Board lengths

savagegarrick · Posted: Jun 13, 2007 11:27 am Post subject: Board lengths

I know from a wakeboarding perspective that anything from a 140 -142 is pretty ideal for me. I haven't seen a breakdown of a person's height to thier wakeskate length. Is it comparable to the ratio for a wakeboard?

I am 5' 11" and 200 lbs.

Who rides what length and how tall are you?

SamHill · Frontside 180 Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 420 City: Lacey

you can ride a 39" - 42" and you should be fine. Its all personal prefrence.

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

savagegarrick, today you can try my 40.5, 42, 107, 108.

Jesse · Posted: Jun 13, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject:

savagegarrick, Im 6' , 215 and I ride a multitude of boards sized from 40 to 43 inches. Maybe start out with a board in the bigger range and go which ever way you feel from there. It's all preference but a bigger board does aid people just starting out.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

I'm 5'3 and I've ridden a 41 for all of my wakeskating life. but as of now, I ride a 42 inch bi-level. So there definitely isn't any sort of size chart for wakeskating...but one thing I always forget about is board width on the tips and tails. if you have bigger feet, that might be something you would want to pay attention to.

OverEasy · Pop Shuvit Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 167 City: Richardson

I'm 6'1" & 190 lbs.

I started off on a Catalyst 116 (45"), thinking I needed a big board, cuz I rode bid wakeboards. Next deck was a Impulse 43; thought it would be too small; it was fine. Next board was an Impulse 41; felt like I was sinking it. That made me a little nervous about ordering my '05 Integ team, but the integ is much wider than the impulse, and it's awesome; rides great.

Just got a K-39 for my daughter (smallest deck I could find), and tried it myself just for kicks. Turns out I can ride it just fine; it just takes a little more finesse than the bigger decks. Now that I'm more accustomed to smaller decks, the 41" impulse would probably be fine. (I wanna try a 40" now).

Bottom line; you can really ride just about any length; you just gotta try 'em & see what feels good. Good point about the width, though. My size 11 feet hung over the edges of the Impulse 41. The integ & our Heartbreaker are nice & wide, so it's not a problem on those.

Good luck & have fun!

uidzero · Kickflip Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 3839 City: Casselberry

Im 6'2" and 240lbs and I ride a 41" Maven right now. I wouldn't be able to ride a board that short if it wasnt so wide though.

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

OverEasy, i still love impulses and im riding my old 41" again i just hate how narrow the tails get

OverEasy · Pop Shuvit Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 167 City: Richardson

I agree; the impluse is a great deck, just a little narrow at the ends for those of us with big feet. We loved the ones we had, but they were '05 & '06 models, and just couldn't stay together. I hear the '07's are much tougher.

wakemitch · Posted: Jun 13, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject:

the 07 impulses are much wider. wider tails are where its at.

jake heney · Posted: Jun 13, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject:

the vinyl 108 would be good because it is wide and boyant

coricluster · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 1826 City: berlin

i am 5 11 190 and i ride 116 catalyst

cjbecker · Posted: Jun 13, 2007 9:41 pm Post subject:

vinyl sounds good.

Jesse · Posted: Jun 13, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject:

41.5 with a hint of A-Sym FTW!!!

cjbecker · Posted: Jun 13, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject:

pattielipp · Ollie Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 97 City: chesapeake beach

i'm 5'11" 155lbs and i'm riding a 38.5" it's rather short, it took sometime to get used to but i love it. flips and spins fast like a skateboard Crazy Eyes

ImSoWakested · Backside 180 Joined: 26 May 2007 Posts: 628 City: Madison

5'10 180lbs of steel Rolling Eyes

, my 40" anthem works great for me, i cant imagine having a board much larger

savagegarrick · Posted: Jun 25, 2007 7:25 am Post subject:

Do you really think you'd notice the difference on one inch?

t-rex · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 2007 City: Denver

pattielipp · Ollie Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 97 City: chesapeake beach

all boards ride different.. wether it's an inch or half an inch.. wether it's wood or composit.. may ride lower or higher in the water.. it's all on your personal preferance.. try some boards out see what you like