Waterskating!

SCBrips · Posted: Mar 29, 2010 10:42 am Post subject: Waterskating!

Don't know if this has been posted before, but I was going through some old wakeboard stuff and came across the April 1998 issue of WBM (Lake Powell issue). I saw this ad and had to post it...

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

I wish it was still called that.

RC · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 1033

SCBrips · Posted: Mar 29, 2010 10:59 am Post subject:

I would prefer "bindingless delight".

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

This swirls many an emotion in my heart...I'm glad it's not called waterskating. I felt spiteful when I first saw that ad, and I hadn't even tried riding bindingless yet.

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

RC · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 1033

I would never want to change the name of wakeskating or anything..but waterskating does seem more suiting from a logical standpoint (maybe an outsiders/non-riders point of view). Especially since the revolution of winching, wakeskating has kinda went the way of "water" instead of just wake. I mean, when it was named wakeskating, most assumed the sport would follow wakeboarding and be a "behind the boat" kinda sport.

You could call it waterboarding for all i care though. I'll love it nonetheless.

RC · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 1033

Random Sidenote: I hate it when I tell people I wakeskate and they respond with "weight-skate..? what's that?" Smash

SCBrips · Posted: Mar 29, 2010 11:51 am Post subject:

electricsnow, word. That board even resembles that FM Josh Smith pro model that Messer would ride with FWT pads.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Mar 29, 2010 12:27 pm Post subject:

Waterskating ftw.

cjbecker · Posted: Mar 29, 2010 12:32 pm Post subject:

aquashredding

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

acceptance of hyperlite's "waterskating" is a sign of the apocalypse in wakeskating...or a different generation. it's totally ironic too because in their early "waterskate" promo video all of that riding was just wake[board]skating, like wakeboarders doing wakeboardy things without bindings.

So I'm definitely going with SCBrip's hyped suggestion of "bindingless delight."

SCBrips, I just think it's weirder to compare that board to jason's first foam board. Or if you see the first prototype of that thing, it's literally a foam covered wakeboard with shaped wakeboard binding foot beds (imagine a binding footbed, sans rubber straps, and an arch support for full on directional shredding).

but at least they used FWT pads (and never advertised/promoted the FWT part). wow, i haven't felt this kind of bitterness since like 2003!

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

hydroskating?

Classy · Posted: Mar 29, 2010 2:09 pm Post subject:

I've ridden ole blue. didnt say fresh water on te bottom however.

Toxis · Posted: Mar 29, 2010 3:34 pm Post subject:

mojo · Posted: Mar 29, 2010 4:00 pm Post subject:

i remember the first production wakeskate i rode. that old hyperlite that had a foam top and two grey pads. back when it was a thing to goof around on

jcoffey · Backside 180 Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 1339

i rode friday and my mom got off work and asked if i 'waterboarded' today....

i told her that thats illegal Smash

Jholiday · Posted: Mar 29, 2010 6:45 pm Post subject:

the sponge is where its at

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Mar 29, 2010 8:46 pm Post subject:

jcoffey, lol. My Grandma, 90, calls it wakesticking. ahha

stompin9s · Posted: Mar 29, 2010 8:54 pm Post subject:

props to the canadian jeff heer for sticking the w2w fs 180 on that thing