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Are sandal or kiteboards style bindings OK for beginners?

 
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maxr
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PostPosted: Nov 11, 2011 1:24 am    Post subject: Are sandal or kiteboards style bindings OK for beginners? Reply with quote

Looking on Ebay at wakeboards suitable for a beginner, I see a number with kitesurf style bindings that are mostly neoprene and velcro, or 'sandal' type. Are those still OK for beginners, or is the boot or open toe boot type the only one worth considering now?

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PostPosted: Nov 11, 2011 2:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Max,

Jobe do a version of the Brooklyn 139 that comes with sandal style bindings and a lot of people we know love them. Sandals are quicker and easier to get into, but if you're at the stage where you're getting serious air, or perhaps you just prefer that "locked in" feel, then they're probably not going to be right for you.

Pros - cheaper, quicker
Cons- more likely to come off under serious load

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PostPosted: Nov 11, 2011 6:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Get boots!
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PostPosted: Nov 11, 2011 7:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

For wakeboarding, get boots, for kiteboarding almost everyone chooses sandals. I wear boots for both.

There is no debate here for wakeboarding: boots. You can start off cheap if you want, but don't use sandals to wakeboard.

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PostPosted: Nov 11, 2011 8:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you're getting sandal bindings on a wakeboard you may as well save money and get a wakeskate. Sandal bindings offer no support and a "one foot in one foot out" twisting leg fracture is a easy possibility (think your body twists but one leg stays in the binding and the board doesn't twist with you).

You can find boots for cheap nowadays so there's no excuse to get anything but that.
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PostPosted: Nov 11, 2011 9:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Guys!

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