gloves

DunDunDun · Posted: Aug 04, 2004 1:54 pm Post subject: gloves

hey, after about 10 minutes of riding my hands start to hurt, like where i hold on to the bar and like when i fall or just let go of the rope cause it hurts so much. i have a HO bar and it has like ridges in it so its like a bunch of littletiny halfpipes al around my bar. about an inch down from where your fingers start is deep red its almost as if the blood isnt gettng past that point. i dunno though. should i buy gloves or just like get a new handle?

WhirlyBird5 · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Jun 2004 Posts: 261 City: Belmont

new handle, and those are blood callouses they will make your hands tougher.

DunDunDun · Posted: Aug 04, 2004 3:07 pm Post subject:

so just get a new handle instead og buying gloves? what type of handle do you recomend Question

freerider4 · Posted: Aug 04, 2004 3:42 pm Post subject:

Yeah after a while you won't even notice it cause you will have real man hands of steel.

WhirlyBird5 · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Jun 2004 Posts: 261 City: Belmont

I recommend you go pick up a spectra handle from your nearest boardshop, that way you can get a feel for them. Make sure they are spectra, and if you don't have a spectra rope I recommend you get a rope/handle package spectra deal.

backsplit · Addict Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 759 City: Monterey

DunDunDun, i vote that you just stop being a sally and just ride...

Partyb · Posted: Aug 04, 2004 4:11 pm Post subject:

Listen, I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Gloves are for slalom skiiers and if you wear gloves while wakeboarding you are a dork. Period.

backsplit · Addict Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 759 City: Monterey

Partyb, word

DunDunDun · Posted: Aug 04, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject:

geeze. i just picked up some gloves. actually my uncle did for me becasue he bought a pair of skies so they threw them in for free. freerider, if i have steel hands then i wont be able to grab the handle or let it go Rolling Eyes

i wanna shout out to SCOTTIES in whitby ontario for giving my half pirce on $130 handle and free gloves and a sweet ass deal on my wakeboard Very Happy

colefooter · Posted: Aug 04, 2004 6:51 pm Post subject:

Im a dork

I cant afford a new handle. Plus i got a good deal for these gloves, some straitline ones for 14 bucks Smile

DunDunDun · Posted: Aug 04, 2004 7:18 pm Post subject:

man you suck go to scotties

haha j/p Razz

wakeboarder55 · Outlaw Joined: 01 Jul 2004 Posts: 202 City: nor cal

i hate wearing gloves. once my handle got broken in, i never got and calliuses or blisters

AndyDeeJay · Outlaw Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 239 City: Belfast

don't wear gloves

even in cold Ireland you look like a dick - they are not cool.#

Wink

Bill S. · Posted: Aug 11, 2004 1:29 am Post subject:

Ok, I'm a dork! I like wearing gloves. The right glove will make a big difference in gripping power when landing many tricks. I wear the Accurate Lines, Comoto glove. Besides, the ladies don't like rough hands.

msimpson · Posted: Aug 11, 2004 2:46 am Post subject:

Dork here too. Most of the time. After skiing the course, I hurts to hold the handle even with Kevlar gloves.

Remember "No love without the glove"

Porterwake · Posted: Aug 11, 2004 5:22 am Post subject:

any 35 year old that rips on other boarders may be the most pathetic thing I've ever seen. DunDunDun, whatever works for you, just get out there and ride.

twinspinner · Newbie Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 31 City: Kingwood/Tx

Another dork here.

Nicely said Porterwake

wakeguy2008 · Addict Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 847 City: Ft. Myers

another one of the glove threads eh?

well dundundundundundun....just tough it out for the rest of the summer and if ur hands still hurt then its up to u what u do....new handle, new gloves, w/e.

msimpson, nice picture, work on the cacth phrase..lol.

jdavis4 · Newbie Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 14 City: Dirty Bay

wearing gloves is like using a rainbow rope or wearing an orange life jacket.

matt 4 · Posted: Aug 11, 2004 9:57 am Post subject:

ahh the classic orange ugly's

wakeguy2008 · Addict Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 847 City: Ft. Myers

what are u guys talkin about???

those lifejackets rock!!!

salmon_tacos · Posted: Aug 11, 2004 10:14 am Post subject:

Stephan · Guest

If your getting calluses it's because your skin is getting bunched up & pinched as you grip the handle. The way you eliminate this is take a pedicure file(your mom or wife should have an extra old one). Just file down your man calluses & they won't rip off. Eventually you will get tough hands & not have to worry about it. If you wanna wear 'em fine, some "core" guys might make fun. It's best when these so called cool guys make fun & then you ride & make fun of them. But I will admit, drop the gloves & the chick draw factor goes up.

jdavis4 · Newbie Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 14 City: Dirty Bay

hell, while you're asking you mom or you wife for a "pedicure file" might as well ask for some vagisil.

ben746 · Addict Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 560

There is a pic of murray wearing gloves during a comp. in an old WaterSki (98 or 99 Worlds maybe?)

churchy · Posted: Aug 11, 2004 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: gloves

colefooter · Posted: Aug 11, 2004 12:21 pm Post subject:

I just understood now..

jdavis4 wears gloves Colorful

DunDunDun · Posted: Aug 11, 2004 12:32 pm Post subject:

Stephan, i wakeboard cause i like it, not to get Taco Bell Chalupa. i got other past times for that.

ssrgeoff · Addict Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 582 City: So Cal

Could be caused by friction? What else are you doing with those hands? j/k

If you must wear gloves I would recommed......

jdavis4 · Newbie Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 14 City: Dirty Bay

I now understand that colefooter is a dork and can't write.

Stephan · Guest

DunDun, yeah I'm sure. 15 years old & already chasing the cooter? I'm sure your game is refined like a true player Laughing

. Anyhow keep wearing gloves, the other folks on the lake could use a laugh. If you don't want to, use my advice above. It works.

DunDunDun · Posted: Aug 11, 2004 1:38 pm Post subject:

haha alright...imagine seeing someone wearing a speedo and gloves and other "funny" loooking stuff but they were really good....id laugh and then be jealous Rolling Eyes

HyPeDwAkE · Posted: Aug 11, 2004 3:22 pm Post subject:

I have to wear gloves... my gloves are nice... haha... Very Happy

Porterwake · Posted: Aug 11, 2004 3:27 pm Post subject:

colefooter · Posted: Aug 11, 2004 3:42 pm Post subject:

ssrgeoff, those are awesome lol