This is a video of a gladiator turning tight, wide open power at around 55 seconds into the video. Haven't spun it out... yet.

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whats the status on your Gladiator, Tyson? Haven’t seen it in a while.
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The spin-out stories had me very nervous when I first bought mine. I drove it a few times to get acclimated, but waiting for my Tres Marine training before pressing limits. These boats are like guns. . . they don't spin out, the driver spins them out. Respect the boat and know your limits and you'll have no problems.

EXACTLY the case.
The boat and the driver "disagree" on water conditions and setup/steering/throttle settings & inputs. That ends up with the boat pivoting in a different point than originally anticipated, and then whoosh...
...you're in the drink. Such can be said about all mutli-step boats.

just a little razzing.. haha it just popped in my head.

I took Tres's class about 10 years ago and we took out his Gladiator on a small lake near his home in Florida. He was going through quick, evasive maneuver turns and told us (there were two other guys in the class) that he was making the stern slide and then correcting so we could feel the sensation of a twin step boat when the hull releases. I honestly couldn't even feel the boat slide but I was pretty damn stoked to be in a Gladiator with a professional driving so I didn't worry about it! Cool boats with a look that won't go out of style.

I was pretty concerned to when I got my T/S. Took Tres class and gave me alot more confidence. Do not regret taking it at all. He is a book of knowledge for sure.
DON'T trim drives In on hard turns:boat:.

During my Tres training (with Brad), I noticed the Stern starting to slip on my first try and quickly adjusted. Was reassuring to have a trained professional with me, yet, it was even more comforting to know one can sense when the slip is starting.

Will post YouTube videos and such of mine mine once I get to 10 posts! (vBulletin and Onternet Brands require it.)

There is a difference of opinion on this.
I was told that by everyone the first couple times I drove the gladiator, And the first day I drove it with the drives trimmed from pretty far out all the way down to neutral I was sliding the back end out. The first couple days I spun around so far that it submerged the back end to the point that there was 6" of water in the cockpit that came over from the back and the pad on the hatch got ripped up. It pretty much turned and spun like you would a yamaha/seadoo boat for fun. And even tho it was kind of fun drifting it like ken block in a hoonigan video it was on the edge of being upside down all the time so I decided to start driving it the way I had always driven a fast boat before by trimming the drives in basically as far as you could to turn. Never had another problem again. Every time I had someone in the boat and I would do something they would say the teacher said not to do what I was doing, but then I would turn the boat harder then they had ever felt a boat turn.

I dont remember if you ever rode with me in the gladiator but there are several people you know that you can ask about that.

One year at the LOTO shootout I had the Gladiator at dog days on Friday afternoon which is by the busiest spot on LOTO, I had a slip down at the end of the dock and was giving "carnival" rides in the Gladiator. I was taking everyone out and running the boat wide open up and down the lake passing everyone in the rough and turning it harder then anyone ever had felt in a boat and never had a problem, except from some fingernail marks in the seat where people were gripping it.

At the OSS race some of the super vee guys were telling us to make sure we slow down and turn wide so we dont spin it out in front of them and to watch out for them because they would be turning tighter inside of us. Well, that lasted about one corner then I was coming at the corner and right before the corner they would let off to slow down and I would leave the throttle wide open and trim the drives all the way in and pass them on the inside turning harder and faster then they would.

I would say everyone's boat is different and there is no way to truly teach someone how there boat should be driven without lots of practice in that exact boat. And every person drives a boat different and has differing opinions of how the boat should feel to them. Throw in the fact that most people in the middle of a hard turn might get scared and do something they should not do that would cause them a problem where they would have been fine but listened to what people told them instead of driving the way that feels right. So I would say to anyone that drives any boat. Take it out by yourself and drive it in different conditions and try different things till you see how it feels more comfortable to you and drive it that way, whether that is trimmed in or out doesn't really matter as long as it feels right to you.

Curious, was your Glad a side-by-side set up or staggered?