Snowboard feel in a wakeboard?

Method9455 · Outlaw Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 111

Hey,

I started wakeboarding 2 years ago on a crap board i bought at sport authority and it worked fine for learning to turn etc, and then last summer i bought CWB Mobe bindings and that fixed the biggest problem - the crappy bindings. THen i cut the fins down on a bandsaw and i liked it way better with the looser feel. Now i'm planning to buy a real wakeboard and i've read a lot about the snowboard feel - i.e. small fins and stuff, so I'm wondering if any of you snowboarders have found the board/fin combination that feels most like snowboarding? I kinda want it to be loose when i'm riding flat and then it edges well - i tried finless on my board and it was just a little too squirrely cuz the bottom has no shape other than its rocker and i could carve but if i tried to head straight it was like standing on a spinning disc. So i'm thinking i need a board with some bottom shape and maybe no fins? or small fins? - any suggestions on brand/model of board or fins to try first on a featureless continous rocker board?

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

From what I've heard the liquid force Fusion (which they discontinued this year) is the closest you can come to a snowboard feel. You could probably find last years model for dirt cheap though. Actually, they have an '01 model for $210 on this website:

http://www.closeoutdude.com

I don't know if continuous rocker is going to make it feel more like a snowboard but I think the feel you're looking for is something with very small molded fins and sharp edges. You might check out that new val halla board with the crook fins also.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Boards that are good finless:

CWB Absolute
Gator Gonzalez or Caddy
HL Premier or ERA

cezza · Posted: Feb 23, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject:

i ride hyperlite premier (finless) with temet bindings and theyre sick!! best board ive used thats closest to a snowboard feel

Elevation · Posted: Feb 24, 2005 2:03 pm Post subject:

Wakebrad, hahaha awesome avatar, what a great show!

cwaker4 · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 465 City: Gilroy

some looser boards to look at: i have the obrien player with molded fins and the liquid force subjekt, cupped outer fins, and both of those boards are loose enough to butter around while free riding and the lock in for a carve into the wake really well. oh yeah the player 138 is for sale so if your interested PM me.

als132 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 462 City: shoreline

the byerly is a good finless board (because it has 4 fairly small molded in fins). and the liquid force Sphynx binding is a great combo with that board. when it comes to snowboarding, i know what im talking about, and i really like to have the same feeling for both sports, and that setup works great for the double influenced riding

cezza · Posted: Mar 16, 2005 4:46 pm Post subject:

im keen as to try a snowboard behind the boat, wonder if that would work? it would be sliprey aye

Elevation · Posted: Mar 16, 2005 5:07 pm Post subject:

cezza, i was going to try that my friend had his board at his lakehouse and everything. just never got around to it....

Method9455 · Outlaw Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 111

they don't float so i'd be a little careful with that one, but you can definately get a snowboard to plane on water - although its tough to do

http://mountaincreek.com/video_gallery.html

check out the top video - pond skimming

cezza · Posted: Mar 16, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject:

yeh bo it would be heavy as but im sure once your up ul be sweet!! i might give it a go next season, just gota find an old board...dont wanna use mine haha

Elevation · Posted: Mar 16, 2005 7:34 pm Post subject:

ill try mine this summer, my old board. ill make sure i film it too.

cezza · Posted: Mar 17, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject:

yeh make shure you put it on here so we can watch it elevation. could imagine slidding out everytime you land from a jump

Elevation · Posted: Mar 17, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject:

cezza, ha or sinking Laughing

Beaver · Posted: Mar 21, 2005 9:29 am Post subject:

ive tried a plastic snowboard i found in some free pile at a grage sale on water but not my good one. This summer i will try my old old one.

cezza · Posted: Mar 21, 2005 12:38 pm Post subject:

the lake was a little choppy from all the boats so we decided to go tubing doubles and i smacked my nose on my mates head and got semi concused- now i im freaked about doing it again haha

cwaker4 · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 465 City: Gilroy

cezza, that sucks, but im not sure what it has to do with this thread. Confused

cezza · Posted: Apr 04, 2005 7:55 pm Post subject:

its got nothing to do with this thread mate, thanks for noticing Shocked

Liquidmx · Addict Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 755 City: San Jose

I can see it now, next years newest craze.... metal edges on wakeboards. "for super hard edging" Rolling Eyes

cezza · Posted: Apr 11, 2005 9:06 pm Post subject:

dude that would be crazy eh! yeh and next we will be waxing our wakeboards Rolling Eyes

Beaver · Posted: Apr 12, 2005 6:31 am Post subject:

Yup Burton will move into the wakeboarding industrie.

cezza · Posted: Apr 12, 2005 12:16 pm Post subject:

with super flex Neutral

downsideup · Soul Rider Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 344

This is a great board:
http://www.evogear.com/productdetail.asp?pn=962

sperbet · Outlaw Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 208 City: Truckee

from what I have read and seen the new HL Roam looks to be the closest you can get to a snowboard on the water

Elevation · Posted: Apr 12, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject:

sperbet, yea for sure dude. no other wakeboard can you get the flex of a snowboard in. presses look sick as hell on the roam

cezza · Posted: Apr 13, 2005 12:45 pm Post subject:

can you still ride a roam like a normal wakeboard tho?

sperbet · Outlaw Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 208 City: Truckee

I don't think you can ride it quite the same but I have heard that there are a few guys throwing down some really big tricks on it

cezza · Posted: Apr 13, 2005 1:20 pm Post subject:

ill be keen as to try it!! what kind of tricks were the doing?

sperbet · Outlaw Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 208 City: Truckee

I read an article on ww that (I think it was Josh Storer) was throwin' 9's.

cezza · Posted: Apr 13, 2005 3:41 pm Post subject:

oh true? rad! so how diferent would it be riding a roam?...does anyone know???

Elevation · Posted: Apr 13, 2005 3:51 pm Post subject:

search dude, there have been a lot of topics on it and some videos too, josh storrer was sick on the roam watch the vid!

cezza · Posted: Apr 13, 2005 8:58 pm Post subject:

cheer bo

gnar420 · Criminal Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 71 City: cincinnati

Yo what up cezza? i see you have dreads i just dreaded my hair yesterday. How long have you had them and are they a bitch to maintain?

cezza · Posted: Apr 14, 2005 12:16 pm Post subject:

sup gnar420, yeh ive had them for abit over 5 years and they getting quite long aye. they are sweet to maintain- no worries with that but when you 1st get them you gotta maintain them for awhile and when they settle in your sweet. they are really annoying when your trying to sleep but you get over it.

Blazer54 · Posted: Aug 24, 2005 1:09 pm Post subject: the other way around

I live on a lake and have been wakeboarding for awhile and I was wondering how about the other way around which snowboards have a good wakeboard feel to them, I saw CEZZA's post about how the premier has a good feel, and was wondering cause I also ride that same board premier w/ the murray bindings. I was wodering which snowboard has a wakeboard feel or a "permier" feel to it?