Skating on a kids wakeboard deck?

brian_216 · Newbie Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 31

I skated for my first time today and loved it, Im ready to buy a wakeskate and put the wakeboard away. we dont have a wakeskate, but I used my girls board, hyperlite motive 119 and took the bindings off. (Im 5 10 175 lbs) it felt fast and loose under my feet, I tried a 1 wake jump, I was amazed the board was still under my feet when I went for the landing, then I fell. Could I just griptape this thing for now? or are wakeskates that much different?

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

the very first wakeskates were actually just chopped down wakeboards with grip on the top of them. hyperlite wakeskates are actually constructed very similarly to their wakeboards.

8824 · Posted: Aug 07, 2006 10:38 am Post subject:

scott a,
what do you ride?

i am assuming an Integ?

bigwake77 · Newbie Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 47

my first wakeskate was an old obrien full nelson wakeboard with astrodeck on the top of it. I actually liked it better than any other wakeskate I've ridden since and wish I could get it back. I think that the bouyancy of the board made it easier to ride and stick tricks. I was landing w2w 180's the first time I rode it. It took me a long time to accomplish that once I started riding the wood boards

devon · Posted: Oct 03, 2006 8:04 am Post subject:

buy a wakeskate
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johnboy1892 · Newbie Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 36 City: winston-salem