Too cold to ride? Here's something to bide your time.

HHI Dave

$50.00 at Lowes and a half hour of my time...

I was tired of leaning my gear against the wall in the garage so I put this up. Cool

Epic · Addict Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 765

Nice, I spent considereably more for the same basic thing.

Newake · Newbie Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 14 City: Spa Town

Pfft...too cold,Ha. A few friends and I went out just last week. Were in Arkansas. But ya, nice idea.

HHI Dave · Posted: Dec 24, 2006 12:41 am Post subject:

Newake, I'm in South Carolina. We're still riding here too, believe it. Cool

kev.e · Newbie Joined: 22 Nov 2005 Posts: 21 City: Vancouver

i stopped riding a while ago like in october.
i live in canada it sucks because of the short season

jlaws · Addict Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 832 City: NC

haha i'm contemplating goin out today

HHI Dave · Posted: Dec 26, 2006 11:18 am Post subject:

jpk · Outlaw Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 215 City: Redmond

How did you build the rack? Can you post the parts list? I want to build something like that for my board storage. Thanks!

HHI Dave · Posted: Dec 27, 2006 3:24 am Post subject:

jpk, I had a basic idea of what I wanted to do and I wandered around Lowe's until I found what I thought would work.

The two vertical sections you see with the slots in them were in the shelving section, as were the triangular slats that fit into them.

Dual Trak Adjustable Shelving

The padding is nothing more than pipe insulation from the plumbing section. It comes in 6' lengths. I used a pair of snips and cut them to length then just slipped them over the shelf supports.

I screwed two threaded eye bolts into the wall. They were similar to this but maybe a little larger

I used these for the bungie to keep the boards in place. In reality, I probably didn't need it because the boards stayed on there pretty solidly. But I still sleep better knowing my boards aren't going to hit the floor if I crank up the stereo in the house.

The bottom section where you see my vests and wetsuit hanging is just a sturdy metal clothes hanger that I straightened out, wired onto the ends, and stuck another piece of pipe insulation on it.

That's it. Nothing more to it. Hope this helps. Cool

Mariner · Guest

not to hijack your thread, but I have been hesitant to store my gear in the garage. My boards, bindings, and life jackets do take up a good bit of space in the house, and I would prefer to have them out of the way in the garage. However, I'm a freak about trying to keep my stuff nice (esp. expensive stuff like wb equipment). Do I have anything to worry about as far as storing in the garage? I live in Houston, so their is some cold, a lot of hot and a lot of humidity.

Sinkoumn · Posted: Jan 03, 2007 9:39 am Post subject:

I need to get a garage first.... Sad

Nice setup though.

HHI Dave · Posted: Jan 03, 2007 10:50 am Post subject:

Mariner, I asked a similar question a few months ago. I was told that as long as the boards weren't stored in direct sunlight, there was nothing to worry about. And, like Texas, South Carolina has some cold, a lot of hot, and a lot of humidity. Smile

wakeboard.ecuador · Newbie Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 10 City: Guayaquil

Nice racks!

If you are good working with wood, you could be able to make something like this..

boardstiff · Soul Rider Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 264 City: Canada

Heres mine. Not near as nice as the last racks, but they do the trick.

HHI Dave · Posted: Jan 03, 2007 12:15 pm Post subject:

wakeboard.ecuador, Those are sweet, but my carpentry skills are non-existant! Laughing

boardstiff, Nice collection!!! Cool

frymantcu · Outlaw Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 111 City: Fort Worth

Okay it's not a board rack but it is something to do while the winter passes. My buddy and I built three of these things in less than an hour, they may not be as pretty as an indo board but what do you expect for $30! We used PVC and tried to spray paint it to look a little nicer but it rubbed off when you try to use it on concrete, but there's no one stopping you. I know it's a cheap rip off, so no haters and please no lawsuits Shocked

HHI Dave · Posted: Jan 03, 2007 1:45 pm Post subject:

frymantcu, What diameter PVC is that and what are the approx. dimensions of the board?

Great innovation. Cool

wakeboarderdave1 · Posted: Jan 03, 2007 2:10 pm Post subject:

Throw some griptape on the indo board.

Here are some pictures of my board shelf.

03Belmont · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 4656

heres my rack that acouple of skates and boards are on. the rest are laying in the boat. It didnt take very long to make my rack out of PVC.... VERY messy garage

wakeboarderdave1 · Posted: Jan 05, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject:

I like how the skis and kneeboard are all thrown together on the bottom of the rack. Also showing that they probably/hopefully get little to no use.

03Belmont · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 4656

wakeboarderdave1, hahaha i just have a bunch of crap in my garage and closets to sell. notice the skis are still in the plastic and have never been touched. same goes for the kneeboard its never touched the water....

when the shop i helped run went out of bussiness i got an assload of gear and just havent got around to selling most of the ski stuff. I sold most of the wake stuff but skis arent as easy to sell online.

I have about 100 pairs of gloves in a box somewhere if anyone needs some new "wakeboard" gloves this season hahahahaha

jdmcivicman · Soul Rider Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 362 City: las vegas

CHiLi DaWg · Posted: Jan 07, 2007 2:47 pm Post subject:

Mariner, I'm in Indiana, and I have stored my stuff in the garage and in the barn. No problems at all. Don't know about the car fume thing though. We back our car out once it's started.

frymantcu · Outlaw Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 111 City: Fort Worth

HHI Dave the pipe is 6in and the board is 30x18. We weren't sure the size of a real indo but it looks close.

But the part we really had to guess was were to put the stops on the bottom. If someone with a real indo board could bust out the tape measure that would be awesome!

HHI Dave · Posted: Jan 08, 2007 9:56 pm Post subject:

frymantcu, Thanks. Cool

leviwynnyk · Posted: Jan 08, 2007 10:30 pm Post subject:

You serious about the gloves? If so I might take some.

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Jan 09, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject:

haha i have about 14" of snow at my place and i was up 4x4ing in waste deep snow on saturday, kinda too cold to ride here ....... but we usually just leave our boards on the racks in the boat over winter, it is in a heater shed of course Mr. Green

gene3x · Addict Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 759 City: Dallas

03Belmont, How much did that PVC rack cost to make?

BoarderX · Posted: Jan 15, 2007 7:56 am Post subject:

i really dig the wooden variation.. ive got some surfboard racks off of ebay a while back like that for about 50 bucks. im wanting to do something similar for my wakeboards. its going to end up somewhere on a wall in my apt so i dont want it to look like a garage or shed rack.. its gotta be clean.

03Belmont · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 4656

Im thinking the pvc cost about $40 to make

sjmedic · Newbie Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 10 City: San Jose

Sorry to hi-jack the thread. Go to www.wickedwakes.com and look at what they have. They can customize any holders.

Waking up the World · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 164 City: Olathe

well i would.... but im to lazy...

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

I'm planning on building a rack for my boards tonight and I like the first design.

HHI Dave, is the bungee strap necessary? I am planning on basically duplicating your setup but dropping the bungee strap. It seems like the boards should stay there by themselves.

HHI Dave · Posted: Jan 15, 2008 9:29 am Post subject:

Hollywood