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mikey
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PostPosted: May 16, 2003 6:55 pm    Post subject: Interested in starting- need help. Reply with quote

Hey! Can you give me resources on where to buy a wakeskate (preferably cheap) and possibly an information source for getting up and such! Thanks! Shocked
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PostPosted: May 16, 2003 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

check out the new vid from bumpfilms its called SNAP, also u can get basic bottem of the line boards for 100 bucks or you can make your own
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PostPosted: May 17, 2003 5:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can find wakeskates and the snap film(getting snap in on tues.) at Tommys Surf Shop in Lantana, it is only like 5 minutes from Lake Osborne. They can hook you up with anything you need and are super cool people to deal with. You will have 100 times more fun wakeskating behind a jetski than wakeboarding. Ollies, shuvits boardslide/shuvit combos, rails. I just ride one of the flat ones with grip tape and it is fine.
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PostPosted: May 17, 2003 7:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

if you are looking for a cheap board fo with last years hyperlite platinum. it was 100 last year and if you can find one it shuld be cheap. also check on ebay
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PostPosted: May 17, 2003 10:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Snap definetly is cool. Ive only seen part of it so far, but what ive seen has been really helpful.
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PostPosted: May 17, 2003 11:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks for your help guys, is wakeskating just like skateboarding? and do you got the adress for tommys surf shop? thanks

I usually go down to a guy who just opened a shop in Davie, he has kiteboarding and everything!

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PostPosted: May 17, 2003 12:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wakeskating is kind of like skateboarding i guess. I dont skateboard that often, but for me its easier to balance on a wakeskate than a skateboard. Also, you go a little faster on a wakeskate, so you have to get used to that too.
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PostPosted: May 17, 2003 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey mikey, if you want a cheap board that will ride like no other, you want a mutiny. I just got one and i think it is the best thing ever since the invention of cheese. They have some pretty inovative/quality stuff.

Check them out at www.mutinywake.com

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PostPosted: May 17, 2003 2:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

can you grind rails/sliders with wakeskates?
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PostPosted: May 17, 2003 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, you can grind rails and sliders. I would try a raainbow slider first.

wakeskate_revolution, was the invention of cheese a really good thing?

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PostPosted: May 18, 2003 4:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tommys website is www.tommysslalomshop.com. I didn't see directions on there but I'm sure there are. If you get off of 95 at Lantana rd go east to dixie hwy south to the next stop light and go east it is called ocean ave and Tommys will be on you're right just before the intracoastal. You can definitly slide rails, people ollie on the flat bar on the south side of Osborne all the time. The dragon at rixen is perfect for learning, you can ride on it to get used to how pvc slides and then learn how to ollie on it. You have to have a water helmet to hit the rails and stuff at rixen.
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PostPosted: May 18, 2003 9:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i think cheese was a good invention...but I guess it does not make for a good anology.
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