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Humanoid’s 2011 Oracle & plank first look

CJ — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:51:15 +0000

From http://www.humanoidwake.com/

New for 2011, is our flat bottom, park Plank. Rail gypsies beware.

With summer right around the corner we are working around the clock to bring you the new 2011 line of boards. The Oracle will be made in limited quantities and boasts some of the most technologically advanced features we could possibly jam into a wakeboard. Being so late, we’d thought it would be a good idea to let people know what’s coming – indestructoid bases, fully flared edges, surf sidewalls, and of course some secret weapons we are going to share at release. Stay tuned…

Humanoid Wake Gear now at SBR!

Ian — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:12:31 +0000

Have you seen the new 2010 line from Humanoid Wakeboards? If not, head over to the SBR Wakeboarding shop @ Seaforth to check it out and take demo ride. Two new boards from Humanoid are out – the Oracle Flex and Oracle Stiffie. These things are ready to ride and feature some innovative new designs and sick tech. Check out the details on these rides over at the Humanoid Site:

http://www.humanoidwake.com/pages/boards.php

and swing by SBR Wakeboarding to pick up and take it out for a session!

http://www.sbrwakeboarding.com

WBSD Shirts For Sale!

Ian — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:46:39 +0000

Check out the new WBSD gear – Help support your community!

You can buy at WakeBoardSD.net/Store!

Helium Vests = Awesome Customer Service

Ian — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:41:22 +0000

These guys are amazing! Great customer service just like what I have experienced with CWB. So I wrote a couple weeks ago about getting the new Helium Flak Camo Vest, which includes an awesome American flag patch.

Well I noticed after a particularly hard session with some nasty bails that I had lost the patch. Since I am so Proud to be an American, I knew I wouldn’t be able to ride as hard without my patch, so I shot an email over to Helium (http://www.heliumwake.com) to see if they could help me out. I had an immediate reply from a lady named Suzanne who said she would see what they could do. Yesterday, I received a new patch, some blank ones, and 3 Helium wake stickers.

This was pretty cool since they were obligated to do nothing. Its things like this that make you a customer for life. I’m already extremely pleased with the vest, and now I probably won’t buy another brand ever again. Thanks Helium!

Slingshot Recoil 138/Driver Package

Evan — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:38:52 +0000

As I’m sitting in the San Diego airport at 6:30am waiting for my flight to Pheonix to go to Freescale Electronics for work, I checked the usual boardsports deal sites, and came across this gem.

Right now on www.BoardersBestBuy.com there is a killer deal, and I had to post it real quick.
So if any of you guys see this this morning, get on it and buy this board!

It’s a Slingshot Recoil 138 board, with Driver bindings package, for $299.99 + $48.00 shipping.
MSRP on this package is $799.

Here’s the description:

Slingshot Recoil 138 –

Step down side wall construction with a hybrid PVC core, vertical grain wood, and advance composites create long lasting rapid flex control, that allows the board to rebound in and out of turns, off the wake, and butter for softer landings. It’s best known for its superior performance and eye opening experience. Slingshot Wakeboards are 25 years in the making. Years of R&D in our kiteboards, and over a year of intense wakeboard testing result in the development of these unique hybrid cores with advanced composite technology. Our new technology eliminates traditional performance trade offs like swing weight and a locked out feel of the old PU technology of years past.

Slingshot Driver Boot –

The Driver boots were developed to put riders in a more natural athletic position and to take wakeboarding to another level. For our design team it meant finding the starting place for all the input. Like every sport this starting place puts your weight on the balls of your feet. From that point you initiate heel pressure or toe pressure. As simple and as natural as it sounds wakeboarding has drifted away from this concept. The reason for the divergence is the heel hold, the use of compromising materials and inferior design. The reality is nothing’s going to work if your heel isn’t locked down. Binding developers of the past thought they had solved this problem and the problem of squirting out of the toes by building toe ramps. This in effect lowered your heel below the ball of your foot resulting in the most non athletic and unnatural position imaginable. Don’t take our word for it; try surfing, skating or snowboarding in this position. It’s very difficult, uncomfortable and unnatural. Slingshot shares the same functional holy grail of heel hold but the key is to put the rider into a more athletic and aggressive riding position. The ultimate solution was the closed toe boot. The new Driver boots deliver ease of entry, comfort, balance and heel hold.

Get on it!!!

Also, if you didn’t already know about it, check www.boardersbestbuy.com daily for killer deals!

-Furburglar