Riding without fins?

bondmaxbondrock · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 141

As you guys know I'm the newbie, and I just realized the board I got off ebay, the guy doesn't have the fins for it. So should I buy some replacement fins or should I just go without? Thanks!

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

check your PM's Ill send you a fin.

girlsafteryou · Pop Shuvit Joined: 16 Jun 2009 Posts: 102 City: Seattle

-b-rau- · Pop Shuvit Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 224

finless or http://www.aquariumhardgoods.com/
Cool

bondmaxbondrock · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 141

Thanks so much POPTART!

burn · Posted: Jun 07, 2013 7:37 pm Post subject:

At the cable, they will most likely make you take them off.

bondmaxbondrock · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 141

yeah but I'm just a beginner, plus I don't have any cable parks near me Crying or Very sad

nick · Posted: Jun 08, 2013 1:41 pm Post subject:

You're going to be way better off learning how to ride your skate without fins. The edges of your board (sometimes confusingly referred to as 'the rails') are going to be what you use to control where you go, instead of just leaning against the rope & letting a fin control you...

Some of the best advice I got for wakeskating was to slow down on trying to learn pop shuvs, ollie 180s, & bigspins, and first get comfortable just riding my wakeskate. Carving around, cruising, doing lipslides & all that will help you understand how your wakeskate interacts to the water & it will make learning everything else down the line much easier.

Being comfortable on your skate is also a crucial element of having good style Idea

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bondmaxbondrock · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 141

Thanks! Also, can someone explain to me what lip tricks are? Like what are lipslides and stuff?

nick · Posted: Jun 08, 2013 4:20 pm Post subject:

I guess you could say lip tricks are a way of skating the wake like you would skate a rail or a ledge...

Take a look at Aaron Reed's video section from Cassette Wakeskate's 2003 video "Sfumato". It's a wakeskate classic loaded with lip tricks, since they were way more popular in videos back then.

http://thewakeskatemag.com/featured/remember-when-aaron-reed/

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bondmaxbondrock · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 141

Oh, so like grinding the lip of the wake? I see people do that alot, I've never tried it on my wakeboard

bondmaxbondrock · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 141

Oh and I just watched this yesterday, so sick. Haha I watched it all over again and it was just as awesome, how does he ollie so high??