How did you get introduced to wakeskating?

slayshface · Ollie Joined: 28 May 2010 Posts: 56 City: Orlando

My friend gave me his old impulse so I could shred with him. I am forever in his debt

geissap · Pop Shuvit Joined: 02 Jun 2010 Posts: 142

Um you guys! Smash

Haha for real...my wife and I decided to buy a jet ski. I knew I wanted to be able to boardsport on it somehow. I was laughed off the wakeboarding site when they said I wanted to ride behind a ski, and someone over there said to check out wakeskating. After reading tons of forum posts I just bought a used Oak and my rope and stuff and off I went. Only been out 4 times now but lovin it. My wife is just starting to try now too...

RC · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 1033

I was really into wakeboarding and had couple skates in the past that i sold because i was a doucher wakeboarder. I joined this site sometime back then randomly. Then i tore my acl twice, forced to move away from the lake, and sold my boat. My balls we're chopped off

I got cleared to ride after my surgeries at the beginning of the '09 summer. I had nothing left but my mom's old '94 Sea-Doo and a Cassette flat deck I bought on the way home from the doctor that day from a friend for $30.

It was probably the best thing that ever happened to me Very Happy

JonnyBravo · Posted: Jul 13, 2010 12:45 am Post subject:

Aaron Reed will always be the most stylish and best rider to me. Because this got me onto a wakeskate and always will.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJMfY8ZJyls

I also wish I could poke like he could

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrN6AgkYhz8&feature=related

Raven · Posted: Jul 13, 2010 7:11 am Post subject:

RC · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 1033

JonnyBravo, that section from Volume is now my favorite wakeskating clip ever. thanks for that. Smash

counterpart · Frontside 180 Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 266 City: 661

Used to wakeboard, started to get good, then broke 3 bones in my face doing it, so i kinda quite for a while, during recovery i went to Nacimento with a friend, he ended up forgetting his wakeboard so he rented a wakeskate from the local marina, i wasn't able to ride because my face. The next trip i went on, i stole his skate and have been hooked sense Very Happy

Now i go out 3 times a week behind a 14 foot aluminum with a 25hp even rude Very Happy

haha.

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Jul 13, 2010 2:12 pm Post subject:

I bought a CWB Lucky and invented wakeskating

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

SEAMAN, totally, totally awesome. good luck with your interview!

stompin9s · Posted: Jul 13, 2010 7:10 pm Post subject:

I skateboarded/wakeboarded/skimboarded since I can remember. My first wakeboard was a Waketech Flight 69 (first twin-tip ever). I started wakeskating when I saw Horrell and Byerly riding them in WBM.

I was a Hyperlite fanboy during my adolesence rocking that Belmont with Highbacks, Shaun Murray style Cool

Anyway. Did my research and pre-ordered a Hyperlite Byerly SBG 107 (Hyperlites first all wood concave). It took Performance FOREVER to get the skates in but when I did finally get my skate the dude at Perfski said I was the 3rd person with it behind Byerly and Parks

^while waiting for the skate to arrive, I rode with shoes on a skimboard and stuck a few i/o shuvs...got addicted before I ever rode an actual wakeskate

likwidfolife · Pop Shuvit Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 228 City: DFW

The TBKS wave theory video, I saw it 5 years ago with Evan Lykes part. Grew up skateboarding then saw him throw a vflip in his part, after that I told myself I had to find a way to do it.

It took a couple years to finally get in with some peeps and get some pulls, then I moved to San marcos to be near TSR, the next summer which was last summer I bought a ski. Really changed my life for the better Birthday