First wakeskate invert landed?

(sdboardr99) · (sdboardr99) **Join Date: Aug 2001** 08-05-2003, 3:52 PM

I'll wait for the video before I'm completely convinced, but in this thread they claim someone has landed the first backflip on a wakeskate. I'm sure some people will bash him for it since it's a "wakeboard" trick.

http://forums.wakeboarder.com/viewtopic.php?t=11386

(scott_a) · (scott_a) **Join Date: Dec 2002** 08-05-2003, 5:46 PM

well he posted pics from the video that he took, but he has yet to post the video....doesnt make sense...in the amount of time it took him to export the frames, resize and upload them he could have uploaded the entire clip of video for us to watch...

(sdboardr99) · (sdboardr99) **Join Date: Aug 2001** 08-05-2003, 11:31 PM

Turns out he had a little help. He bolted a handle to the wakeskate so he could grab the handle and then do the invert. Cheating or innovation? Only time will tell.

A video clip has been posted: http://photos.wakeboarder.com/showphoto.php?photo=1486&password=&sort=7&thecat=5 00

(kristian) · (kristian) **Join Date: Nov 2002** 08-06-2003, 12:07 AM

Cheating!!!

(pjdave) · (pjdave) **Join Date: Oct 2002** 08-06-2003, 12:46 AM

Oh no the attack of the kiteboarders, some of their boards have built in handles.

(eccpaint) · (eccpaint) **Join Date: Feb 2002** 08-06-2003, 5:35 AM

Handle or not, pretty cool. He probably should have been up front about the handle right from the start though. He probably would not have been jumped on by the nay sayers so hard. Maybe skates will start coming with removable handles, like wakeboards have removable fins. Possibly an innovation. IMHO

andzei 08-06-2003, 5:45 AM

Cheating!!!maybe

, because regular skates(with 4 wheels)havent handle

...dunno

xtremebordgurl 08-06-2003, 4:16 PM

I say innovation, if you've seen any kiteboarding footage you know that handle will open a door to a whole slew of wakeskate tricks, just my opinion.

(blabel) · (blabel) **Join Date: Jul 2001** 08-06-2003, 4:28 PM

If you have the ability to hold on you might as well make it comfortable and add wakeboard bindings.

I say it doesn't count. People have done backflips on skateboards without the use of a handle so...

(wakebo2169) · (wakebo2169) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 08-06-2003, 5:08 PM

i say its not too cool...wakeskating isn't wakeboarding....the only flips that are legit in my opinion are of the kickflip, frontside flip, etc variety

upupnaway 08-06-2003, 8:14 PM

Not even close to the first invert on a "skate". When wakeskating first came out, there were a whole slew of people who put blocks on their boards, (velcro was another popular tactic), doing tantrums and backrolls and such. With the addition of these blocks, it ceased being wakeskateing. Honestly, don't you think grubb would be doing this if it was even slightly acceptable?
If a handle gets added to the board, I would be perfectly happy recognizing it as a new sport......Wake-scooter.

by the way-no disrespect towards kite-boarders...they are meant to have handles, are they not?

(Message edited by upupnaway on August 06, 2003)

andzei 08-06-2003, 11:51 PM

interesting to hear what pro wake skaters think about it?is here anyone?

catalyst 08-07-2003, 11:05 AM

I say its cool that he did somethind that is quite technical and most of us couldnt even come close to without alot of work. On the other hand I do kinda feel that he is stepping away from what wakeskating realy is about. But i mean like holly crap he did a back flip that just shows how far the sport could go. Id like to see wake to wake frontside flip or something but that aint happening for a while so a back flip wil do for the time being.

jakeman 08-07-2003, 11:48 AM

bill

u forgot to photoshop the rope into pic 3 and 4

griffdizzle 08-07-2003, 11:52 AM

if you watch the video, it does look real. i dont think its photoshopped. first wakeskate invert ever? no way. quite frankly i think anyone that can do toeside backrolls could bolt a handle to a wakeskate and land that after a few tries.