ive seen the light

nick · Posted: Jul 05, 2004 10:09 pm Post subject: ive seen the light

ok so ive always supported hyperlite skates mercilessly... til i rode sumthing else for the first time! i tried like 4 peoples boards at OWC, none hyperlite and i liked every single one better than my board. i sold my scape within an hour (for $35 more than i bought it Twisted Evil

) i ended up liking the '03 kampus k39 more than the rest so i ended up ordering one of those kampus' off ebay for $55 and it comes tommorow Very Happy

moral of the story... try and demo every single board you can. if ur on the boat with someone who came from another town or something and hes got some new board, dont ride yours, ride his. try every board you can and figure out which one you like the best. so... anybody have a similar experience?

The Pavement 3.6 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 572 City: Eustis

i love my scape after i rode a cassette flatdeck and a kampus swing.

nick · Posted: Jul 05, 2004 10:21 pm Post subject:

whts different about it 2 you?

JankyZep · Frontside 180 Joined: 30 May 2004 Posts: 414

I haven't tried anyother board expect for the one I have.

The Pavement 3.6 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 572 City: Eustis

its got a lot more foot space than the cassette and its lighter than the swing so i can ollie higher i went out today with it and ollied about 6 inches higher than i normally do. dont get me wrong i love my swing it just gets tiring (sp) when you go out and try 540s and spins, maybe its just the way i do them but whatever. and i love trying to surf the wake and my cassette wouldnt change edges that fast. people say that it would blow away on w2w jumps but ive never lost it, have you?

skatethewake247 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Posts: 172 City: nova

i used to have a cassette flat deck til i got a catalyst 112 and i like my hyperlite way better.

Morphine · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 1207 City: 706omg

Me and Che Blanc have the same views. In the three days I've had my k39, I've done 3 or 4 new tricks that I wasn't even close to landing with my Cassette 3-D. I lost some ollie height, but eh, I just have to get used to it.

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

...and you guys wonder why i always tell people to demo as much as they can before they buy things...

anyways im glad you were able to ride some different boards. it really gives you an idea of what you are missing, and it also gives you the satisfacting of knowing that you ARE riding the best board for you...not what hyperlite thinks, or what the guy at the boardshop thinks, or what we think.

Catalyst · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 736 City: Kelowna

i went from a catalyst 112, to a liquid force concave 41 and the change is unbeleivable. Today i landed way more new stuff than i had ever thought possible in one day. fs lip 270 shuv out, 360 shuv, toe side wake jumps and just some other lip combos. New boards are a must and always demo.

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

thats sick che, you know I love my gate but everybody should definately get what THEY like best, BTW I really like Kampus product so Im glad your supporting them, I hope this means you'll have some new shizzle to post in the heelflip topic Cool

larymack · Faceplant Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 19

i've tried a flat Cassette and the Gate and the 2001 Byerly SBG , but i still go back to my Scape....

nick · Posted: Jul 06, 2004 10:44 am Post subject:

scott a, damn those boardshop employees Laughing

when i went to owc i was landing some ok stuff on my scape, but as soon as i got on the k39 i stuck 360 shuvit first try (that day). i landed a couple more 360 shuvits, 2/3 castalarials, and 3/4 handflip dockstarts with the k39. the other boards were a definite improvement over the scape, but the kampus k39 felt like it was made specifically for me. itll be here some time today Very Happy