Built a kicker, think it will work?

wakeNskate · Outlaw Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 200 City: Nashville, TN

So we built this kicker last week...here are some pics... does anyone think this will float/work?

JeffR · Addict Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 608 City: Victoria, BC

What did you use for the top of the kicker?

wakeNskate · Outlaw Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 200 City: Nashville, TN

It's some kind of tech wood or deck wood... I got it out of wakeboard magazine, it's the same thing they use on the top of some of their sliders.

liquidrider86 · Newbie Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 11 City: tampa

I would try to put something under it where you first hit it on the opposite side of the barrel to make sure it stays affloat equally on both sides and then tie ropes from each corner to some buckets filled with cement. Good luck and let us know how it went. peace out

wakeNskate · Outlaw Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 200 City: Nashville, TN

Here's the link to the pictures... it actually worked pretty well I think... let me know if you have any ideas

http://wakeboardnashville.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=108

QNev · Posted: Jul 02, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject:

wakeNskate, I have a hunch that thing may just roll when you hit it if you aren't planning on anchoring front and back.

wakeNskate · Outlaw Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 200 City: Nashville, TN

we bolted on 4 dock cleats to each corner and then dropped some cinder blocks in the water with ropes attached so that we can easily adjust them as we rode. We also ended up doing what liquidrider said and put dock buoys underneath and each side to help balance it left and right when we hit it.

narxs70 · Criminal Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 69 City: Beaver Lake

i didnt know if it would work by just looking at it but it worked well i see. its awesome guys, way to go.

WakeFrog1970 · Outlaw Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 143 City: Richmond

nice pics on wbn... looks like you guys ripped it up

beau_bushnell · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 185 City: GP

Ya thats awsome. Do you know if you have to have some kind of permit or something to just go and put one in the water at a lake or river? What did you guys do?

wakeNskate · Outlaw Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 200 City: Nashville, TN

I think (in TN anyways) that technically you're supposed to have numbers for any kickers / sliders, just like you have to have your boat registration numbers on the side. We just went out to the middle of nowhere on Center Hill Lake and put it in for the day. It's a pain to move but it's better than getting it tore up by TWRA Smile

wkbrdr · Posted: Jul 27, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject:

you should put styrofoam sheets uneder it, then it will not sink so much...

big air tom · Outlaw Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 141 City: sheffield

wake_quake · Posted: Oct 01, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject:

make sure its floats with about 30cm of the it under water ( for safety) and you may have to tie a barrel on each side of it.