New Cassette Wakeskate Falls Apart After 2 days of use

wakeskater1234 · Faceplant Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Posts: 5

I just got the new aaron reed cassette. The second time i used it the thing slip down the side. The board is unrideable now. What a waste of money.

Todd · Posted: Jan 27, 2004 10:53 pm Post subject:

"the thing slip down the side"

what thing?

...andoutcomethewolves · Posted: Jan 27, 2004 11:28 pm Post subject:

photos?

sk84life · Ollie Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 66 City: Athens

what the heck are you talking about? Question

Subvert · Ollie Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 77 City: Atlanta

$10 says he meant "The thing split down the side." Profread Wakeskater1234, it makes the conversasions so much easier.

rckiy · Ollie Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 92 City: tampa

HAHA DONT YOU LOVE CASSETTE!!! WAY TO GO!

LakeErie · Pop Shuvit Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Posts: 224 City: sandtown

Im sure if you took pictures and explained it to thomas, he would do something about it...or whoever you bought it from

Yuri · Raley Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1977 City: orlando

Just to clear things up wakeskater1234 im not me hes just someone who copied my sn so you guys dont think its the same person and this is not the first time i heard this guy i know bought a Arron Reed 41 2004 and i broke after 4 days and i dunno whats going on but a lot of ppl are complaining about 2004 cassettes.

Chief Pimp A Ho · Ollie Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 69 City: Orlando

Don't stress, just take it back to where you got it. It should be under warrantee

xboard32x · Posted: Jan 28, 2004 6:37 pm Post subject:

I havnt heard alot of good things about cassette the last couple months. There team is awsome and there old boards are dope. But I wonder if there are going w/ cheaper wood or anything like that.

hpdvs · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 288 City: Dallas

That completey sucks, i just bought a 2004 Reed, hopefully its just a fluke

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

how do they break just from rails and stuff or just from normal riding? Id be pissed if something like that broke.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

I just put in a personal order to my shop: 2004 reed and a bunch of t's. OHHH SNAP!!!

Cubby The Shiz · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 169

wow i really dont like hearing this...i really really want the new 04 reed but after hearing all this stuff i dunno....oh well ill probably end up buying it anyway

kyle · Posted: Jan 29, 2004 7:03 pm Post subject:

my 2003 cassette 3d cracked from the tip to the tail after about 2 weeks of riding it, im still riding it until the sucker breaks in two

Cubby The Shiz · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 169

i gotta question about the 04 reed's...so they are shaped just like the 03 3d's right cuz in this pic i saw it looked like a flat deck but a-symmetrical..fill me in

kyle · Posted: Jan 29, 2004 7:20 pm Post subject:

it is still a concave but one side is wider than the other or something, some kind of marketing idea just so they can jack up the prices prolly, but either way, the skate will be tight

wakeriderof87 · Frontside 180 Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 495 City: cen fla

no it is a completely different shape from the 3d's similiar to the 4 track though

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

Kyle, you might want to research this stuff before you start talking out of your a...

Anyway, the reed is a 4trac. It does have concave and it is asymmetrical (the nose is wider than the tail). The reasoning is because you have some extra surface area to nose and tail slides, and the extra surface area also helps out with switch ollies. It's not a gimmic and it's not some BS marketing idea, it's proven skate technology that happens to work with a wakeskate.

kyle · Posted: Jan 29, 2004 8:42 pm Post subject:

so i basically said the exact same thing as you did without sounding all professional. can you please show me the study that proves that the new design is beneficial to the consumer. see, i base cassettes reasoning for putting this new product out on a simple supply and demand demand curve. As technology is developing, the demand for new products is increasing, and with the increasing demand must come supply. cassette needed to put out a "new" product because its competitors are way ahead of their ideas. by saying their skate was asymetrical, they are simply keeping up with the competition. if we were to actually perform a true study, i would assume that the assymetrical skate would have no true effect on the ride or performace of the skate. all that a true assymetrical skate would allow is a different style of ride depending on which direction the board is facing. by increasing the surface area, you are increasing the opportunity for error, and besides, last years 4-trac had plenty of "surface area" for tailslides. so show me the proof electricsnow, or is it not really there? Shocked