This is my 3rd year wakeboarding. I've been riding a Hydroslide board this whole time. It's more of a beginner board though, and pretty cheap. It's definitely done it's job though, which for the most part was getting me up out of the water and learning the basics and just letting me have fun and enjoy the sport! We bought it at first just to learn with at because if I ended up not liking the sport then it wasn't a huge loss. Well turns out I love it to death.
So after 3 years, today I finally decided to upgrade to a . Took a trip to The House in Little Canada. These guys are great. I bought my snowboard from them a few years ago and they are so helpful.
I went there during lunch today, not having a clue where to even start looking. 30 minutes later I had a board and bindings that I'm very happy with. And since the board is and bindings are 09 models, well I ended up saving about $100 on the board, and $200 on the bindings.
Can't wait to try it all out this weekend! I'll still be keeping the old board though as a "community board" for those who wanna ride but don't have their own. I'm going to be kinda selfish on my new one because I don't want it damaged, or the bindings stretched out from other peoples feet.
The board looks like it'll be much more fun to ride. But my biggest thing is the bindings. These things are SOOOO comfortable compared to my old ones. I love the bindings. The crazy colors I'm not a huge fan of, but I don't care. They were $400 bindings they sold me for $200, and hold me nice and snug while still so comfortable!
Here is the new setup:
Liquid Force Witness 136 3-Stage Rocker Board
Liquid Force Shane Bonifay open toe bindings
Comparison with my old board on the left:
Peter, ready for some post work boating extravaganzas again?!!!
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