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[thumper]

tried it at the weekend and ended up with a pulled muscle - wont be doin that again
didnt like the idea of having both feet strapped to a board - gonna try wakesurfing with a tow in board with some foot straps - seems to be and up and coming sport - anyone done it?

[rickster]

tried it at the weekend and ended up with a pulled muscle - wont be doin that again
didnt like the idea of having both feet strapped to a board - gonna try wakesurfing with a tow in board with some foot straps - seems to be and up and coming sport - anyone done it?

Here is my interpretation of wakeboarding, but with surfborads (a friend in the picture), no foot straps, done yesterday...

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[Jenny]

Cool. Yeah.. Wakeboarding takes alot of practice. I tried once and got up my first time, but the board was too big for my feet and slipped right from under me. Let us know how wake surfing goes..

[rickster]

Cool. Yeah.. Wakeboarding takes alot of practice. I tried once and got up my first time, but the board was too big for my feet and slipped right from under me. Let us know how wake surfing goes..

Well, the above pic is really a variation of wake surfing. You just get towed while laying down, and as you get on a plane, you kneel and then stand up.

In real wake surfing you then pull in the rope and get close enough to the boat and wake so you can let go of the rope and then surf the wake with just the momentum of the wake. This has caused accidents on outboard motors, in that when the person falls he gets sucked into the prob. With jets, this shouldn't be a problem...

[kvoman]

Have been seeing a lot of wakesurfing recently. One caution is CO poisoning. The exhausts are right there and you may be inhaling it wo realizing it. Some people have been reported to have passed out or died from CO poisoning being that close and that much time behind the boat.

[thumper]

update - i have now aquired a tow-in surf board - had a local shaper knock me up a tow-in board, looking forward to posting pics - gonna use it as a wakesurfer but with toe straps to stay with the boat if you see what i mean -

[thumper]

my new stick -

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[thumper]

details for those interested

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[thumper]

rear foot loop

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[Kevin Leclair]

my new stick -

Very nice!

[thumper]

its very 'heath robinson' and may all end in tears - but it will be fun finding out