All Around Board

[jdevlan]

My family is just getting into wakesurfing. I expect we will have a lot of friends coming with us who will want to learn. Are there any good all around boards that can accomodate people of many different shapes and sizes.

Examples:

I am 6'4" 210 lbs.
Wife is 5'"8 130 lbs.
We have three little kids that will want to learn now/soon.
Best friend is 6'5" 270 lbs.

Obviously we will have a lot of variance.

Thanks!

[dogbert]

You'll need a different board for your kids. Everyone else should be able to handle something like a Hyperlite Landlock.

[dtown]

I would not recomend the Landlock. I am 6'5" at 255lbs. I was unable to free-ride the Landlock. My wife (150lbs) thought the Landlock was unresponsive like a tug boat. Mid season we purchased a Inland Surfer Red Tide. I free-rode it the first time out. My wife likes it too. It is much more responsive than the Landlock

[ascboards.com]

jdevlan,my board is actually designed around helping the big guy out while still offering him a board under 6foot.my foam has about 30%more float than anybody else,so it allows for some really high performance sizes.

[ragboy]

You'll need a different board for your kids. Everyone else should be able to handle something like a Hyperlite Landlock.

I have a hyperlite landlock, Cybershapes board, Inland Surfer Yellow Loogey, Liquid Force Venture 5'0", and an Inland surfer Woody skim board.

The landlock is the go to board to get people up and get them going, even my 9 yr old daughter, just learned to freeride on the landlock. If the kids are too little, they can even sit on it, or sit on the front while you ride. You can ride it, and have fun, and then get another board later. For one board to start, and everyone can ride, I would choose the landlock, after all of these boards.

BTW, I only bought the venture and the landlock, all the other boards were won at INT.

You can view the landlock here in the mid of this video with my 9 yr old.

I have also taken a group of highschool kids out, of various sizes, and the landlock was the easiest to just let all use and get up.

[chpthril]

Cant tell you which one to get........just dont get a Liquid Force, it is a SLUG

[ragboy]

Y, thats the one we DON'T use.

[chpthril]

Y, thats the one we DON'T use.

Yeah, my son bought this on an impulse after we got the boat. If he had done some homework, he wouldn't have wasted $200 and we would have been free riding last Summer instead of this season This board is SO SLOW, you have to get way up on the nose to get the needed speed to keep up with the boat. Once you are that far forward, the board wants to nosedive

[Coach]

I picked up a Inland Surfer Red Tide when someone here on the board got us a deal for $260 for it. It has been a great board to learn on and it has accommodated every body type. We have have guys heavy at 250 lbs on it and ladies as light as 100 lbs ride it. I have been very pleased with it. The think I found with some of the wakeboard company boards is they are very heavy except for the new LF Custom. They are all built like wakeboards. Too me they seemed a bit more difficult to ride at first than the foam board.

[jdevlan]

Thanks for all of your input!! Much appreciated!

dtown- Can beginners get up on the Red Tide?

ascboards.com- Can beginners get up on your board?

All- Where is a good place to buy wakesurf boards online?

All- Any reccomendations on a type/style of wakesurf rope?

Full disclosure: I have been looking to buy a used Tige for over a year now. Living in Montana, it has been slightly difficult. I ended up getting a great deal on a 2005 Calabria Pro V (my first inboard). So, for the time being, I will be a Non-Tige owner dreaming of getting into an RZ2.

[Coach]

Can beginners get up on the Red Tide?Yes they can. 13 out of 14 newbies got up on the first try this last year.


All- Any reccomendations on a type/style of wakesurf rope?I have a T handle with the thick braid, I think it is a pro-line, not sure though

[xpjim1]

I have the Red Tide. Good for getting anyone up. I just bought my daughter who is 110# a trickboardz small freestyle. Got a new one for 75$ since i thought the red tide was too big for her. She still likes the red tide but has fun on the small freestyle. I am 6'2 270# and not the most coordinated person in the world and I got up on the red tide my first try.

[dtown]

The Landlock is easier to get up on but nearly impossible to freeride for anyone over 220lbs.

The Red Tide is a little squirly for the lighter riders at first, but after their first ride they will start to appreciate the manuverability of the Red Tide over the Landlock.

I think the big three (H.L., L.F., and CWB) all make wakesurfers to fill a market segment. I beleive that you will get a mutch beter performance from a wakesurf specific company (Inland Surfer, Trik Boardz, ASC, Surf Stix, Walker boards, Phase Five, etc.)

As with most sports, I think the ideal setup would be to have two boards. The Red Tide for all of us bigger fellas. Then a thinner skim style board (like the Trik Boardz Mojo) for the kids and lightweights.

FYI - obviously the ascboards guy is recomending his board. I know nothing about their boards, but I do know that there are plenty of guys on here that can make recomendations without a sales agenda. Or... get him to give you a freebe so you can make an unbiased recomendation on this forum.

[Coach]

I think the big three (H.L., L.F., and CWB) all make wakesurfers to fill a market segment. I beleive that you will get a mutch beter performance from a wakesurf specific company (Inland Surfer, Trik Boardz, ASC, Surf Stix, Walker boards, Phase Five, etc.)

As with most sports, I think the ideal setup would be to have two boards. The Red Tide for all of us bigger fellas. Then a thinner skim style board (like the Trik Boardz Mojo) for the kids and lightweights.

Yes and Yes!!!! You hit the nail on the head. I think we will look to get a smaller skim board next year just to try some more tricks.

[Timmy!]

While it may be harder to figure out how to free-ride the Landlock, it's definitely not impossible. My buddy weighs 280+ lbs and was telling me that for about a month and he is now free-riding it, it just took him awhile to get the feel of it. I have a 42" skim board that is 3/8" thick that we put some old CWB wakeboard fins on and I can free ride that at 180lbs so I think it is just a matter of learning the balance and that board is probably just a little harder to get your feet placed right and feel what the board is doing.