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Are wake skis cool....?

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hot.box
Posts: 15 - Karma: 13
....Or are they the snowblades of watersports??? Opinions?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOcdPV1jMEk
May 26 2009 12:22PM
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Steezius_Maximus
Posts: 1152 - Karma: 22
i think so but id rather go wakeboarding
May 26 2009 12:29PM
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n8myton
Posts: 395 - Karma: 24
seriously.
who cares what's cool
who cares what ns thinks.

do what YOU think is fun.
May 26 2009 12:58PM
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Fev4ng
Posts: 225 - Karma: 62
www.stereoskis.com ^ Twintip wake skis
May 26 2009 1:09PM
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Benedetto.
Posts: 2526 - Karma: 64
i cant believe he just asked that question like that
May 26 2009 4:06PM
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Yeezus
Posts: 3350 - Karma: 469
theyre pretty sick look

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May 26 2009 4:17PM
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TheButterHashira
Posts: 9691 - Karma: 1,702
all watersports are cool. Wakeboarders are never like faggy skateboarders and hate on other sports they have to share space with.
May 26 2009 4:22PM
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daringharry
Posts: 1627 - Karma: 12
Hmm, those look like how wide the next pow skis will be...
May 26 2009 5:29PM
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Dntel.
Posts: 1026 - Karma: 21
they look just like my donner party's haha... probably a bit wider
May 26 2009 5:32PM
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HeartBeatFaster
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I think it looks badass. I like the skis in this video with the topsheet that looks like the 08 AR6s.

I have questioned them because I've heard that they perform best in cable parks and not so well behind a boat. They are, apparently much more difficult to pop off of a wake in comparison to a wakeboard. I am no where near a cable park but have thousands of lakes around me so I'm torn.
May 26 2009 5:32PM
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skiwoj
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 52
How open minded of you, your right, all skateboarders hate on anything that isn't skateboarding.
May 26 2009 5:33PM
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roor
Posts: 946 - Karma: -80
Fuck that have fun breaking your legs/ ankles
May 26 2009 5:37PM
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ladecker
Posts: 118 - Karma: 23
Listen here homeslices....

First of all do you live by a cable park? These skis are fun as hell on a cable but you might get bored behind a boat. unless you plan on leanin a bunch of rolls and such.

Otherwise Stereo and Hyperlite or HO make wakeskis and both make decent skis. But be advised you will bust em up. I've seen people go through many of these skis.
May 26 2009 5:41PM
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A-Style**
Posts: 1831 - Karma: 81
i'm feelin pretzels on those things. would be dope if they worked like skis on a rail. though you have the handle to hold on to, but you could use that to pull you around into spins too.
May 26 2009 5:41PM
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n8myton
Posts: 395 - Karma: 24
unfortunately quite true.


on the other hand i skiboard and rollerblade and do whatever the heck else i think is fun because that's what matters to me.
May 26 2009 5:51PM
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strongmark
Posts: 3278 - Karma: 883
lol sk8brdrz r SEW faggi dey r always smokin cigeretts wen i wana skootr thru tha sk8park in my town and r rood 2 me if i wana try a new trik n put da candle i brot frum home all ovr there copingz.

buncha assh0lez if u ask me lol
May 26 2009 6:00PM
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TeeDub
Posts: 102 - Karma: 10
i might have to purchase a pair of them haha, they look so fun
May 26 2009 9:55PM
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finnajon5
Posts: 583 - Karma: 51
ya, i have a pair, i need to learn tricks on em this summer but they are fun to play around on

May 26 2009 9:57PM
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ladecker
Posts: 118 - Karma: 23
Pretzels are possible and have been done. 

They are way easy to ride on boxes and you can pull so much crazy shit if you are riding a cable park.  they are a lil more tricky behind boats.  but fronts backies, and different roll variations are possible
May 26 2009 10:01PM
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J-Evs
Posts: 6387 - Karma: 1,615
i have come to the conclusion that i want a pair
May 26 2009 10:07PM
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sirskizalot
Posts: 4370 - Karma: 161
I think they look pretty pimp. I've never tried them but they look fun.
May 26 2009 10:14PM
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BigJew
Posts: 6974 - Karma: 79
I've used them. They're kinda fun but actually landing on them is way too difficult. On snow skis you get forward and backwards stability by having high, stiff boots. On wakeskis you have no forward back stability with little bindings like that so it's really, really hard to go big like you would on a wakeboard.
May 27 2009 12:02AM
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james44
Posts: 3323 - Karma: 578
yea i dont think they look that fun becuase popping with bindings like that would be a bittcch
May 27 2009 12:13AM
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Style+eeze
Posts: 6901 - Karma: 551
hahahahhahahahahhhaahhahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahhahahaha

i actually just laughed soooooo fucking hard.

