the gate

Matt Sacchitiello · Ollie Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Posts: 68 City: oakville

can you nose slide on the gate or is it only good for manuals and nollies

wakeboring · Faceplant Joined: 18 Sep 2003 Posts: 18 City: Polk

You cant nollie a wakeskate no matter on any wakeskate currently. And I wouldnt call it manualing when your on the tail. Because you dont really have to balance yourself like you would on wheels. If you want nose slides get a 4 trac.

BillyOLDS · Posted: Oct 01, 2003 8:01 am Post subject:

the only cool thing about the gate is well nothing, its a board that is a big gimmick. demo it and see for ur self, its not worth the money

Matt Sacchitiello · Ollie Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Posts: 68 City: oakville

so nobody is really happy with what hype is doing with there wakeskates>

greg van wagnen · Posted: Oct 01, 2003 10:44 am Post subject:

i read the interview in aliance with the dude that owns hype and he was talking about 2005 something big comming out, i wana see what that is

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

You know, I read that too, and until I see what the design is, I won't be totally impressed. Every other year the pro's get a new signature board and 2005 will be the year that grubb and scott modify their current models. So it's hard to say if the design will be groundbreaking or not.

I know they want to try and find a way to keep some wood skates in the line because parks and ruck prefer the feel of wood.

skatingguy · Pop Shuvit Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 156 City: Birmingham

Dammit, I have a Gate and it works fine for me (although that might just be because I suck and don't know the difference.) And I skateboard WAY more than I've ever wakeboarded, so it's not like I would want a board that feels more like a wakeboard. All I know is that it's really easy to ollie, and it releases pretty well for lip tricks and stuff (even with fins).

takticwakesk8 · Faceplant Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Posts: 3

I have a gate and it is dope, you can lock onto a nose slide fairly easy with it. I think the gate is totaly worth the money.

foammesh · Posted: Oct 01, 2003 12:53 pm Post subject:

I rode the gate and thought it sucked too. I don't even have time to list everything I disliked about it.

funnyfeni · Posted: Oct 01, 2003 1:22 pm Post subject:

well if anyone owns the gate and doesnt like i will buy it off them. i liked the gate when i rode it, i think you can ollie pretty good with it. my board went to the shits, i cant even ollie anymore, the edges are all missed up

skatingguy · Pop Shuvit Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 156 City: Birmingham

OK, what does everyone hate about this board?? I seriously want to know.

RUSSIAN · Posted: Oct 01, 2003 6:50 pm Post subject:

rumor has it that Byerly is doing full on bluntslides on the wake with this thing Shocked

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

Is he balancing on a fin too? If not, wouldn't that just be a nose or tail slide? For a bluntslide, you need to be balancing on a truck or your wheels, and if you're not balancing on anything else it's just a nose or tailslide.

That to me is one of the faults of the gate, even with the kicktails, the fin is set so far in that you can't do a true bluntslide. The only deck I've seen thus far that can do true blunts is the 4-trac.

RUSSIAN · Posted: Oct 02, 2003 7:57 pm Post subject:

electricsnow, don't know much details. I heard he was doing blunts on top of the wake to 360 shove-it out

David Legler · Posted: Oct 02, 2003 8:02 pm Post subject:

hm...sounds kind of funny lookin.

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

RUSSIAN · Posted: Feb 18, 2004 12:31 am Post subject:

el, bingo

kyle · Posted: Feb 18, 2004 10:37 am Post subject:

the beauty of wakeskating is that there are no trucks on the skate, so the tricks are not the same in skateboarding. a bluntside in wakeskating can be different then a bluntside in skateboarding

kyle · Posted: Feb 18, 2004 10:38 am Post subject:

by the way ive seen brandon thomas do that bluntside looking thing to shovit out tons of times and ive also seen him do a shovit into one tons of times, the gate is pretty sweet

WCR · Pop Shuvit Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Posts: 160 City: K*Town

i don't like the skate at all Crying or Very sad