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    Anyone know anything about wakeboards?

    Looking to pick up a wakeboard. Any particular brand/model I should look for? What features do I need to look for? I'll probably troll Craigslist to try to find a used one before buying a brand new one.

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    Jay and BL should know enough to help you.

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    I know enough to know that I only need a basic board at my skill level... and more importantly ..... my age.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blk96gt View Post
    Looking to pick up a wakeboard. Any particular brand/model I should look for? What features do I need to look for? I'll probably troll Craigslist to try to find a used one before buying a brand new one.
    Igloo...

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Love AI27 View Post
    Igloo...
    Yes, that is the brand I prefer. Though more for kneeboarding. I really haven't done alot of wakeboarding and not real sure what brand the two are that I have since a friend gave them to me. I would suggest you contact the other guy with a piece of metal in his head who got it from wakeboarding-give Mark Smith a call at Eagle Marine in Fort Worth.

    Luckily he didn't have one at Hallett or a 150 ft rope-though if the rope would have been there maybe Hallett's pond would have seen some kids ski's.
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    There's that wakeboarding place next to Cresson. I've broken so many damn igloo coolers that I should have a spare lid or two I could bring...

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    Quote Originally Posted by blk96gt View Post
    Looking to pick up a wakeboard. Any particular brand/model I should look for? What features do I need to look for? I'll probably troll Craigslist to try to find a used one before buying a brand new one.
    I would suggest going to http://www.evo.com/outlet-shop/wake.aspx and buying a blemished one from their outlet. We bought a Ronix Mana board from the outlet and there was just 1 tiny mark on it. I'm not good enough to tell you what brand to buy but look for something that is just for all skill levels. You may outgrow a beginner board very quickly and probably wont ever need a professional style board.

    I think the real wakeboaders prefer the closed toe bindings, but we went with open toed CWB bindings since we knew multiple people with different sized feet would use it.

    Evo also has a buying guide. http://www.evo.com/how-to-choose-a-w...ize-chart.aspx

    -Jay

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    Thanks for the suggestions guys.

    Jay, thanks for the buying guide link, that's just what I was looking for. You think I should just skip the beginner-intermediate boards and go straight to intermediate? I've never wakeboarded, but I can slalom ski and I did learn to ride a skurfboard years ago skurfer.jpg. I've also been riding stand-up jet skis for 15 years or so, and always rode goofy foot (feet in the tray in a similar style to how you would ride a wakeboard).
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    We have bought a few boards from EVO also.

    Here are my mad skills from the weekend.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AllZWay View Post
    Here are my mad skills from the weekend.
    Yeah. I got none of that.
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