Wakeskate Term Paper

[wakemitch]

I am doing my term paper for intro to business on the difference between rider owned and operated companies and corporate companies.
This is the first time Im excited to write a ten page paper

I need your guys' help with a survey because i need the opinons and experiences of wakeskaters not just me and my friends.

Please be serious.....I shouldnt have said that

Questions:

1. What was your first board and why did you buy it?

2. What makes you want to buy a board?

3. What in your opinion was the biggest innovation in wakeskating?

4. What in your opinion was the biggest gimick in wakeskating?

5. How do you feel about the current wakeskate industry?



If you read this you might as well answer the questions.
You know you wanna.


Thanks so much

[ripava82]

1. My first board was a flat Cassette Linear Perspective. I bought it because I had seen it in a magazine and the person I learned to wakeboard with many years back said I wouldnt do it.

2. Seeing the new designs and ideas companies are coming up with.

3. So far, I think the bi-level I dont understand how the idea even came about.

4. I dont know very many, but I dont really understand why Liquid Force wakeskates fall apart so easily. At first i though it was over exaggerated but a freind of my sister had an impulse and we cracked it in one day and it was the 5th or 6th time he had ridden it.

5. I feel that it is overcrowded, all it means for me is that i have many brands to choose from, but for the companies I think it is a bad thing. Selling wakeskates is only going to make so much money and when it is divided between so many companies it limits profits for each company. I think there are at least 25 companies right now selling wakeskates nearly worldwide.

[JamesBoardr]

1. Cassette 01 41'. I saw Free4All at a friends house and saw Timmy Ks part and just new that was pretty much the coolest thing ever. Before that I never thought to much about wakeskating being so big and so progressive.

2. I like buying a board when I like the purpose behind the board (the company, riders, owners). I like it when the people making the board are the same people going out riding on the weekends having that same great feeling after an awesome set.

3. Bi-level. Such a great board, so unique.

4. Biggest gimick? Hyperlites? I guess the new velcro top wakeskates are pretty gimicky.

5. The current wakeskate industry is getting better and better each year. I think its so great to have so many companies with different backgrounds all around the world. I only wish I could own them all.

[xXxcaliwakeskaterxXx]

1. First board: 2005 byerly 107. I heard it was a good board and wanted to get into wakeskating.

2. If i hear that it can take a beating and that it comfortable for my riding level.

3. There is still a lot of innovation happening. Wakeskating is still very new and its hard to tell. I have to say the current tricks developing, and how 'new' pro-material riders are popping up every day.

4. The biggest gimmick in wakeskating is the ability to become pro. If you have any skating or wakeboarding background, you are pretty much going to be decent at wakeskating. As I said, it is very new and not many people are doing it. Less people = less competition. Lets say wakeskating was as big as skating. Don't you think there would be a lot more tricks being thrown down?

5. I think the current wakeskating industry is still developing. I think there is small-name brands trying to get their boards out there before wakeskating gets huge (which can be a good thing). It really gets better every year and im loving it.

good luck with the paper!

[Raven]

1. Cassette projector....love at first sight!
2.Wud.....concave....grip......size and shape.
3.Winch......
4.metal spring tails,,,,,i forget where i saw them
5.It is like a ballet dance..harmonic, intriguing, and devilishly exciting


Good luck mitch....remember ............. compare and contrast.

[OverEasy]

1. HL Scape 116 - I had ridden one before that belonged to a friend, so it was familiar. Also, it was inexpensive. (Didn't take long before I wanted something better.)

2. A few reasons:
a.) the deck I have is falling apart.
b.) a different design may make it easier to slide or ollie.
c.) I like the idea of supporting a ROC like integ

3. Concave board design - it appeared to help advance the tech tricks (shuv's, flips, etc.)

4. Not sure about any "gimicks" - I see some skates from wakeboard companies that look like a total waste of money (CWB, O'Brien)

5. I think it's cool that so many new decks are coming out, though I do worry that too much competition could hurt some of the really good small companies like integ & omen. Cassette may be a good example of this; awesome skates, but a small company that seemed to have a hard time delivering the QC & immediate customer support that is offered by big dogs like HL & LF.

[TTUFAN24]

1. CWB Lucky. because i saw frre4all as well and knew i needed to get one. and because it was the only one the shop had in Lubbock, TX. and because i think wakeboarding is ghey, but i own one of those also.

