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2004 Hyperlite Byerly 142
Four years of research, several pro model designs and countless hours in the shaping room has led to Flow-Thru technology. A new era in board design allows for a tighter feel with the water for a rail riding style and a new Byerly boot off the kicker. Wakeboards will never be the same.
Styles may change but style doesn't. Scott first entered the scene in 1992 with a different approach to the industry and look on the water. He rode then and now with a knees-bent, relaxed style that will never be duplicated. Byerly rides a board the way it's meant to be ridden - on the rail and always in control. For the last couple of seasons both Scott Bouchard and Scott Byerly have been collaborating on a new shape that would bring out all of the characteristics of an often imitated but never duplicated appearance. A new design that offers the strongest grip when initiating a turn with a solid overall edge hold. This new faster rocker line has the explosiveness you could only get from this trademark bend. An increased sidecut and Flow-Thru rail makes this board less work to session the wake. 3-Stage rocker boards are now even easier to be ridden finless. Byerly's new ride has a contoured deck offering greater heel and toe response by having the bindings lowered into the board. Byerly Features:
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Reviewer: Derek Benavidaz
10/08/2005 12:00am 
Awesome board! I have two other boards(Hyperlite murray and liquid force balance) and this one definetlykills the other two in pop, landings, and speed. You can easily pull of a 2-3 feet ollie!!!!!!
Reviewer: Joe Huffman
07/18/2005 12:00am
Cant ask for a better board, cuts hard, lands smooth, tracks well, great pop. Loose at first without fins but thats the way to go!
Reviewer: andrew sleep
12/24/2004 12:00am
this board is sik, u can effortlessly get a 2-3 foot ollie. this board also rips through rouh water
Reviewer: Bill Rehm
07/12/2004 12:00am 
I haven’t been doing this long, but I can tell this board requires a precision and skill. There’s no slop - if you point it somewhere it goes that way. When you dig in there is a rapid acceleration... this thing can’t wait to shoot you over the wake. Great board but would be frustrating for inexperienced riders.
Reviewer: Jamey M
04/27/2004 12:00am
Excellent board! Nice pop off the wake. Very responsive. Best board I’ve ever ridden.
Reviewer: Randy Lockhart
02/20/2004 12:00am
This board is meant to be ridden without a fin. I lile a looser board so this board gets excellent traking without the fin and lets you pull a landing out your but when you shouldn’t have stuck it. The board has that classic byerly "buck" for straight up wake to wake pop. Bottom line, a good board for progressive wake to wake spinning
Reviewer: clw wong
02/17/2004 12:00am
Ride smooth like silk... Great board!!
Reviewer: Picci 1
09/29/2003 12:00am
The board is difficult to understand at first, but it has numbers...
great pop and tracking, a little bit loose on turnings.
I closed all my tricks at the first time with rough water, so I loved the board.
The only defect is that this board is very fragile when travelling around
great pop and tracking, a little bit loose on turnings.
I closed all my tricks at the first time with rough water, so I loved the board.
The only defect is that this board is very fragile when travelling around
Reviewer: sean a
09/20/2003 12:00am
The best Byerly board I have ever ridden.
Reviewer: Max Kazmin
09/17/2003 12:00am
Verry goed design:))
Reviewer: Lunker Lunker
09/08/2003 12:00am
1. Ollies/Bunny hops--
This board ollies like mad! The 01 was weak, the 03 better but the 04 is awesome at ollies. Like 2-3 feet with almost no effort.
2. Predictability-- the 03 was very predictable. It turned slow, held its edge fairly well and was too sticky, unless finless. 04 turns much faster. Good. Except if you weight the board heavy on your back foot on a quick turn the tail slides out and you start side sliding. Fix by either shifting more weight to your front foot or using a deeper fin than the stock .8 When you sideslide its really fast and gets away much easier than 01/03. Pop is better than 03 and very predictable. I also ride 142’s even though I’m only 150 lbs and this 04 feels shorter.
3. Tracking/stickyness -- Like I said above you will either need to adjust how you distibute your weight or add more fin to keep the tail from sliding out. I chose a little of both. I put the 1.3" fins from the 03 byerly on the 04 and got about the same feel as the 03 with no fins. I got better tail hold and still was way faster into a turn than the 03. This board is loose compared to 03, about like an 01 with 1.5" fins.
4. Design -- Good and bad. the flow through tail really works and this board carves like mad. It may slide out on a hard rail cut in the flats, but in the trough and up the wake, it holds well. The ears-tabs-wings are VERY SHARP AND THIN! At the end of my 2nd day an off axis 3 gone bad caught the handle on one and tore it badly. Also plent of scrapes from methods, slobs, etc.
Overall, I really like this board and will continue to ride it, but I’ll keep fiberglass repair materials handy.
This board ollies like mad! The 01 was weak, the 03 better but the 04 is awesome at ollies. Like 2-3 feet with almost no effort.
2. Predictability-- the 03 was very predictable. It turned slow, held its edge fairly well and was too sticky, unless finless. 04 turns much faster. Good. Except if you weight the board heavy on your back foot on a quick turn the tail slides out and you start side sliding. Fix by either shifting more weight to your front foot or using a deeper fin than the stock .8 When you sideslide its really fast and gets away much easier than 01/03. Pop is better than 03 and very predictable. I also ride 142’s even though I’m only 150 lbs and this 04 feels shorter.
3. Tracking/stickyness -- Like I said above you will either need to adjust how you distibute your weight or add more fin to keep the tail from sliding out. I chose a little of both. I put the 1.3" fins from the 03 byerly on the 04 and got about the same feel as the 03 with no fins. I got better tail hold and still was way faster into a turn than the 03. This board is loose compared to 03, about like an 01 with 1.5" fins.
4. Design -- Good and bad. the flow through tail really works and this board carves like mad. It may slide out on a hard rail cut in the flats, but in the trough and up the wake, it holds well. The ears-tabs-wings are VERY SHARP AND THIN! At the end of my 2nd day an off axis 3 gone bad caught the handle on one and tore it badly. Also plent of scrapes from methods, slobs, etc.
Overall, I really like this board and will continue to ride it, but I’ll keep fiberglass repair materials handy.
Reviewer: JOE NOBODY
09/05/2003 12:00am
THE ONLY THING I DON’T LIKE AOUT THIS BOARD IS I KEEP THINKING THAT THE ROPE HANDLE WILL HIT THE EAR OF THIS BOARD AND TEAR IT OFF, OR THE ROPE WILL GET CAUGHT IN THE NOOK OF THE BOARD AND WRECK IT.
Reviewer: Guy Peterson
09/01/2003 12:00am
Do I really need to say, you can tell how awsome this board is from looking at it. Everything about it is just everything that any andvanced rider is looking for.
Reviewer: peter w
08/21/2003 12:00am
Verry goed design. Print is not my style.
Reviewer: Joe Renko
08/19/2003 12:00am
This board is Sik mate! I think the guy who rated this and said it sucks must be on drugs! It’s sweet and I landed my first Mobe with this sik Board