who wakeboards?

[VTSTOMPER]

I am brand new at it, and not sure what board to buy. I have only been on skis before - and stood up on snow boards to mess around - so I am green. I am 6' 200lbs, and not sure what size to get. I hear longer is better for begining...but looking for more tips!

We just bought a Sea Doo RXT, so I cannot wait to try it!

[HIHUMMER]

The wider the betterIMO. It's been a couple years since I last wakeboarded or kneeboarded. Whenever I did wakeboard I think my friend had a Hyperlite model of some sort. It took me about 2 weekends worth of trying before I could really go for a long distance....but it was lots of fun. I miss it. Hummm.....might be nice to try again...?

Good luck to you! Have fun w/ the Sea Doo. They are great....I have the girly pink and purple '94 model SPF....(ya..time for a new one)..but still runs really well.

[h2co-pilot]

Do they have wakeboard poles for those things?

lake champlain?

[Fubar]

This will help.
http://www.liquidationsports.com/wakeboard_specs.html

there is a lot of good info here. The writer agrees with HIHUMMER that wider would be better for starting out.
http://www.wakeside.com/page/W/CTGY/wakeboard_guide

Google has lots of info regarding the subject of Wakeboarding.
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...oard%2C+sizing

[VTSTOMPER]

Originally Posted by h2co-pilot

Do they have wakeboard poles for those things?

lake champlain?

MWahaha! I will never tell! They do make pylons for them!

[VTSTOMPER]

Originally Posted by Fubar

This will help.
http://www.liquidationsports.com/wakeboard_specs.html

there is a lot of good info here. The writer agrees with HIHUMMER that wider would be better for starting out.
http://www.wakeside.com/page/W/CTGY/wakeboard_guide

Google has lots of info regarding the subject of Wakeboarding.
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...oard%2C+sizing

Thanks!

[VTSTOMPER]

Originally Posted by HIHUMMER

The wider the betterIMO. It's been a couple years since I last wakeboarded or kneeboarded. Whenever I did wakeboard I think my friend had a Hyperlite model of some sort. It took me about 2 weekends worth of trying before I could really go for a long distance....but it was lots of fun. I miss it. Hummm.....might be nice to try again...?

Good luck to you! Have fun w/ the Sea Doo. They are great....I have the girly pink and purple '94 model SPF....(ya..time for a new one)..but still runs really well.

Nice! I am hoping to have many years from this one as well!

[Ted Kennedy]

Originally Posted by VTSTOMPER

I am brand new at it, and not sure what board to buy. I have only been on skis before - and stood up on snow boards to mess around - so I am green. I am 6' 200lbs, and not sure what size to get. I hear longer is better for begining...but looking for more tips!

We just bought a Sea Doo RXT, so I cannot wait to try it!

I wakeboard, but I find the Sea Doo RXT to be a somewhat lamentable failure of design and composition. I won the Wakestock and the WWA Wakeboard World Championships three years in a row with my triple twist magic carpet ride. Personally, I prefer the Gator Gonzalez 132 Wakeboard.

[iamadam1122]

i just got a new RXP have no clue about the wakeboarding tho

[HIHUMMER]

Originally Posted by PhilD

Never found a PWC that great for wake boarding, no wake to speak of, just a lot of froth and bubbles. You can still have fun, but will be kind of limited as to what you can do without any real wake.

That's why you drive the Sea Doo into the wake of the bigger boats!

[iamadam1122]

Originally Posted by HIHUMMER

That's why you drive the Sea Doo into the wake of the bigger boats!

yes, or take it to the beach and jump waves