What is your favorite board. Ever.

When you look back at your riding experience what board was your favorite? If you could go back in time what board would you buy again? Do you have a favorite you wish you never sold or gave away?

Mine, 02 Byerly DNA. So much pop.

Slingshot recoil 142
or
Older (not sure the year, but before cookiecutter) Byerly DNA 142

'00-01 Byerly finless.

The O'brien Player! Thing will change your life!

'01 Hyperlite Premier

2007 LF Witness 140

HYDROSLIDE!

04' Subjekt 137

09 Absolute, its sooooo bad a$$.
Dustin Shows was killing it on the new Absolute last night, he hit everything big and clean.
bs 180's BS 3's ts hs 5 ts 7's MobyD R2R, ect, ect, ect.
He actually said last night that the new Absolute was the best board he has ever been on and he has been on a lot of boards over the years.

Any liquid force trip within the past 3 years.

still have both of these, the first two I actually bought.

Any Liquid Force Trip, period.

+1 for 07 LF Witness

02 Hyperlite Premier

the old 06 parks that thing could throw you over the moon.

(Message edited by michaelb on April 09, 2009)

LF Free 135 in Oatmeal color. Looking forward to taking another set on it soon.

01 Byerly (first Hyperlite shape), Old Label "Chubber", and the Mutiny Schmaltz "Dragon" would be my top three...and the Origin Patterson was pretty sweet too.

08 lyman 139

I had a 1997 Hyperlite Heer 147 Honeycomb. It was beautiful. Jeff Heers pro model. It was red, with the coolest graphics. I loved that board.

Absolute 141

Jeff - I thought all the CWB ridin' folks thought the Transcend was God's gift to wakeboarding?! What happened in '09?

bad ass motorhead 135

um substance people!!!!!

The original LF Trip!

Jarret the Transcend is still one of the better shapes, but CWB made a few changes to the Absolute for 09 and nailed it, the board just edges great and pops harder, they both land soft, but the pop on the 09 Absolute is killer.
If you get a chance to demo an 09 Absolute give it a ride, you will love the board.

sorry for the hijack, carry on.

ummmm.... hopefully it will be my new shane 140!!!!

1996 Jeff Heer with the maple leaf on it. It would make a wistling sound when you cut. I bought it at the US open and talked to Murray, Parks and others and they told me how to do a tantrum. I learned it in 3 tries the next day. It is the best board just for this reason.

Parks ran up to me and used my video camera to look at his run that day. What other sport has pros that will talk to you and actually grow the sport with their actions.

Old Era with the fret rails

As far as pure feel the Cartel has been the best board I have ever been on but I seem to be more consistant on the Watson. Of course my experience is limited to 6 years of riding.

I think it is funny that you say "over the years" when referring to Shows, Jeff. Isn't he like 18 or something? It is crazy how young this sport is and how I never knew how much it grew until just a few years ago. I sold my boat and got off my slalom ski in 92 to start my career and missed the best growth years of the sport.

08 marius 140
then the 06 watson 142

I love my 06 LF Fish! It finally started getting torn up this season so I grabbed an 08 Shane on closeout, but I miss my Fish!

The Wake Tech Byerly Blunt. Dank nugz, maaaaaan.

Probably the 2001 CWB Zane. Nothing really that special but for some reason I just loved it and I really progressed on that thing.

But honestly, I think my new Lyman will be the best board ever. It may be now but I only rode it for a weekend. I know that it's 3-4 years newer than my old board but the design seems to be way beyond what I would of thought.

06 Hyperlite Motive 134cm (first board for me & still riding it)i also bought a 06 Hyperlite Premier 136cm but this board is to much for my skills as of now. maybe i'll grow into it?

i like my LF substance. every year (including this one) i say i'm ganna buy a new "girlie" board, but i don't cuz i like the LF too much!

Arcade By Bill!

Shows is 20 yrs old Gene.
He was riding jr.mens on the pro tour at age 15.

The Double Up Nelson that Scott posted!!! Best graphic and I landed my first backroll, tantrum and wrapped 3 with that board!!!

I got to ride with Greg on the Double Up Tour too!

I still ride my favorite board. '01 byerly finless

'02 Hyperlite Belmont 136. I learned my first spins and inverts on that board and have some great memories riding it. Awesome graphics, too.

2001 Hyperlite Byerly 132... without a doubt.

Andy, whats with the Player, you still ride it?
It's my backup board and when I broke my Watson, I started landing the Tantrums I was having trouble with, but back to the Watson now (when the ice is off)

Subject and substance retired both and love my Shane and Watson.... Really want the Marek

absolute all the way!

premier/era/ whatever its called now

I like the speed and looseness and fun factor of the lyman........and I like the straight up pop and ease of riding and control of the 2006 marius.

