Old School Indentity

Cubby The Shiz · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 169

alright, i found one of hyperlite's very first wakeskates at this store near my house, it was just collecting dust while on display in the ceiling, so i bought for a keepsake and to admire when im old, but i want to know for sure what year it is from and all that good stuff......it is basically a wakeboard but entirely covered in foam and has FWT pads....if you wanna see some pictures i can put them up but if anyone has any info let me know

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

Cubby The Shiz, Post up some pics, i wanna see it Smile

Raven · Posted: Aug 20, 2006 1:06 am Post subject:

It sounds like the OG Grubb from Boom Box.

devotid · Frontside 180 Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 473 City: saginaw

is it yellow?

Cubby The Shiz · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 169

no not the yellow one its even more old school, but that thing is sick

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10755 City: Jefferton

nope. It's from 1998. I have one of those too, but it was ridden (however, I only paid 20.00 for mine).

Cubby The Shiz · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 169

siiiiick...yes its the second one in from the left.....its tight....it got mine for 20 bucks also....where did you get the yellow one?

RC · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 1033

dude....those are awesome, i want one.

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Aug 20, 2006 12:37 pm Post subject:

man hype boards have changed so much over the years**

**sarcasm

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Aug 20, 2006 12:39 pm Post subject:

TTUFAN24, haha sooo true bro man.

Cubby The Shiz · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 169

are the yellow one and grey one oth from 98' cuz they look completely different

slothboy420 · Frontside 180 Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 274 City: atco

itz crazy to see how the skate has evolved over the years. i saw grub at o dub throwin it dwn wit that banana board. it was sic

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10755 City: Jefferton

that yellow board is from 2001. They're similar in that they both look like the "base design" of the board is a wakeboard, but the grey board is completely flat on top with traction pads, and the yellow one has sone gnarly kicktails and a little bit of concave. Those kicktails are seriously like three inches thick, if not a little bit more.

Raven · Posted: Aug 20, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject:

Esnow, sick old school quiver, I wanna see the whole enchilada Razz

itch · Posted: Aug 21, 2006 3:38 pm Post subject:

"You Can't handle the whole enchilada!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
LOL
ITCH

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10755 City: Jefferton

hahahaha....but I don't understand this whole enchalada business, because I don't collect those...

byronnash · Pop Shuvit Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 104 City: Charlotte

I've got the old blue one that I believe is circa '99. It was a lot like the grey one you have but has bigger traction pads. I still use it to teach people to ride. I ditched the pads though.

88skisupreme · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1342 City: ATX

I bought one of those blue ones when it was new it was pretty good but really just a wakeboard with foam on it. In 2001 I finnaly got on a cassette and it was all over then, I realised that wakeskates were more than just wakeboards with grip on it.

That sponge is the worst wakeskate ever made.

byronnash · Pop Shuvit Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 104 City: Charlotte

Is the sponge that LF piece of junk? I rode that one time and it bowed from the water pressure. It had "anti-rocker" when on it! Laughing

Hyperlite used that same board blank for several different boards for a while, wakeskates, women's boards, freeride models... All they had were different paint jobs.

88skisupreme · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1342 City: ATX

I was riding an old wakeboard without binding or grip, just wearing sandals. My friend and I both learned backside shove-its with that set up.

Later I bought some FWT and put them on a double up. That was decent set up. I had my shop order a sponge and it was so soft you couldn't cut with it, like you said it would just bow under. I traded it in for that blue hyperlite.