HI - new to the site

wakechick · Posted: May 18, 2007 2:15 pm Post subject: HI - new to the site

Hi there, I am new to wakeskating.com, joined yesterday. Very Happy

I just got my LF Maven and I am VERY much a beginner on wakeskating. I have boarded for 4 years and skated just briefly last summer.

I would love any tips or things I need to know about getting up on a much heavier board. Last year I used my husbands HL Scape and well let's just say the Maven is heavier. I popped right up on the Scape and want to know what to expect tomorrow when I take my Maven for her first ride.

...any advice would be appreciated!

NotSoBueno · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Posts: 1806 City: SoCal

Expect a better ride for sure.

Where the hell is Flower Mound? Shocked

wakechick · Posted: May 18, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject:

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

I wouldn't except too much of a difference in getting up.. you're going to be riding a little deeper in the water if anything.. the Maven has nice variable edges on it so you'll like riding on the lip better than the Scape..you're also riding a concave now so your feet are gonna feel locked in as opposed to the ol' scape. Good pick on the new board.. have fun and tell us how she rides.

frankycouplepuphs · Backside 180 Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 542 City: Decatur

take the short trip down to tsr (san marcos) and break that helmet in. if you have never been, it is well worth the trip.

OverEasy · Pop Shuvit Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 167 City: Richardson

wakechick, If you & your husband feel like coming over to Lake Lavon sometime, my wife & I are out there skating every weekend, and there's plenty of room on our boat. We have a couple different skates you guys are welcome to try out, and I'm sure my wife could offer you some riding tips.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

I think the main area in which you'd notice a difference is if you're doing ollies, shuvs--things like that. Getting up should be a cinch, and I'll bet you'll like the concave after you ride a bit more. But yeah, once you start trying to make the board leave the water, you'd probably find you'd have to put a bit more effort into it. If you haven't been doing that, then I wouldn't sweat it!

tahoe · Posted: May 18, 2007 5:47 pm Post subject:

welcome to the site

Raven · Posted: May 18, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject:

Hey girl, I rode a maven a few weeks ago and it was a solid ride, much better than the scape fo shizzle. Good luck with things.

nalwor · Faceplant Joined: 14 May 2007 Posts: 40

flower mound isnt to far from me, im in denton

skategull8 · Faceplant Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 20 City: p-town

thats sweet..good to hear more and more females getting into it...wish i had a maven board lol

mr robotto · Backside 180 Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 1052

my cousins live in flower mound...

my uncles a pilot at the airport, one cousin is at some texas college, the other one is a freshmen... and my aunt is a teacher

that mall is nice, they got that huge arcade...and six flags over texas is nice

thats what i remember

welcome, i'm new too! Birthday

TTUFAN24 · Posted: May 20, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject:

OverEasy, it's cornut in disguise

frankycouplepuphs, i'll be at tsr next weekend biatch

wakechick, go ride with "overeasy" and his wife. good peeps.

nalwor · Faceplant Joined: 14 May 2007 Posts: 40

TTUFAN24, you ride any around the dallas area? also whats the price like to take a trip to tsr?

mr robotto · Backside 180 Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 1052

nalwor, i've been to denton! we went to some small waterpark that was like 5$ but fun... but thats all i really did there...

TTUFAN24 · Posted: May 20, 2007 4:44 pm Post subject:

nalwor, usually lake ray roberts (about 9 miles north of denton). sometimes lewisville (where i live) or lavon. i think tsr is about 20 for a half day or 30 for a full day. not sure exactly but some other guys on here ride there al the time. i'm sure they can tell you. either way it is really fun and i would pay whatever they were charging.

nalwor · Faceplant Joined: 14 May 2007 Posts: 40

sweet, im want to go down there sometime after i get a board and all. maybe this week since ill be coming back from SA and stoping at a friends for a night or two in austin. my friend lives in lewisville and he just bought a boat so i hope ill get to go out a lot. well see.

TTUFAN24 · Posted: May 20, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject:

nalwor, pm me and maybe we can all go out. overeasy and frankycoupllepuffs have like 10 boards between them. sample them out.

wakechick · Posted: May 21, 2007 10:00 am Post subject:

OMGosh...I never saw all these posts. So!!! Early Saturday morning (VERY early...) we headed to Lake Ray Roberts, I was the first run of the day. It was actually a bit chilly...but i LOVED...ABSOLUTELY LOVED that Maven. I had no problems getting up and the ride was AWESOME! I definitely need more time on her and will probably be getting out to TSR within the next month or two when we visit our friends in Houston.

I can't believe how many peeps are in my neighborhood. PM me with your info and we should try to hook up. I am thinking of getting a skate board so I can practice when I am not on the water. Oh, tried a surface 180...that board moves really fast so that takes a bit of an adjustment...completed the 180 and when I tried an Ollie...well realized that I was skatin' not boardin' Laughing

Chrishau · Backside 180 Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 919 City: Aurora

Awesome More chicks on the site. Its great too see the chicks rippin it up now. I saw the maven the other day. Sweet board. Nice and thick. YOu said you bought a helmet? Do you use it when you ride of just on rials because it not safe especially wakeskating to wear a helmet just while normal riding. Its fine for rails. Just because the helmet floats. I might go further into it later about it.. WELL ENJOY THE BOARD!! and enjoy rdiing. WELCOME TO Wakeskating.com