got my shawkboard

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

i got my shawkboard a few days ago its pretty sweet. i was surprised that the board was a brand new liquid force armada and that there was a t-shirt, and some stickers too. oh yeah the shoes fit too Wink

the first thing i tried was velcroing my feet to it. it was fun cus you can do boned ollies really easy, and ollie threes like nothing. i tried a tantrum behiend the jet ski so that was pretty funny.

then i switched to wakeskating, which was sweet. i was pretty skeptical at first on how the board would ride because it lost some concave with the velcro system, but i ended up really liking it. i was surprised how easliy the armada rotated on kickflips. i acidently spun a one and a half kickflip on a normal kicky attempt. 3 shuvs were a little hard at first too, because of the channels.

today my brother rode the board behiend the boat attachted with the velcro system and he did some 3's a tantrum and some boned ollies, all pretty much first try. so he was pretty stoked on it. then my brother's friend rode it using the velcro, and he liked it a lot, he likes it more than wakeboarding. then my friend rode it, he thought it was pretty cool too.

then i took it out as wakeskate for a boat sesh and i ablsolutly love how the armada rides. it has massive pop wake to wake, and it feels like its suctioned to my feet, (even though its not). i was feeling spontanious after landing two w2w 180's toeside and heelside, so i decided to go for a w2w kickflip. i went for it and actually rotated it! then the rest of the time i tried those and stuck one of them, but fell after a second of riding away. i tried a ton of stuff wake to wake: fs bigs, shuvs, 3 shuvs, kickys and was so surprised to actually get close to a lot of it. Cool

overall, i think that shawkboarding would be pretty sweet if you couldnt decide to buy either a wakeskate or a wakeboard. as for me i'm going to stick to the wakeskating, but im sure it's still going to be used as a wakeboard.

oh yeah and call me crazy, but the the liquid force armada is the best board i've ever riddent! Very Happy

i cant thank shawk enough

and another thing, the board couldnt have come at a better time, because the day before it came i completly destroyed my gator board. (the only board i had left, so i would have had to go boardshopping)

skatefilly · Posted: Jun 15, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject:

hahahahahahahah wowzas

edrex · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Posts: 1020 City: NorCal

Nice writeup. Sounds like it was fun for you. Can't wait to see when my package shows up!

provin1327 · Posted: Jun 15, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject:

i asked shawk to send me one, but then I said no thanks, ive already got a wakeboard, wakeskate, snowboard, and a skateboard, I dont need any more boards Laughing

cjbecker · Posted: Jun 15, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject:

i want to try it. it kinda sounds fun.

Jimmy T · Backside 180 Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 525

Good writeup kyle, cant wait to come shred with you guys and try out the armada and the shawkness

dylo · Posted: Jun 16, 2007 5:27 am Post subject:

did u get all that shizzle for free?

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

dylo, yeah so gnar Smash

stompin9s · Posted: Jun 16, 2007 11:09 pm Post subject:

the SHAWK guy pm'ed me and said he wanted me to try out a system...i hope i get a free armada too, that would be soooo sick

dylo · Posted: Jun 18, 2007 4:50 am Post subject:

i want some free shizzle! shawk dude, get the aus distributor to contact me or something, i will ride it heaps, got some contacts up high in the industry Very Happy

i want some free gear!

liquidstunts · Backside 180 Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 852

kyle GREAT write up. my free shawk gear should be here this week... he shipped me my demo gear on wednesday... I'M STOKED TO TRY IT OUT!!! Twisted Evil

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

i didn't get a t-shirt. Mad

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

t-Rex, he likes me best Rolling Eyes

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

i tried shawkboarding this weekend. not a fan. sure i can ollie real high.... but nothin that i couldn't do on a wakeboard.... i'll pass the board on to SAVAGEGARRICK, RAVEN, CORICLUSTER and tony

edrex · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Posts: 1020 City: NorCal

I got the grip tape cover for the shawk gear and tried that out yesterday. It worked really well. A good way to cover up the Shawk stuff for normal wakeskate use and easily removed for when you want to attach.
So far everything is holding up well too.
I have been trying to use it as a training tool and its working well for that. I have been focusing on in/out ollies. I couldn't pop them very well before and more just fell off the wake going out. I attached with the Shawk gear and just kept doing them repeatedly. I think this got me used to popping them and landing them better, because when I put the grip top on I was doing them way better then I could before. I am popping them up and landing and riding them out.

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

i like the foam better than the grip, because it doesnt hurt u when u fall, im not too fond of the looks of camo, but its better than getting grip burn

tommy trice · Faceplant Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 17 City: baton rouge

when i first heard of the shawk i wasn impressed but that was jus bye lookong at its pics! id like it if some one explained it better to me so i dont just judge a book by its cover

TWG · Kickflip Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 3258

tommy trice, dont waste your time. go wakeskate!

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

tommy trice, its a liquid force armada wakeskate with velcro on the top, it has griptape that velcros on and off

you take the velcro off and you can stick to it with the shoes that come with it, or you can ride it like a wakeskate

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

my friend just won a new one off of the contest their website Cool

haha and he won the board rack in the other contest too, so he must be super lucky Laughing