Shawkboarding

masi · Posted: Jun 10, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject:

SHAWK, i have a few questions. do you feel like this would substitute as a legitimate wakeboard in a contest? And by the way i am not ragging on you guys, i think it is a cool idea and i want to try it. I am just confused by your approach. Second, what type of wakeskate are you guys using on those boards, or can you just use any old skate with grip or foam on it. 3rd, are the landings harder than on a normal sized, properly fit wakeboard? Can you easily become detached from the board if you fall hard? By placing this on your board, can you loose warranty?

SHAWK · Faceplant Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 10 City: SANTA CRUZ

Our system is designed for fun, not necessarily competition. It was ridden for fun in the ACW Pro Tour, of course this led to a DQ but.... fun.
We have 2 systems; one is designed for wakeboards, surfboards, kiteboards and the other is for a wakeskate.
On the wakeskate you must remove the existing pad in the same manner you would to replace it with new grip tape.
Yes, you do come free from the board on hard falls.
Please consult your board manufacturers for their warranty policies.

jordan · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 649 City: Spectre

tie your shoes tight!

cjbecker · Posted: Jun 10, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject:

it looks like to me an easy ancle breaker

wakeskate77 · Frontside 180 Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 335 City: HELL

....... DID THE KID GET THE FREE BOARD?

stompin9s · Posted: Jun 11, 2007 12:04 am Post subject:

ryry · Pop Shuvit Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 164 City: Australia

i havent read most of the posts in this forum, but i do know a little bout this shawk board company.
i fully disagree on what they are doing. in my eyes it pretty much pointless. (hate me if u please)

iam from Australia, and i did compete in most of the pro tour stops. and Shawk seriously has wasted a lot of money, and i think no profeit has been made wat so ever.
they were just giving these things out to wakeboarders so hopefully ppl would think 'hey, that guy is riding it, it must be cool'

They have a demo team which is pretty much full of the young big tallent we got over here. and i do have to say they would all have to be in it for the money. as i heard each rider gets $1000.00 AUD per demo.

Jordan Sprague · Posted: Jun 11, 2007 7:23 am Post subject:

is that a joke wow i feel bad for the guy who invented that ...prolly the gayst thing ever

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

i think its a good idea, the having that kind of binding system for kiteboarding would make sense

liquidstunts · Backside 180 Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 852

Gnarly Dancer 42, i kite boarded a few times when i lived in Australia and i think the binding system is not a bad idea.... i just don't think it is right for wakeskating. but wakeboarders on the other hand may love the idea..... cause we all know they wanna be just like us anyway Rolling Eyes

i wanna demo it when it gets here though. Neutral

cjbecker · Posted: Jun 11, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject:

is it just velco or what is it.

apple103 · Posted: Jun 11, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject:

No....young kids slaughter millions of gekkos in harsh conditions in Thailand, and they glue the litte gekko feet to the board....simple!

cjbecker · Posted: Jun 11, 2007 5:45 pm Post subject:

apple103, now i understand.

brianl289 · Frontside 180 Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Posts: 310 City: houston

this would only really seem cool for a friend of mine. shes like claustraphobic to wakeboards because she hates being tied down to a board and cant move well in the water and it scares her. so i told her to try wakeskating, but she cant keep her feet on the board well. that is the only circumstance that i would have any interest in this, becuase if not i would just buy a fish wakeboard or something.

apple103 · Posted: Jun 12, 2007 10:15 am Post subject:

skatewake41 glad I could help Wink

Chrishau · Backside 180 Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 919 City: Aurora

Im not gonna lie. Today i recieved mine. Its a pretty interesting system. They even had a pad so you could ride with bare feet or shoes. Its not that bad. I was really surpised.

edrex · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Posts: 1020 City: NorCal

Chrishau, if I understand correctly, all they are looking for is feedback whether its positive or negitive. I think since they sent out free equipment its only fair that you share your honest opinion. It wouldn't be fair to them if everyone said it sucks because they wanted to save face here.
I got my tracking number today. Can't wait to see what the stuff is like and try it out on an old wakeboard.
Cheers,
ed.

brianl289 · Frontside 180 Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Posts: 310 City: houston

i jsut got my tracking number also, im pretty excited to try this on my wakeboard after my ankle is healed. fyi, i just broke my ankle wakeboarding because of the binding malfunction, so this should be pretty cool to try out.

apple103 · Posted: Jun 15, 2007 2:19 am Post subject:

Chrishau post some pics...

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

im still gonna flip a beach if i ever see somebody riding these and trying to pass it off as wakeskating...