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Old     (wakerider111)      Join Date: Jul 2006       11-14-2011, 12:43 AM Reply   
There have been over 50 wakeboard companies! How many have you known?

I was looking up some older boards on the gear guide on wakeworld and was reminded just how many brands there have been over the years and how many sounded unfamiliar to me.

So here is the LIST, but it may not be conclusive, so help me out if there are names missing or wrong/ need removed.

WAKEBOARDS
§ Bad Ass
§ Barton
§ Blindside
§ Byerly
§ Company
§ Core
§ Collin Wright
§ CWB
§ CTRL
§ Double Up
§ Dynaride
§ Earthboard
§ Exocet
§ Fanatic
§ Free Motion
§ Fulltilt
§ Gator Boards
§ Goode
§ HO Sports
§ Humanoid
§ Hydroslide
§ Hyperlite
§ Iconn
§ Insane
§ J-Star / Jobe
§ Jolt
§ Joyride
§ K2
§ Kidder
§ Krown
§ Labal
§ Liberation
§ Liquid Force
§ Lunatic
§ LWA
§ Millennium
§ Mutiny
§ NBN
§ Neptune
§ New Schnitzel
§ Nirve
§ Nitrus
§ O'Brien
§ Origin
§ Phalanx
§ Ronix
§ Rope
§ Rusty
§ Sage
§ Serum
§ Sine
§ Slingshot
§ Sound
§ Stinger
§ Thruster
§ Tiga
§ Tubelite
§ Wake Tech


Thought id throw in the wakeskate and specific binding brands too.

WAKESKATE
§ Butter Boards
§ Cassette
§ Distortion
§ Devotid
§ Kampus
§ Integrity
§ Oak
§ Remote
§ Sattelyte
§ Verge
§ Water Monsters

BINDINGS
§ Concrete / Collective Development
§ Solbound
§ Universal
§ Wileys
Old     (wakerider111)      Join Date: Jul 2006       11-14-2011, 12:47 AM Reply   
These brands i have all at least seen in person with my own eyes
Barton
Blindside
Byerly
Company
CWB
Double Up
Free Motion
Fulltilt
Gator Boards
HO Sports
Humanoid
Hydroslide
Hyperlite
Iconn
J-Star / Jobe
Liquid Force
Neptune
O'Brien
Origin
Ronix
Sage
Slingshot
Tubelite
Wake Tech

***These don't even strike a bell with me***
Earthboard
Exocet
Fanatic
Goode
Insane
Jolt
Joyride (think i vaguely remeber this one)
Kidder
Labal
Lunatic
Millennium
NBN
Nirve
Nitrus
Serum
Sound
Stinger
Tiga

All the other brands fit-in between these two lists and i just know a little from magazines, video, and from this site
Old     (wakerider111)      Join Date: Jul 2006       11-14-2011, 1:05 AM Reply   
just realized I forgot Wakeology.
sorry
Old     (travis_briscoe)      Join Date: Sep 2005       11-14-2011, 7:33 AM Reply   
What about Nice bindings? I think Gerry Nunn rocked them.
Old     (buffalow)      Join Date: Apr 2002       11-14-2011, 8:07 AM Reply   
Funny I have rode/tested about 90% of those brands over the years. Some were great improvements and other not so much (tubelite). Still have not found one brand I don't break Thanx for the memory lane trip.
Old     (Mike_McMillen)      Join Date: Sep 2011       11-14-2011, 8:28 AM Reply   
NBN and Serum were legit!
Old     (ttrigo)      Join Date: Dec 2004       11-14-2011, 8:40 AM Reply   
Kidder was huge in the water ski area. Nbn rocked! I am certain that colin wright and josh smith both rode for most of those brands at some time in their careers!
Old     (behindtheboat)      Join Date: Aug 2006       11-14-2011, 8:52 AM Reply   
NICE were a binding only company as well.
Old     (skiboarder)      Join Date: Oct 2006       11-14-2011, 8:56 AM Reply   
We had a Goode board at the shop in the early 2000s (long out of date by that point). It weighed 3.8 lbs (we weighed it on a scale) and was so stiff and strong that we screwed one end down to a dock and used it as a diving board. I don't know what retail for the board was, but our book value was like $600!! (Retail $800-900 maybe??!!)

