Snake
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First board?
What size board would be good for a 120lb newb? 
I'd like to start before the local lake turns to slime so I was thinking of picking up a cheap wakeboard on my local classifieds. What size should I
look for? Rocker?
Arcs - Charger I 8m, 10m, 12m, Venom I 13m - F-Arc 1200, 1600
Single Skin - Born-Kite LongStar2
Fixed Bridles - Pansh Legend 4.5m - Peter Lynn Voltage 3m
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mdpminc
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home made board
For flat shallow lakes, wakeskate would be best.
Make your own; piece of marine or baltic birch plywood, 1/4" or 3/8"
For your weight say start with 150cm x 46cm, seal it with 3 or 4 coats of polyurethane clear coat.
no rocker needed, no fins needed either.
Stick on nice two pieces of EVA foam squares (where your feet will be) and you are ready.
FYI, pictured board (165x50) was made for less than $200 (everything !)
Mako King beside it $899 retail
Foils: Phantom2 15, Aurora 19 custom, F-1200, S-840, JN Luis 10, JN Randas 8
Inflados: Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17.5m, Rise LW15m, Razor 12m and 10m, Prodigy 7m
Boards: Mako Duke, Mako King, 6'6" Bushman shortned to 5'8"
Land 'n snow: "Tsar" RC2000 Nobile, 150 SantaCruz TT with IceBlade, 159 Mongoose Grand Slalom
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Snake
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Don't I need footstraps? I'm planning on jumping
Arcs - Charger I 8m, 10m, 12m, Venom I 13m - F-Arc 1200, 1600
Single Skin - Born-Kite LongStar2
Fixed Bridles - Pansh Legend 4.5m - Peter Lynn Voltage 3m
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Bladerunner
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Nice looking Plydoor mdp 
Snake if you look close you can see he has made foot straps. EVA foam and I suspect inner tube straps ?
There is a ton of info on making your own board and many on here who have done it.
Be VERY careful jumping in real shallow water. I have seen somebody jam their board into the sand below and blow their ACL.
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
Ken (K2)
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mdpminc
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Lots out there for less than $75
check out your local forums too
ikitesurf
ebay
Foils: Phantom2 15, Aurora 19 custom, F-1200, S-840, JN Luis 10, JN Randas 8
Inflados: Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17.5m, Rise LW15m, Razor 12m and 10m, Prodigy 7m
Boards: Mako Duke, Mako King, 6'6" Bushman shortned to 5'8"
Land 'n snow: "Tsar" RC2000 Nobile, 150 SantaCruz TT with IceBlade, 159 Mongoose Grand Slalom
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mdpminc
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Registered: 5-1-2010
Location: Kitchener, Ontario
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Can be done on cheap, but I found a lightly used LF set for $30 locally
Foils: Phantom2 15, Aurora 19 custom, F-1200, S-840, JN Luis 10, JN Randas 8
Inflados: Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17.5m, Rise LW15m, Razor 12m and 10m, Prodigy 7m
Boards: Mako Duke, Mako King, 6'6" Bushman shortned to 5'8"
Land 'n snow: "Tsar" RC2000 Nobile, 150 SantaCruz TT with IceBlade, 159 Mongoose Grand Slalom
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