are ripstiks/ wave boards any fun?

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

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loads of fun!

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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.

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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

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very gay DO NOT BUY THEM

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They aren’t really THAT expensive. I have one and it is sooooo worth the price!!

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So if you are homosexual would it be fun?

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

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hahahaha

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might sound stupid, but whats a ripstick?

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google, often called waveboards

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

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

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

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FREEBORDS…
long board
skate board
wave board
flowbaord

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

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especailly when riding nothing at all

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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.

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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.

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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

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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