I had a subjekt 134 and loved that thing, think it was an 03. I got the Premeir DNA 136 after having cracked a TFD under warranty. the premeir was money, rode it finless, hokked up when you wanted it to and kicked like a mule when you got on it hard. I have an 08 Ronix One 142 that I have yet to ride but I'm looking forward to it.

SUBSTANCE

2005 Murray 142. Great board!

02 Hyperlite Premier, slow and smooth.

Absolute hands down

B.A.F.F Hyperlite...........That thing caught every edge!! Looked good though.

(Message edited by slob02 on April 13, 2009)

Currently...the Transcend. Before there was a Transcend, the 03-04 Absolute / 05-06 Flame was my favorite.

#1 Lyman
#2 Ab Plat
#3 Old Premier

Motive... Bought quite a few boards over the years. Landed my first backroll on a LF Fly135 (hence the name I use). The Motive is the only board I've bought more than once. 6 of them so far and I'm still riding the Motive.

I will go With


Double UP Collin Wright
CWB Oriiginal Prodigy Rob S Model. The red and white one with 3 molded fins

Blindside Blade.

I'd love to see it come back but a little wider.

the slingshot response will change your outlook on the sport and give you a whole new love for it. it did for me.

kaesen

Kaesen...are you gona make it to the ja on May 17th?..we would like to see the retuenimg champ there!!

Ditto on Slingshot

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...will change your outlook on the sport and give you a whole new love for it. it did for me.

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i also still like my "can-oppener" byerly, for some of my beginner friends to ride (flow -through rails work good for helping a novice edge lock in better it seems), but after they jump on the SS they are done with the byerly

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Any Double Up Pure Ride. Just a sick and smooth board

Thruster

LYMAN 143

06 watson 142 and then
08 hyperlite murray 140

08 CWB Marius then
07 Premier then
04 Parks

Murray HC- The Blue one with the Bug

Wake Tech Flight 69 Graphite Edition
LFSquirt
LF Trip
GB Pickett

Liquid Force Substance

...but my riding never saw such progression as it did with the original Liquid Force Squirt.

No offense intended, and I hope none taken since this is just a ride down memory lane but the mid-late 1990's Hyperlite models were among the worst shapes I've ever experienced - that includes the Fluid, Heer, asym-Shapiro - awgh, kills me to whack a Murray product - but I ran a shop at that time and had access to just about everything. The BAFF was the worst of the lot. All of those frst HL twin tips felt, to me, like riding low deep set tail heavy angry little rowboats. I stayed on a 95 or so KD/Blindside (wish I knew what that was by the way - input would be appreciated from anybody on identifying that thing - grey and blue with metal fins) all the way through until the Squirt. Once I got on that my riding improved exponentially.

So many awesome boards have come and gone...sadly. Anyone that has ridden the Double Up Nelson/Delta shapes know how amazing they were, but unfortunately how fragile they were. I was fortunate enough to be able to ride for them and breaking them wasn't a huge deal but it was seriously a board every three-four weeks when used on sliders. My number ONE was the Origin Skull 138 which was the podium 138 next year. Also super fragile and both of their lives were taken at OWC. I also loved my Double Up Lidberg, sooooo much pop, little rough on the landings but also fragile. The SUPER SQUIRT 132 was ALL TIME as well. That board was so sick, and so simple. I love boards with a simple shape. None of my boards I ride now feel like my boards used to but I used to be at a much higher level a few years ago in a different way. I don't want to say I was "better" but I just didn't have as much fear and my only goal was to land new tricks so my bag was much larger. Now I only really do the tricks that I like to do and feel good to me instead of having to do more technical "crowd pleasers" although a slowly rotated method pete is still my favorite trick. My Sine 138 should be in soon so that I have a feeling is going to be a list topper!! I can just feel it. So my list is the following:
#1 Double Up Delta/Nelson 135
#2 Origin Skull/Podium 138
#3 Super Squirt 132
#4 Double Up Lidberg

The Delta---v


(Message edited by lfxstar on April 17, 2009)

For me, the '02 Belmont. That's about when I was at my peak.

For my boys, it would have to be the Squirt. They progressed soooo much on that board! They still get it out and rip it up on that thing every now and then.

Yes - the Super Squirt (Gregg N pro model)was an amazing board. Unfortunately I broke my tibia/fibula on one so it's hard for me to look at it the same way but I hold it in super high regard.

Again though about the Squirt, last summer I was waiting for LF to send me my my 09 stuff and gave away my practically new Substance. The season ended for me before I got the 09 stuff so I stayed on the Squirt from August onward. I was completely happy being back on that 10 year old shape. And I'm not some kind of super awesome rider that can perform on any board thrown at me. So - purposely overstated but the Squirt line is legendary. Hard to argue that it's the most emulated shape in the history of the sport. I see evidence of it everywhere. It was the first short, wide, snappy board with low swing weight and increased rocker. It came out and the next year O'Brien followed. 2 years later Hyperlite caught on and then everyone did.