Grip or Foam?

Maniel · Ollie Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 96 City: Toronto

Now i'm pretty sure that most people are gonna be pickin grip for this one but i was lookin for pros AND cons to BOTH. Now if you've only ridin one type then you are of no use to me because obviously what your riding is the "best". so lets not try to ripe on the foam to badly and get some feedback from both worlds.... cool?

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

This has been discussed quite a few times already. If you do a search ( http://www.wakeskating.com/forum/search.php ), you will find plenty of results comparing grip and foam.

Maniel · Ollie Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 96 City: Toronto

and so i t has. sorry dave.

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

Maniel,
Don't sweat it. That is one of the most frequently posted topics on this message board. You weren't the first and won't be the last.

ButterBen · Ollie Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 55 City: Lytle Creek

I like foam grantit that that is mostly what i have road. but i am sure grip is just as good i have found that the foam on my butter is bubbbling i was woundering does grip ever bubble or just foam. Very Happy

seven11dmd · Posted: Jul 22, 2004 6:27 pm Post subject:

grip bubbles up also...water and sun and all that

nick · Posted: Jul 22, 2004 6:33 pm Post subject:

to this day i have never rode a wakeskate with griptape

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endpro · Pop Shuvit Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 118 City: slc

here are some pluses i have found with foam

:it doesnt hurt as bad when you fall

:it almost sticks to your feet

:lasts longer

Here are some i have found with grip

:you can get closer to the true contours of the board

:it doesnt "absorb" the ollie as much,

thats all i can think of

ButterBen · Ollie Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 55 City: Lytle Creek

Well thanks for all your comments i have only ridein a grip board once and i cant realy tell the diffrence between grip and foam i agree with feeling the natural contour of the board foam has a diffrence in the way u feel the board but i like the feel of foam as appose to grip.
PEACE

logan · Frontside 180 Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 437

Could I take my foam off of my board and put regular skate grip on there? I would like to do that if I can, CUz its 5 bucks a sheet at my skate shop and I could do it pretty easy, or have them do it. They have a bunch of cool styles, Clear, Pink, some other colors and then black. But I think clear would be cool because you would see the wood grain show through, my brother has it on his skate duck...

seven11dmd · Posted: Jul 23, 2004 12:28 am Post subject:

volcom_wakeboarder, if you did clear you could paint on the top of your deck, and then put the clear over and u could still see it...i think thatd be tight

logan · Frontside 180 Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 437

seven11dmd, ya that would be bad, like stencil something on there, or you could even put a magazine ad in there(ex:REEF) and then it would show.

Rob · Posted: Jul 23, 2004 3:27 am Post subject:

nick · Posted: Jul 23, 2004 9:49 am Post subject:

feel free to send me wakeskates with grip on them (but dont expect them to come back)

ButterBen · Ollie Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 55 City: Lytle Creek

Rob, I could take one to. Very Happy

logan · Frontside 180 Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 437

seven11dmd, or I could paint the top to match the bottom of the skate or invert the colors and then put the clear grip on, or just do black grip and a white stripe...

seven11dmd · Posted: Jul 23, 2004 6:56 pm Post subject:

volcom_wakeboarder, lol thatd be so crazy though....if you were to try kickflips itd confuse the helll otuta ya.....you could paint the top oppotise, black with white stripe....thatd be tite

logan · Frontside 180 Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 437

seven11dmd, ya we'll see Im goin to the shop tommorow maybe my mom will get me some grip..

ButterBen · Ollie Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 55 City: Lytle Creek

What i think would be nuts is if u painted the top like the bottom and the bottom like a grip tape look so it looked like u where rideing it upsidedown.volcom_wakeboarder, ya dude u should do that it would be sick. just a suggestion