boat/cable wakeskates?!

the german · Ollie Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 60

hey guys! im a rly newbie in wakeskating, actually never rly did it but wanna start this season. i wakeboard though at a cable in germany (i rly wouldn't say im good though Wink

)
anyway, im going to ride in the us behind aboat till summer when i go back to germany and im gonna ride there at a cable again.
are there any wakeskates that are better at the cable or at the boat?? because i will buy one soon and since im not riding behind a boat for very long i guess i need a cable-wakeskate? if there is something like this.
any recommendations which skates i could try (150lbs)?
Thank you!

jonnyUTAH · Backside 180 Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 1951

Just make sure that you buy your skate here in America so that you avoid all those German Taxes and Tariffs. Shipping boards to Germany = expensive.

the german · Ollie Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 60

haha yeah i figured that by now... they are way cheaper! are most skates actually made in the us or y are them so expensive over there?

DirtyCracker · Guest

if you hit slides buy something real tough like a omen or intergerity with the durasurf i ride cable and boat and i tear wood boards up so fast on rails

jonnyUTAH · Backside 180 Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 1951

It's all those friggin' Trade Tariffs. Thank god for the North American Free Trade Agreement!!! I am a huge proponent of free trade, but I guess the German Brass are not.

Anyways, when you ship goods to the German motherland, you need to pay 17% German Vat and 17% Border Tax on top of the price of shipping boards. Crazy expensive!!!

Just buy your skate in America and you will avoid all those Tariffs and shipping costs.

kejoz · Posted: Mar 21, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject:

sparrow.2 · Posted: Mar 21, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject:

Whoa guys watch the advice!!!

If you buy the skate and have it posted to Germany they really get you with 19% VAT (MWST) and 2.7% Import tax!!! On top of all that you can expect to pay about 60-80$ postage on single wakeskate.

I've bought wakeskates online in the states and had them shipped over before and it really is a hassle to get them through customs. They don't really turn out that much cheaper than buying them over here. The only thing that really gets me here is that you don't find all the brands here apart from LF and Hyperlite.

It's cheaper if you are in the states on holiday and make it past customs on the way back with the board in a bag, but otherwise.

the german PM mich mal wenn Du Hilfe brauchst Very Happy

kejoz In welchem Forum laufen wir uns mal nicht übern Weg Wink

, biste diese Saison irgendwann mal in Langenfeld???

the german · Ollie Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 60

okay, so i figured that i should buy my skate over here now... any suggestions what to get for a beginner (usually learning fast Very Happy

)??? and possibly under 200 $?
Thanks for all the help i get!!!

sparrow.2 · Posted: Mar 21, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject:

This is pretty good! I had one in 43" and it was cool. Nice concave and it rode real nice on obstacles too.

Get one in 43 and you should be happy with it for quite a while Very Happy

http://cgi.ebay.de/NEW-Schnitzel-WAKESKATE-41-und-43-3-D-Concave_W0QQitemZ160086510154QQcategoryZ77623QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

The price is ok too!

the german · Ollie Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 60

anybody got an omen, integrity, oak or sattelyte for sale, size 39" to 42"
give me a pm! thx.

Maria · _________________ 01/20/2009. Niko-chan!

the german, If you buy a used board, get the persoon who you're buying it from send it as a "gift". Then if you're lucky you might get away with it, without paying taxes and shizzle.... But perhaps you already knew that?

the german · Ollie Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 60

oh, thats rly not the problem cuz im staying over here till june.. EXHANGE STUDENT RULEZZZ Laughing

and then im going back to germany... and hopefully coming back sometime Cool

bochner · Frontside 180 Joined: 13 Mar 2007 Posts: 470 City: Miami

koool. is ur cable park a pain to walk back. must suck

JamesBoardr · Posted: Mar 25, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject:

the german, omens are invincible at cable parks, ive shredded it to death. integs are really good too. ive ran both into docks and rails and sometimes you seperate the top pbt and it peels up but its super easy to epoxy the boards right back to normal. i give huge recommendations to omen and integ but dont cancel out all the other board companies as well. only board that i might choose against is a bi-level in some cases and i only say that because of the bolts on the bottom. some cables wont let you use them on there rails, research it.
good luck

the german · Ollie Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 60

bochner, yeah walking back kinda sucks, just don't fall (;
wat most ppl actually do is to try the stuff where they might fall close to the start, so you won't have to walk that far Laughing

the german · Ollie Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 60

oh, wat about the sattelytes??? do them hold?