Crazy technology with a crappy shape. Goode still makes killer skis from what I hear.
Old     (alexair)      Join Date: Oct 2008       11-14-2011, 10:47 AM Reply   
What about such as Naish, Body Glove and etc. brands? Or are these ones not classified as wake manufacturers?
Old     (captain_vilfo)      Join Date: Apr 2007       11-14-2011, 11:03 AM Reply   
Too small of an industry to have that many companies
Old     (lives2wake)      Join Date: Apr 2002       11-14-2011, 6:47 PM Reply   
I think I remember BIC having decks.
Serum was Colin Wright's company. I don't know if Colin Wright was the name of a brand.
The first board I owned a LASki.
Old     (wakerider111)      Join Date: Jul 2006       11-14-2011, 10:16 PM Reply   
Quote:
Originally Posted by alexair View Post
What about such as Naish, Body Glove and etc. brands? Or are these ones not classified as wake manufacturers?
don't know about Naish (aren't they kiteboard company? maybe they dabbled in wake long ago i guess) Body glove i don't think ever intentionally set out to make anything more than entry level package wakeboards... or am I wrong. Although, another gategory could be started for "WAKE LIFE VEST BRANDS"

There are many brands that (have) supplemented their pre-existing watersports gear with cheap, low-end, entry set-ups (airhead, rave, etc.). They are not really pushing the sport in a professional way; no pro riders and no significant innovation. I decided to leave these guys out except for Hydroslide. I think Hydroslide honestly tried to give wakeboarding a push (like with that first parabolic design), but in the end just refocused on kneeboards and such. AND if wakeworld has Hydroslide listed than they ought to be worthy enough for the list.

speaking of what is listed on Wakeworld, some were not on it that i had to remember such as a with a few newer/ smaller brands CTRL, Wakeology, Sine, LWA, Rope, and even an older brand, K2 for the rare and ever so elusive "K2 Woody" i hear about from time to time

Last edited by wakerider111; 11-14-2011 at 10:18 PM.
Old     (alexair)      Join Date: Oct 2008       11-14-2011, 11:42 PM Reply   
Quote:
Originally Posted by wakerider111 View Post
Body glove i don't think ever intentionally set out to make anything more than entry level package wakeboards... or am I wrong. Although, another gategory could be started for "WAKE LIFE VEST BRANDS"

There are many brands that (have) supplemented their pre-existing watersports gear with cheap, low-end, entry set-ups (airhead, rave, etc.). They are not really pushing the sport in a professional way; no pro riders and no significant innovation.
I agree with you about name of this category but my guess that these brands make good job for accessability this sport. And one more - these boards setup (many seems like Trip style) were pro level shape 10-12 years ago only.
Old     (wakerider111)      Join Date: Jul 2006       11-14-2011, 10:30 PM Reply   
I forgot to mention that while cruising the gear guide i noticed that 1999 was a Banner year for Brand Diversity.
Over 25 brands were alive in 1999! Crazy! who would have thought eh?
Old     (dakid)      Join Date: Feb 2001       11-14-2011, 10:55 PM Reply   
i don't think serum was colin wright's, per se. serum was owned and operated by robin roberts.
Old     (yeahhh)      Join Date: Feb 2011       11-16-2011, 9:09 AM Reply   
its ok you forgot wakeology.
Old     (fly135)      Join Date: Jun 2004       11-16-2011, 9:56 AM Reply   
LULE 135

I have no idea who makes this board (ROPE??) or where you get it, but I want one.

Old     (alans)      Join Date: Aug 2005       11-16-2011, 10:19 AM Reply   
KD made boards for a while.
Old     (bradb)      Join Date: Oct 2003       11-16-2011, 11:25 AM Reply   
I recognize most of these, coming from a waterski background. But no mention of skurfer?

Or am I showing my age again?

My first ride was on a skurfer 'rage'.
Old     (alexair)      Join Date: Oct 2008       11-16-2011, 12:26 PM Reply   
Most legendary DinozaWAKErous have started on skurfer

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