just remember it because I start school around that time and I got one closeout right at the beginning of school before.

isuckatwakin · Outlaw Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Posts: 185 City: Pompano Beach

No, I mean the 2011 ones. The ones people havnt seen. I saw a slingshot rider at the cable riding a 2011 Recoil that had the same fins, with water channels.

GnarShredd · Posted: Jul 09, 2010 8:37 am Post subject:

isuckatwakin, Yeah, the rumor mill had it that they were going to release a reflex with molded fins sometime in the late 2010 season but it never really came to fruition but I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see something like this in the 2011 models.

LaynDoor · Outlaw Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 152 City: Meriden CT

not really sure how a flex board could have molded in fins and still have the tip / tail flex... since molded features make a board more rigid Confused

Unless they were really small? and then, whats the point?

GnarShredd · Posted: Jul 09, 2010 9:28 am Post subject:

LaynDoor, It will definitely reduce the amount of flex, but depending on the size of the channels/fins (depending on which is actually on the final product), that stiffness can be limited.

A BIG thing is materials though. Find the right stuff to make your board out of, and you can probably get an ok sized channel with some decent traction AND keep your flex.

savage3221 · Posted: Jul 09, 2010 11:27 am Post subject:

Hmmm, I'm interested to see this, but I don't know about it. I really like the way my SS rides now, and I thought that a thickening between my feet might be nice, but I'm not sure about the channels. I'm sure I'll like it, channels aren't a bad thing, I'll just have to try yet another board Laughing

GnarShredd · Posted: Jul 09, 2010 12:13 pm Post subject:

savage3221, You might have an option. Supposedly they were going to release both versions of the Reflex; one with channels and the original, flat one.

Who can say for sure though?

savage3221 · Posted: Jul 09, 2010 3:30 pm Post subject:

Well, I'll still go for a Response I think, the continuous rocker plus the flex is so nice

Roflcopter · Criminal Joined: 12 Jan 2010 Posts: 63

i've been thinking about getting a slingshot, how are the landings? i've heard people rave about the landings being very soft. this true or all hype?

Wakeboarder3780 · Posted: Jul 11, 2010 6:07 pm Post subject:

savage3221 · Posted: Jul 16, 2010 8:02 am Post subject:

It isn't hype, the flex definitely affects the landings. I wouldn't say that they are like "god's given gift to soft landings and pillow top water" but they certainly help with hard landings. I'd say try to get out and ride one, preferably for more than one set because sometimes the flex is a little funky to someone new to it. I love mine.

I've ridden the LF Substance, Shane, Watson, Fish and some others, I think that the SS is softer than or equal to each of them, but that is also affected by how you use the flex, so get out there and try one if you can.