Every rider or racer is constantly on the journey to find the “perfect” handling set up to make their time on the water more enjoyable, or shave a few more seconds off their lap times. Two of the most common quirks a growing Jet Ski athlete may run into (and hate) are instability and spin outs.
There’s 
nothing quite as annoying as the feeling of the rear end of the ski coming out from underneath you, or the feeling of having very little control over your ride. Fitness, ride time and talent help a racer immensely, but a good handling set up is crucial — it provides predictability and confidence, and gives you the ability to push your ski harder than the competition. The Pro Watercraft Racing.com line of handling components has been blowing up the market as one of the most popular brands with proven results, and they recently reintroduced their rear sponsons with a new design, dubbing it the Flex XL rear sponsons.
MotorActionMedia.com owner Anna Glennon got a week’s worth of testing in on her stock-class SX-R 800 equipped with Pro Watercraft Racing.com XL rear sponsons. She put these rear sponsons through the ringer, riding for hours — glassy water in the mornings and washing-machine conditions in the afternoons.
Pro Watercraft Racing.com HFC XL rear sponsons and HFC T2 race plate installed on our SX-R 800.
REVIEW: PRO WATERCRAFT RACING.COM HFC XL REAR SPONSONS
PRICE: $150
WHERE TO BUY: PROWATERCRAFTRACING.COM
DECISION: DEFINITELY BUY
WINS
- Well-explained & simple instructions made installation easy.
- Additional installation video on Pro Watercraft Racing.com website.
- Easy to swap out my previous sponsons for the Pro Watercraft Racing.com XL rear sponsons.
- These rear sponsons are universal but are designed to fit the SXR and SJ OEM bumper mounting holes.
- Made from super-durable HFC (hybrid flex composite) made by Pro Watercraft Racing.com.
- Flex material used in order to compensate for changes in rider weight, water conditions and turning speeds.
- Flex material concept helps nearly eliminate rear-lift (Everybody hates rear lift).
- Improved straight-line stability at high speeds.
- Immediately noticed additional rear grip.
- Tested with a Pro Watercraft Racing.com T2 HFC race plate, combo made sharp corners easier even in conditions with waves coming from multiple directions.
- Ski still moved fluidly through corners (some rear sponsons create a more jagged movement through turns).
- Price is the same if not very close to other popular rear sponsons.
LOSSES
- We did not find any losses with this product.
