O'Brien's Intox Wakeskate Explained

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

you know the drill: read this or perish.

http://www.wakeskating.com/showarticle.php?a=723

Evan71 · Posted: Feb 09, 2009 1:06 am Post subject:

i really want to try this board looks sicck, and the weight sounds good. 8 lbs ftw

wakemitch · Posted: Feb 09, 2009 2:11 am Post subject:

great article.

i love knowing why a board is designed a certain way. im still not a fan of pushed out concave. it seems that size 12 feet would be in the minority. oh well.

Jholiday · Posted: Feb 09, 2009 7:47 am Post subject:

this board is sick... loved the shiznat out of it when i was riding it....

denskiesATX · Pop Shuvit Joined: 05 Apr 2009 Posts: 103 City: San Marcos

looks like a rip off of the MOD

masi · Posted: Apr 17, 2009 10:30 am Post subject:

denskiesATX, how can you say. just because its a composite, and has larger kicktails then normal boards. how can you come to the conclusion that a board is a rip off just by appearance. doing that is like saying that every single concave board rips off a cassette. thats a terrible assumption

wakeskate77 · Frontside 180 Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 335 City: HELL

I just got mine and really like is so far.

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

denskiesATX, it looks nothing like the mod. And derek has been working on stuff like this for years so I know for a fact he wasn't influenced by that wakeskate.

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

I've been interested in skates like this since I saw the Byerly one at Surf Expo a while back. I'd really like to try one. I do LOVE me some bi-levels but at the same time I think composite is the way to go for stuff like this. I know you don't get the same properties (flex, etc) but it's a somewhat similar concept.

Anyone in the Tampa area have a super steep concave skate they'd like to let me try at the cable sometime?

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

GnarShredd, there might be a way for you to try an intox. Let me get back to you on that.

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

electricsnow, Thanks. That is totally rad of you.

Lk.APK BuTTa · Pop Shuvit Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 218 City: Apopka

Derek let us use his for the weekend and it felt great on the water. Has lots of pop and Bigfoots can ride it too (the guy that got it on loan wears a 13).

bob. · Posted: Apr 18, 2009 10:07 pm Post subject:

sounds sick to me

correct me if im wrong but i believe the intox came before the mod

im not saying theyre alike at all though

bmr712 · Posted: Apr 19, 2009 12:01 pm Post subject:

bob., that is correct. this board has been a work in progress for about 2 years and if anyone has a chance to ride it do cause it isnt like any other board iv ridden

denskiesATX · Pop Shuvit Joined: 05 Apr 2009 Posts: 103 City: San Marcos

looks EXACTLY like my mod. Why don't you cry babies just keep naysaying.

mojo · Posted: Apr 19, 2009 12:15 pm Post subject:

i think it looks like the byerly. if we're going to go name calling at least go to the o.g. board with that shape. just don't buy one. does obrien even have any skaters on the team? they are last on my list of a company i would buy any gear from be it wakeboards or wakeskates

denskiesATX · Pop Shuvit Joined: 05 Apr 2009 Posts: 103 City: San Marcos

exactly. Obrien has been the worst company besides gator since the 90's. Crazy Eyes

Toxis · Posted: Apr 19, 2009 1:09 pm Post subject:

I haven't heard anything negative about o'brien or gator... what's the issues with them?

PoopSkater · Posted: Apr 19, 2009 2:39 pm Post subject:

the mod looks like the intox Laughing

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

it looks like any thick compression molded wakeskate if you want to make sweeping generalizations and not actually pay attention to details in design. the byerly wakeskate's features are much more extreme than the intox, and you can start by looking at the kicktails.

And I know derek doesn't really care about what anyone on here thinks about the design like if it looks like a byerly, a mod, or whatever other similar wakeskate you can think of. But I will back him on it. He's been messing with wakeskate designs for a long time and I know he's had this one in the works since 03 or so.