Flat Skate has Rocker?

Pumpkin Head · Outlaw Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 127 City: Oregon

Please, somebody straighten me out on this subject.

I'm looking at wakeskates. I see the Cassette 45 Flat has 2.0" of rocker. Doesn't sound very flat to me. When they say it's a flat deck what do they mean?

bluefish86 · Posted: Apr 15, 2004 3:33 pm Post subject:

When a skate is "flat", it still has a rocker. A "flat" deck means the top is flat excep for the rocker curve. The opposite of flat is concave. A concave deck's top is more contoured and is better for tricks (I don't wakeskate, though, so I can't really tell you why or how).

DRAGON88 · Posted: Apr 15, 2004 4:58 pm Post subject:

a flat skate would be horible i would think

bluefish pretty much said it, flat/concave has to do with the curve rail to rail not tip to tail.

off topic but where in oregon do you ride?

Pumpkin Head · Outlaw Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 127 City: Oregon

bluefish86 Thanks! Very Happy

I'm feeling much more enlightened. I have a 42" Flat (now that I know what that means.) I really don't do any difficult tricks or anything. In fact, I just rode the skate for the first time a couple of weeks ago.

DRAGON88 I usually ride in the Willamette at Newberg with the wife and kids. Early in the season we hit Hagg Lake since it warms up a little earlier. It was 56 deg. three weeks ago. We usually go out on weekday mornings.