rocker??

ELC · Newbie Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 39 City: Paw Paw

I would consider myself a good wakesurfer. I learned on my friends Broadcast 5'6''. Now i have a boat and rather than shelling out +300 dollars i thought i would give building my own a try. It is 4' long and about 22'' wide. It has 3.5'' of rocker in the front and 1.75'' of rocker in the tail... was this a waste of time or am i going to have one crazy surf?

Bigshow · Newbie Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 17 City: Columbus

The width sounds right, for me at 220 pounds the board would be too short - small. More rocker means slower. If you want to Ollie you’ll want a lighter board. Some of the better boards are extremely light, how much does your board weigh?

There are many quality wakesurf boards, I think it would be very difficult to match the quality and performance of a well made board. Shred Stixx, Inland Surfer, and Walker Project boards are top notch. More responsive than a board like a broadcast.

That said I just completed a board building project using recycled materials. The rocker on my board is 4.5 inches, that was a mistake, but it is what it is. The cost to build my board was well over $100 and it’s quite heavy. I had a great time building my board. Here’s a link to a slide show on the build: http://www.wakesurf.net/media/showphoto.php/photo/259

snowmonkey · Outlaw Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 103

The most redic thing i have ever seen.
tell us how it rides

Bigshow · Newbie Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 17 City: Columbus

Here's the Recycled board on the water.

bsettle · Outlaw Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 100 City: Columbus

Hey Big show,

I saw the Kroger bags and then the pictures of what I thought was Griggs and it was. Nice job on the board, hopefully I'll see you out there this summer. I have a 95 Echelon with a Monster tower on it, say hi if you see me out there.

Brian

Bigshow · Newbie Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 17 City: Columbus

I'll be riding Sunday this week - The red Centurion stirring up the surf wakes:) See you out there. I'm running Wakefest again this year, July 7-8 at the Scioto Boat Club. You should come out, we'll have over $3,000 in cash and prizes. http://www.sciotoboatclub.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=997959&module_id=19576

bsettle · Outlaw Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 100 City: Columbus

Sunday is supposed to be some nice weather, I have jeep trip planned, but if it falls through then I'll be out there for sure. The Wakefest sounds cool, I will put it on the calender.

smedman · Newbie Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 4 City: Austin

ELC - how did the board turn out? The rocker seems a bit extreme to me. most of the high end boards out there have very little rocker - just a slightly upturned nose to avoid pearling