#BADASSBOARDBUILDING

How a rider stands on a wakeboard, aka their riding “stance”, has progressed broadly since the early days of wakeboarding. In the 70s & 80s stances were narrow, directional and mounted towards the tail of the board because of the influence waterskiing had on wakeboarding.

A wakeboard’s shape & construction give the board characteristics that are surprisingly complex in combination. Distilling these characteristics into something meaningful that you can use to choose a wakeboard is not easy. Riding Notes visually guide a rider in making a choice that is uniquely right for them.

The question of whether to ride a flex wakeboard, flexboard, or more accurately, a wakeboard with flex, continues to be a heavily debated topic with very few wakeboarders and buyers proving to have the right answer.

A good way to fine tune your wakeboard skills is to choose a correct wakeboard size that is ideal for your body type. The wakeboarding market is abound with all kinds of boards that vary by shape, length and width.

I want to talk about a design aspect that has been neglected in wakeboarding, the sidecut. Here’s the thing! The sidecut of a board greatly factors into how a board rides, and much more so than other design factors frequently marketed.

To set up for a toeside wake jump a wakeboarder has to edge out on their heelside edge away from the wake first. More often than not for people learning to jump the wake, this puts the focus on their toeside edge in and toeside air off the wake.

Are you using M6 bolts to keep your bindings secure? The wakeboard industry has gone through a lot of changes in its development of boards & bindings - the results have been better wakeboard binding inserts & screws on wakeboards.

In this definitive guide we will explore the exact questions shop pros ask when finding you a wakeboard. Having the perfect wakeboard model for your style and skill level leads to solid performance and progression on the water.