A thorough explanation of the role of sponsons!

What are the benefits of installing sponsons?
What is the difference between standard and custom?
The custom sponsons were amazing!

Learn from one of Japan's largest jet ski specialty stores.

Sponsons are an essential part of the board, and are as important as fins in surfing and wakeboarding, or rear wings in F1 cars.

Because of their shape, many people interpret sponsons as something that "hooks water and turns." When turning left, the right rear sponson provides resistance and holds down the diagonally opposite front left sponson.
The front part bites the water and the thrust from the rear is applied, causing the hull to bend.
If there were no sponsons, that role would fall to the rider.

Sponsons increase buoyancy and reduce rolling, improving stability.

[Features of external sponsons ①]
Compared to genuine sponsons, aftermarket sponsons have a longer blade, which significantly increases the number of places where they can be placed on the water surface.
By increasing the number of installation points, stability when going straight and traction when turning are maximized, and phenomena such as skidding when turning are reduced.
Another feature is the reduction of the porpoise phenomenon.

Porpoise phenomenon: A phenomenon that occurs when a vehicle experiences a combined vertical and vertical swaying motion that cannot be stopped.

[Features of external sponsons ②]
When turning, the hull tilts towards the direction of travel, but with aftermarket sponsons the angle of the blade efficiently captures the angle of the hull, allowing for ideal, smooth handling.
When turning left, the left blade catches the water and the right sponson provides resistance, holding down the diagonally left front hull.

[Features of external sponsons③]
The blade position can be adjusted to suit your preferred riding style.
One example is the Unlimited full billet sponsons, which can be adjusted to 12 different positions to suit your preferred riding style.

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