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Wakeskiing?

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K_FRANK
Posts: 513 - Karma: 277

so im lookin to get into wake skis and i need some one who has done it before to tell if i should get the stereo skis or the ho ski and wich one will be better for a begginer  thanks

Jul 26 2009 2:24AM
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Silence
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https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/468367/
Jul 26 2009 3:30AM
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iFail
Posts: 2066 - Karma: 65

why not just wakeboard?
 I don't like snowboarding much but I like wakeboarding much more than water skiing its similar sports.

If anything wakeboarding somewhat translates to pow skiing IMO.  Wakesurfing is fun but I don't like it as much as wakeboarding.

Jul 26 2009 3:58PM
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K_FRANK
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i get a concussion almost every summer from wakeboarding im over it
Jul 26 2009 4:21PM
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J-Evs
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just got one 2 weeks ago, from catching an edge
Jul 26 2009 4:32PM
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stormtrooper
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i have the HO skis and i love them, there also really easy, there so fat and what not  so it makes it easy to get up on, very fun, kinda tricky to spin on, but if u wake board then u know about all the handle passes and stuff when u spin. but these are deffenetly a blast, it also gives good laughs to the people watching when u bust a spread over the wake.
Jul 26 2009 7:45PM
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iFail
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ah, and now it makes more sense haha.  Ive been there, going to try a toeside front flip while my driver is speeding up like a good driver does(for me at least) and catch it on the take off, don't let go like a genius and whiplash knock out face plant(apparently floating face down for a few seconds, I don't remember this but this is what I was told).  I do remember the FKNA I thought when my head pain came to me waiting for the boat to pick me up though.  HAHAHA.
 Then again, 2 concussions in 07/08 ski season at least..
Jul 26 2009 8:13PM
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Wes-Side
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most defffiantly wakeboarding is rediculous when it comes to concussions
Jul 27 2009 10:18AM
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andrewmeehan
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Get the Stereo Skis.

HO makes the shittiest product ever. + if anything happens and they need to be replaced it would cost you an arm and a leg to get a straight answer from anyone there.

HO's customer service reminds me of Salomon this past winter.

I work at a wakeboard school and carried HO for a few years, but quickly dropped them when we would get miss-matched boots and shit.
EXAMPLE:

size 8 and 12 shipped in the same box.
Wakeskis shipped in two sizes


Jul 27 2009 12:27PM
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