Arch bars as deckgrip

chrisbroom · Faceplant Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Posts: 1 City: Brisbane

Hi everyone,

I've been skimboarding for a few years and was flicking through some old posts here and found that some others skim aswell. However i've only been wakeskating recently and am really starting to get into it. been using my foam skimboard as a wakeskate, but its a bit too sketchy at high speeds so im going to get a wakeskate next week.

Anyway, my question is why do you use grip tape instead of arch bars for the front foot similar to those made by poorboy and X-trac for skimming? im sure theirs a reason why you dont, i would just like to know.

Cheers
Chris

Bad Luck · Posted: Oct 23, 2005 9:33 am Post subject:

because its wakeskating, not wakeskimming.

just playin, i dont even know what arch bars are.

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

Because your front foot moves around a lot, like in skateboarding. It can't really be fixed in place. Setting up for certain tricks, and tricks like pop-shuvits where you spin the board around would make arch bars a nuisance. Plus you are wearing shoes, and arch bars with shoes would be really weird.

c dub · Backside 180 Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 1171 City: Austin

what are arch bars?

JTwakeskater56 · Posted: Oct 23, 2005 10:43 pm Post subject:

ATXwakesk8r, I think it's a McDonalds where they serve alcholoic beverages.jk. I don't know either & there's a 1000 skimmers here. ChrisBroom keep sk8tn. Wink

LopezLocal · Pop Shuvit Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 130 City: Orcutt

my friend actually tried that on a old wakeboard didnt work to good

hammer49 · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 646 City: longwood

arch bars are like traction pads on surfboards right?

big country · Pop Shuvit Joined: 14 May 2005 Posts: 181

Arch bars are meant for bare feet and the arch of them ... hence arch bars. Its a foam traction pad and it does not work well with shoes but it works great with bare feet. Shoes with arch bars suck.. www.skimshop.com there is a section of arch bars if you care to see what the heel they are