WEIGHT!!!

gatorboarder34 · Faceplant Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 7

so ive been wakeboarding for about 2yrs now and i wanta try and wakeskate...but b4 i fork out the money i wanta know if my size will hurt me and enable me too....im 6'3" bout 245....ne suggestions???

Calskater23 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1795 City: FRESNO

Probably a 42 - 44 inch board would work. What are you willing to spend?$

gatorboarder34 · Faceplant Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 7

well i would like to try just a simple board out first just to make sure that i can get up but after that id like to stay under $200 if possible.....an that board will be bout 10 in shorter than my wakeboard....?

Calskater23 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1795 City: FRESNO

Getting up is pretty easy if you already know how to wakeboard, so i'd say spend you money on just one board. Trust me once you get up you'll never want to wakeboard again LOL. I'll reply with boards that i think you'd like in a few minutes.

Calskater23 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1795 City: FRESNO

Check out these boards. Let me know what you think.

http://www.boardstop.com/product_info.php?ref=5&products_id=2125&affiliate_banner_id=1

http://www.boardstop.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_31&products_id=2117

gatorboarder34 · Faceplant Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 7

Yea i like that one...have u ever heard of or nething about the obrein traffic? and also should i get foam or grip tape?

Calskater23 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1795 City: FRESNO

The traffic is a board for a beginner, but since you have wakeboarding expierence i'd say you need more of an intermediate board. Foam is for people with a wakeboarding background, but grip is for people with a skate background. I'd personally ride foam because it doesn't hurt when you fall.

Calskater23 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1795 City: FRESNO

If you want to start with a cheap begginer board sure you can get the traffic, but as you get better you'd need to upgrade. If you got one of the boards i showed you, you wouldn't need to upgrade.

gatorboarder34 · Faceplant Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 7

is the best way to get up laying back and starting like a wakeboarder or to try and stand up and start? what do u ride?

Calskater23 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1795 City: FRESNO

I've only started laying on my back and on my second time out i was getting up every time.

gatorboarder34 · Faceplant Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 7

aite yea i prolly will go ahead and give more money now bc i dont wanta get up and love it and then have to buy a second one....thanks 4 ur help....i gotta work this weekend but next weekend its off to try it...

also will a jet ski be aite or a boat?

Calskater23 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1795 City: FRESNO

A jet ski or boat work fine it doesn't really matter.

Calskater23 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1795 City: FRESNO

Which board do you like best between the two?

gatorboarder34 · Faceplant Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 7

well im partial to the hyperlite just bc thats the wakeboard that i have..but i like em both but if had to chose now i would go with the hyperlite...

gatorboarder34 · Faceplant Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 7

is the 113 the same as a 42? or what? trying to figure out the size stuff?

Calskater23 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1795 City: FRESNO

Are you still there?

Calskater23 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1795 City: FRESNO

the 113 is in like cm so its probably like 42-44 inch. The 42 is in inch

Calskater23 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1795 City: FRESNO

Most likely 43 inch because it's within 107 and 116

Calskater23 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1795 City: FRESNO

They're is also a 117 which may better suit your size.

http://www.boardstop.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_31&products_id=2116

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

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