S Lines

dbaconaz

Anyone using S Lines? Any reviews?

MDB1056

I’m curious too. They sound like decent ropes, various flex options, loop options

lpskier

Apparently we know nothing about quality water ski ropes. Here’s what we need:

https://bestreviews.com/sports-fitness/water-sports/best-water-ski-ropes
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skialex

@lpskier
😂😂😂

MDB1056

Wow……Someone really needs to correspond to Best Reviews to advise there’s another whole world out there

RGilmore

@lpskier

I sense you are subtly mocking the value of that "Best Review" on ski ropes, but I think you should remember that it was written by none other than Allen. So maybe show a little respect?

ALLEN:

lpskier

Oh yeah, Allen. I see him at all the tournaments.

dbaconaz

Airhead double handle is my favorite!! HAHA

MI3Eventer

The owner of S ropes skis at my club and our club used a couple of his prototypes towards the end of the year. From my perspective (and let me be clear I'm not a slalom guru), I noticed no difference between those ropes and the masterlines we were using prior. Some of the better skiers in the club tested them for him (35 off and deeper skiers) and gave them favorable reviews.

So far I've only used his slalom ropes, but its time for me to get a new jump rope so I'll probably getting one from him this spring.

MI3Eventer

Here's the website:
https://slinesusa.com/collections/slalom-rope-collection

thager

Nothing wrong with more competition out there. Prices are getting outrageous, especially some of the handles.

Mastercrafter

@thager -- yeah. $190 for the Optimized 2.0 mainline and $175 for my ML Custom 13" handle, that needed re-strung after a season due to fray.

Some quality, friendly competition would be welcome here. I realize there are cheaper options for mainline but I'm wanting to ski with the same as the tournaments.

thager

@Mastercrafter That $175 handle is now $260 to replace. I had the same problem as you with mine.

MI3Eventer

@Mastercrafter support Michigan products

skialex

ropes pictured on their site look really good. At that price, I will definitely give them a try. They look to be a very high quality product.

Rednucleus

He needs to send some samples to @Horton for review if he wants to get them noticed.

Mastercrafter

Yeah, a review would be nice and I'd like to see how their different softness ropes compare to ML equivalents.

Andre

@Mastercrafter Your post made me double check the ML site.
Must be the COVID tax...
I changed from ML Monster Radius to Radar ARC from Performance a couple handles ago.Way cheaper (even more with Ballers discount) and same quality.

Are S lines made\assemble in USA or imported ?

Rednucleus

Wonder if they are going to make handles too?
Different rope settings like different zero off letters

Sedge

I was informed our ropes had been mentioned on BOS.

@Horton If you would like I can send you one of each type for a review.

For those curious the stiffest is the R3 series (You should find it slightly stiffer than ML Pro), the Competition Series would be between the Pro and Optimized for stiffness. The S Series will feel more like an InTow or Optimized.
We are very excited to get our name out there and offer skiers more options. We are working on more products to add (handles) and already testing different yarns for future ropes. If you are putting on tournaments and interested in using our ropes or have any questions feel free to reach out to us.

Sedge

@Andre All of our ropes are made in the US and our yarn manufacturer is here in the US as well.

dbaconaz

@Sedge Thank you for the information! I look forward to trying them out! Any idea on when you might have a handle available?

JackQ

I believe that there is “much ado about nothing” when it comes to ropes. As long as the the rope has quality yarn and is built accurately, I can’t really find my difference is the skiing. I skied the two ML lines types and a In-tow rope, from 15 to 41 one after another (stretching them for a tournament) and did not ski any better or worse or feel a difference. The biggest differentiator for me was the attachment method, I am not fond of some of the methods, but others like it.

B_S

Thanks for the heads up, and a MI company to boot!

Horton

Very interesting

Mastercrafter

@JackQ I surely don’t want to argue with an open rated skier who’s PB is in the10.25’s, but going from my Syndicate mainline to an Optomized 2.0 was such a horrible experience, I almost gave up on it. Forced myself to only because it’s whats used in tournaments around where. I’m a beginner who barely makes it out of 18m and I suspect that has much to do with it (poor technique at times and lots of rope).. but I was a completely different skier one mainline to the next, in the same set.

I’m now getting used to the 2.0 and will stick with it (or similar) from here on out

Horton

It is a funny subject. I know skiers who swear there is a huge difference between ropes and others who do not feel it. Personally I feel boats and skis and other stuff much more than ropes. I have no explanation.

EFW

Block busting!

kurt

I skied @Sedge s-line rope one set last fall , it felt good .
I could not tell it apart from the in-tow I use or the non optimized masterline.
I do not like the optimized...too stretchy

dave2ball

@Sedge do you have liability insurance????? Any one can sell ropes cheap. It is the insurance that drives up the cost of product. These are exact copies of Masterline in just about every way. I noticed you do not your name on the ropes? With no name on your product why would an LOC take the risk of using a product that may not have insurance backing in case of an accident?

Wish

So I’m paying ML over $200 for a handle and almost that for a rope so they can have great insurance coverage and really good lawyers??