Are you happy with your board racks?

MXman · Newbie Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 5

I just wanted to get a general concensus on how well you like your board racks. I have an old set of wakedesigns racks that absolutely suck. Being an engineer I can not belive they made such crappy racks. What makes it worse is when looking for new ones they dont seem to be much better.

So I have a bunch of ideas on how to improve them, but wanted to get some feedback before investing the time into designing them. So if you could rate the following things on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being most important) for me I would appreciate the input.

Having racks removable?

Not neededing a tool to remove them?

Rack doesnt rattle (due to it being removable)?

Boards held secure in rack (no rattling or banging around in rough water)?

Holding the board with out using bungee cords?

Crome Finish, lots of bling, bling?

Would you pay an extra $75-$100 for a rack that had all this?

Thanks guys and Ill be sure to remember you if I come up with something good.

QNev · Posted: Oct 13, 2005 8:33 am Post subject:

Having racks removable? 10

Not neededing a tool to remove them? 0

Rack doesnt rattle (due to it being removable)? 0

Boards held secure in rack (no rattling or banging around in rough water)? 9

Holding the board with out using bungee cords? 0

Crome Finish, lots of bling, bling? 8

Would you pay an extra $75-$100 for a rack that had all this? Hells yes.

Our rack is mounted so horribly. There's a 1/8" piece of alluminum welded onto the crossbar on the side of the tower, and the rack has a little nub that goes through the piece on either side of a little bolt in the middle Shocked

. This thing bounces everywhere going over chop!

dirtysparks · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Posts: 2428

You just described the monster racks to a T except for the bungee cords. I'm really impressed with mine, they hold the board solid, no noises, quick release, and shiny, but they do have a bungee which I don't even attach sometimes. The boards only move around without the bungee if I hit a roller hard, and even then they won't fall out.

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

Having racks removable? 7

Not neededing a tool to remove them? 3

Rack doesnt rattle (due to it being removable)? 10

Boards held secure in rack (no rattling or banging around in rough water)? 10

Holding the board with out using bungee cords? 5

Crome Finish, lots of bling, bling? 5

Would you pay an extra $75-$100 for a rack that had all this? depends on total cost for me. If you're talking about in the ~$500 range for a pair then no.

Geoff Standish · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 843 City: Calgary

First off let me say I have an 05' Supra 21V with the Roswell rotating board racks. I love these racks with the exception that the locking pins stick from time to time. How ever Roswell has sent me a retrofit kit (THANKS ROSWELL!) and I hope all will be well for next season.

Having racks removable? 5 (Or have them mounted so securly that it wouldn't be easy to steal)

Not neededing a tool to remove them? 5

Rack doesnt rattle (due to it being removable)? 8

Boards held secure in rack (no rattling or banging around in rough water)? 8

Holding the board with out using bungee cords? 8

Crome Finish, lots of bling, bling? 8

Would you pay an extra $75-$100 for a rack that had all this? you betcha!

Damon · Posted: Oct 30, 2005 1:19 pm Post subject:

Yeah MXman, you should check out monsters racks, they are well engineered.