What boards you ride'n

[86 century]

I am trying to find a good beginer boards for myself and my son.(two differnt boards)


The amount of info on the web has my head spinning would like your personal choice and why.


Me 6'2" 210#

Son 5'4" 125#

[FoiltechLaunch21V]

Try this. I'm sure there will be a lot of opinion posted up. So choices will be unlimited. Enjoy!!!

http://waterski.about.com/od/wakeboa...nnerboards.htm

[86 century]

Thanks
I have read that two or three times along with 10 other similer sites.

Would realy like some first hand reports. On what people like and why.


How long did it take you learn to ride you airchair. A buddy of mine picked one up and has no clue how to ride it.

[FoiltechLaunch21V]

RE: Hydrofoil=A day to get up on it. A couple days to "Fly" it. Landed the first invert within a month or two.

Tell him to get to a "fly-In" or find someone that rides it will take a LOT of bad crashes and frustration out of it. Here is a forum that will help him also. http://www.foilforum.com/forums/content.php

As for Boards when I teach people on them I put them on a Liquid Force Fish. It's wider with built in fins and a lot easier to learn on. IMO

[86 century]

Ok I will pass it on
Thanks for the tip on the board.
My son and I dont have problems geting up or just riding behind the boat.
The board we have been riding is a hydroslide pos with crap bindings(im cheep and didnt know if I would like wakeboarding) I am looking to upgrade to better boards.

[Sdc77]

We tested few boards and here is my report :
Mine : JOBE LOGO series, 136cm (I'm 1.80m and 80kg). Very light, good for beginers and some tricks, not the most stable board but surely the lightest. Cheap.
My brother's : GATOR (200 132cm (He's 1.60m and 60kg). Very stable, light, good for medium and pro riders. Expensive.
A friend : JSTAR Republik series. Amazingly nice board. But unfortunatly very instable. Too short channels and short fins. Cheap
A friend : O'Brien Clutch 138 : Definatly too heavy, too slow. Nice board and cheap, but not a good coice
A friend : LIQUID FORCE TRIP 138 : the best alternative, very stable, versatil, good for begginers and pro, girls, kids, adults. The biggers friends was 120kg. We learned on it, and did our first backrolls. It never broke. Cheap board, a good investment.

Hope it helps.

Stephane

[86 century]

Thank you sdc

Anyone else

[KG's Supra24]

I had a Byerly Assualt I picked up and rode for a year. It stuck to the water good, had lots of pop, and was easy to ride. Might be a good candidate for you.

I sold the Byerly last year and bought a LF Watson Hybrid. Personally, I like this board much more as its looser on the water and is just more fun to ride. I foresee my next board as being a flex or hybrid, I'm likely done with the traditional boards as I don't see any benefit they offer over a more flexible board. I had a Slingshot Hooke for one set also, it was fast and fun to ride but it broke first set out. Supposedly they have fixed the track system .. who knows.

I would def look for an intermediate and up board as you don't want a board you grow out of quickly. Also, if you aren't worried about having the newest graphics, check out boards a year or two old from online retailers. Can save some coin, especially this time of year. Hell my local dealer is selling boards leftover right now for $150 bucks.

Check out evogear's outlet section and they typically have a coupon code that goes along with the outlet price. It changes every week or so.

You will want at least a 140 and your son could probably ride up to high 130's? I'm not certain on your son.

[86 century]

I had a Byerly Assualt I picked up and rode for a year. It stuck to the water good, had lots of pop, and was easy to ride. Might be a good candidate for you.

I sold the Byerly last year and bought a LF Watson Hybrid. Personally, I like this board much more as its looser on the water and is just more fun to ride. I foresee my next board as being a flex or hybrid, I'm likely done with the traditional boards as I don't see any benefit they offer over a more flexible board. I had a Slingshot Hooke for one set also, it was fast and fun to ride but it broke first set out. Supposedly they have fixed the track system .. who knows.

I would def look for an intermediate and up board as you don't want a board you grow out of quickly. Also, if you aren't worried about having the newest graphics, check out boards a year or two old from online retailers. Can save some coin, especially this time of year. Hell my local dealer is selling boards leftover right now for $150 bucks.

Check out evogear's outlet section and they typically have a coupon code that goes along with the outlet price. It changes every week or so.

You will want at least a 140 and your son could probably ride up to high 130's? I'm not certain on your son.

Thank you

I dont care about having the latest graffics. Ben looking at so year old blems.

Forgive my ignorance but what is a hybrid I have seen the on the web and have not been able to find a good answer.
I wish we had a good local board shop. I am at the point will probably just find some used or year boards that you folks recomend.

I picked up a liquid force helix 136 off of ebay for $40 I belive it is a three stage rocker any one ride on of these.


Now the next thing Is bindings this making my head spin more than the boards.
Would like somthing easy to get into and comfy.

Thanks big time for the help you all a probably saving me alot of time and money.

[Sdc77]

Bindings must be light, flexible and should maintain your feet.
In my opinion, RONIX makes the best overall bindings on the market. Even the cheapest model (DIVIDE) can beat most of the bindings.
Liquid force are too heavy and manufactured from a material that is not sustainable
GATOR are good but heavy
O'Brien are light but doesn't maintain feet enough on cheap models

Open or closed toe boots depends of what you prefer
Hope it helps