just my opinion...

jwise · Pop Shuvit Joined: 24 Jul 2009 Posts: 124

i was reading nick's thread "i want to hear some opinions" and i read that most of yall said that you wished wakeskating didnt follow skateboarding that much and ive thought about that since i started wakeskating. like why do the boards HAVE to have skateboard grip, concave just like a skateboard, and skate shoes? i no yall are gonna think im crazy but id rather it be more like wakeboarding and see what kinda tricks u could pull of without bindings. what do you guys think?

DirtyBrown · Ollie Joined: 18 May 2009 Posts: 66 City: baton rouge, LA

I think you should have posted this in the thread like everyone else.

DMoneyy · Backside 180 Joined: 27 Dec 2007 Posts: 1576 City: SK 941

DirtyBrown, Laughing

triggamike · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Posts: 1392 City: 225

simpsons did it

mojo · Posted: Apr 07, 2010 11:02 am Post subject:

well guys are doing w2w 3's, backside spins, poking out grabs and hitting rails. only way to get more wakeboardy is to flip, but that's what wakeboards are for .

Brett Leadley · Posted: Apr 07, 2010 11:20 am Post subject: Re: just my opinion...

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

sorry but foam just sucks imo.

jacque_mehoff · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 936

I love riding barefoot on some KUSHe foam!

mojo · Posted: Apr 07, 2010 11:32 am Post subject:

if someone did a pete rose on a wakeskate i'd say rock on.

ShutItDown · Frontside 180 Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 452 City: KC

Well, you do the same tricks for one... I don't see how you could ever distance from skateboarding. Why don't you just strap in if its that big of a problem? Grip is there because people like the skateboard feel of it and they are accustomed to the feel.

mojo · Posted: Apr 07, 2010 11:46 am Post subject:

go get a catalyst.

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

i ride barefoot a lot. i don't see how it hurts so bad. I can do airs, 180's ollies, shuvs, and some others barefoot. I dont really do anything im not comfortable with but i do enjoy the feel of grip on the bottom of my feet. Razz

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10753 City: Jefferton

the traction bit is about preference (and maybe a tad bit of bullying Laughing

) but the concave part makes the most sense because it comes down to board control. As for shoes...someone mentioned an old letter to the editor in a wake mag and some dude sliced his toes on a fin, not to mention that shoes are going to give your feet and ankles more support. Get asterisk--thomas will talk about people's response to shoes in the water and why it made sense from a performance stand point.

Finally, how you want to ride is more of a mind set, but I always liked thomas' ideology, which was trying figure out what was possible without bindings, instead of just re-learning what you knew on a wakeboard on a wakeskate.

price.dan · Backside 180 Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 1404 City: Regina

you cant change what wakeskating is. I like to think its a combination wakeboarding/skateboarding/and surfing

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

gnargnar · Guest

ouch

cjbecker · Posted: Apr 07, 2010 2:44 pm Post subject:

i think we should close this and more it to the other thread.

TWG · Kickflip Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 3258

ShutItDown · Frontside 180 Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 452 City: KC

Jay Bird · Posted: Apr 07, 2010 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: just my opinion...