2. if it gets good reviews and it's made of wood

3. concave

4. biggest gimmick is probably those computer graphic enhanced fake wakeskate videos that Omen is putting out of Drew. seriously, do they think i'm stupid? no one can do that on a wakeskate.

5. it's a lot like the current skateboard industry. a lot of choices to choose a lot of the same. i'm liking the direction omen and distortion are going but have yet to ride one. i love wood boards and it seems to be the best of both worlds.

[wakemitch]

Raven, yeah, my whole term paper is compare and contrast. im not taking a side in the paper

[electricsnow]

I find that there are two kinds of people in this world; elvis people and beetles people. Now, elvis people can like the beetles and beetles people can like elvis, but nobody likes both equally. Some where, you have to make a choice.

Just kidding. that's from pulp fiction. but it seemed to make sense.

[wakemitch]

electricsnow, im definitely an elvis guy. its a research paper not an opinonated essay. if it was i would go with ROC.

[pyroskater00]

1. Integrity. I knew it would last me untill my great grandchildren got tired of it. Then I could resell it as new.

2. P.O.P. all the way. and it has to last longer than a liquid force, those are my only qualifications.

3. the Bi-Level.

4. Grouch's mom.

5. Think that everybody is just making boards that are too similar. there are at least 10 different companies making wood, concave, boards that are really no different, except for a little with the edges and whatever else. I think that the company number needs to slim down and maybe the companies should try to join together (?).

[kyle13]

1. Kampus k-39, because it was cheap.

2. Price, Pop, Reviews

3. Bi-level

4. ..nollies off the double up

5. I have a lot of respect for Integrity.

Thats about it, good luck with your paper.

[spadedout41]

1.) 05 integrity team .... b/c all the reviews on here and being a noob and listening to everything peeps said on here.

2.)durability, pop , and reviews

3.) the winch becomming so popular

4.) the past years of how quickly the liquid force boards are lasting

5.) That there are WAY too many companies that lack quality

[steveMcMur]

i wrote a essay for comp 1 on wakeskating.com

[JB_CANSKATE]

1. Cassette flat 42 because it was cheap and I had a chance to demo it.

2. Wood, concave,pop

3.The Winch

4.The biggest gimmick in wakeskating i think was those velcro strips that just came out.

5.It needs to seperate itself from wakeboarding more

[xXxcaliwakeskaterxXx]

wouldnt the straps make wakeskaters that use them strappers?

[spadedout41]

they are STRIPS of velcro i believe, that your shoes attach to... so maybe velcroers hahaha im feelin the wiskey ive been drinkin since 6 so actually IDK

[Jama]

1. Hyperlite Scape 107...my mom was worried about me messing up my knees and I thought foam top would have a surf like feel barefoot....It is still fun for what it is but I'll take my NT over it haha.

2. Honestly, seeing a pro being able to throw tricks down on it. Also, solid endorsement, such as CWB and O'brien lack.

3. The first guy to say, "Hey, I'm going to take this thing wake to wake just you watch."

4. The fact that half the participants in the sport are "pros".

5. It's on the right path and there are more than a handful of riders pushing it in the right direction.

[Ctipping]

1. Homemade flat deck...worked really well...Made a jig and pressed it myself. Landed my first shuv on it and hit my only rail ever on it.
2. Rider reviews and durabilityare important. I want to know how the skate rides and how long it will last. Also, I'd like to support ROCs, even though my last skate was a Hyperlite. ROCs are a lot more personal and the industry needs them or it will all belong to uncle bob.
3. Definitely the winch. It brings out so many more options for new spots and has a more street-skating feel to it. The ability to scope out spots that aren't major bodies of water brings out room for more and more progression.
4. Two things. The ability to go pro so easily. Many of you have probably seen my videos and I suck, but I'm going to be riding pro for summer 2007.
The socond is those kicktails on hype boards. Sure they allow for nose-press action, but the ollie is not improved at all. I felt held back on anything that wasn't wake to wake.
5. The ROCs need a bigger iece of the pie. They need more exposure and market, otherwise wakeboard manufacturers will just milk this "new craze" until they have a complete monopoly.

[deltarider]

wakemitch, nice avatar!