Vintage FINN / OBRIEN Hyperlite Revert Twin 143cm Wakeboard USA Excellent

  
Vintage 1990's Hyperlite Revert 143cm cable wakeboard made in the USA in excellent condition! It appears that wakeboarding began in San Diego in 1985, right after skiboarding (snowboarding) arrived on the scene. A man named Tony Finn, known inaccurately as the founder of wakeboarding according to most all accounts of the history of wakeboarding, designed a board that he named a Skurfer.

This new board took qualities from both water skis and surfboards to create the first wakeboard. Finn marketed his own board and generated a lot of enthusiasm and awareness about the new product, but it really took off when he met Herb OBrien. OBrien owned his own company H. Sports that focused solely on the manufacturing of water skis.

In the late eighties, Finns new sport caught OBriens eye and led OBrien to develop a refined version of Finns wakeboard. He called this new wakeboard the Hyperlite, and it was designed to be of neutral buoyancy. It allowed for easier takeoff in deep waters, which made it simple for even the most novice wakeboarders to participate in the sport. As soon as it hit the market, interest in wakeboarding sky-rocketed.

The item "Vintage FINN / OBRIEN Hyperlite Revert Twin 143cm Wakeboard USA Excellent" is in sale since Sunday, August 23, 2020. This item is in the category "Sporting Goods\Water Sports\Wakeboarding & Waterskiing\Wakeboards".

The seller is "mommado" and is located in Denville, New Jersey. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay, Russian federation.

• Modified Item: No
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Custom Bundle: No
• MPN: Does Not Apply
• Brand: Hyperlite