Good board suggestch.

jboss · Kickflip Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 3210 City: Chalmette

My friend is just getting into wakeskating and he's gettin a board pretty soon. He wants a composite but he doesn't want an Integ since I'm already gettin one and he doesn't want to have the same board. What is a good composite other than an Integ?

deltarider · Guest

armada

homez · Posted: Apr 20, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject:

how much he wanna pay but if as much as in integ then i suggest a oak they are nice boards

marshk344 · Posted: Apr 20, 2006 10:06 pm Post subject:

oaks are wood

jboss · Kickflip Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 3210 City: Chalmette

Yea he wants composite.

senorbueno · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1593

Gator, Omen, Distortion...

Alex Lirio · Pop Shuvit Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 137

i'd go for wood. wait for the 06 cassette skates. If you really dig composite, byerly 06 or gator doyle are nice skates.

daniel · Back Big Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 3669 City: Duncan

distortion...

jboss · Kickflip Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 3210 City: Chalmette

I want more than names, I need some kind of review. How do these boards ride, pros and cons, etc.

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

Just so you know... Hyperlite, LF, and Gator(I'm pretty sure) are compression molded, which is basically the same construction as a wakeboard.

Integrity, Omen, Liberation(are they still around?) and Distortion do composite decks, which are different from the standard foam core in fiberglass deal. They usually seal wood or some other funny material up using different, more snowboard-like methods of construction.

Pretty cool stuff.

xstfu ill pwn youx · Backside 180 Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 837 City: 954.

jboss, tell him to buyy my integ

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

Omens are sounding sweet as hell and Liberations look nice. Gators i have heard from a few are just insane, and Distortion... I don't ever hear too much about Distortion... i didn't even know they are composite?

yabu · Posted: Apr 20, 2006 11:14 pm Post subject:

Gb doyle are nice for composite. nice size 40.5" so it has a skateboard feel type and the weight is not too heavy and not too light. the design is cool also! Distortion are made of composite with wood.

jboss · Kickflip Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 3210 City: Chalmette

yabu, Where do they sell Gators?

What about the Byerly? It looks like a good deck.

yabu · Posted: Apr 20, 2006 11:46 pm Post subject:

jboss, they don't sell here in our country. I just got the chance to ride it from a friend from korea who was sponsored by gator. i liked it more than the byerly. there some sites that sells gator..i think performance and okcboardshop sells them.

88skisupreme · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1342 City: ATX

get one integrity and have him get the other shape. then they wont be the same

seven11dmd · Posted: Apr 21, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject:

Omen!!! its just a wood core i believe...

bjr · Posted: Apr 22, 2006 12:18 am Post subject:

whatever you do..stay away from the armda....

myers · Frontside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 283 City: VENICE

my friend (on omens team) got an omen and its sick as hell but they probably wont come out for a while. it looks really durable and has a little more weight than an integ. the rocker is pretty mean and the kicktails are basicaly about the same as an integ.

Nekkie · Posted: Apr 22, 2006 6:15 pm Post subject:

myers, ah, I hoped that the kicktails would be a lil more radical on the Omen, well they looked more radical on the pics I saw Very Happy