Wakeski shootout pics.

(antbug) · (antbug) **Join Date: Jul 2004** 10-31-2007, 9:36 PM

So Monday the wakeski shootout went down. Only 3 brave souls were down for the event. Myke, Mitch and myself. Anyways, it was a good time and Myke came out as the champ!

Also a few pics of Mitch killin it on the skate...

Myke and a little Disco bay.
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Mitch and his Rainbow.... awww how cute

Riding conditions, man I love this place.
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And finally the wakeski pics
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Wakemitch

(dakid) · (dakid) **Join Date: Feb 2001** 10-31-2007, 10:14 PM

hey bug, you have a couple typos. it's "WATERski."

alanp 10-31-2007, 10:22 PM

what the hell is a wakeski hahahah. thats funny. murray did a back roll on skis once. i tried it but ate crap promptly.

(breakz77) · (breakz77) **Join Date: Mar 2003** 10-31-2007, 10:52 PM

Thanks for coming out Ant & Mitch!! Good times for sure!

It was definatly not as easy as we thought it would be.. it will make for a funny story though, remember that one time

What's up Joe! No comment on the dry suit?!?!

(dakid) · (dakid) **Join Date: Feb 2001** 10-31-2007, 10:54 PM

i wasn't going to say anything, but since you did, what's up w/ the drysuit, wuss???

(breakz77) · (breakz77) **Join Date: Mar 2003** 10-31-2007, 11:09 PM

Someone's gotta do it

(scott_a) · (scott_a) **Join Date: Dec 2002** 10-31-2007, 11:12 PM

hm. wakeskis...the PERFECT thing for someone wearing a knee brace!

(breakz77) · (breakz77) **Join Date: Mar 2003** 10-31-2007, 11:21 PM

Scott you brought up a bad subject..... we had to have a memorial for the knee brace later that day

(blabel) · (blabel) **Join Date: Jul 2001** 11-01-2007, 6:11 AM

First time I've seen skaters and fruit booters getting along!

(guido) · (guido) **Join Date: Jul 2002** 11-01-2007, 9:29 AM

ha, ha, ha..... Good stuff guys. So what's the consesus? Anybody going to be riding those things again or are they as gays as most of us thought they'd be?

Mike, is that a drysuit I see you in? Water temp was 65 last weekend. I'm putting off that drysuit thing for as long as humanly possible.

(absoluteboarder)

what I wanna know is where Mike's arm went?

(wakeslife) · (wakeslife) **Join Date: Jul 2005** 11-01-2007, 9:50 AM

Its a shame you guys wasted that beautiful water riding those atrocities

mendo247 11-01-2007, 10:08 AM

Man i cringe just looking at those things! Looks like fun to watch though. My kness hurt just thinking about it!

(ironj32) · (ironj32) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 11-01-2007, 10:14 AM

my buddy Pete from highschool does the promo photo shoots for these things he says they are super fun. i hope to give them a try this winter down in florida. here are two pics that he did for waterski mag.

(ironj32) · (ironj32) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 11-01-2007, 10:17 AM

some of the other photos that haven't been in print yet are freakin sweet...throwin' raleys and some other things you wouldn't think could be down with skis.

(surf22) · (surf22) **Join Date: Oct 2007** 11-01-2007, 10:19 AM

those skis look difficult to get pop off the wake, but i would love to try them

those pics are sweet, if only i had a 15ft ramp in my lake!

(ironj32) · (ironj32) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 11-01-2007, 10:22 AM

he's doing the photo shoot for mastercraft for the boat buyer guide this week. hopefully we'll get some pics of what you can do with a nice wake.

(cpizzle) · (cpizzle) **Join Date: Sep 2007** 11-01-2007, 10:41 AM

Why?

(ironj32) · (ironj32) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 11-01-2007, 10:49 AM

why what?

(bcrider) · (bcrider) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 11-01-2007, 11:08 AM

why not!

(guido) · (guido) **Join Date: Jul 2002** 11-01-2007, 11:13 AM

Yeah, they look like they'd be fun off a kicker. I'll be interested to see what you can do off the wake.

I guess it's just something different. I like watching the snowskiers these days. They kill it. (I'll preface that by saying that I'd still rather watch snowboarders, but....)

