new idea

butterisnice777 · Ollie Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 96 City: NewcaStle

There would be weights on a bar and they would slid to the side thats flipping
it would be half the weight of the weights in the vinyl with the same effect on flip tricks . go to www.freewebs.com/777wake for more

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

seems like it would be an inconsistant flip that rotates off axis often.

jclary2987 · Ollie Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 83 City: San Marcos

maybe it would work but im a little skeptic, im not knocking the idea it seems legit, but to me it seems like the board would ride funny when the weights are moving around while you are just cruisin, but im prolly wrong

goride · Posted: Sep 18, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject:

your board would flip and spin very ackward, it would slow down then speed up causing predicitibility to be lost. Just my opinion though.

butterisnice777 · Ollie Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 96 City: NewcaStle

me and my friend are still trying to work out the bugs

JB_CANSKATE · Posted: Sep 18, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject:

butterisnice777 · Ollie Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 96 City: NewcaStle

im out so comment some more and ill check it in the morning.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Sep 18, 2007 10:59 pm Post subject:

Poo · Guest

try flipping a half empty water bottle in the air and see how it spins. Neutral

wakemitch · Posted: Sep 18, 2007 11:48 pm Post subject:

NaRC-P rider · Posted: Sep 18, 2007 11:52 pm Post subject:

yes! kickflips that spin like a hammer through the air would look so gnar on film

goride · Posted: Sep 18, 2007 11:54 pm Post subject:

in tahoe we would call that "gnar gnar pow pow" what that means ill never know.

River WF · Posted: Sep 19, 2007 12:10 am Post subject:

uh. i dont think that idea is really going to progress this sport.... but. what the hell do i know?

savagegarrick · Posted: Sep 19, 2007 7:38 am Post subject:

board2much · Pop Shuvit Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 107

well new ideas that progress the sport come out of trial and errors like this. i mean, it's hard to think of one idea until you see one that doesn't work.

i have an old SURFING mag from '89. they asked a bunch of shapers what they thought the next big progression in surfboard manufacturing would be. Al Merrick said that the next big thing would be when they can put kind of a pivot point in the boards so they flex and drive even harder. 15 years later=Firewire. As stupid as the idea sounded back then, it made people think.

Le Jalapeno · Guest

i thought of the same idea, but the only problem i had was with getting the weights to re center (some spring system could fix this) and the flips were actually very in consistent, and very hard to work with. i think weights in the center are best for now

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Sep 19, 2007 2:10 pm Post subject:

i think people are going to progress the sport more then a high tech gimikey skate. Smash

butterisnice777 · Ollie Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 96 City: NewcaStle

thanks for the input i'll work on it more and update sometime

goride · Posted: Sep 19, 2007 3:41 pm Post subject:

i think ppl should start lookin at constructing skates like snowboard kind of. Put reshapable rails (omen), do a wood core with fiberglass/carbon fiber etc. wrapping it and keeping the wood protected. Also what about using some bamboo which will make the skate extremely snappy and bamboo is near impossible to break. Also running birch along the sidewalls would allow the skate to sit a lil deeper in the water when on edge.

If i had the time id build and test.

butterisnice777 · Ollie Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 96 City: NewcaStle

ill try some of that