Board Strength?

Wakenoob · Newbie Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 9

Hi all,

I most recently bought a BIG AIR Wakeboard by Wake Tech and was curious to know how strong this board was? I am very new to wakeboarding and only watched some movies and seen other people doing it but is this board very strong? Mostly what I am worried about is hitting a wake wrong or landing wrong and it snapping or breaking in half, is that a possibility?

Thanks all!

Pat McCarthy · Posted: Jun 13, 2004 10:00 pm Post subject:

Welcome to the site and the sport! Glad to have you around.

Did you buy that board new? I think the Wake Tech Big Air is a pretty old board at this point design-wise, but as far as strength it's probably just as good as anything else out there. As a beginner, there is very little chance you'll break the board. It usually takes some serious, serious hang time to break today's wakeboards.

Wakenoob · Newbie Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 9

Bought it used off of Ebay. If you would like to take a look at it and offer any pointers I would appreciate it the link is http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3681849097

Pat McCarthy · Posted: Jun 13, 2004 10:20 pm Post subject:

Ah well, yes, that board is VERY old. Nobody even makes surf-style shapes like that anymore. It'll be fun to mess around on for a while, but if you're going to get serious about the sport you'll need to get a newer board. I wouldn't worry too much about that one breaking though.