will a bigger skate need less juice to get going

bluerocketboy · Faceplant Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 11

I have a 40 inch liquid force fraction sk8 at the moment, and my small boat can just get me up on it with alot of technique. once up its fine.

would swapping to a 45 inch hyperlite sk8 make it alot easier to get out of the water?

cheers

bmosing · Posted: Mar 23, 2010 8:35 am Post subject:

if you can get up on your faction, then DO NOT get a 45. i cannot imagine any reason you would need a 45 inch "sk8" unless you wanted to attach bindings to it and do tantrums Crazy Eyes

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

or if you were reed hansen haha

cjbecker · Posted: Mar 23, 2010 9:18 am Post subject:

no just get use to using good technique. On vacation we were using a 16 foot deep v jon boat with a 20ph on it and it could get us up but you had to do it perectly and it was so much fun. and we were riding a 38.

bluerocketboy · Faceplant Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 11

are u sure it wasn't just a pain in the ass and u would have prefered to get up quickly?

cheers for help Smile

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

what flavor juice are we talking about by the way? Smash

cjbecker · Posted: Mar 23, 2010 9:45 am Post subject:

Gnarly Dancer 42, no idea what you are talking about Question

Edit now i know what you are talking about Smash

bluerocketboy, not enough to get a bigger board.

bluerocketboy · Faceplant Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 11

horse juice

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

cjbecker · Posted: Mar 23, 2010 10:53 am Post subject:

that might get deleted but i had to.

BenBuser · Pop Shuvit Joined: 31 May 2007 Posts: 134 City: Left Coast

bluerocketboy as no one has given you a straight answer... Yes a bigger board will definitely help to get you out of the water easier.

If you think about it the more surface area you have under your feet the easier its gonna be

bluerocketboy · Faceplant Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 11

thanks mate, thats the answer i was looking for

cjbecker · Posted: Mar 23, 2010 11:17 am Post subject:

bluerocketboy, what are you riding behind?

bluerocketboy · Faceplant Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 11

a little 4 meter rib, pretty crappy but works, its actually got a 40hp but pulls less than some smaller boats i've been behind, guess maybe boat is heavy. it gets me going after about 10-15 seconds of struggling. good once your up and going

spowell · Posted: Mar 23, 2010 11:38 am Post subject:

bluerocketboy · Faceplant Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 11

cjbecker · Posted: Mar 23, 2010 11:50 am Post subject:

bluerocketboy, is it alunimum? v bottom or flat?

bluerocketboy · Faceplant Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 11

no its glass fibre, deep v bottom with a big inflatable tube all the way round it

rib=ridgid inflatable boat

they're designed for big choppy coastal conditions so not ideal, but does the job

cjbecker · Posted: Mar 23, 2010 12:10 pm Post subject:

OK now i understand.

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

Sure a 45" board will get you up and going with less struggle. But once you're riding it's going to be a big board to be learning tricks on. Not saying it's going to be bad for you or anything. Just that there's more to wakeskating than how hard you struggle getting up Laughing