skateboard=wakeskate??

hyperlitehoney16 · Newbie Joined: 09 May 2004 Posts: 7 City: *lOuIsViLlE*

I know this is a wakeboarding forum, but i've had a question i've wanted 2 ask. I've wakeboarded for a while, but my friend evan brought a wakeskate with him one day, and i tried it. lets just say i didnt do that hot. well, my friend andrew skateboards alot, and he got up easy and was actually pullin a trick or two his first run. For anyone that has wakeskated or has friends that do, do you think to do good wakeskating, you have to be able to skateboard well because it's the same concept and tricks??

vance · Guest

hyperlitehoney16,

I don't believe so. I have never skateboarded in my life, I can;t even stand near one much less on it without falling. And this doesnt effect my wakeskating at all. I'm sure it does help some, but you dont have to be good at skateboarding to be good at wakeskating.

hyperlitehoney16 · Newbie Joined: 09 May 2004 Posts: 7 City: *lOuIsViLlE*

thanks vance, cuz ima try it again this summer, and dint no if i should pick up a board around the house before i go(im the same as you, couldn't stand on a skateboard without fallin! Laughing

) guess ill ujst try again and se how "good" i do! ha ha! thanks babe!

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

yeah, I don't think you need to be able to skateboard but it would definately help. It will help all of your sidewayz sports actually. I picked up skateboarding about 3 years ago to help with my wakeboarding in the off season. It's worth it. It will help you a bunch. Expecially for learning how to ride switch.

Junkee · Posted: May 27, 2004 8:37 am Post subject:

im not good a skateboarding, and im not good at wakestaking...wait that doesnt sound right.... seriously though i dont think it helps that much. i, like vance, can not skate board. i can wakeskate fairly well. not as good as some, but out of my crew, i probably win. so i say D) no it doesnt ,..final answer.

rybassett17 · Addict Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 562 City: Cadillac

I think that it helps qute a bit if you now how to skate like to understand the fundamentals of like the tricks and stuff and being comfortable witout the bindings but I think if you work hard enough at it you will do fine......

andrandre · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 258 City: Toronto

it helps if you skateboard if your going to try tricks like shuvits and flip tricks, because you need good control to catch your board and the right time during shuvits and flip tricks. But as far and riding and jumping you can still wakeskate fine without being a skater.

hyperlitehoney16 · Newbie Joined: 09 May 2004 Posts: 7 City: *lOuIsViLlE*

yea, i kinda figured it would help when it came to doin tricks! but i no i had a few nice wipeouts(one in particluar where the deck came bak and got me across the shin, still got the lovely scar to prove it 2! Laughing

), but i was talkin to my cousin zack who skateboards like a religion, and he went wakeskatin and did horrible! so i guess im half way answerin mi own question! ha ha! thanks for all the input tho yall!

savage3221 · Posted: May 27, 2004 1:33 pm Post subject:

skateboarding and wakeskating, have the same relationship as wakeboarding and snowboarding... similar, and mey have their plusses for doing both, but they do not decide how good you are.

Jester · Posted: May 27, 2004 2:08 pm Post subject:

I'm decent at skating & I suck wakeskating. Most of these guys have it pretty much dead on, it helps but it doesn't dictate how good you're gonna be.

Learning how to do pop shuvits & kickflips is probably easier if you know the mechanics of the move on a skateboard, but you should be able to learn it without skate experience as well. I can safely say that being able to ollie has no bearing on whether or not you'll be able to get air off the wake, it took me forever to get that.

cameron_05 · Outlaw Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 246 City: Cadillac, MI

you don't need to be good at skating