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Skiing to Wakeboarding

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LineBoarder
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is the transition hard? or r they 2 totally different things.. I wanna try wakeboarding, is it fun? progressive.. etc..???
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Apr 23 2002 9:47PM
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LifeJacket
Posts: 2660 - Karma: 28
it's a really good cross over. but it impoves your ability to pick up snowboard were u to do such a thing 10 fold.
Apr 23 2002 9:51PM
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etom
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i dont think there is too much in common. i do both. it helps with like air sense cus its not as scary to try stuff. it is somehting that is as fun as skiing.

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Apr 23 2002 10:22PM
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Newskoolkavana
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wakeboarding looks awsome, i dont know how the transition will be though



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Apr 24 2002 3:44PM
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powder99
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wakeboarding is so cool, but its so different than skiing, but who cares it so much fun
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Apr 24 2002 3:47PM
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Pipe_Munky
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it's really different than skiing. since i snowboarded for years i was able to pick it up quick. if you are a half decent snowboarder then you'd have no problem
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Apr 24 2002 4:07PM
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Big_Willy
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Its weird how you can totally change your axis in the air by just tugging on the rope, nothing like that in skiing.



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Apr 24 2002 4:14PM
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Whistlermann
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Way different, you have to really lean back and pull into the wake to get air!
Air sense helps and that is it, but it's soo easly to learn

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Apr 24 2002 4:18PM
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Pipe_Munky
Posts: 10887 - Karma: 2,165
and falling doesn't hurt (sometimes. eye peelers suck ass!)




'Now Bart, beer is for daddies and kids with fake id's...' - Homer Simpson
Apr 24 2002 4:22PM
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123ski
Posts: 7374 - Karma: 1,415
it is way different, i have been doing it for a few years, i can do backrolls and stuff cause it isnt scary, it is just hard to learn how to go big. If anyone needs some bindings i am selling a pair of CWB Method bindings!!!


I got these for about 200 dollars and i used them for two years, I will sell them for 100 dollars or best offer, they come with thumb screws. they are a little more used than those, but still in great shape, they are size L-XXL binding


Apr 24 2002 4:42PM
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ChrisMuldoon
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wakeboarding is probably the second greatest thing in this world next to skiing sex and 420. It is nothing like skiing....well except for mabe air awareness. The pogression in the sport of wakeboarding is super fast especially if you ride with poeple who are better than you. unlike skiing wakeboarding is a sport where tricks for the most part have to be done a certain way. handle in the right position edging on the wake etc.. if your getting into it, spend a little time riding on your own then head over to a school or something and get some pointers. you will pogress a lot faster this way.
'Defining style is impossible. It's just the way a person makes tricks look cool.'--JF
Apr 24 2002 7:34PM
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jibs
Posts: 2529 - Karma: 48
Yah, wakeboarding is great, if you can afford the gas. That's my problem with it, if you want to get really good, you either have be rich, or be friends with someone who is. Good boats don't come cheap. Luckily this summer i'll be hanging out with a guy who's good friends with a guy who runs a wakeboard camp, so if there is a god, i'll be ripping behind a 60000 dollar malibu wakeboard boat this summer.

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Apr 24 2002 7:47PM
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AppSkier
Posts: 4797 - Karma: 86
its fun, and pretty easy to pick up. I do it a little in michigan every year.


'Let him go first, he is out of control when he is skiing backwards.'- Stupid Tourist
Apr 24 2002 8:06PM
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ChrisMuldoon
Posts: 459 - Karma: 10
i think the future of wakeboarding is gonna be places like the OWC down in Orlando. Giant jib parks accesible by anyone via cable. no boat needed and it's not that expensive. there are fairly cheap ways to get into wakeboarding. you don't need a 70 thousand dollar boat. you can easily buy a boat for 10 grand and put five into fat sacs and tower pilons etc and your set. knowing someone who has a wake boat helps tho

'Defining style is impossible. It's just the way a person makes tricks look cool.'--JF
Apr 24 2002 8:09PM
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