are ripstiks/ wave boards any fun?

[SAVAGE]

anyone have on? how fun are they? wat tricks can you do on them?

[krystalizeduni]

loads of fun!

[mornish]

they suck so much.


1. they are very weak.

2. there is almost nothing you can do on them that you can't do better on a skateboard.

3. they weigh like 8 pounds (ie. very very heavy)

4. they are way overpriced for the quality (like $100.)


thats my opinion.

[surfer1024]

the display model is fun to ride around the store on the smooth floor but they feel like they wouldn't be stable riding outside. Plus they are expensive

[dan de man]

very gay DO NOT BUY THEM

[ashley061795]

the display model is fun to ride around the store on the smooth floor but they feel like they wouldn't be stable riding outside. Plus they are expensive
They aren't really THAT expensive. I have one and it is sooooo worth the price!!

[James_Potter]

very gay DO NOT BUY THEM
So if you are homosexual would it be fun?

[Spoonthumb]

anyone have on? how fun are they? wat tricks can you do on them?

i can kickflip on my cousins ripstick...their fun, pretty durable, great snowboard learning tool

[thejdw]

So if you are homosexual would it be fun?
hahahaha

[PKHodgie]

might sound stupid, but whats a ripstick?

[thejdw]

might sound stupid, but whats a ripstick?
google, often called waveboards

[Chexjc]

They are fun...ONLY if you are pulled by a rope attached to a bike. Under all other circumstances, they are pretty lame.

[_Ground_Zero_]

I'd say they're fun for about...1 week. Get a skateboard/longbord/flowboard instead.

[James_Potter]

They are fun...ONLY if you are pulled by a rope attached to a bike. Under all other circumstances, they are pretty lame.
Everything is fun if pulled by a rope attached to a bike!

[torkerdx]

I'd say they're fun for about...1 week. Get a skateboard/longbord/flowboard instead.
FREEBORDS....
long board
skate board
wave board
flowbaord

thats how my opinion on what you should get.
i dont get or like flowboards

[this end up]

Everything is fun if pulled by a rope attached to a bike!

especailly when riding nothing at all

[_Ground_Zero_]

i dont get or like flowboards

well. i myself haven't ridden one yet but from what i've heard, they're pretty good. What's not to like about them??

Thanks.

[Chexjc]

Everything is fun if pulled by a rope attached to a bike!

Except for a small child.

Seriously though, it turns the 'snowboard' effect created by the ripstick into a 'wakeboard' effect. You can carve out to the sides of the bike...I recommend it. Although, falling is much worse on pavement than it is on water.

[torkerdx]

well. i myself haven't ridden one yet but from what i've heard, they're pretty good. What's not to like about them??

Thanks.
they try to be a crosstrainer for snowboarding and nail 1/2 of it and fail miserably for the other half of it

the get the good carving (from what i have heard) but thier are no sliding action at all. which is a large part of snowboarding.

and tons/most of them (flowboarders) hate freebords cause they more accurately imitate snowboards which both were designed to do

[Naomi]

they suck so much.


1. they are very weak.

2. there is almost nothing you can do on them that you can't do better on a skateboard.

3. they weigh like 8 pounds (ie. very very heavy)

4. they are way overpriced for the quality (like $100.)


thats my opinion.



That sounds so much pure bias.
Some skateboarders seem to have a disdain for anything that isn't a pure skateboard, whether it be snakeboard, waveboard or freeboard. Why?

I found ripsticks fun, mine does not seem to be in any way weak, it is far more manoeverable than a skateboard, leading to a host of different tricks. The weight hardly matters because I am riding it, not carrying it.
And I paid the UK equivalent of only about 50 dollars.

Freeboard: only just heard of them, looks worth a go too. Not sure about having to keep walking back up the hill though.


Of all these variants, the skateboard is the only one I have never wanted to ride. But I see no reason to be critical of those who do.


Nao