I won a Shawk board...

t-rex · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 2007 City: Denver

SnoSk8er10, crazy ray, shawkboard is not all its cracked up to be... they sent me one for free to demo... i was not impressed.... it should have been marketed to the wakeboard community so teh strappers could try it.....

but as far as wakeskating goes, shawkboarding is like taking an "evolutionary step backwards". meaning we evolved from wakeboarding, by taking the bindings off and waxing or gripping our boards and wearing shoes, then building smaller skates, then bi-levels, and wood vs. composite.... etc... but the "shawk binding system" is taking us back to our dark age days of being attached to the board. Rolling Eyes

but as far as an honest opinion of the shawkboard and their equipment, here ya go:
1. Shawk shoes -- comfortable.
2. LF Armada -- IMO it sucks, it has all those "molded fins" feels like riding a small wakeboard, not a skate.
3. "Binding system" -- works well for it's purpose, provides strong grip between you and the board, doesn't allow for as much foot movement during the ride as wakeskaters prefer. doesn't tear skin and hair off legs like griptape does.

MY PERSONAL PRODUCT REVIEW:

shoes -- good
board -- poor
binding system -- works as advertised.

"marketed to the WRONG crowd".... wakeboarders would love it.... skaters won't, well....real skaters won't. Cool

El Diablo · Posted: Nov 20, 2007 2:31 am Post subject:

t-rex · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 2007 City: Denver

El Diablo, your a wakeboarder. Bang Head

i've seen you do it Shocked

El Diablo · Posted: Nov 20, 2007 2:34 am Post subject:

t-Rex,

whos to say i dont strap in everyonce in a while. i just needed extra support for my ankle since that was the first time ive riden anything since the injury. b/c my ankle killed after that second wakeskate session. b/c i just got the cast off a week b4. so i needed some support b4 i jumped bak on that think.
but now im a strapless and not to be strapped for a while. Twisted Evil

t-rex · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 2007 City: Denver

i'm just messin with ya

El Diablo · Posted: Nov 20, 2007 2:37 am Post subject:

t-Rex, yeah! i no! Laughing

yeah. i just think that u were just jelous that mah girlfriend wanted meh bak for more! Rolling Eyes

goodtimez!

jerry · Posted: Nov 20, 2007 7:46 am Post subject:

SnoSk8er10 · Posted: Nov 20, 2007 11:22 am Post subject:

Seems like everyone here hates these things, I'm thinking ill feel the same way... We'll see though, I feel like they are promoting them to the wrong crowd like others said

Classy · Posted: Nov 20, 2007 11:46 am Post subject:

I'm not gonna hate on a company for trying something new...BUT. Having yur feet attached to a wakeskate is pointless. If I wanted to be attache I would wakeboard...

NaRC-P rider · Posted: Nov 20, 2007 12:41 pm Post subject:

shawkboarding is like cheating at wakeskating combined with crappy wakeboarding, it seriously makes no sense to me. i'm trying to think of a good analogy but can't really come up with anything, who's got one?

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

shawkboarding is to wakeskating as guitar hero is to making music

jerry · Posted: Nov 20, 2007 1:43 pm Post subject:

Mr. Top Hat, thats pretty good

Classy · Posted: Nov 20, 2007 1:58 pm Post subject:

Mr. Top Hat, It makes sense, but the only problem with it is, guitar hero is actually fun to play...

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

If you want to keep something on the boat for girls/beginners/etc. Support our sport and buy a foam top board with fins on it. If that doesn't work, buy a wakeboard. Shawkboarding is just an embarrassment to watersports and should never have the word wakeskate in the same sentence or paragraph. Keep the Armada, toss the Shawkgear.

Soulprogression · Posted: Nov 20, 2007 2:39 pm Post subject:

shawkboarding and kneeboarding go together hand in hand like bert and ernie

urinal mint · Backside 180 Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 1991

Send it to me, I'll ride it.

I never bought into the whole "wakeboarders vs wakeskaters" deal.

Childishness.

I wakeboard just as much as I wakeskate.

Le Jalapeno · Guest

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

Im not versing them at all. Im versing Human Intelligence vs Shawkboarding and how it should be wiped off the face of our planet.

Shawkboarding is to Wakeskating&Wakeboarding as BASEketball is to Baseball&Basketball.

Good movie, though.

Le Jalapeno · Guest

i have never heard of such a thing......

SnoSk8er10 · Posted: Nov 20, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject:

urinal mint, I feel the same way, I skate more than board but I still think its fun to switch things up. It might be fun to screw around on the shawk, but I know for a fact that it will be buried under everything else in my boat before I know it.