"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 May 2007 16:58:40 -0700, "Bryan"
wrote:

I'm looking for an active, lively, wakeboard discussion group

Well, we're just the place you are looking for.

By the way, what's a wake board?


Well then, is a wakeboard tower on a ski boat worth the money?

And since you're being a wise guy, eh, I'll paste the following just for
you. Everyone else can disregard what follows.
Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding the wake of a
speed boat on a single board. It was developed from a combination of water
skiing, snow boarding and surfing techniques. Some people believe that
wakeboarding is a copy of skurfing but actually they have different
characteristics.

As in water skiing, the rider is towed behind a boat, or a cable (that is
made out of rope and does not use rubber bungee cords or anything rubber)
skiing setup, but typically at slower speeds (16 - 23mph). The lines that
tow the rider typically are made of simple rope, but more advanced riders
use a line with a wire core to prevent stretching of the line as a rider
approaches the wake. Beginners start at slower speeds such as 18mph with
shorter ropes(45 - 50 ft). More experienced wakeboarders use faster speeds
such as 22.5 - 24 mph (speed changes can affect wake shapes drastically),
but use 60 feet or longer ropes. Instead of using skis, the rider rides a
single board, known as a wakeboard, with stationary non-release bindings for
each foot, standing sideways as on a snowboard or skateboard. The wakeboard
also has fins on the bottom to help it and you catch the water and make more
precise, awesome jumps and tricks.

The boards, which can float, are typically 118 - 147cm long, depending on
the weight of the rider, and up to 45cm wide (shorter and wider than
snowboards). Unlike snowboards, whose edges taper in towards the center, the
edges of a wakeboard are widest in the middle of the board, with a 15 - 25cm
taper. When viewed from the side, a wakeboard has a concave shape; this is
known as its "rocker." A board with a continuous rocker has a constant curve
to it, and a board with a staged rocker (e.g. "three stage rocker") is made
up of two or more straight sections at different angles that approximate a
curve. More rocker gives a board greater pop off the wake, as well as softer
landings and better trick maneuvers.