The Wave Original Street Surfing Board
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Description of The Wave Original Street Surfing Board
Everyone's talking about the Wave street surfer inline action board, which blends the sensations of surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding in a single fun design. The Wave--which runs on two wheels rather than four--gives you the ability to perform precision 360s in small spaces, carve downhill, and even ride uphill, making it a blast for riders of all ages. And, of course, riders can perform all manner of skating tricks, including manuals, board leaps, ollies, acid drops, kick flips, and more. The Wave is distinguished by a spring-oriented torsion bar that controls the flexible front and rear panels, along with a pair of fully rotating 360-degree wheels with ABEC-5 bearings. Once on the board, the rider merely twists his or her hips back and forth in an S-shaped motion to propel down the street, with no foot propulsion required. Even better, it takes only a few minutes to learn how to ride the Wave. Within a few hours, most riders will become proficient.Riders needn't worry about the Wave's durability, as the platforms are made of a virtually indestructible ABS plastic, while the steel torsion bar never wears down. In addition, the 77mm wheels were selected based on a tenuous balance of durability and traction. The Wave measures 35 by 9 by 5 inches (W x H x D), weighs 10 pounds, and carries a one-year warranty.
 The Wave is distinguished by a spring-oriented torsion bar that controls the flexible front and rear panels, along with a pair of fully rotating 360-degree wheels with ABEC-5 bearings. |
Key Details:
- Flexible platform for sharp turns and 360s
- Two wheels with ABEC-5 bearings that rotate 360 degrees
- Self-propelled
- Helps improves balance, strength, and agility
- Combines surfing, snowboarding, and skateboarding
- Measures 35- by 9- by 5 inches
- Weighs 10 pounds
- 250-pound weight capacity
About The Wave
The Wave is the original Street Surfing board and the hottest inline action board. The Wave appeals to everyone, thanks to its innovative technology that combines the natural fluidity of surfing with the smooth maneuverability of snowboarding and skating into one new extreme board sport known as Street Surfing.
The Wave is an inline action board with two wheels that rotate 360 degrees, giving the rider the feeling and flexibility that is normally reserved for surfers and snowboarders. The Wave is also becoming popular with skaters who like the board's ability to do tricks, sharp turns, 360s, and the fact that the rider s feet never touch the ground. The board is propelled using core movements of the body, making for an excellent workout on top of being just plain fun. Learning to ride The Wave is easy and it doesn't require any prior skating, surfing, or snowboarding skills. It only takes about 15 minutes to become proficient.
Street Surfing on The Wave offers the rush that riders get from surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding yet it is easy to do right in your own driveway. The Wave is so much fun that most riders don't even realize that Street Surfing is great exercise. The Wave works the core muscles and helps to build strength and improve balance. Not only is The Wave great exercise and easy to learn, it is also affordable and portable as you can take The Wave board just about anywhere.
Sports reviews of The Wave Original Street Surfing Board
Customer Review: Great toy even for adults.
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
From the moment opened the packaging box till the time I am able to ride on it for a quarter mile without fall takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes. As a 40-year-old dad, I eventually bought the toy not for my kids but for myself, and found this toy to be very easy to learn even for my age.
However, the quality of the board is made of plastic. It is scratched on the day one. The board is purchased from FAO Schwartz for a similar price on Amazon but with the bonus pack of extra wheels and faceplates. The wheel is hard to be taken off; the quality of metal bolt is definitely in question. Since it is only 70 bucks, hope it can last for at least half year. Checked out the RipStik, looks like RipStik DLX is made of high quality metals and read some good comments about it. Will definitely try RipStik once this wave board is worn out.
In summary, the design of the wave board is good, and easy and fun to ride on. However, the board is made of low quality materials such as plastic and cheap metal bolts which make it difficult to replace wheels and plates. Hence only deserve 4 stars.
Customer Review: Great Choice for Someone Who likes Skateboarding.....
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
....but would like a little change. It's a little tricky to get use to the wiggle motion. Most people say that's what they don't like. I like the fact that your feet never touch the ground (unless you fall off!) and you can make smooth turns.The Wave Ripple Junior Street Surfing Board-Little Rippy Great for smaller people.Customer Review: hard to conquer
Sport shop rating: 3 Stars
I bought this for my daughter for her 8th birthday. Perhaps that is too young because she cannot get it. My older girls tried it to no avail. I tried it, and I consider myself a very coordinated person. I cannot do it. My sister, also a mom, also very coordinated, could not do it. I see people riding these things all over town, so I know it can be done. I am in awe, and try to study their movements as I see them. It feels impossible to me. So, it has been sitting in the garage for almost 4 months, winter is coming on, I don't know if it'll ever happen. I keep thinking I'm going to take it down to 'skateboard corner' and have the local 'rif raf' teach me. But how would that look? Like I'm flirting with the local 'rif raf' that's how. Nope, we'll just have to bring it out next spring and try again.Customer Review: Cheap Plastic that Cracks from normal use
Sport shop rating: 1 Stars
I bought one of these several years ago. I was riding it within a few minutes. I am an adult (under 200 lbs) and don't do anything fancy with it. I noticed after riding on occasion over a few weeks that small hairline cracks started forming on both platforms where the torsion bar inters the plastic. This is not properly engineered and I would guess that someone doing tricks on this board could easily break the plastic.
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