Noob With Questions PLEASE HELP

TonyC. · Newbie Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 8

Hey guys and gals, I am a complete Noob when it comes to wakeboarding, I was looking at wakeboards for many weeks now and have come up with a few that I thought would be good boards to start out with, I could be completly wrong so please tell me.

I am looking to spend $300 or less on a package($300 of my own money, that I saved up, from hard work...I dont have my parents by me my stuff...)

Anyway, I was looking at the LF boards, And I have narrowed it down to about two, The 2007 Team, and the 2008 Omega

I am 5'8" and weigh 152lbs

Never been on a wakeboard, please tell me the Pros/cons of these wakeboards...

Thanks

TonyC. · Newbie Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 8

Please??

...lol

TonyC. · Newbie Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 8

Ok.....ummm I guess I won't order a wakeboard soon.........Unless I get some replys....HINT HINT.....

Is it just that everyone hates the noob?.......

howabouttheiris · Addict Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 677 City: Austin, TX

pet575 · Posted: Jan 31, 2008 2:07 pm Post subject:

howabouttheiris, has you taken care of pretty well. I ride a 2006 LF 143 Team w/ Sphinx bindings; I am 5'0" and weigh 190. It is a great board and the bindings are really comfortable.

nickl011 · Posted: Jan 31, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject:

May I suggest not buying a brand new board. Buy a board that is two, three years old. Board companies dont change there board molds very often i.e. LF does every three years. I just bought an 04 LF Trip still in the wrapper last winter for $68 off of ebay. Its a step up from what I was riding, and it was a steal. And got 06 LF Transits for $99 off of ebay.

Ebay is your friend, use her wisely.

pet575 · Posted: Feb 01, 2008 6:47 am Post subject:

Correction: I am 5'9", not 5 foot. If I were 5 foot and 190, that would make me a tub of stuff.

vette74 · Posted: Feb 01, 2008 7:46 am Post subject:

pet575, When I first read that I was picturing you looking like a basketball and eating a box of twinkies a day.

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7597 City: Mogadishu

Hummmmmmm......if you have never been on a wakeboard, why do you want to buy one of your own....?

TonyC. · Newbie Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 8

ummmmm....Because I don't know anyone that wakeboards around here. and I thought it would be a fun new hobbie...?....?.... Also my father owns a 17' Sea Ray that we bought 2 years ago, used, and it still looks almost new....I think we need to get some good use out of this boat.......

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7597 City: Mogadishu

Where is "around here"? If you live near me, I will let you demo anything I have and see what you like......

Can you demo or rent?

I wouldn't drop $300 on something that you don't know if you will like. Who knows, you may want a knee board and tube....or a wakeskate.....or skis....

Do you have a handle/rope?

If you are set on buying something....

http://boardersmall.com/xcart/home.php?cat=280

.......has some good deals in the closeout section linked....

pet575 · Posted: Feb 01, 2008 2:20 pm Post subject:

+1 to EJ's suggestion. Maybe I jumped the gun a bit in responding. Are there any wake or snowboard shops near you? There is a shop near me that is wake in the summer and snow in the winter. Anything like that near you? You should try one out before you buy. You might find out you don't really like it all that much.

I rode a friend of mine's OLD board before buying. Made me very happy with what I bought because the old clunker is all I had for comparison.

TonyC. · Newbie Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 8

I dont know how I am going to try out wakeboarding before I buy, because I live in Ohio......and Ohio kinda sucks when it comes to water sports...lol....we have A TON of snowboard shops around but none of them have any wakeboard supplies, at all......

I am just digging myself deeper into another expensive sport, I already play paintball during the winter on an inside speedball field and that costs me $50 a trip.....o well.....I guess there really isnt anything cheap to do anymore.....

TonyC. · Newbie Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 8

O and pet575, when i first read your post that you were 5' and 190, I was thinking to myself....Damn he is one little chunky dude to be wakeboarding....lol Laughing

I was imagining an Oompa loompa.....HAHA

pet575 · Posted: Feb 02, 2008 1:34 pm Post subject:

I'm a tub of chit, but not that big of a tub of chit! Have you asked the snowboard shops if they carry wake, or just assumed that they don't? With as much boating as there is near Ohio, I'm willing to be some of them carry wake stuff at that time of the year.

Run some searches on the manufacturers' sites for LF, Ronix, Hyperlite, O'Brien, CWB and see if they have some local authorized dealers in your area. For example, LF dealers in OHIO:

http://www.liquidforce.com/dealer_ohio.htm