how hard is wakeskating

wakeriderof87 · Posted: Mar 07, 2003 5:45 am Post subject: how hard is wakeskating

how hard exactly is wakeskating
i wakeboard, and next time i go to owc i want to rent a wakeskate and try to learn, but if i'm not gonna be able to learn to do it that day i don't want to waste my time at owc, because i don't get to go there very often
so do most ppl learn to ride it in a few hours

moblsv · Outlaw Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 228

if you wakeboard, you can wakeskate. By that, I mean you can at least get up and do the basics. Obviously, the cool stuff is a different story.

Todd Armstrong · Addict Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 758 City: Battle Ground

Exactly, to get up and carve around is easy, shuvits and W2W are A WHOLE LOT harder for me.

Jester · Posted: Mar 07, 2003 8:14 am Post subject:

I had a lot more trouble getting air on the skate, but since I skateboard/surf I don't like having my feet strapped into things so I like the wakeskate better.

STPHNSN23 · Guest

if u can get the basics of boarding down pat, u'll have a decent base for skating

wakeriderof87 · Posted: Mar 11, 2003 1:03 pm Post subject:

so i should be able to pick up just riding around pretty quick, how hard is sliding, that looks impossible to me

Butta Seeka · Posted: Mar 11, 2003 2:10 pm Post subject:

if u can slid on a wakeboard u can slid on a skate

Todd Armstrong · Addict Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 758 City: Battle Ground

Sliding a wakeskate is alot harder than a wakeboard. Ask people who have done both. Alot of the time the board gets away from you off the kicker or on the ollie up onto the rail. Sliding a wakeboard can be easy, a skate is hard unless it is a really simple rainbow.

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

i agree with todd on that one, i can slide sliders and do kickers with my wakeboard easy, but its ALOT harder for me on my wakeskate, i can slide most of a little slider, but the hard part is coming off the side, i land it like 3 out of 10 trys, its hard, but if its off the end, its a little easier, but in general, alot harder on a wakeskate then wakeboard until you have it consistent