What year is this board from?

Tmac1 · Posted: Jul 07, 2005 11:46 am Post subject: What year is this board from?

I learned to ride on this thing in 2000 -- I had an I/O at the time. A friend found it at a Garage sale and bought it for me for $5.

After my addiction has grown I have spent thousands on a new boat and equipment Shocked

Where will it stop? Laughing

Swass · Guest

Circa 1995.

colefooter · Posted: Jul 07, 2005 11:57 am Post subject:

Dude I have that board! I learned on it! I might have a pic of me on it ill have to scan it later..

Tmac1 · Posted: Jul 07, 2005 12:03 pm Post subject:

It's funny looking back at old equipment -- I think this is going to make a nice bench somewhere...I assume no one rode switch on one of these? Laughing

Parks_is_wicked · Newbie Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 25 City: Armstrong

Don't make a bench!!!

that would be a waste of a good opportunity to change it into a wakesurf borad.

It is the perfect shape; just take the bindings off and add grip tape.

RUSSIAN · Posted: Jul 07, 2005 5:18 pm Post subject:

the first time I saw one was in 93'.
I tried to use an old directional to wakesurf and it didn't work

*EDIT* after second thought, it may be closer to what swass said

Go_Ride17 · Criminal Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 73

i learned to ride on one of those bad boys, except the one i rode on was well beaten, chipped, worn, faded and i think it even had a piss stain on it... meh, it beat kneeboarding

Blake · Posted: Jul 07, 2005 7:41 pm Post subject:

The worst part about it is I just strolled into a little hick boat shop in the middle of nowhere last week and they had one for sale for like 2 or 3 hundred... I learned on a CWB slayer like 6 years ago!

matt1808 · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Posts: 1981

it is either a 1995 like swass said or a 1994. I think swass is right though, because I think it came out a year after the Blade Runner and I think the blade runner came out in 1994.

fergie23 · Posted: Jul 08, 2005 7:37 am Post subject:

wow...so different looking!

A friend of mine just got an old Hyperlite board with a picture of the Twin Towers on it...anyone have any idea what year that one is from? Kind of wierd...I'm sure it's from before 9/11 but I'm wondering how long before...

AndyAndy · Addict Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 660 City: cutchogue

I learned on a board like that except it was made by hyperlite. It has a graphic on it that says "the soul of wakeboarding". I tried throwing some wax on it and wake surfing with it 4 days ago and it rode great, except its to narrow and doesnt have enough flotation to let go so u have to hold on with it

electricsnow · Posted: Jul 09, 2005 12:01 am Post subject:

yeah, swass is right. It is one of connelly's models from 1995. And that's really cool that they found it for 5.00.

FLyGuYy03 · Newbie Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Posts: 30

Man dont make me take pictures of my early 90s scurfer Smile

like 3 8 inch fins hah.

wjhamilton · Newbie Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 24 City: dallas

WILD!!! I learned on a Blade.... I haven't seen one of those in years; I would have paid $5 just to hang it up on my wall.

That "Twin Towers" Hyperlite is probably from '96-'97 or thereabouts -- I know it was when they were still referred to as "twin tips"

My first is an old Hyperlite surf style with an airplane on it, I believe; I still store it at my parent's house and haven't seen it in a few years....