I want to hear some real opinions...

Jama · Pop Shuvit Joined: 01 Oct 2008 Posts: 167

The Kid, for some reason it seems like athletically built people consistently make wakeskating look better(excluding George Daniels). But I could just be homosexual and not know it yet.

feelnjstfine · Backside 180 Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 802 City: Portland

Jama, now you do. Just playin man....or am I? hahaha

Now that's one thing that wakeskating seems to be missing sometimes, a sense of humor, an ability to make fun of its self.

Too many that think there's gotta be some kind of validity proven. In reality though, when you really try to prove someting is valid it shows just the opposite all too many times.

Fark it, it's the infant of board sports, let it teethe, let it grow at the pace it naturally will, and not at a pace like some immature teenager that thinks they're more grown up than they really are and spends their entire adult life wishin they would've done things differently and not tried to rush and force things.

Travis B · Frontside 180 Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 321 City: townie

who cares what people ride in let them look goofy.
i dont like foam at all either it just kinda feels different.

soy escuala · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 2248

jacque_mehoff · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 936

I wanna know why everyone hates on my THICK ASS FOAM PIMPIN TOP.

FOAM FTMFW!

I am kinda surprised that people hate on certain people because of their looks. That kind of attitude is barbaric and primitive.

Frankly, if you skate I have no problem with you.

bob. · Posted: Mar 14, 2010 11:28 pm Post subject:

samcollett · Posted: Mar 14, 2010 11:57 pm Post subject:

stoke.

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

Personally I love to joke about wskeskating, all my wakeskate friends seem to laugh.

bachlonso · Backside 180 Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 670 City: NFA

jacque_mehoff, why did it take five pages before somebody finally came up with that fundamental question? I'm totally with you and I would definitely like to know why there's so many people on here ranting about it!

My thoughts on foam:

1. the grip of foam (I'm riding the old lf-grip (think like '06 or '07) is a lot stronger than brand new grip tape
2. the consistency of its grip is a lot better. I rode griptape once for the time of one month and I had to regrip after two weeks because I felt it was worn down. water, sand/rocks down mix well with griptape imo too.
3. in the long term it's a lot cheaper than regular griptape.
4. I personally dislike getting all scratched up by grip - my hardcore skateboard days are over - at least somewhat (now, before some of you like to call me a puss, please go to youtube and search for "jens bach" *edit: link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSDjpQrrXtI) Wink

5. last but not least - you hardly wear down shoes. all of our equipment is already quite expensive, not to mention the costs for riding itself Sad

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

bachlonso, very true, but your board doesn't look as cool! Smash

bromfutter · Posted: Mar 15, 2010 10:23 am Post subject:

bachlonso,
its all in the way you want the board to feel.
1. i don't really like brand new grip because its almost too sticky to where it doesn't want to leave your feet.
2. As far as consistency, after the first week or two when the super grippy feel goes away it stays about the same for at least another 3 months.
3. Most people are willing to spent the extra $15 every 3-6 months for grip and thats if their board even last that long (or their season). Also,you're wakeskating, spending 15-20 bucks every 3 months on grip is nothing compared to how much you spend on wakeskating in one season on gas, oil, a cable pass, a board, blah blah blah.
4. you gotta pay to play?!
5. my shoes usually fall apart from being wet all the time. the only shoes that griptape destroys is that mesh crap that are slapped onto some old design so it can be sold as a "wake" shoe.

Another reason i prefer grip is because it's flat, i hate all the little bumps and designs they put on foam grip because they are like little speed bumps when you have to slide your foot, like for flip tricks, and it takes away from the shape of the board.

Jay Bird · Posted: Mar 15, 2010 11:00 pm Post subject:

One thing that usually drives me crazy is how fake people can be in interviews. Not just in wakeskating, but all sports. I don't wanna hear lame rehearsed answers everytime, i'd like to hear some real opinions and see the effort and willingness to be there. One example from wakeskating was when the obscura guys did stokemeter. I didnt have a problem with the answers they were giving, but at one point you could hear danny hampson on his phone in the background complaining to a friend "nothing man, just doing some stupid stoke interview thing". Ive heard alot of great things about danny as a person, but i just dont like hearing what was going on was all an act. That being said, there are alot of trues out there that put the effort in. Like reading nicks posts on here is awesome for me, because its the true shizzle and real opinions that get an outsider motivated

bob. · Posted: Mar 15, 2010 11:01 pm Post subject:

foam to me just feels awkward, never been a fan

Jay Bird · Posted: Mar 15, 2010 11:07 pm Post subject:

labellethrasher · Posted: Mar 16, 2010 8:11 am Post subject:

There's no way jacque wasn't being sarcastic Laughing

Frye · Guest Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 3337

He's a spy though be careful.

nick · Posted: Mar 17, 2010 3:42 pm Post subject:

Sick thread you guys... I'm stoked to see all of it.

Travis B, That was the best post in the thread, why'd you delete it?!?

wakemitch · Posted: Mar 17, 2010 3:58 pm Post subject:

wakeskate companies need to step it up and get decks in shops.
if hype, lf, and cwb are the only decks in shops thats all kids will know of. i try to limit the amount of skates i order from wakeboard companies, but its hard to put skates on the wall when you cant even get skates.

i just love wakeskating so fùcking much. i want kids to enter the sport with a positive experience. i hate selling skates and feeling guilty about it after.

Classy · Posted: Mar 17, 2010 4:23 pm Post subject:

wakemitch, I agree, while I ran a shop, it was so difficult to order boards outside of LF, CWB and Hype, so I have a couple byerly skates, and the rest were LF, minus an onset. I have more faith in LF boards than CWB or Hype, but I would have loved to have sold Oak or Integs in the shop, I would have felt so much better about myself selling skates to a kid if that was the case.

kornhouse · Posted: Mar 19, 2010 12:03 pm Post subject:

One question that really annoys me whenever anyone talks to me about wakeskating (either a new acquaintance or old friend who hasn't seen me ride) is "that's cool, what can you do?" sometimes followed by "oh my friend's sister's ex-boyfriend can kickflip a skateboard, you can't do that yet?!" Laughing

I wish I could just immediately take them out and give them the joy of wakeskating so they can realize there is so much more to it than the technical tricks.