wakeskating without skateboarding?

JamesBoardr · Posted: Aug 04, 2009 8:54 am Post subject:

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BB · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 1706

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

We all know you can get hurt on a wakeskate (be it getting caught in the handle, various knee injuries, etc), but you have to admit that concrete is much gnarlier than water. You're (the "general you" and not anyone specific) kidding yourself if you think our repeated falls on the water would compare to doing anything similar on a skateboard.

And I don't think wakeskating and skateboarding are the same and I think wakeskating is being sold short if people think it's some sort of skateboarding knock off (even though skateboarding is a huge influence for wakeskating). I think spowell said it best in simple terms: "most of us do skateboard i would say, but wakeskating is DIFFERENT."

Plus, so many people have had the chance to explore a new medium and they've brought a combination of new tricks and tricks that came from skating that were figured out on a larger board. (In a way, i'm tempted to call the latter re-invention, especially since years ago people didn't think 360 flips were possible on a wakeskate.) Others have been able to use both their creativity and imaginations to invent or apply technology for wakeskating, taking their inspiration from skate, wake and snow to create something different. I guess I'm trying to say that with all of the work and imagination that others have put into wakeskating, I think it's very limiting to say that all wakeskating is is people trying to skateboard on the water.

BB · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 1706

All I am saying is that we (or at least I) don't wakeskate b\c of the fear to skateboard and afraid to get hurt. I agree that concrete is a beach and hurts to take a slam but regardless of the pain wakeskating is indeed "different" and gives you a feeling that no other can. IMO

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

it would be stuntboarding

all superman tricks

toeside supermans
backside supermans
supermans to blind
switch supermans
supermans to revert
wrapped supermans
etc

T-Hawk · Posted: Aug 04, 2009 4:13 pm Post subject:

POPTART,

A couple days ago, i was doing a startup i/o bennihana, and i went to tailgrab and my hand got stuck in my shoe and i ate sheeeeeeeet. Cool

yookyle · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 1002 City: Reno

what i said was a joke. i dont actually think that way.
i dont wakeskate because when i fall it hurts less, ido it because i <3 it haha.
But its scientific fact that concrete is alot more dense than water so its less risk factor.
i would never try to back3 w2w if the wake was concrete.

dirtysouthwakeskate · Ollie Joined: 02 Jul 2009 Posts: 58

lords of dogtown-skate swimming pools- a standing concrete wave 365 days of the year-and look at skating now, imagine wakeskating in 30years time

wakeskating seems like its not gonna hurt so much as every one has at some point come of a skateboard and hit concrete its just as easy if not more so to bust a knee ankle etc. thou if you end up slidding on ur nuts when hiting a rail its gonna hurt just as much in both formats.

but then no matter what you do if you push ur riding ability's you could get hurt, thats for me what makes it fun. doing things you cant do, till you can.