New member, first ski!

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MarkusK

Discussion Starter · Jul 7, 2014

Greatings from Sweden!

We picked up our first ski this friday,never tought it would be SO much fun and a
great addition to our 180 Challenger that we already have.

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serpent710

· #2 · Jul 7, 2014

Welcome Aboard!!!
Those are some really nice pics there. What's the water temp?

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GizmoK

· #3 · Jul 7, 2014

Welcome

What year is your challenger?

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NetAtNite

· #4 · Jul 7, 2014

Welcome. Keep the pics coming!

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MarkusK

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jul 8, 2014

serpent710 said:
Welcome Aboard!!!
Those are some really nice pics there. What's the water temp?

Thanks, water temp skiing was about 17° C so still cold.

GizmoK, It,s a 2005 with about 110 hours on it but we only had it for the last 10 hours.

NetAtNite, here you go. From 10.30 pm last night, we just had the boat out for a nice cruise.

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serpent710

· #6 · Jul 8, 2014

Holy crap!! Do you wear wet suits or is that like summer weather for you guy's lol

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GizmoK

· #7 · Jul 8, 2014

MarkusK said:
GizmoK, It,s a 2005 with about 110 hours on it but we only had it for the last 10 hours.

Thats not bad at all I saw a 2005 for about $11,000. How much did you pay for yours?

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MarkusK

Discussion Starter · #8 · Jul 9, 2014

serpent710 said:
Holy crap!! Do you wear wet suits or is that like summer weather for you guy's lol

This is in "Mälaren", swedens, third biggest lake. Normally you can expect watertemps anywere between 20-25° Celsius during Juli-August. Under that, yes wetsuit on!

GizmoK, I payed about $16000 for it. When you import something from the US to europe there are taxes added to the cost, in sweden,s case about 28%.
Then there are shipping costs and so that also add to the price.

For example, here the Dealer price for the base model Spark is just over $9000!

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serpent710

· #9 · Jul 9, 2014

Wow, that's a big diffrence. So does it ever get nice?

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seaking

· #10 · Jul 9, 2014

welcome to the forum!

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GizmoK

· #11 · Jul 9, 2014

MarkusK said:
This is in "Mälaren", swedens, third biggest lake. Normally you can expect watertemps anywere between 20-25° Celsius during Juli-August. Under that, yes wetsuit on!

GizmoK, I payed about $16000 for it. When you import something from the US to europe there are taxes added to the cost, in sweden,s case about 28%.
Then there are shipping costs and so that also add to the price.

For example, here the Dealer price for the base model Spark is just over $9000!

I guess thats what you have to deal with bringing things in. So $16,000 is really not that bad when you factor in the costs and fees.