cabstar said...

has any one got any tips on weather i should use my kitboard as a wake board

It is a pain in the ***...
Get a proper wakeboard if you want to go on cable or behind a boat.

Cheers

i found it very easy to catch an edge and get face slapped coz not as much rocker. imo there isn't much u can do on a kiteboard behind a boat.

i've only done it behind a fishing boat 90hp. wasn't too bad, mega speed which is fun for a while, surface handlepasses are easy, but no pop which is boring and has you begging for a proper wakeboarding boat. but the kiteboard worked.
just try it and if it sucks get back on the tube

try it, you might like it. if your looking at buying a board that does both kite and boat you wont find one. id rather use a wakeboard kitesurfing than a kiteboard wakeboarding.

good luck

cabstar said...

how do wake boards go kiting then cause we just got a ski boat and i dont have enough money to buy a wake board and a kite board which would work better for both

Hi Cabstar,

As others have said, the rocker is what kills the kiteboard behind the boat, or the lack thereof. Kiteboards are meant to be ridden on the rail edging all the time so need a flat rocker to go upwind well.

A Wakeboard rides flat most of the time except when loading up for a jump off the wake. They have no need to cut upwind so can be built with heaps of rocker to suit the wake angle.

Wakeboards can be used kiting but the massive rocker pretty much makes them useless at going upwind so you ride massively powered and spend all of your time riding upwind to hold ground. Give it a miss I reckon.

A kiteboard behind the boat tends to suck to the water surface especially if it has any concave. It can be fun but you'll end up catching rails and face planting a fair bit

A board which is OK for both with also suck at both. I'd stick with the kiteboard as you can go it alone anytime it's windy whereas a wakeboard and boat require an observer and driver and then a couple of other mates to make the petrol affordable. Wakeboarding has ongoing costs which never get any cheaper.

Just my opinion after having done both.

Good winds,

hi cabstar
I use the LF Element with union bindings, and is probably about as close to a wakeboard as a kiteboard can get. There is not as much rocker or pop as a wakeboard, but i have used it behind a boat and can still clear the wake, even when pulled behind a jet ski. It does trip the edge way easier than a wakeboard, but if you want one board to do both, this is your best bet, only problem is LF have stoped making it and am not sure what there equivalent is on there 09 line up.

the thing is lots of rocker for a kiteboard is only 2 - 2.25inch which is stil very small compared to boat boards ranging from 2.6 - 2.8inch lift in the tips. if it is a Ski boat and not a proper wakeboat with tower and decent wake to hit, just rock a kiteboard fora bit of fun, if its kicks up a big wake and is set up save some cash n get a wakeboard later around winter time, twist daddys arm he might help you out.

Once again there is some truths but also alot of myths about wakeboards in this topic.

There are some wakeboards that work quite well for kiteboarding.

You can go upwind quite easily on a wakeboardd, you dont need a hurricane you just need to use a different technique, of course stomping on your back foot and expecting to go upwind isnt going to work.

The boards i mainly use have 2.7-2.8 inches of rocker which is pretty much wake rocker, the difference is that it is "constant rocker" which means it is the shape of a bananna and has no flat spot, this is what you need for kiting. (you can find this in some wakeboards to, the faster ones have this)

But as said a normal kiteboard will perform very porly on cable and especially boat.

p.s. Liquid force is not really that close to a wakeboard at all as they have hardly any rocker.

hey cabstar.
another thing to consider is the cost of wakeboards vs kiteboards. u should be able to pick up board and boot packages for 600 with wakeboards, kiteboards are more like 800 to 1000 bucks.
if your learning though it would be throwing yourself in the deep end if you were to buy a wakeboard for kitesurfing.

Marty, what size 666 were you using with bindings?

thx, did the 137 feel really big compared to your 555?

I was thinking of riding it with bindings while kiting as well. maybe the 134 would be a better size.