4trac Fins! Have You Ever?

Parky · Guest

ok i want to ask. has anyone rode the 4trac for just riding and rails. If I made the fins smaller like 1. or 0.8 will it make a difference in my ridings. are liptricks hard

Parky · Guest

pic ex. lol

Yuri · Raley Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1977 City: orlando

those billabong shorts are pimp! lol Laughing

Parky · Guest

WaKeSk8Er1234, ya the occys are awsome

Yuri · Raley Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1977 City: orlando

Parky Yeah dude i love the 03 but have u seen the 04 in the Billabong Grubb ad if u didnt here they are im getting these.

Parky · Guest

ya those look sick too.

ollieshuvitz · Posted: Jan 26, 2004 11:23 pm Post subject:

I like my Oniel's I just got. Now back to the 4trac. I ride finless. I've tried NS slides, blunt slides, NS press, tail presses, which are alot harder then I thought with the stock 03 4trac fins. With the "NS" fins in, it is really hard to edge and ride around, as the fins want to catch and throw you off. Other then that, riding with fins might enable you to ollie higher, but I find them catching more and becoming a pain in the a$$.

Yuri · Raley Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1977 City: orlando

Im supprized myself a lot of wakeskaters here in orlando are not buying the 2004 cassettes bc someone bought a Reed 41 and had it for 4 days then it broke he got really bummed and a lot of people are saying that the 2004 cassettes are not good boards. So i would think twice before you buy a 04 cassette wakeskate. Confused

ollieshuvitz · Posted: Jan 26, 2004 11:32 pm Post subject:

Ya I know, I just rode mine (04 41 4trac) today and it was sick! The board rides 10x better then the 03 41 concave or 4trac. The only thing that worries me is that the board is already swelling up and looks like it will be water logged in a couple days. Of course, I slide it so much today, it looks like i've had it for months. crazy, huh? Crazy Eyes

DISCLAIMER: there is no BS in this post.

PS- there is some type of extended rocker or something that lets you ollie nearly twice as high (to me anyway) and allowed me to manual.

Yuri · Raley Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1977 City: orlando

ya post pic.

ollieshuvitz · Posted: Jan 26, 2004 11:35 pm Post subject:

Of the swelling/damage?

sim · Pop Shuvit Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Posts: 219 City: Thorpe

the swelling/warping has always been a problem with wooden decks. I presume this is because no-one can figure out a good way to laminate the whole board including the fin holes. It is here that the water has a direct route into the core of the board. The only way to stop this from happening is to fill the fin holes with candle wax, then they are waterproof. If you ever want to put the fins back in, you can push the wax through quite easily. But even with the fins screwed in, water still gets between the sheets in the ply. This is the good thing about wakeboard construction skates, they are waterproof, and if you ding the edge, you can fix it easily. Still not worth the shin-digs with those sharp edges though!! stick to wood, but give your skate 2 coats of laquor to strengthn it and fill the holes before you ride it. a bit time consuming, but worth it in the long run, trust.
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Rob · Posted: Jan 27, 2004 6:25 am Post subject:

I used contact glue on the edges of my 4-track when it delaminated because of all the rails. Works OK now but I don't know how long it's gonna last... I usually ride my 4-track with 1.1 fins and I don't use the specific 4-track "lock on" fins very often. Only at special occasions when I try to noseslide or when I do 50-50 one foots. I broken a few though.... They have a tendency to catch when doing liptricks...

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

Joey White · Pop Shuvit Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 172 City: Phoenix

i have been riding liquid force boards a long time now the tech 42 and it seems like my boards never really get water cracks or whatever they are called. i do nothing special to treat my board or anything but the liquid force glue they use works really well and parky are you getting a liquid force or a cassette becasue i thought you were sponsered by liquid force

Paul · Posted: Jan 27, 2004 3:14 pm Post subject:

RUSSIAN · Posted: Jan 27, 2004 7:44 pm Post subject:

My 01 cassette flat deck is still in good shape, but my 03 4-track that I have ridden twice was delamed in the plastic it came in, now it has tons of delams that appear worse when it's swollen.
Why is it that humans sailed the earth for thousands of years in wooden boats, but my brand new cassette doesn't look like it will last another two months Evil or Very Mad

. There has to be a cure for this. Thomas, I love your shapes but something must be done.

I can't wait to get my hands on an Integrety.