Brand New Skate

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

Back in december Chris Hau And Connor Illsley Decided to make a wakeskate. We followed the direction on the website to make a skate and found it to be misleading. After 6 months of Research and design we now have close to a working prototype. Here are a few pics for you enjoy. Please give us you feed back we are alway looking to build a better board. We still need to do bevleved Edges, Paint it and seal it. Enjoy. Razz

-Chris Hau/Connor Illsley

Board Info

Length: 40"
Width: 15.25"
Concave
3 stage Rock
All Wood, put together with Fiberglass Resign
Current Weight: 10 Pounds
**Will be a Grip Tape Board**

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sick dude

Jimmy T · Backside 180 Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 525

nice job! once you bevel those edges that thing will look sooo dope

cjbecker · Posted: Jul 02, 2007 12:42 pm Post subject:

i like it, but what if you ran the concave into the kicktails like the omen.

mr robotto · Backside 180 Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 1052

just wondering, how much does it weigh?

have you decided what you're going to do graphic wise?

dylbag · Posted: Jul 02, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject:

that looks sik!!
there is a company here in south africa that makes a skate that looks ECXACTLY like ur one... so ur on the right track!
but theirs is compression molded..
and i have the same question as mr robotto, because wood must make it pretty heavy?? Smash

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

The current wieght is 10 Pounds.

dylbag · Posted: Jul 02, 2007 1:31 pm Post subject:

10 lbs. = 4.5 kg

nice! Laughing

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

More comments please. I would love to hear some more stuff.

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

Mmm she's pretty Embarassed

Haha once you bevel those edges it should be niiice. I can't tell too much by the pics and you might already plan on it but i'd sand down any type of corners or edges that the concave and kicktails may make... hard to explain sorta. But it'd make it all smooth lookin on top Cool

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

Oh and when you get to beveling the edges, don't go overboard. I've seen that mistake happen quite a few times Wink

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

Please more comments.

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

JonnyUTAH thinks that referring to one's self in the Third Person is an under used way of posting messages on Internet threads and should be used more.

JonnyUTAH thinks that Chris Hau's wakeskate design is interesting.

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

ImSoWakested is compelled to follow jonnyUTAH with the third person typing

ImSoWakested is curious as to if the concave is continious all the way through the entire width of the board, if so thats cool. ImSoWakested would demo one ifChrishau wants to send one to michigan Razz

apple103 · Posted: Jul 02, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject:

nice job!! did you use epoxy or polyester resin? cuz you can seal it with epoxy aswell, but be sure to put an other UV protection layer over it....what did you find misleading and what is different in your way of making this wooden board??

I <3 TNT · Ollie Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 96 City: Groveland

That concave looks lovely....i wouldnt mind rying it myself....looks a little bit too wide though.

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I <3 TNT, i like your sig

jake heney · Posted: Jul 02, 2007 6:05 pm Post subject:

that skate looks real good. Probably the best one that I've seen on here. Post pics once it's done.

the concave looks groovy Cool

dylbag · Posted: Jul 03, 2007 3:17 am Post subject:

I <3 TNT, wat!! a wakesk8 can never be wide enough
lol Smash

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

personally i would take just a little off at either end.. round it out a little more, but that's my personal preferance after making two boards.. when i make my boards i make them like a skateboard with the concave in the wood not with wood added.. maybe in a future design try that.. it took some time for me to get used to but i like it.. over all nice board nice design.. try looking at some of the other threads for homemade boards.. those might give you some ideas to..