pay it forward 09

shaun murray · Solid Poster Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 14 City: orlando

For those of you who don't know, last year I had an extra board in my garage and being that i like the shape so much I wanted other people to give it a try. So I sent it to someone and all they had to do was ride the board, sign it, write something in the journal that travels with the board and then ship it to the next person. We had such a great response right away, Hyperlite decided to send one of each size around the country. It went so great this past summer that we are going to up the stakes.
wakeboarder.com is going to be the new home base for the pay it forward program. we will be posting details about how it is all going down sometime in the near future.
the things that we know for sure is that it is going to be on a bigger scale, 9 boards instead of just 3. 135, 140 and 145 for the west coast, each size in the middle of the country, and each size on the east coast.
I will choose a person in each region to track the boards whereabouts and for the time and effort, that person will get to keep one of the boards, their choice which one. stay tuned for details and i will let everyone know when

Blindside_137 · Posted: Nov 28, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject:

wow, hadn't heard of that.. Sounds like a lot of fun

warwagon · Outlaw Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 128

very cool idea!

jonyb · Addict Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 844 City: Paducah

Sweet!!!! Another forum I'm on has an ALF doll. He's made it around the whole country in less than a year. Whoever get's him posts up pics of what he's been doing. Some go in the work warning section too....

hpdixon6 · Posted: Nov 28, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject:

that sounds awesome...great idea!! hope I can get in on this when the time comes!

get_sum · Soul Rider Joined: 04 Aug 2008 Posts: 395 City: Edmond

oh... I'm most certainly down for that...

TnR6Rida · Posted: Nov 28, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject:

Sounds cool.

holdsworth · Posted: Nov 28, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject:

The only way I can try it out is at OWC. Don't know if Hyperlite would like that too well. Sounds like an awesome deal though.

Dragonlady8 · Black Widow Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 9198

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Sounds like a fun idea. I'd be interested in getting involved. I'd be interested in the details of being someone tracking the board in a region, as well.

wakeboardert_rav · Newbie Joined: 23 Nov 2008 Posts: 43

how do you get the board? how do you come in contact with the person that has it so they can mail it to you? it seems flawed... maybe im not fully comprehending the idea..

brew · Posted: Nov 30, 2008 9:20 am Post subject:

Sign me up for the 145. This sounds like a fun way to get to know some other guys on the board. Between here and Chattanooga, we could easily cover 15-20 people.

TnR6Rida · Posted: Nov 30, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject:

When do we sign up?

JeffR · Addict Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 608 City: Victoria, BC

Any chance of one of the boards coming to BC?

NKCrider · Posted: Nov 30, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject:

IrideLITE · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 318

Or nebraska

sirPARTYman · Posted: Nov 30, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject:

or new zealand Cool

actionmama · Outlaw Joined: 21 Jul 2007 Posts: 140 City: Mountain Home

I can speak for IRAQ or Japan... Razz

arof · Posted: Dec 01, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject:

Or Ontario?

shaun murray · Solid Poster Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 14 City: orlando

great response. just need to get things organized. I will let everyone know when it is time to post who wants it. Don't worry about posting now, because we will use one post for each region. When the time comes i will need to pick a person from each region, so that will be the first step. keep your eyes open, it shouldn't be too long.

wakeboarderdave1 · Posted: Dec 02, 2008 7:17 am Post subject:

Are you still doing this on wakeworld as well? Or only through this website?

TnR6Rida · Posted: Dec 02, 2008 7:33 am Post subject:

Hopefully just this one.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

Sounds cool. FedEx ground has always cost me less than $20 to ship. It should be cheaper than demoing a board.

arof · Posted: Dec 02, 2008 11:10 am Post subject:

Wakebrad, and a cool way to experience the wakeboarding community..

flixmaster · Site Owner Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 7488

If you do not use a Pack and ship company it will be cheaper for sure. And distance is also a big factor. So if the board jumps from one location to the next state or within the state then the shipping will be pretty low.

IrideLITE · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 318

I wanna get the one shaun rides! maybe his ability will rub into my feet!! Laughing

smitty1258 · Criminal Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 91 City: NW Ohio

OoO the 145 @ Maumee River in Northwestern Ohio would be SWEET for me Smile

shaun murray · Solid Poster Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 14 City: orlando

only doing pay it forward on this site. when you guys request the board size of your choice, just let me know what tricks you want me to program into the board and it will be way easier to land those tricks.
don't mention it.
well, maybe you can mention how awesome it was doing your new tricks! ha.

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

What tricks? One word...ALL Mr. Green

Bowen · Posted: Dec 04, 2008 4:00 pm Post subject:

This is awesome! Count me in...maybe I'll get to ride more this season because of it!

shaun murray, I'd really appreciate it if you could program in a Mobius for me. I get so close, but I can't say it's in my bag of tricks yet.

Thanks,

Bowen

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

Another side I participate in did this with a pair of skis by one of the cult ski producers. Their stipulation was they had to be handed off in person, I'm guessing that can't be the case all the time but could come in very handy once this gets going.

Also, when you had the skis, you had to post a full report with pictures of your riding.

prior40 · Addict Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: 579 City: Palo Alto

This sounds like and awesome idea, especially with the difficulty it is to demo these days.

jcush313 · Posted: Dec 05, 2008 6:27 am Post subject:

murdog your the man! if you are gettin a board toward nebraska ill have ronnie and the rest of the wbnebraska crew have a shred on it as well!

vette74 · Posted: Dec 05, 2008 6:43 am Post subject:

I'll head it up for the Houston area. www.gcwa.com