Need help deciding to buy Wakeboard or Skate. Opinions needed
Hey guys, I have a been wakeboarding for awhile and I need a need advanced Wakeboard. But I came across a wakeskating video. Should I get into wakeskating or buy a new board since mine is beginner and im above that level. Your opinions will decide my decision. Thanks
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Wakeskating is a really fun sport. There is so much you can do with it.
I suggest you pick up a skate and see how you like it. Get a nice wood concave with griptape. A foam top flat deck might give you the false sense of what wakeskating is like. |
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Getting up and riding is a lot like wakeboarding, and wake to wake feels about the same. The tricks are more like skateboarding though.
But you dont stand on it like a wakeboard. You want your back foot all the way on the tail, like a skateboard. You dont stand centered like a wakeboard. Check out this video http://thewakeskatemag.com/riff-raff...ckett-session/ |
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Wakeskating is much better in the flats. There are way more tricks you can do.
You have to have a wake to do stuff on a wakeboard. But with wakeskating you can do tons of skateboard tricks in the flat water. |
here is a recent edit of Chris shredding on a skate here in Austin...
http://vimeo.com/60884797 In the video he's riding an Oak, Remote, and a Virtue 39.5... |
you don't need a wake to do tricks wakeboarding, it just makes it easier and wakeskating has a bigger trick bag for in the flats
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