Hey! Question about Wakeskates

inter · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2007 Posts: 45 City: BC

Hey, I'm new.
I just started wakeskating this summer but have been wakeboarding for 4 years now. I made my own wakeskate last year and it worked out great. I didn't get to ride it that much but it was a blast. ollieing, carving and slayshing was soo much fun!

Since my season is over and I'm back in school, I am planning on building some more wakeskates in my tech class. I am making a mold to shape the wakeskate but was wondering how much rocker I should put on this thing. I want it three-stage but I don't know how much flat spot it's supposed to have and how much bend it should have. If anyone with any knowledge about rocker can help me out I'd really appreciate it. and any other tips about makin em would be awesome.

pics below.

mr.foonis · Posted: Oct 15, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject:

that has a pretty huge rocker. but idk

inter · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2007 Posts: 45 City: BC

yeah i know thats the wakeskate i made last year. its three inches. and it's continuous, but im making more and want a smaller three stage rocker but not sure how much of a flat spot it should have and how much rocker there should be.

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Oct 15, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject:

Holy super rocker!!!! Looks like nice finished product though. Flat spot in the middle would probably help

wakemitch · Posted: Oct 15, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject:

most skates have 2" or less rocker.
and the average flat spot is over a foot long

inter · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2007 Posts: 45 City: BC

wakemitch, thanks, just what I wanted to know.

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

dang is that 27 stage rocker? Cool

mojo · Posted: Oct 15, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject:

you should look at the specs on other companies sits to get a rough idea. i like that thing man. it looks like you carved it from a tree like those old tribes who surfed. this is just what i'd want..taper the concave further to the kick tails

cjbecker · Posted: Oct 15, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject:

my favorite rocker is 1.5 continues. or i like the flat spot to go from pocket to pocket (the spot that is inbetween the kicktail and the concave.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Oct 15, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject:

Wow the skate looks SOLID! crazy nice, but the rocker is serious, looks like a teeter toter lol! id try to bring down the rocker about half or so. haha. still looks really nice, and well built deff.

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Very nice man! Just mellow out that rocker Crazy Eyes

mojo · Posted: Oct 15, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject:

could you briefly descibe making a mold for it

PrimeO · Posted: Oct 15, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject:

Looks like you could do nollies on that. ha

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

Wow man. Very nice craftsmanship, to say the least. Like others said i'd ease up the rocker a bit and make the concave a little bit closer to the kicktails and sand down the edge a bit, and it'll look slick Cool

kyle13 · Posted: Oct 16, 2008 12:21 am Post subject:

homemade wakeskates ftw.

make sure to post pics of the new one.

Montgomery · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 976 City: Rogers

Yeah dude that's a sick DIY skate but definitely less rocker but wow that's probably the best looking DIY skate I've seen in a while

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

inter, those are some heavy lookin dumbbells under that table.... you do a lot of workin out? Cool

jk.

that skate looks DIRTY!! great lookin finished project!!

rockers ~2" flat spot should be large part of the board.. go get a long metal ruler (or SS yard stick) cut it to proper length and do some shaping with that, till the rocker looks right.. that should give you a good idea of flat spot length

again, great lookin skate!! Birthday

bmr712 · Posted: Oct 16, 2008 6:52 pm Post subject:

inter, how much does that thing weight?

wakeskatingrulezd00d · Pop Shuvit Joined: 04 Oct 2008 Posts: 158 City: folsom, LA

this is a pic of one i made, what i did is i just cut the rocker of the mold to the rocker of my wakeboard, and since you said you wakeboard, you could just use that, unless you want a better rocker

inter · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2007 Posts: 45 City: BC

thanks for all the compliments and advice guys. and yeah, when I made the board I didn't know much about wakeskates so after I did some research I realized there was way too much rocker on it.

mojo, I'm gonna make it similiar to this http://www.wakeskating.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2317

bmr712, it weighs 8.7 pounds. that's about the average weight for a wakeskate right?

t-rex, yeah I started workin out this year. curlin' those 10s are makin me HUGE!

oh yeah and one more dumb question. Is the flat spot in the middle of the board actually flat or slightly curved?