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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 7:14 pm    Post subject: Best skate for W2W Reply with quote

This is my first summer skating and want to make sure I am on the right track.

I'm basically looking for the best skate to do W2W stuff on. I'm more interested in height and spins than the kickflips, shuvits, etc.

Anyways, I have a hyperlite catalyst that I have been using. Is this the right skate for wake to wake stuff or should I be using something else.

Thanks

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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i haven't rode as many boards as people on the forums, but the best W2W board i've ridden is the Cassette Bi-level...heavier boards seem to be easier to control in the air IMO...also, the omen looks pretty decent for W2W if you watch any of Danielo's videos

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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seeing that grubb KILLS the w2w on that board , it cant be that bad of a stick.... but its whatever u want, noone can tell you whats right for you.
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the hyperlites are the best w2w, that's a fact. they're made for it, they're pretty much wakeboards, and grubb goes w2w so much you know he's gonna make his board custom for that stuff.
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I'm more interested in height and spins than the kickflips, shuvits, etc.


why dont you just wakeboard then?
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 8:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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why dont you just wakeboard then?


The knees don't like the wakeboard....I prefer wakeskate wipeouts to wakeboard wipeouts....I would rather break my femur than waste my knee....everybody and their dog can W2W on a wakeboard...I have size 15 feet and I just can't find bindings that fit
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

shizzle thats huge
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 8:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wth did your mom feed you i am only size 9.5
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yea omen i amazing w2w, I have to say but, I do not like that board that much. I am just not a 5 stage person.
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

beasoldierprstn wrote:
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I'm more interested in height and spins than the kickflips, shuvits, etc.


why dont you just wakeboard then?



I'd say that w2w stuff, going huge, and doing spins are just as much a part of wakeskating as shuvits. I like tech stuff, but taking a nosegrab 3 into the flats is something else. It's way more fun than doing it on a strappin board because you know it takes real skill. Just my opinion.

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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you tell them
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

skatewake41, Was that necessary?
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I would rather break my femur than waste my knee


you can actually die from breaking your femur, not to mention thats the wrost pain youll ever feel breaking a bone, if i had a choice id rip apart a knee Smash
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

breaking a bone normally does not lead to long term damage but blowing out a knee will haunt you for ever.
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i would rather break a bone then destroy my muscles again.
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 10:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

if you break your femur in the right place you can hit a major blood vessle and you could bleed to death. i dont think many people know that but i just found it out pretty recently. moslty because its a common injury in motocross, more people actually break their femur while wearing knee braces, while trying to save their acl.
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

che blanc, good point. i never thought of it that way.
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 10:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

breaking your femur is the most painful thing in the world I had to visit a friend in the hospital that severly bruised his and he couldnt walk and was on constant pain meds just for that its no joke, and when he gets to cold snowboarding now his whole left leg starts to ache and he has to stop so its a pretty serious injury I dont think I want either
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2006 11:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

che blanc wrote:
It's way more fun than doing it on a strappin board because you know it takes real skill. Just my opinion.


and they say you can't go big on a wakeskate
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