Wave Board

[nsidla]

O.K., so last week this dude comes to my school for a presentation with this new board. Saw him riding around on it in the gym and thought it was a skateboard at first until I got a closer look. For our gym period the dude gives us the presentation and lets us try out this board. At first it looked liked the craziest and most accident prone thing you've ever seen. It's got two wheels that rotate freely on the deck and a torsion bar in the middle. The deck consists of two wicked hard plastic casts. Basically it looked pretty fd up. He goes on and on about it. It's called a Wave Board, they just came out on the national market several months ago, invented from all those skateboard visionists out in California. FInally we got into groups and he let us try it. It was kind of wierd riding it at first but once you got the hang of it it was pretty sweet. Basically gives you a board with a cross between surfing, snowboarding, and skateboarding. In my opinion most like snowboarding and surfing. I had to go out and buy one in fact and it definitely was worth 100 bucks. I live in a hilly neighborhood and I've been carving every road up since. The board allows you to carve like on a wave when surfing or in the snow when snowboarding, and allows carving so well in fact that you can get down as low as practically scraping your backside or sneakers on the ground which is wicked sweet. Has grips on it so it pretty grippy even in the rain and snow. Wheels also grip well. Basically Id say its an awesome fix for when you cant get out and surf or when the surfs totally flat. Also, because of the s-motion produced by the board you can carve uphill (not up wicked steep hills but definitely on a steady incline, hurts youre calves and hips a bit the first time though). Basically its awesome for anyone out there who wants to try something new and for us surfers who aren't fortunate to have constant swell or the ability to get to the beach or the time every single time there's swell. Works well from what I can tell so far except it doesn't really have a way of stopping so you can't go down a huge steep hill without taking an unbeleivable carve to slow down or a massive turn or flattening straightaway at the end. Other than that it's wicked awesome. I would highly recommend it to anyone out there. It definitely can't hurt to improve on turning skills and carving skills on a wave when ur not in the water.

[miamisurfer]

I have one. They are pretty awesome. My friends and I use them on halfpipes and come up with all these tricks. It's fun.

[RJD]

O.K., so last week this dude comes to my school

Man, I'm not normally one to police this crap but next time, go to the lesson on paragraphs!:D

[Beachbum]

is this board worth the cost? I have hills and what not by my house will I be able to carve down them? How are the durability on these things as well, they look a bit fragile being made of plastic.

[Beachbum]

Will this improve my surfing ability?

[MyanRellick]

O.K., so last week this dude comes to my school

Man, I'm not normally one to police this crap but next time, go to the lesson on paragraphs!:D

[miamisurfer]

It's worth the cost and you can carve down hills. They are pretty tough to break, but the wheels get worn down if you do a lot of snaps.

[nsidla]

yeah dude you can carve down hills, just not really steep ones, at least unless you want to shoot down the road around 45mph and get youre backside grilled on the road. I have a ton of hills around my house and its wicked fun carving down them, just takes alot of practice and time on the board to be able to carve hard enough to slow down a great deal. I emailed a dude on the site and he said it really isnt made for short steep inclines, made for slow steady ones like out in Cali, still pretty sick though, pulled a manual on mine today without laying out on the pavement. And yes it probably would help youre surfing skills since turning on it is much like turning on a surfboard, at least from my point of view.

[gdude335]

i saw one of those about 2 weeks at sharper image (store, i think its only in cali). I didnt ride it, it loks pretty fun though, hmm i have a nice slow downhill right infront of me.
i feel like trying it out

[buckthis]

try again

[buckthis]

wave board

flowrider

whats wrong with using a simple longboard?
at least you tried it before you bought one

[Zehanord]

I have one but I dont know how to slow down.Can anyone help me?The DvD with the lesson doesn't work.

[Wavechick]

Heres a video they put out on YouTube. Check out their channel - it has more 'how too's'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDLWHf-UY5c