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Wake Skiing

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Cotter
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So i searchbarred, and didn't find anything useful, After a couple summers of water skiing, I would like to get into wake skiing, does anyone know anything about; pricing, sizing etc?
May 21 2012 7:52PM
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theabortionator
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As far as sizing, go big or go home
May 21 2012 7:55PM
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shane.t
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make sure you DONT wear a life jacket
May 21 2012 7:58PM
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.AR6rider.
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There are so many fucking threads on this. What it really comes down to is...wakeskiing is fucking lame, and you should buy a wakeboard instead.
May 21 2012 7:58PM
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soulskier
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wasnt all it cracked up to be, which bummed me out
May 21 2012 7:59PM
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POW-WOW
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Unless it's the limited edition Jiberish 5xl Life Jacket.
May 21 2012 7:59PM
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Cotter
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i suck at wake boarding
May 21 2012 8:00PM
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powderdrunkie
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surf!
May 21 2012 8:01PM
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SamwiseTheGamgee
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I'm sure you weren't magically great at waterskiing either. It takes a little time to get good on a wakeboard, but its damn worth it
May 21 2012 8:04PM
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Cotter
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true, idk wake skiing just looks awesome.
May 21 2012 8:05PM
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FrankRaws
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skis for wake skiing cost about $700 or around that area. i wakeboard but i have friends that wakeski. they also said when you first start its hard to clear the wake and stuff and prevent slipping out but they got used to it after a while
May 21 2012 8:19PM
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theabortionator
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I wake ski but everyone on the crew at the cable park I ride at wakeboards.


All the shit is always set up for boarders, it's fucking stupid. They should get at least 1 or 2 skiers on their crew. It's fucking stupid to have to hit all this dumb shit that wakeboarders built.
May 21 2012 8:22PM
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powderdrunkie
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so fucking stupid
May 21 2012 8:27PM
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.AR6rider.
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Yes, you certainly are.
May 21 2012 8:30PM
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penguin_steeze
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i wonder why
May 21 2012 8:31PM
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theabortionator
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I know, they really should have some on the crew. I don't understand why they don't
May 21 2012 8:34PM
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Cotter
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nobody has answered my questions yet...
May 21 2012 8:36PM
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penguin_steeze
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they cost around the same price of skis, if not more
May 21 2012 8:37PM
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powderdrunkie
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you haven't really given us much yet either....
May 21 2012 8:37PM
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Cotter
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what do you want?
May 21 2012 8:46PM
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powderdrunkie
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ok, you price/size some snow skis for me....


see what I mean?
May 21 2012 8:48PM
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.AR6rider.
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Snow skis =/= wake skis. That's like comparing snowboards to wakeboards. The variety of snow skis is infinitely more vast than for wake skis.
May 21 2012 8:51PM
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Cotter
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alright

im a pretty avid water skier, i can ski one ski what ever.
im 6" 10 lbs
im looking for a pair of wake skis good for an intermediate wake skier
i dont have a tower boat (if that matters)
i wont be doing flips anytime soon
May 21 2012 8:56PM
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powderdrunkie
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understood. BUT, going off of no information provided, how can you properly size a wakeski? they don't come in a mind blowing amount of different sizes.

skill level. all I have read about is OP has been water skiing for 2+ years. How can anyone properly categorize this person? more information.

I wasn't comparing skiing to wakeskiing


May 21 2012 8:58PM
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SamwiseTheGamgee
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woah, you're like, the lightest person I know!
May 21 2012 8:59PM
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.AR6rider.
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Well, he's only 6 inches tall, so it makes sense.
May 21 2012 9:00PM
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Cotter
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6' 160lbs** oops
May 21 2012 9:02PM
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.AR6rider.
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Liquid Force Harley 143.
May 21 2012 9:06PM
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Cotter
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thats a wakeboard....
May 21 2012 9:07PM
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SamwiseTheGamgee
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problem?
May 21 2012 9:08PM
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theabortionator
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Also fucking dumb that a bunch of cable parks still don't allow wakeskis, only wakeboards and wakeskates. How the fuck can you let them do one sport but not another? IT seems fucking ridiculous to me. Makes me so fucking pissed. Just because some wakeboarders don't like wakeskaters they're just going to ban us? that's fucking dumb. They're losing out on all kinds of money.
May 21 2012 9:11PM
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Cotter
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answer my pm...
May 21 2012 9:14PM
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.AR6rider.
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Oh, it is? My bad. I thought we were posting things actually worth spending money on.
May 21 2012 9:14PM
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Cotter
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you dick.... hahaha

May 21 2012 9:16PM
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theabortionator
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there's your answer
May 21 2012 9:18PM
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Cotter
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thanks.
May 21 2012 9:18PM
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theabortionator
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You're welcome
May 21 2012 9:22PM
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Cotter
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+k
May 21 2012 9:24PM
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Cotter
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ok im open to wake board info aswell

May 21 2012 9:41PM
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SamwiseTheGamgee
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http://jupiterkiteboarding.com/store/liquid-force-witness-grind-2011-wake-combo-transit-binding-p-2479.html
May 21 2012 9:43PM
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SamwiseTheGamgee
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clicky http://jupiterkiteboarding.com/store/liquid-force-witness-grind-2011-wake-combo-transit-binding-p-2479.html
May 21 2012 9:44PM
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.AR6rider.
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No. The Witness itself is a pretty good board, but the grind base is not worth it if you're not hitting sliders all day, and the Transit boot sucks.
May 21 2012 9:49PM
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ChaseW
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Wake surfing
May 21 2012 9:58PM
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SamwiseTheGamgee
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what is the advantage to having a non-grind base board for boat wakeboarding? And this is just the setup I have (really got into tricks last year) and I like the boots. What boots would be better?
May 21 2012 10:11PM
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