street wakeboarding

What do you think would be the best practice for wakeboarding. I have seen these boards at tierney board shop online that have two centered wheels that looks like it would work. I have also seen like the rip stick and the wave board and the flowboard. Does anyone have any experience with any of these, and do you think it would work. Any help would be awesome.

longboard?
trampoline is better though

My buddy and I have gone through a few boards long, short, and a flowboard with the center wheel.

We'd find an huge empty parking lot, throw the tow rope on the hitch blast some tunes and carve it up at about 15 mph with the rope on the shortest length. I'd recommend using an old rope cause the pavement f's up the handle.

Best board we found was a bamboo long board made by loaded. Its got some good flex in it and doesnt speed wobble until you get deep in the 20 mph's if you crank down the trucks.

All in all, its a good time and you can work on riding switch. Thats what I found to be the most useful.

oh ya. on the flowboard you can work on the handle pass, kinda like surface 3's on the water. We'd only go at idle speed on that thing though...its pretty tricky.

Ya loaded make great long boards as well as Carve boards, both are really sick long board companies.

http://www.loadedboards.com/newsite_v1/
http://www.carveboard.com/

yeah I am really just looking for an opportunity to ride switch more often and get a better feel for that. Is there any other options that anyone has come across?

Buy a regular skateboard and ride it! Down hills, Ollies, shredding, rails etc... Great practice for wakeboarding especially the ollies and riding switch. Also, youll get your body ready for some hard falls, since youll take harder ones on a skate.

try a freeboard they're meant for snowboarding but help for wakeboarding and balance

Freeboard...has wheels in the middle and you can rotate. (can practice handle pass, i mixed them up earlier)

Flowboard..has inline skate wheels i think.

We've used both. If your towing behind a car, the inline wheels get shredded quick (like one or 2 sessions) and are kind of expensive to replace.

YEAH I LOOKED AT THE FREEBORD WEBSITE AND THAT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST OPTION FOR WHAT I NEED. A LITTLE EXPENSIVE BUT DEFINITELY PRETTY COOL. THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP GUYS.

Fair warning...That thing is difficult to ride and if you "catch an edge" its not pretty. Thats why we keep it at idle speed when towing it.

I guess with some patience and practice you can get it workin good. Good Luck!

just skateboard. how much practice do you need for just edging on a wakeboard? go to a skatepark learn how to catch air and pump transition.

"...takin it to tha streets"

how do u ride the freebord 0n flat graoun can u push of

Gotta tow it or go downhill. It doesnt work like a regular longboard or skateboard. It'll just go sideways if you try to kick like normal.

Its a fun ride once you get the feel for it, but when your balance gets shakey and the wheels catch it toss's you. Much like if you catch your front edge snowboarding, but your not strapped in.

Check out my review of the T-Board from Tierney Rides!

http://www.mnboardsports.com/theForums/viewtopic.php?t=65

Tim, can you go regular to switch on the T-Board? All the videos on their site looked like it was only ridden in one direction, unlike the Freebord.

No you really can't switch it around much when you are riding. It is fairly directional which is a bummer for most of us snowboard/wakeboard types, but it is still a ton of fun to lay some big carves down with. You can even get it to slide out some with the urethane wheels. I do really want to try the freebord and compare.....

I'm going to the local Freebord dealer today and checking one out. I just don't get enough water time to work on riding switch and think (hope) it'll be a big asset.