CAN"T GET MY FEET IN THE BINDINGS!

mr.bubbles · Posted: Feb 19, 2006 2:02 pm Post subject: CAN"T GET MY FEET IN THE BINDINGS!

Hey I jsut started wakeboarding and i'm finding it kinda hrd to get my feet in the bindings. Is there any trick to it that I don't know about?

AOliver · Posted: Feb 19, 2006 2:42 pm Post subject:

I couldn't survive without...

AOliver · Posted: Feb 19, 2006 2:43 pm Post subject:

mr.bubbles, as for your pole look into last year's LF models. Personally, I don't like O'Brien.

mr.bubbles · Posted: Feb 19, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject:

thanx, how much is a bottle and can i get it at any sports shop

Zack_Attack · Posted: Feb 19, 2006 5:56 pm Post subject:

Dude, you don't need overpriced hard to get Binding lube. Go get either some old style shaving cream or my personal favorite Suave Shampoo/conditioner. Its 99 cents and it does just as good of a job. And I know someone is going to jump on me and say "thats not as enviromentally safe as blah blah lube" but I know that you guys are pissing in the water so I don't even wanna hear it.

BioliteRy · Outlaw Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 206 City: O-town

hahaha zack shiet, everyone pisses in the water, it's natural. lolzzz yeah dish soap works, any type of lube, maybe even the KY, ha. If they're new bindings they'll be a bit tough though

AOliver · Posted: Feb 20, 2006 8:47 am Post subject:

mr.bubbles, I find that Lava works the best with getting in my bindings. I used conditioner but it would keep the binding really slick while riding and my feet would pop out super easy if I fell. The bindings didn't feel secure with conditioner.

Lava isn't the only brand- I would reccomend purchasing some online at http://www.buywake.com/catalog/index.lasso?cat=20 .

w2w motive · Outlaw Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 105

ill tell you all right now, moose juice is the way to go. besides, soap will slowly but surely wreck your bindings. moose juice dissolves when it hits the water so no worries about slidin out.

Zack_Attack · Posted: Feb 20, 2006 3:41 pm Post subject:

marcuskg · Posted: Feb 21, 2006 1:48 pm Post subject:

I got the binding lube for 10bucks from ebay, a big 128oz bottle. Great deal, the lube works well and its biodegradable.

mr.bubbles · Posted: Feb 22, 2006 2:48 pm Post subject:

thanx i'll have to buy a bottle

mr.bubbles · Posted: Feb 22, 2006 2:49 pm Post subject:

thanx i'll have to buy a bottle

spike138 · Newbie Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 1

you know baby powder works to.

AOliver · Posted: Feb 22, 2006 6:51 pm Post subject:

spike138, baby powder?! Wouldn't that make some sort of nasty paste?

Ctipping · Posted: Feb 23, 2006 12:03 am Post subject:

AOliver, yea...then you mix it up in a big bucket and pour it on your sleeping friends.

Keepsta · Newbie Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 25 City: Edmonton

Ctipping, ya it sounds funny.....until your the poor friend, not knowing from experience or anything Embarassed

WakeUpDead · Newbie Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 29 City: Yakima

We have a bunch of experts on personal lubrication here. Scarin me. Shocked

wakeboardwillis · Soul Rider Joined: 22 Dec 2004 Posts: 275 City: Clare

Shampoo is the way to go.

nfn · Soul Rider Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 388 City: Sioux City

shampoo is better....nooo conditioner is better.

Dip_Krew · Posted: Mar 05, 2006 5:45 pm Post subject:

if your saying you slip out of the binding using soap and such, when u put ur bindings on, hang over the edge of the boat and swish your board around with ur feet and wash away all the soap/ shampoo

PS: what does it matter, you shouldnt be fallin anyway!! Laughing

nfn · Soul Rider Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 388 City: Sioux City

Dip_Krew, if you're not falling then you're not getting better. Wink

Stewie · Posted: Mar 06, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject:

Some lubes work much better than others, but shaving cream is by far the best. Although a lot of LF's high end bindings don't even need any kind of lube to get into.

Dip_Krew · Posted: Mar 06, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject:

LoudonTN · Posted: Mar 09, 2006 7:16 am Post subject:

Stewie, that's what I was going to say, lol.

mr.bubbles · Posted: Mar 13, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject:

8824 · Posted: Mar 13, 2006 4:33 pm Post subject:

mr.bubbles,

Let me guess? Mr Bubbles started a lube company. What a clever way to get your product introduced!

Buy a wakeskate and you will never need lube again.

In the event that this is legit, which I find not to real. MR BUBBLES. Drop some lube into a bucket of water, watch it dissipate, shampoo will linger forever, shaving cream better and real lube will disappear the fastest.

mr.bubbles · Posted: Mar 14, 2006 11:51 am Post subject:

i'm thinking that smapoo is the way to go as far as price, but will it harm my bindings any?

8824 · Posted: Mar 14, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject:

mr.bubbles,

It does not dissipate in the water like other lubes. Once you are in your bindings you do not want to slip out. The residue from shampoo takes time to rinse out completely. I have seen people slip out of their bindings with shampoo.

I would use a shave cream instead. It will dissipate the fastest.

Mr. Bubbles.

mr.bubbles · Posted: Mar 15, 2006 1:31 pm Post subject:

thanx, i guess i will have to try both and see which works the best

Wakemaster_17 · Outlaw Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 123 City: Vicksburg

i just use shampoo because if you fall hard you can still slip out of your bindings and when the shampoo lingers you dont have to get back into the boat to put your board back on

intotheflats · Posted: Mar 15, 2006 8:58 pm Post subject:

Any form of soap sucks. Soap/Shampoo/Conditioner stays in your binding, on your feet and makes you come out easier too. An actual binding lube will completely wash away after a few seconds in the water. Also some soaps, specifically dish soap will damage the binding over time. Either use an actual binding lube or learn how to put your bindings on right so you don't need anything.

8824 · Posted: Mar 16, 2006 7:30 am Post subject:

intotheflats,

I skate mainly, but other than a traditional binding lube, what is the right way to do it?

I am being serious too.

Wakemaster_17 · Outlaw Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 123 City: Vicksburg

put them on without any lube

8824 · Posted: Mar 16, 2006 11:36 am Post subject:

Wakemaster_17,

I dont really need bindings to stay on my board. I prefer something called a skate? Every heard?

But you are very astute.

Go get your hyperlite and follow the Kent Sport Flock.

Wakemaster_17 · Outlaw Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 123 City: Vicksburg

i skate too im not that great all i can do is a backside shuv and w2w jumps