Hyperbash

mikeskatesonwater · Guest

Evil coroporations with the sole purpose of making money and not pushing the sport. the obriens left hyperlite and are back in washington starting a new company, hyperlite is corrupt and own most of the industry, liquid force makes poor quality decks but they are supposed to be getting better and I hope they do.

cassette315 · Posted: Mar 23, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject:

werid how both those companies are ( in my opinion ) great at making wakeboardes, but dont no how to make a proper wakeskate Neutral

Ska_686 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 118 City: Troy

I would say that they are the Burtons of Wakeskating/wakeboarding. A lot of people just don't like monopolies/mass producers because they feel they might not be as careful when they design their skates as compared to a smaller company such as cassette that would.

senorbueno · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1593

ECrowe34, it's just a general mind set here in the wakeskating community.
Other smaller companies are coming up with more revolutionary designs, only to be ripped off by some of the major players. For me personally, I would rather give my money to someone that is going to use it to make a better product, I would rather pay more money for a quality wakeskate made here in the US by people who care, than a cheap one made in a sweatshop in China by people who have never even heard of the sport.

mikeskatesonwater · Guest

exactly I had a byerly two seasons ago and it delamed, has crappy foam grip and fell apart....their wakeboards are nice but there skates suck...though this years look alot better I must say....I dont like their ethics and attitude about the watersports industry.......

soy escuala · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 2248

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Ska_686 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 118 City: Troy

Well, I just called Hyperlite. They told me that their skates and wakeboards are made in factories that are spread throughout asia. So basically they are made in a sweatshop by people who don't know what a wakekate is even used for. Companies, such as Cassette, have a factory in the United States (Florida to be precise) and are made by Americans. So who do you want to give your money to, people working in a sweatshop in asia, or promote companies that produce products in america...with care... its your choice man.

mikeskatesonwater · Guest

oh yeah i forgot about the whole shipping to overseas part......

Ska_686 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 118 City: Troy

yea that too Smash

bjr · Posted: Mar 23, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject:

ECrowe im glad u ask that just to see what peoples response is.

Ska_686 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 118 City: Troy

personally, i have a liquid force impulse. I was just trying to throw out reasons why people wouldn't like hpyerlit/liquid force

Tobias_Neumann · Posted: Mar 23, 2006 5:04 pm Post subject:

FYI: I'm sure alot of the stuff you wear and buy is made in somewhere in asia. Sure, it might be designed by an american or european company but these large corporations that we fear so much make more money if they use cheap labour. This is not news by any stretch so I don't know why an american designed wakeskate built in China would be bad because of that fact ? Is the IPOD a good/bad product because it's made in China or because of the american designers, who tells the chinese how to make them ?

I don't like Walmart etc. but if you want to knock 'em, knock 'em for the right reasons.

Ska_686 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 118 City: Troy

It is mainly that the money is not going to Americans. Why do you think the economy is so bad? Because Americans are buying products that are not made in America. When you buy products that are made out of the country, you are putting American workers out of buisness.

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

buy hyperlite, support Frye's family.

mikeskatesonwater · Guest

There is no reason to ship american business production for anything overseas and if we just let it happen then its no ones fault but our own. If we all go out and by decks made overseas then they have won, if we buy oak, level 13, liberation, cassette, omen, integrity, ect. then we are supporting our own market. You have to be an idiot not to see this.

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

mikeskatesonwater, L13 is canadian. is supporting the canadian economy better than supporting the asian one?

mikeskatesonwater · Guest

yes and my bad.....because we all know Canada is our evil twin...

Ska_686 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 118 City: Troy

mikeskatesonwater, There is a huge reason that they are made overseas. It is a whole lot cheaper to pay the workers over there. And you are right that it is our own fault that those compaines are #1

mario c. · Guest

burton was a pioneer of snowboarding. Rolling Eyes

hypes just cashing in on the industry.

mikeskatesonwater · Guest

yeah its cheaper cause its slave labor and what do you get when you don't pay your workers well? oh yeah cheap crap..