does 4 trac ride like 484?

NaRC-P rider · Posted: May 12, 2004 7:01 pm Post subject: does 4 trac ride like 484?

i just wanted to know what the 4 trac rode like. i have a byerly 04 and i like it but i'm looking at and trying to ride some other boards. today i rode a 41" 484 and it was pretty tight. i was wondering if the 4 track rode like that does. i'm kinda afraid that the wood skate won't last long. would i need to take it inside everyday so it doesn't warp or anything?

Parky · Guest

NaRC-P rider, the 4-trac/tech 42 is something different.... I really like it compared to a regular concave... i like it becuase there is more room from your feet on your board and it just seems like there is more board for your feet which I like.... wood and water dont mix thats a fact but wood skates are better than most compisite (sp?) material board (hyperlite) Laughing

Catalyst · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 736 City: Kelowna

woods arent better than composites they are way more durable and and are easier to make advances to. Hyperlite skates are awesome in my oppinon even if u do think there cut down wakeboards.

RUSSIAN · Posted: May 12, 2004 10:07 pm Post subject:

I like the feeling of wood. Composites are going to last longer, but I don't like compression molded at all.
Integrity's boards are composite, not compression molded and feel great under your feet
didn't 484 make a 4-track lookalike?
Wood can last if sealed properly. My 41 flat is still going strong after 3 years. I think that any company that is going to continue to produce wood skates should spend some of their r/d time on qaulity sealents
Catalyst, we've been through this before but I still don't think hype has made any advances at all. The only thing the gate has produced is so-called water manuals

Parky · Guest

RUSSIAN, there called wheelies not manuals and yes 484 made a el quatro or something 4-trac look alike

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

No way! They're "tail presses"!

Ha, just kidding. Parky, russian said they're "so-called manuals," so...yeah, I get the feeling that he doesn't think they're a real manual either. I think the important thing is that most of us realize that a gate wheelie (or whatever...you could call it "tippie toes" for all I care) isn't the same as a true manual.

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

For the record, you can do tail presses and tweak them over to the side on the Kampus Swing with its rounded ends. So the Gate doesn't have an exclusive monopoly on water presses..

RUSSIAN · Posted: May 12, 2004 11:06 pm Post subject:

tippie toes Laughing

tippie toe shove out to Smash