BRAND NEW RIDER NEEDS A BOARD

Please suggest a good board for riders between the weights of 130-170lbs. We are all beginners and looking to have lots of fun learning to wakesurf this season.

skim or surf style? there are tons of boards help us narrow it down for you?

Whats the difference between skim and surf styles?

Skim you can do shuvits and more skateboard influence and surf is more slaying and such.

not tryin to steal the thread but im also looking into getting a board. more of the surf style, it would be a board for me and my friends, im 5'11" and 220 most boards say any weight range but does length make a difference. im just looking for something we can all play around with.

You should tr a Walker there pretty sick boards!

A Walker board would be killer so would a Shred Stixx.

Mike, I'm 220 as well. The Shred Stixx JaMako and Piranha rode really well for me this spring. I rode a demo Walker F18 board last year. The board is very fast rail to rail but you'd need a bigger board. I had to slow the boat down to 9 mph when I rode the Walker. Mike Walker can custom fit boards to your size and add custom art. The custom art costs are pretty low.

The Inland Surfer Yellow is a great board. There’s a new ’07 model out this year. The Yellow should be great for riders in the 130-170 range. At 220 I’m riding an ’06 Yellow, but I have a pretty good wake pushing me. I’m almost pulling off surface 3s on the ’06 Yellow, that’s this summers goal.

Hey Bigshow-how does the f-18 compare to the yellow? I just got an 06 yellow ltd. Hopefully I'll be posting my first 360 soon.

The F-28 is lighter. The fins are canted in and larger than the yellow. Carving is more aggressive on the F-18. The F-18 is more fragile, the epoxy layer is thin so you'd have to take good care of the board. I know that Mike Walker has a new composite X series but I haven't seen one. The Composite X boards are supposed to be lighter and stronger.

I would like to clarify some of Ed's response to you Jeff. The F-18 is a very nice board, no question about it. There are significant differences between that board and the IS Yellow. Primarily, Mike at the Walker Project offers two distinct lines of boards. The custom line which is comprised of the F-18, Bullet and Fast 50 and then his Stock size and price point line of the Compsite X.

The IS Yellow comes in a stock size, the only real option being the size fin you choose, either 3.25 or 3.5. Whereas the WP F-18 is hand built to the users specifications. You can change length, width, nose and tail rocker, rail shape, fin box type - location - toe-in angle and you can also have the board custom airbrushed. Further, you can order the board glassed light with a single layer of 4 oz glass or with as many layers as you want. If you prefer a Ploy U core to EPS, you can order that with polyester resin.

Lots of options, certainly not for the faint of heart. Mike can certainly make recommendations on all of those items, but more than likely the stock sizes in the Composite X line would make more sense unless you REALLY know what you want from the board.

The Composite X line is eps and epoxy, but isn't lighter than an equivalently sized F-18, further the custom construction options allow the F-18 to be built exceptionally light and fragile OR exceptionally heavy and strong. Epoxy is claimed to be stronger and lighter than the equivalent polyester resin process.

The IS Yellow is, IMO, a high performance board that comes in a stock size.

The significant differences between the two boards are:

The Yellow comes with full EVA traction standard, you need to select and add this to the F-18. The Yellow comes in one size, color and shape the only option is fin size. The F-18 has no limitations on any resonable dimension, construction methodology, graphics or available fin. Because of the customization options, the F-18 has to be built to your specifications, whereas the Yellow just needs to be shipped.

OK, Jeff sees more of these boards than I do.