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 11-01-2007, 11:22 AM

Ditto. Let's see some wake tricks. Can you get height on w2w tricks? It seems like you could do some crazy trip flip (side-to-side) rolls pretty easily....again, if you can pop.

I too enjoy watching the freestyle skiers.

(bigpapaf1f) · (bigpapaf1f) **Join Date: May 2005** 11-01-2007, 11:24 AM

Haha Ya right Evan, we all know you are a skier at heart!! We all know you love to spred your legs and you get off on skis! You don't got to lie to us. Wakeboarding is just a cover up! Its cool, we can still be friends!!

(erik_c) · (erik_c) **Join Date: Jan 2005** 11-01-2007, 11:27 AM

Hey what guys are doing on snow skis these days is what no one that possible so maybe we could see something here. Plus Mike loves his dry suit sometimes he sleeps in it. He has been waiting all summer to put it back on.

(ironj32) · (ironj32) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 11-01-2007, 11:38 AM

i'll see if i can't get some pics that he has already taken. i know he did a shoot behind rusty's xstar a while back.

(antbug) · (antbug) **Join Date: Jul 2004** 11-01-2007, 12:35 PM

Eric ~ You don't have a lot of room to talk FLAKE!

(smylie) · (smylie) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 11-01-2007, 12:38 PM

i can do backrolls off the double up on my 1970s 67inch jump skis

(wakemitch) · (wakemitch) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 11-01-2007, 12:59 PM

we just tried the wakeskis for a few minutes each. it was my first time every skiing. it is really weird to pop off the wake. ive figured out that i am much more comfortable riding sideways on a board. i can see people getting into it, but its not for me.
ill stick to the skate

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 11-01-2007, 1:00 PM

Ant,

Sorry I haven;t called back man. Was busy, now I just keep forgeting. I'll give you a ring later tonight.

(chris_williams)

I have a buddy who's big into snow skiing and seeing these sure got him pumped to get out behind the boat. I think it's cool what HO has done by bringing these into the industry and I wouldnt be surprised if more companies try to follow them. Slalom skiing is kinda dead so this will freshin up thier sport for sure

(jon4pres) · (jon4pres) **Join Date: May 2004** 11-01-2007, 1:19 PM

I just dont see how you could ever leave the wake with both feet at the same time.

I could see these things being a blast at a cable park with rails and kickers though

(jcstudebaker) · (jcstudebaker) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 11-01-2007, 3:14 PM

Mitch, lets be honest you were so excited when you saw the picture of the rainbow and yourself.

BTW sorry for missing convergence I will make it next time.

(ttrigo) · (ttrigo) **Join Date: Dec 2004** 11-01-2007, 3:31 PM

how much do these cost? thanks for posting some pics bug.

(liquidmx) · (liquidmx) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 11-01-2007, 3:43 PM

Its just a fad and will die out quickly!

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 11-01-2007, 4:06 PM

Is it possible for something to die out before it starts?

HO sunk dough into these. You can count on crap load of marketing for the next couple of years anyway.

Can Greg Nelson shred the nar on the Wakeskis? He designed them right?

(bigpapaf1f) · (bigpapaf1f) **Join Date: May 2005** 11-01-2007, 4:34 PM

I think it would be kinda fun for a bit. But it seems like your legs would get all beat up, from the skis hitting them when you are doing tricks.

(westsidarider) · (westsidarider) **Join Date: Feb 2003** 11-01-2007, 5:13 PM

im willing to bet that in the next 5-6 years there will be a large population riding these things. its somethin different and deffinately challenging. i think its pretty cool

(saltsk8) · (saltsk8) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 11-01-2007, 7:56 PM

Ant, Myke, Mitch...looks fun, wish I wasn't the third in the other boat or I would have jumped in with you guys. I got bored doing inventory today and mounted a Cell boot onto a pair...so I'm ready to rock. It looks totally facory-used the HO baseplate and drilled holes to match the inserts on the bottom of the Ronix boots...soooo clean. Sunday it's on.

(ralph) · (ralph) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 11-01-2007, 8:31 PM

You went riding with Lance Armstrong? Sick!

(wakemitch) · (wakemitch) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 11-01-2007, 9:20 PM

JC i was.
There is always next time.

