Wakeboards anyone?

[pl4yboy]

Dad just bought another ski boat so I'm getting out on the water again. I've ski'd a bunch but have never wakeboarded. I have no idea what a decent wakeboard is. My father is wanting to lean as well. Does anyone have a clue on what a decent beginner board is? Both of us are around 5'9 and 5'11, 180 pounds. I'm not looking for something that I'm going to outgrow the second time out... but I'm not looking to do backflips either. Something beginner-intermediate would be nice.

Any tips for a beginners women's board would be good too. VERY, VERY new at anything like this. Three girls are going to be sharing one... weight and height varies greatly, so 110-140 is a good guess.

[jansen]

I can ski and kneeboard but I cannot for the life of me get up on a wakeboard. What kind of boat did he get?

[pl4yboy]

I can ski and kneeboard but I cannot for the life of me get up on a wakeboard. What kind of boat did he get?

Yamaha AR210. That's all he'd look at. He likes how they have a ton of seating and a pretty large back deck. Got a 2007 with 40 hours on it for 18k.

[jansen]

Sounds like a pretty sweet deal. I've got a 21ft checkmate exciter with a 235 Johnson. Its been a project of mine for about 3 years now. Nothing like hauling ass on the water!

[americanracing20]

Liquid force, hyper light, Ronix, Cwb, gator, obrien are all good brands I started on a liquid force 141 but I'm also 6 1" so y'all will prob need a smaller size but I have had that board for over 5 years So they are a good investment Any boat shop/ board store will be able to get you one right for you just keep the fins on the bottom of the board

[Frenchy]

How do ya size a wakeboard? I know a snowboard you want one a couple inches under your chin, but wakeboards are quite a bit smaller.

[americanracing20]

http://www.evo.com/how-to-choose-a-w...ize-chart.aspx

[pl4yboy]

How do ya size a wakeboard? I know a snowboard you want one a couple inches under your chin, but wakeboards are quite a bit smaller.

The short version of the link below is.... by weight and board style. One length in a continuous bottom may perform completely different than the same length with a staged bottom. I've been looking at the Hyperlites and Liquid Forces.

http://www.evo.com/how-to-choose-a-w...ize-chart.aspx

From looking into it a little more, it sounds like I want a staged bottom 137-140

[americanracing20]

Getting up is the hardest part after that is all good wish I had more time to go to the lake sad part Is I live 5 mins away from one

[pl4yboy]

I live on Lake Eufaula. It's the third largest man made lake it the world. I can hook up the boat and be in the water in less than 15 minutes. I always thought the same thing about skiing. Getting up was the hardest part. I haven't even been on a set of skis in 5 years though.