Wakeski

wakejeff · Addict Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 584 City: P-Dubs

Anyone tried it or doing it

http://www.waterskis.com/WakeSkis-from-HO-s/175.htm

david-d · Guest

Link doesn't work

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

http://www.hosports.com/gear/product?id=9191

wakejeff · Addict Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 584 City: P-Dubs

even better

david-d · Guest

they remind me of skiboards.... i wonder if those would be fun. it would seem difficult to spin and land blind and stuff though

J-Ro · Posted: Dec 28, 2007 9:03 am Post subject:

Ha, I remember HO Joe telling me these were coming out back in '98. I guess the death of the inline skating craze postponed it a little.

brath5 · Outlaw Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 222 City: Winnipeg

if you ask me it looks pretty sweet. well up here in canada i know a decent number of guys that love skiing but can't really do much in summer. it'd be like the snowboard to wakeboard transition.

david-d · Guest

almost.... but not.

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

brath5, exactly. The skiiers up in Tahoe that helped test them were evidently pretty stoked on them. It will be interesting to see how well they do because skiing has definitely picked up momentum in the past few years.

Also, one of my fellow pro shop managers modified some Ronix bindings to fit perfectly onto the skis. Looks real damn clean if you ask me, and the people that I know that have tried them have said they worked much better than the Venom ski boots they ordered them with.

Brit Rider · Posted: Dec 28, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject:

I'm amazed they are getting this warm of a reception... normally this kind of stuff gets a slating on here....

However on this occasion I am calling the Colorful

emoticon into full operation.

This is weirder and possibly even more questionable than the time I got my junk caught in the fax machine.

bonsaitree · Outlaw Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 198

they look awkward and bulky to me. then again I bet wakeboards looked that way when people first started riding them too. It'll be interesting to see how they turn out.

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

trick skis with fins, nothing that revolutionary. it's too bad skiing died out, they were doing crazy sh*t in the 80s.

actionmama · Outlaw Joined: 21 Jul 2007 Posts: 140 City: Mountain Home

I was talking to an avid snow skier the other day and he was telling me the new thing is twin tip skiing. Both ends are rounded, the front a bit wider than the rear and the bindings are mounted in the center. You can go park, pipe, all mountain. Looks the same to me...but way way to expensive to try.

Now if I could just pick up snow skis and mount my snowboard bindings-I'd maybe give it a shot.

tpj · Outlaw Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 158

they look like they could be fun at a cable park, but kinda weird just hitting the wake

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

I could see them being fun for a free skier at cable park. Off the wake they're kinda weird, and every wreck looks like an absolute trainwreck. You also have to ride them waaay tail heavy.

J-Ro · Posted: Jan 02, 2008 11:31 am Post subject:

waker80 · Newbie Joined: 11 Aug 2008 Posts: 2

http://www.stereoskis.com/2008/08/new-wakeski-trick/

flounderbout · Outlaw Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Posts: 224 City: London

kent2010 · Soul Rider Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 281 City: Needles

LFdisciple · Posted: Aug 15, 2008 3:53 am Post subject:

all i can think about when i see these things is constant splits

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: Aug 15, 2008 4:12 am Post subject:

pops would love those he was a trick skier back in the day.

kevoLFwake · Outlaw Joined: 17 Jul 2008 Posts: 132

pain written all over them.

SilverMustang35 · Posted: Aug 15, 2008 2:24 pm Post subject:

I have a set of em ...well not the HO brand\
http://www.bodyglove.com/products_detail.php?product_id=22790
They are fun and they are interesting to use....I've since become addicted to boarding and leave these things at home. I was able to jump the wake with em and kinda butter slide....but again, I didn't do too much with them....They ahve been used about 3 times and look brand new...so Im thinking of sellin em for 140....we have a team retreat next week at the lake and a couple people want to try em...doubt anybody will, but they go up for sale after that lol...sorry...didn't mean to plug that...
But yes, I have tried em, own em, board more....lol..but they are fun...

ky1e · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 2693

I've seen a dude killing it on them at OWC. Huge backflips off big white, transferring nessy, doing some overall crazy stuff. It was pretty impressive

waker80 · Newbie Joined: 11 Aug 2008 Posts: 2

This is like hearing the waterskiers when wakeboarding was first introduced. And snowboarders, when the twin tip snowskis first came out. I think they look like great fun, and I wont be surprised if they are the new hit in 2-5 years from now. There is no doubt about who is going bigger in the snow parks. Skier Sammy Dumont just beat Snowboarders Terje Haakonsen's quarter pipe height record in his first attempt at it. The same guy, along with Sammy Carlson, are also doing a lot more advanced stuff on the rails than any snowboarder out there. Are you guys afraid of some change? I say, welcome Wakeskis!!! PS: Silver Mustang35: The skis HO and Stereo are making, is something very different from what Body Glove and Hydroslide is doing.

Blackcreek · Outlaw Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 151 City: Jacksonville

How are these different from trick skis? Confused

Prizzy · Soul Rider Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Posts: 360 City: Milwaukee

Im not sure how long these are going to last but just like aggressive inline skiing was dieing and this I think is the last chance for it to come back. I too also see major splits in the future and the falls look like they would be no fun.

matthew0111 · Newbie Joined: 03 Mar 2010 Posts: 2 City: Kyneton

try www.stereoski.com and youtube stereoski if you wanna watch there videos