Board attributes

Rippa · Posted: Nov 19, 2004 6:43 am Post subject: Board attributes

I have had a fairly good look around but can't seem to find anything that really helps. What are the general guidlines for the various physical attributes of a board? i.e. 3 stage rocker, molded fins etc... what effect do they have on the ride?
I would like to be able to take a look at a board and kinda understand that this one's gonna be loose or look out for the landing on this one etc...

intotheflats · Posted: Nov 19, 2004 8:37 am Post subject:

That is tough because until you have ridden a bunch of different boards and actually experienced the difference, its hard to explain. As far as tight or loose, the molded in fins really have little to do with that. I rode a Helix which has some of the biggest, longest molded fins ever and that board was really loose because it had a really rounded tip and tail.

89 skier · Addict Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 729 City: Dallas

Read this post. It should give you some basics about board design

http://forums.wakeboarder.com/viewtopic.php?t=34635

Rippa · Posted: Nov 22, 2004 2:02 am Post subject:

Perfect! Thanks for the link. It is a little difficult here in South Africa as you can't just walk down to your local dealer and try out some demos. It's quite a struggle to get hold of decent boards.

intotheflats · Posted: Nov 22, 2004 2:26 pm Post subject:

I can't demo boards either, I don't have a shop near me so I have to mail order everything. Luckly I have been riding for 8 years and have ridden about 30 different boards so I have a pretty good idea of how a board will ride.

waker1der · Outlaw Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 102 City: London UK

my advise, if your at a starter level go for a continuos rocker, a three stage rcker is allot more aggressive than a continuos

intotheflats · Posted: Nov 23, 2004 3:25 pm Post subject:

I would have to disagree, I think a continuous rocker is more agressive. They cut faster and ride faster. The only real benefit to a 3 stage is the pop. A 3 stage will give a better boot up but only if you hit it right. With a cont. rocker you get the same consistent pop everytime plus you can carry more speed into the wake.

Rippa · Posted: Nov 25, 2004 11:39 pm Post subject:

It turns out that the best advise for me is a fast continuous rocker because our wake is real small. I have bought a older hyperlite fluid 137 with hyperlite bindings and I have had a lot of fun over the last few days!

wira · Newbie Joined: 28 Nov 2004 Posts: 10 City: singapore

ITs hard too..in singapore..well we do have a wakeboard following here and we just hold the world wakeboard championship...but the problem here is that we do not have any major shops...we only depend on boards that the shop just happen to bring from abroad..we dont have much a choice or given a guide/knowledge on wake boarding...so we depend on espn for showing wake boards or when one of us got a video s....well so helps is needed here... Colorful