Wakeboard Recommendation

Larry, Sounds like your son has his head screwed on! Nice work raising him! To think it is 90% owed to your decision to own a CorrectCraft is promising for the rest of us with little ones!

Air206 wrote: PS....going to the lake today. Hopping in the BFN. If my driver isn't too doped up on narcotics from oral surgery, Emily's gonna drive for boarding. Finger's crossed!

Good luck! Can't wait to hear how it turns out.

75 Tique wrote: Some of us have to work today, but I have a trip to the lake penciled in for saturday or sunday (73/75)

I am planning to go out this weekend if I can get my driver on board; a little disappointed because the new gloves I got for Christmas are too small and haven't been exchanged yet and I know the water is going to be chilly (low to mid 40's).

Shouldn't you be in surgery, anyway? Wayne, I kid cuz I love....Ha!

PS....going to the lake today. Hopping in the BFN. If my driver isn't too doped up on narcotics from oral surgery, Emily's gonna drive for boarding. Finger's crossed!

Remind me not to be the first patient of the day.... LOL!

Very well placed spam on the spammers part, almost not spam. At least he is selling wakeboards and not knock off watches.

I have a Hyperlite Forefront that I'm happy with, although, it may not necessarily be an upgrade for your son's skill level. The bindings were a huge improvement over my old board. Having comfortable feet makes the whole thing a lot more fun.

JoeinNY wrote: I am sure Larry appreciates the replies but this post is two and half years old.. I hope he got the kid a board by now.

I was going to say something, but I appreciated the replies.(Besides, look at the last line at the bottom of this post)

AAM196 wrote: Update... 2yrs ago, Larry never bought his kid a wakeboard so the kid got depressed and let himself go...

Fortunately, that did not happen. Now at 19

He is still a rider



A periodic slalomer



An occasional drummer



A volunteer fire fighter (something he got into since moving to NC and he has recently completed EMT traiing as well, in addition to being a full time student)



Plus my Number 1 driver.



But now I am feeling guilty, as he has done all that with that same old board. Maybe now it's time for a new one...but hey, in addition to all that, he has a part time job. Let him buy his own board.

I am sure Larry appreciates the replies but this post is two and half years old.. I hope he got the kid a board by now.

I would go with liquid force witness.It is an intermediate board which the beginners love to ride.It is quite lighter and i like to ride it a lot.I would recommend this for you.
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Wakeboards

Liquid Force Witness is a good model. It's a intermediate board the the pros love to ride. The shape hasn't changed in the past three years so finding one two or three years old for cheap and being new is pretty likely. I rode a CWB Pure last year and am on the Witness now. I do like it and it is lighter.

I have ridden a trip a while back. LF does make good boards. That press for 200 is a good deal. Buying a last year model board is always a way to get a lot more board for the money.   

+1 for the Witness by the way. Great board, perfect for intermediate riders to progress on.

75,

I personally like hyperlite wakeboards. They have the best warranty, and the style of ride fits me best. They really do make great boards, and as a testament of how good they are, I still ride my older Scott Byerly signature model hyperlite and it is still in perfect shape. O brien and other brands seem to show wear much easier than hyperlites IME.

But, you really should try out as many as you can. if you can find a good dealer, go through them to try out a few brands and styles.

As far as the boat set up. I think your hull is like mine on my martinique.   You really need to have a few bigger guys at least sit in back, or do what I did and take the seat bottom out in back, and replace it with a fat sac. It's comfy to sit on as it is, and adds a decent amount of weight. I do have a fly high pole, and that works nicely, but one other thing I have in addition to the fat sac seat bottom of wakeboarding is that my redesigned interior/ flooring is probably 500 lbs more than stock. That really helped too.

This hull is tricky to get right compared to any of the newer wider boats. Even a regular SN with a fly high is a pretty good rig out of the box, and add a few fat sacs and it is really pretty nice. I have been behind newer SANTE's and while those are definitely nice and effortless, there is something crazy and wicked about the wake that the older boats put out when weighted a bit.

We tried a few last year, and by far preferred the Hyperlite State. My 20 year old son really liked that board. It is an asymetrical board. One edge is cut slightly different than the other to allow for toe side/heel side strengths/weaknesses. A good all around board. Should be able to find good deals on them too.

I have tried several different boards since I started boarding LF(first board don't remember which one), CWB Absolute(didn't like), Hyperlite Murray, Obrien Vision(oldy but loved it for begginers and to intermediate transition) and now LF Substance. I too prefer LF to all. Although I still have the Obrien Vison that I loved for a continuous rocker board, it is now my "boat board". I ride a LF Substance 138 and will eventually go with a Watson when I feel like spending money on a new board. The PS3 is a nice board also, I think it rides similar to the substance with a little variation. You can get some really good deals out there on 1 or 2 year old new boards. I also second getting some good bindings. Once again I recomend LF. A good set of bindings makes a world of difference once you get to the intermediate stage. The whole 1 in and 1 out landing kept me from riding for a couple of weeks one time due to a sprained ankle. I have a pair of older LF transits ltd(camo) in Large/Narrow that are in good shape, they just need new laces. My feet were always to big for those(my feet would cramp after about 15min) and I finally upgraded last summer.

   I have a Witness and a Watson. Both are great boards but I can't get away from the Witness. That is just a great board. Another one to look at is the Obrien Player. Everyone who rode the Player I had(still have) has liked it, though it's not the lightest board. they can be had very reasonably . The trip is also an excellent board and as someone else mentioned, with closeouts he may be able to get a nice set-up as cheap anywhere else, even with his discount at work. I have seen LF Trip board/binding packages at the Kittery Trading Post(in the winter) for short money.....Like 50-60% off short .
   Check out Border's Mall (Border's Best Buy). Also, if you are not local to a board shop, I see no problem shopping on Flea-Bay, and I've seen some tremendous deals on there.

   Mike