how many of you wakesurf or will try it this summer?

y2kp · Soul Rider Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 265 City: Austin, TX

Since HL, LF, TrickBoardz and Phase 5 have started making wakesurf boards....How many of you have decided to try it this summer.. Has anyone bought one of these boards from any of the companies I listed?

riverfreak · Posted: Jan 29, 2003 1:15 pm Post subject:

I'd like to try it, but from what I can gather its not really meant for I/Os.....that sucks, but I'd rather keep my leggs I guess....looks kinda boring to me, I mean how long can you really stay up, a few seconds....I'm just curious.....I've never seen anyone stay up without the handle for long, meaning seconds.....

Sean_Brinston · Posted: Jan 29, 2003 1:19 pm Post subject:

Im gonna see if i can demo one this summer.

RUSSIAN · Posted: Jan 29, 2003 1:39 pm Post subject:

you can stay up as long as you want. they had a sweet demo video at the boat show, not sure who it was but he was standing on the nose of a chase boat and acid dropped onto the wake and surfed it, pretty sick

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

It's pretty fun. I dunno if I'll buy a wakesurf board but I might buy a new shortboard and use that.

Ryan W · Posted: Jan 29, 2003 2:01 pm Post subject:

I want to try it.

ohsix · Posted: Jan 29, 2003 4:37 pm Post subject:

i tried it last summer with wakeboard with no bindings. needles to say it didnt work. ill try again this summer if i get the chance to use a surfboard or one of the new wake surf boards.

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

Russian:
that was Grubb that acid dropped into the wake on the video you were talking about. That is soooooo sick. Byerly kills it in that vid. too......

heliboy911 · Guest

Nah I think I'm getting an I/O and wakesurfing would be suicide. Unless you never fall Very Happy

doinflipsdavis · Outlaw Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 179 City: SML VA

i did a few times last summer on a surfboard and thought it was a lot of fun, but it's fun like tubing is fun!!! i think its retarded people are trying to make a whole sport out of it. it's something to do when you're a little tired of wakeboarding but i heard something about a world championship for it?! what do yall think?

bizzuck · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 593

ill probably try it, but the world championships. common, buy a wakeboard boat to surf behind, hello thats why there is an ocean

NAW · Posted: Jan 30, 2003 7:44 am Post subject:

Wakesurfing is a blast! We've done it for about two seasons now, just on a regular surfboard. At the boat show, one of my crew, bought the HL Landlocked board. Wakesurfing is great to mix it up and is clutch when the lake is too rough to board. Like a wakeskate, everyone should have one in their toybox Cool

Bo Coppinger · Posted: Jan 30, 2003 8:38 am Post subject:

I know we will be giving it a shot, it does look like alot of fun.

MadDog · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 465 City: Upstate NY

I want to try it, but like others have already said... not behind my I/O. So it will probably have to wait til I get a new boat. Hopefully soon!

RUSSIAN · Posted: Jan 30, 2003 9:08 am Post subject:

I thought it was grubb but wasn't sure.

J_DOGG · Posted: Jan 30, 2003 9:40 am Post subject:

Not that it's a big deal but our group has been wake surfing with a real surfboard for years, (6+) I think.

Nothing beats it on a Saturday afternoon when the lake is nothing but chop.... People still pull up and ask what we are doing, how do we do it and just love to sit and watch us rip it up... round and round we go when we'll stop nobody knows....

I use a Shane Smith fish shape 6'9", he's a local shaper up at Hampton beach in NH. My woman loves it better than wakeboarding, she a low impact type rider...

PEACE

Shane C · Outlaw Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 161 City: Texarkana

I tired it once on a friend's long board but couldn't get the speed or wake shape right or something...so I just grabbed the rope and took my wakeboarding back it's roots. It was a blast nonetheless. Very Happy

J_DOGG · Posted: Jan 31, 2003 4:45 am Post subject:

Not that I'm complaining but my old boat produced almost Oceans like barrel's, I miss that beast....

It's fun and definitely worth a serious try. Spend the time to get the shape right, speed dialed and all that, it takes some playn' around with to get it exactly how you like it... Part of the fun is setting the weight up correctly and seeing what boat can through the best shaped wave....

PEACE

HyperliteRidr134 · Posted: Jan 31, 2003 10:31 am Post subject:

I have been skim boarding behind my boat for years with a short rope. We made our own board that is pretty similar to the new hyperlite, it's a lot of fun. It has no fins on it so you can surface spin forever. I recommend it highly, the falls don't hurt ever, but you get some weird looks from other boats.

Duke · Criminal Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Posts: 52 City: Ca.

Butta Seeka · Posted: Feb 24, 2003 5:20 pm Post subject:

what video are u guys talkin bout

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

Trevo: the HL landlock promo video.......

Duke · Criminal Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Posts: 52 City: Ca.

http://hyperlite.com/boards/popups/playlandlockvid.asp?size=2

And here are some other vids for ya pleasure! Wink

http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php?medid=5568
http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php?medid=4603
http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php?medid=5524

BoardC3 · Soul Rider Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 380 City: Ithaca, NY

Heellll no im not trying it, why waste my time when i could be boarding?

Liquid_Force · Posted: Feb 24, 2003 7:44 pm Post subject:

i doubt ill do it..it just doesn't really look that fun and you cant really do anything cool on it

RUSSIAN · Posted: Feb 24, 2003 7:58 pm Post subject:

duke, whats the song from the first wakepics video

atxwake · Posted: Feb 26, 2003 11:43 am Post subject:

Im gonna try to demo the HL board this summer, just to check it out, see if it will ever be worth buying one.

WRRide · Posted: Feb 26, 2003 12:02 pm Post subject:

I'll give it a shot. I have seen people ride for quite a while.

Tim Krasin · Outlaw Joined: 13 Feb 2003 Posts: 104 City: Houston, TX

Done it now for a few seasons on a Harbour 8' board I was given and repaired - lots of fun. Definitely give it a try, but be careful of exhaust fumes for rear passengers "beefing" up the wake and the surfer. Definitely a nice distraction when we're pretty spent from boarding and need a little comic relief from new surfers trying it for the first time.