Hyperlite skate

wakeskater16 · Faceplant Joined: 08 Apr 2004 Posts: 45

I've been riding a flat cassete 43" and im thinkin about getting a Hyperlite catalyst. I can get a really good deal on the 107 Byerly, but I dont know if i would be too big for it. Im 6' and weigh 165. How does the Byerly and Catalysts compare to wood skates, are they alot easier to do tech tricks?

Travis · Faceplant Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 43

The byerly kicks ass i'm not 6' lol im only 5'4'' 115 but it rides really good and is ez with everything ive done with it so far as to ollies and boardslides

Steven M · Posted: Apr 08, 2004 10:09 pm Post subject:

im 5'9 and i ride the catalyst 112. rides good for me. wakeskater16, can u demo it to see if u like it?

wakeriderof87 · Frontside 180 Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 495 City: cen fla

Its all about opinion, I rode a byerly but didn't really like it, I prefer my cassette, but its all opinion

hpdvs · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 288 City: Dallas

I'm 6'1, size 12 feet, and about 145 pounds. I love ythe Byerly, if you want compression molded definetley get the Byerly

wakeskater16 · Faceplant Joined: 08 Apr 2004 Posts: 45

I cant demo it because i was gonna get it from buywake.com. I know I will learn to use it either way, I was just worried that I would get it and it would be way to small. I know Aaron Reed is like 180 and he rides a pretty small cassette. I dont know how the Byerly would compare to a wood skate.

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

im 5,9 150 and rde the cattalyst 112, it really depends what type of stuff your gonna be doing. If ur just learning go with one a bit bigger cause it will progress you faster and make the basics easier to learn. Or if you already have some skills and want to focus on more wake to wake stuff get the big one but if u like tech stuff like slides and shuv combos ect then get the smaller one. I myself love the catalyst for its finless riding ability, it tracks super well without fins and you can haul ass into the wake with ease and it just make doing alot of tech stuff a little easier when you dont have a fin to get caught up on. Itll just take you a little longer to learn to land stuff cause the fin wount grab u in as much.