wow, +k fo sure
May 27 2009 12:20AM
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Static
Posts: 8570 - Karma: 4,096
Lol, I pretty much hate every other boat on the water whenever I'm out.
May 27 2009 6:00AM
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TheButterHashira
Posts: 9691 - Karma: 1,702
I kind of knew someone would say something like this. I probably wrote it to sound like all skateboarders are faggy and do that. I was just talking about the ones that do which would probably be 25% most of whom are noobs anyways.
May 27 2009 6:31AM
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DBeck
Posts: 1275 - Karma: 63
i think slalom skiing can be way fun, and i suck at wakeboarding so i've considered these. but just screwing around on regular skis its so awkward hitting the wake. like since you hit it at an angle like one ski pops just a little bit before the other one. I feel like these things would be a waste of resources behind a boat but fun with a cable park.
May 27 2009 11:22AM
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thegoat
Posts: 518 - Karma: 11
given that its skiing no its not cool. There is nothing cool about skiing.
May 27 2009 11:48AM
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Durtschi
Posts: 6897 - Karma: 1,878
My grandma bought some because they have a boat, I am excited to try them out, haha they look fun
Jul 22 2009 2:03AM
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JuliusJ
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come with me and jonathon to billy chinook and we'll boat and use them! haha
Jul 22 2009 2:09AM
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Blandct
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i live near a cable park!
Jul 22 2009 2:12AM
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snowgasim
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kiteboading would prb be hard with those. i look forward to seeing it
Jul 22 2009 2:18AM
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Kgallacher
Posts: 736 - Karma: 471
As if you just made a thread asking if somethings cool

is weed cool to do?cause if it is im sooo gonna try it
Jul 22 2009 2:24AM
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Epillz
Posts: 279 - Karma: 384
hahahahahahah scootr
Jul 22 2009 2:38AM
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Campeador
Posts: 7516 - Karma: -1,227
haha I was kind of stoked on these for a second, I'd buy some used
Aug 9 2009 12:01AM
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skihood
Posts: 903 - Karma: 154
my cousin just bought a pair we went out on billy chinook and prinvillie. either ours suck or its really really really hard.
Aug 10 2009 2:59AM
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T.Rah
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agreed
Aug 10 2009 3:12AM
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bdowning
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mad good english.
Apr 23 2010 12:28PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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i loled so hard at the spelling and the candle part
theres so many fucking candles lying around at my local skatepark
Apr 23 2010 12:34PM
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EastCoast315
Posts: 3136 - Karma: 137
I skiboarded all last year just because the shit was so fun. Revel8 is goofy but pretty cool. I could spin sevens on flat ground!
But sorry, my czars beat that shit anyyyyday
Apr 23 2010 8:40PM
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Drew_ski.
Posts: 1310 - Karma: 1,858
Who cares just do what you like to do, not what ns thinks Is cool. I like wakeskating the best but that's just my opinion
Apr 23 2010 9:03PM
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mmallender.
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i have heard that they are not that fun behind a boat because popping is weird, and there just isnt very much support in the boots, however sliders are really fun, but they will destroy your skis soooo fast, and there is absolutely no warranty for rail damage, in fact the warranty states as soon as they are used on a non water surface the warranty becomes completely void, and you can definitely notice once they have touched sliders/taps/kickers/etc.

sliders are very different from rails though, having a handle completely changes the way you rotate your spins and the way you pop. i am sure its fun, although only if you have a cable park or a bunch of sliders on a lake that you can ride
Apr 25 2010 2:02AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,727
i've got a pair of HO wakeskis. they're dope as fuck. my homie has the stereo wakeskis and ive ridden those too. the stereo's are a little nicer if youre a bigger dude, but the rocker on the HOs is fucking insane. so playful & fun.
Apr 26 2010 4:30PM
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klax06
Posts: 1761 - Karma: 211
.
Apr 26 2010 7:44PM
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J-Evs
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are u pulled behind a boat
and what are they like for jumping?
Apr 27 2010 11:10PM
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SHastatahoe
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I used to jump the wake on water skis when I was like 12.  Wakeboarding just makes more sense behind a boat and occasional sliders.  You can pop a lot easier.  I do use a wakeskate as a monoski sometimes though, and it can be fun.  Not something I would dump money into though.
Apr 28 2010 12:45AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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Yeah, I ride behind a couple of different boats. They're fine for jumping. We've got a 5.5 ft competition waterski jump too that I jump off of as well. I have a feeling though that a bad landing off of that thing might crack one of them one of these days.
Apr 28 2010 9:49AM
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ike.
Posts: 2292 - Karma: 93
Hell yeah their cool, and they look super fun too! can't wait to try them out at my friends cabin!!
Apr 28 2010 11:54AM
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Gnome_in_Gnarnia
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Apr 28 2010 6:39PM
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Newschool_Pope
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http://www.dhdocks.com/lakesideliving/images/hoppers.jpg

these are cewl, seem like snowblades.
Apr 29 2010 5:21PM
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