Buying new wakeboards is like putting fresh sheets on your bed. Once you’re in, you wonder why it took you so long. Even though you may be happy with your current wakeboards, this years new graphics, new bottom designs and new custom fin styles are reason enough to start thinking about switching out the old wakeboards for the new. And you wakeboard moochers: Consider coughing up some cash for your own wakeboard - here’s why.
Not only is it important to match the size of your wakeboards to your height and weight, it’s important to know your riding style and the wake you most commonly ride in order to gain optimal performance from your wakeboards. We’ve already learned how your size should affect your wakeboard buying, but variables such as rocker, width, length, weight and fins all directly affect your riding performance. For example, if you ride small to midsize wakes, your pop is usually produced more by edging, so less rocker would be ideal. On bigger, steeper wakes, your pop is projected more straight up than across, so you need the bounce created by a wakeboard with a lot of rocker.
Graphics aside, knowing more about the wakeboard’s variables will help you make the right choice as you decide on your next wakeboard purchase. So start taking note. Don’t ask what these variables can do for you, but what you can do with these variables to customize your wakeboard so you can ride at your ultimate potential.
