A sym rocker

Le Jalapeno · Guest

I just got an idea... what if you were to make a board with an A Sym continuous rocker, would this suck, or work kinda well?

to get a picture of what i'm thinking, take your left hand, make an L and tilt it to the side.

and if you are not already doing this with your hands Laughing

picture a nike swoosh

The Ninja · Guest

i do not think it would work.. the board would ride alot better one way than the other?

Mario C · Posted: Feb 18, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject:

uh, dosn't oak have one??

Le Jalapeno · Guest

Vance Collins, yeah, i guess it would, but would it give a good enough advantage riding one way to be a (semi) good idea

TommyC · Posted: Feb 18, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject:

i have a NEW with an asym rocker

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

Personally i don't understand the concept of asymetrical anything. It all just seems sort of weird. The thing that people have always told me about asym. shapes is that the nose is bigger... for noseslides.

Don't people do tailslides? Why not make both sides big? It's just never made any sense...

wakemitch · Posted: Feb 18, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject:

Slapdown, your skateboard is most likely asym as well, narrow tails with a wider nose.

if both sides are big it makes it harder to set the board on edge.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Feb 18, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject:

new has tried it, its big pop but very slow when its backwards. its kinda werid. but different. unique.

bob. · Posted: Feb 18, 2008 9:53 pm Post subject:

Slapdown, yea thats exactly how i feel, if one side rides better, why not make both sides ride better Smash

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

wakemitch, I know most skateboards are asymetrical. The ones i'm working on actually are symetrical and have both a large nose and tail. I love how they ride too.

I know a lot of wakeskates are asymetrical but if i'm not mistaken... a lot also aren't. In my opinion asymetrical is just a really weird concept. Whether or not it helps with a wakeskate... i don't know. But it just seems sort of ridiculous..

dudufigueiredo · Posted: Feb 18, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject:

ollieshuvitz · Posted: Feb 19, 2008 12:33 am Post subject:

wakemitch, if you know that i know that you know that we know that... Wink

asym rocker works in skateboarding...maybe we can learn something...

wakemitch · Posted: Feb 19, 2008 2:14 am Post subject:

ollieshuvitz, Wink

but chris skateboards dont have rocker, haha. they have an asym outline.

LF decks have an asymetrical shape but symmetrical rocker i believe. asymetrical rocker seems awkward. i think the oak team machine is listed to have asymetrical rocker.

JonnyBravo · Posted: Feb 19, 2008 5:22 am Post subject:

Yeah the team machine is very asym, sooooo weird riding it one way compared to the other. Its interesting but, not really my thing, but its interesting none the less

goride · Posted: Feb 19, 2008 3:02 pm Post subject:

i usually prefer to have a wakeskate that is very consistent and predictable, asym rocker would be like the k2 gyrator snowboard which is only good for pow. Im sure asym rocker could affect pop and edging it would be crappy for riding switch. Also popping a skateboard on the ground vs the water is very different.

Le Jalapeno · Guest

-=AlexXx=-, is the benefit worth the awkwardness?

Mario C · Posted: Feb 19, 2008 5:18 pm Post subject:

consider it like a freeride wakeskate rocker/shape.

Culp · Posted: Feb 19, 2008 5:30 pm Post subject:

goride, k2 gyrator is the hottness if you didn't already know.

Sorry to be off subject

goride · Posted: Feb 19, 2008 5:59 pm Post subject:

Culp trust me if we had consistent good pow here in tahoe id be rockin the gyrator this year. You know next year k2 will be putting rocker on their www which will be a park specific rocker, they will also be putting rocker on a new board coming out thats all mtn.