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I’ve been wakeboarding about a year now and I am wondering if it I should get a wakeboard tower? My boat has a 10 inch pole with a loop on the end to tie my rope to. I don’t really want to pay $600-$2000 for a tower.. I was told if you have a tower it helps you go higher in the air and you can do more tricks?

you should defiantly get a tower. You can go higher with a tower so you can get more tricks off. There is also the size of the wake. Which makes you go higher or not so high. Get A NATIQUE BOAT THEY ARE THE BEST

Every year I go to the lake and stay there the whole summer. I have been wakeboarding since I was 12 and I am 16 now. I have mastered the basics and tweeked every grab and 180 as far as they can go. It is time to add more tricks to the book but im scared. please help.

buddy if you do what you say you can do right now
youve got the ball’s to do anything.

i was scared to go crazy to before but you no i got the basic’s down and then i started practicing on the trampoline and the started to pull 180 backflips and i turned in to 360′s and 1080′s.

you needa be in the right state of mind
you just gotta get out there and really feel it.
if you dont feel it then dont do it right away
mess around a bit losin up relax then say iight boy
your doin it. then just giver all you got.

its like your first time riding a bike
we never wanted mom or dad to let us go but wen they did and we got it HA we never needed them again.
you just gotta do it.

good luck

My parents just got a boat and I wanted to start wakeboarding. I have been snowbaording for almost 10 years and I am a pretty good water skier, but I was wondering what kind of board I should get. For the most part I will just ride around, but I would like to learn some tricks eventually. What kind of board is the best for this type of activity?

Along with renting some demo boards from your local board shop to find the board that would best fit your abilities and your desired progression. If you want to review the various manufacturers online, check out Wakesides wakeboard site.

http://www.wakeside.com/page/w/CTGY/wakeboards_wakeboard

Click on a manufacturer and then simply scroll your cursor over the boards to see their defined characteristics. This should give you an idea of the boards to look at first.

Being that you are an experienced snowboarder, you should not have much trouble after getting up. Edging on a wakeboard is similar to snowboarding. You will have the addition of fins and perhaps channels on the bottom of the board to provide stability and control.

May I also suggest checking out ‘The Book’ DVD Wakeboarding series. This 5 DVD set will provide all of the information you ever wanted to know about wakeboarding. The first DVD covers an introduction of sorts about equipment from history to current design as well as learning your way around a boat and how to boat safely. While this wouldn’t replace a course in boating safety, it will cover some important information to know. The second DVD will be your ideal starting point for learning the basic fundamentals and help you to avoid any progression pit falls. The DVD’s can be purchase seperately but the better deal is for all of them. Also available on Wakeside or any other wakeboarding site.

There is also some good forums at http://forums.wakeboarder.com/, here your will find great information and contacts from all over the world. Probably the best wakeboarding community on-line. Hope this information gets you what you need to get out there and start enjoying this great sport. Good luck and most of all, have fun!

I am getting quite good at wakeboarding, and have learnt a few tricks. I will enter a contest soon, and would like to get a sponsor after it. Any ideas??

Next time you are out wakeboarding, have your buddies video tape you. Put together a video of yourself showing some of your tricks, your runs, etc. and then mail it into some wakeboard companies….

This is no different then a high school football player sending in tape of them to colleges to try and get a scholarship….Same deal.

Other things to check out: Fuel TV’s Unsponsored program, Jamie O’Brien (pro surfer who makes his own videos) at jamieobrien.com……

Good luck

I’m going to wakeboard this summer, how long do you think it will take to learn? I’m an advanced level snowboarder so I have good balance but how long will it take to get decent at wakeboarding? I’m not looking to do flips, tricks or anything like that I just want to get good enough at it so I can stand up and ride so I can pass the time until next winter comes around

Also, compared to snowboarding how high is the risk of injury?

i am a competative waterskier and have done a good amount of wakeboarding. i learned to get up on wakeboard on my second attempt and i have also taught others to do this. i taught a 12 year old girl how to wakeboard in about 7 or 8 attempts and she loved it. she had never done any watersports and very little snow skiing of snowboarding. u being a snowboarder i think u will get up in about 5 tries. definitely on your first day. just get a buddy who knows how to wakeboard and he’ll teach you how to get up no problem

Ok, am not a begginer on wakebord but not a professional also, i want to ask u to tell me some tricks about doing a more " professional" wakeboarding

ok, first off you’re gonna need to be more specific about what you want to accomplish here, if you’re not doin’ at least some basic inverts (tantrum, front roll, back roll, and half cabs, or spins (360 or 540) and basic grabs then you still got a ways to go.

i am planning on buying a wakeboard, what is the difference between a beginner board and an intermediate board, I’m planning on wakeboarding often and getting air, doing tricks etc so what should i buy?

That’s a really good question. When i went and bought my liquid force trip (which is awesome). The guy that helped me said that hyperlites ride heavier and are heavier boards in the water. so i would say they are for more advanced riders. liquid forces tend to be lighter so i think they allow for more control. if you live anywhere near a herb bauer (the only one i know of is in fresno) you should check them out they are really helpful and would have a lot of sales going on since they are trying to unload the 07′s before the 08′s arrive.