(allen) · (allen) **Join Date: Apr 2005** 11-02-2007, 11:18 AM

You guys are lucky I'm still hurt I would have love to come out there and take your $

(surf22) · (surf22) **Join Date: Oct 2007** 11-02-2007, 11:38 AM

i love snowboarding and wakeboarding to death, but i still instruct snow skiing and will always ski, and i will always slalom ski (whoever said slalom skiing is dead must not be a skier...). i can see these wakeskis definitely taking off, its just another challenge for all of us to try and master. i can forsee a lot of broken ankles in these though, when each leg can go a different direction there can be serious problems lol.

(love_potato) · (love_potato) **Join Date: Sep 2007** 11-02-2007, 11:51 AM

i saw the promo video at expo for these! off the double up hey get as high as wakeboarders doing a normal wake to wake!!! that kinda sucks if you can get booted up on these i would so get a pair to goof around on!!!!

(bigpapaf1f) · (bigpapaf1f) **Join Date: May 2005** 11-02-2007, 11:52 AM

Thats right! Al used to get down on some old skool skis. Al, are you going to get a pair and shred some gnar?

(love_potato) · (love_potato) **Join Date: Sep 2007** 11-02-2007, 11:53 AM

i saw the promo video at expo for these! off the double up hey get as high as wakeboarders doing a normal wake to wake!!! that kinda sucks if you can get booted up on these i would so get a pair to goof around on!!!!

(bakes5) · (bakes5) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 11-02-2007, 4:17 PM

They should make a slalom wakeski, widen it a bit and rotate the the bindings so they are about perpendicular to the axis. Something like that would be pretty sweet. I'll bet most people on here would love something like that.

(smylie) · (smylie) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 11-02-2007, 11:19 PM

^^^ aka a wakeboard. lol. i like it!

(ironcross25) · (ironcross25) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 02-19-2008, 12:14 PM

I think they may catch on. It all depends on the twin tippers in the park at your local resort catching on. I am going to get a pair and check them out. If they give you a resemblance of skiing on snow than I think they will be a hit. It will be away to kepp all you muscle in check over the summer and maybe even tweak a few tricks.

(snower) · (snower) **Join Date: Aug 2007** 02-25-2008, 8:35 AM

Check out stereoskis.com. Looks like they are really in to rails and stuff.

(tbh) · (tbh) **Join Date: Nov 2008** 11-06-2008, 2:50 PM

I have Stereo Skis and have tried the HO wakeskis but i definitely like the Stereo best. And it is no doubt about which that are looking best.
And i just want to say that the HO wakeskis and Stereo wakeskis are not the same as the body glove "wakeskis". That body glove are making is like trick skis with tips.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EY1RU5IK9M

http://www.happypro.net/stoked/teaser.html

Just look at snow skiing today. they have style!
wakeskiing will get the same kind of style, just like wakeboarding adapted the style from snowboard

(honeyb14) · (honeyb14) **Join Date: Aug 2009** 08-05-2009, 12:19 PM

Hello everyone. I am currently researching and preparing to buy my better half a pair of wakeski's because I know he's wanted them forever. I am however a bit confused at the difference between say a pair of Hydroslide Hoppers and the HO wake skis? Can anyone shed some light? Especially on the length difference and reasons why?

My other concern would be bindings for say a pair of HO wake ski's... do they need to be HO waterski/wakeski bindings or will other brands fit as well?

Thank you for any advice and help!!!

(boarditup) · (boarditup) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 09-29-2009, 6:12 AM

The hoppers are short, wide and have a lot of drag. I have a pair and do not ride them much. I also have a pair of Stereo wakeskis and they are used a lot more.

The HO pattern is almost universal for front bindings. I really prefer the Radar Rail binding for wake skis. You need an adapter plate, but they will feel familiar and take landings in the flats much better than any other ski binding out there with the possible exception of Wiley's Jump Plates.

(pavement_rider)

These thing look fun. I agree with a few things. it's always great to have more toys to try to master in your boat(no hate meant here but too many boarders all they can do is board). Like old double trick skiis or our old cut down jumpers that we used to play off the wakes with(1980's)these things will bash up your ankles when crashing and with a kicker these thing would be way way fun!!!!