Minimum depth

Bestleft4dead · Pop Shuvit Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 221 City: Clermont

Anyone know about what the minimum depth to wakeskate is? theres a piece of dock walkway sitting in the water about water level that i want to attempt to ollie. It's ankle deep or so around the walkway and i dont know if its deep enough to ride in.

Incase you were wondering, i plan on using a PWC to pull me. The path i plan on taking will take me out in to the middle of the lake.

kento911 · Kickflip Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 3657 City: Phoenix

I have ridden in as little as six inches, but you'll have to go no fins, and it better be a pretty minor ollie or you'll bottom out

Greg T · Skeezer Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 2448 City: ohio

yea, you could ride in pretty shallow water, but when you ollie is when there would be a problem, seeing as you are pushing the board deeper into the water.

seven11dmd · Posted: Feb 13, 2005 8:06 pm Post subject:

also the landing on the other side, itd hurt if u ate it

Bestleft4dead · Pop Shuvit Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 221 City: Clermont

where id olleying is deep enough for a good ollie its knee deep there its just start/getting up to speed/travel there thats shallow

stompin9s · Posted: Feb 13, 2005 8:31 pm Post subject:

yea we had this box that was like 5 feet off the water but the water is only like 8 inches deep at low tide and i fell off that thing on my stomach and felt like i was landing on the dam beach. i got winded real bad

kento911 · Kickflip Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 3657 City: Phoenix

coulda been worse the 6inches I rode in was over concrete, those falls hurt the inside of your teeth you hit so hard

Raven · Posted: Feb 13, 2005 10:12 pm Post subject:

I don't think ollieing a dock in ankle deep is good. I once tried to ollie a walkway between marshes on a jet ski, I bounced for my ollie hit the bottom and slid into the dock and it cracked some panel. Be careful!

colorless · Frontside 180 Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 332

You'll be fine. I've rode in soaked grass that gets deeper into a few inches then around 8. Ankle will be fine, just lean back. We had a truck though, not a PWC, so there was a lot more power to start than on a PWC. Might be hard to get up to speed, but stay back on the board. Easiest if you are almost sitting on your back foot....but you'll be fine.

Steven M · Posted: Feb 13, 2005 11:11 pm Post subject:

wakeupfilms and them were riding on 2-3 in. with shuvs and stuff

its on their site somewhere

Fredrick_Eisenhauer · Posted: Feb 14, 2005 6:00 am Post subject:

Remember, when you land you move a bit of water from the impact.

Bestleft4dead · Pop Shuvit Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 221 City: Clermont

I'll try to get a vid of it. Hopefully i dont bust my ass too hard.