do you remember your first time?

FRANKIE · Guest

hey all!
i was just reminded of my first time out... and i'm getting stoked because i'll be (fingers crossed) riding again in 2 weeks, out in cali!!!!! so i was wondering if any of you all would like to reminisce and share your stories of your, or someone you know, first experience riding.

my first time out was at the delta in cali... man, JAMES & ROBERT were so cool! they took me out, recorded me, and made me a dvd to capture how stupid i looked doing faceplant after faceplant - naaahh, it was cool of them... funny footage, priceless. so i was watching the dvd the other day, and i was like, wow i can't believe i didn't get more laughs out of these guys?!

here are some pics (i know, i know..."get a tan")... NOW IT'S YOUR TURN!

take care all.
frankie

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THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE "POSER" ACCUSATIONS... it took me like an hour to type and then i couldn't find the post?! so here it is...

woah, chill babe. so you got burned by a poser, huh? jk! let me tell you a little story... about a year and a half ago, i was told by someone (who wakeboards avidly) to come to this site and check out the vid he made. so i did it, for him. and while i have always been attracted to such extreme sports, it wasn't until then that i started to look towards wakeboarding. after checking out his vid, i dissected the rest of the site - looking at pics, tricks, articles, etc. i thought, "yeah, this looks like something i could really get into! i'd love to do it... but how?" and you know, a light bulb WOULD have gone off that flashed, "ask the avid wakeboarder who has been doing this for half of his life" but then my senses said, "no dumby, don't you remember how big of a snot he is?"

point being, i got ignored by him, straight up. he was such a pretentious fk about the whole thing... he gave me the ever so unnecessary "you're a poser, tude". he'd even joke about taking me out on his boat and teaching me... i'd be all set the day that it was suppose to go down, and then i'd get...STOOD UP! so whatever, i realized i'd have to do find another means. and i did, thanks to the fact that there are SOME REALLY COOL WAKEBAORDERS OUT THERE WHO ARE ALL ABOUT THE LOVE! my first time out was last august at disco bay, the delta, california. it was amazing - the perfect day (THANKS JAMES & ROBERT!!). all i wanted to do was to ride every single day, from then on... but i couldn't hook up a ride back where i lived and the weather turned to crap soon. november rolled around and i was fortunate to hook up with tiff down south for a day of riding (THANKS TIFF!). and now it's march, and i'll be hopefully riding in cali with my compadre kyle wells.

bigger ponit being, i've gone out twice... so what does that make me in your book (i'm not asking for an answer, i just want you to think about it, hence this is superficially retorical)??? i've never claimed to be a wakeboarder, just someone who wants to get into wakeboarding... so what have i been doing since my first time out? MOLESTING THIS SITE OF COURSE (and reading wb mags)! why? because right now, i can't ride - black & white. so this is the next best thing.

there is a caveate to throwing around the word "POSER", just ask funk!

focus on educating the ignorant, it's a more positive form of action - no doubt.

take care, kiddo!!
frankie

BoardC3 · Soul Rider Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 380 City: Ithaca, NY

My first time was last year, I begged my parents for a wakeboard for 5 years till then, I had never gone or known anyone who has. so i went out with a few friends behind my seadoo and just tried and tried till i finally got up. It was hard because no one had any idea what they were doing but we stuck with it and got it. Now because of me there are 5 more wakeboarders on the lake and 2 more have bought their own wakeboard so they dont have to bum my cheap-@$$ one. (which is getting replaced by a Parks 138 DNA and 03 ultra sucs within the next month) CANT WAIT TO RIDE
-chris

FRANKIE · Guest

boardC3.
props! that's quiet the story! ever since, my p's have known that i really want one (anyone)... so every time i ask them for some extra cash, it's always rebutted with the disclaimer, "is this for your water table?" ha ha ha! foreigners are a trip!... "water table"... good one mom!

be sure to post pics of your new baby, when you get it!! also, i'd love to see pics of you riding behind a seadoo - that's impressive.

take care.
frankie

BoardC3 · Soul Rider Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 380 City: Ithaca, NY

hahaha it sucks so much but my friend is going to have his boston whaler to ride behind this year so hopefully there wont be much riding behind the seadoo

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

Frankie....be sure to bring shark repellent with you!
There has been alot of them lately.....we don't want you to get bit! Laughing

-oh yeah,- my first time was in the back seat of my girlfriend's father's car....It was great, but we can get into that later!

FRANKIE · Guest

kyle.
did you forget i'm from chile? and that i was practically born from the pacific ocean? sharks are afraid of me... i think it has to do with the fact that i smell like cookies? besides... i thought we were going out to the delta? i guess if we ride during the week, we'll have to ride with sharks, huh? that's okay... if i can handle the crocks and omega big pink crane down at the bayou (right tiff - wink, wink), i should be peachy!

first time = ha ha ha, you're so romantic... i'll let you know mine...

take care!
frankie

p.s. i've got your numbers... i'm SO EXCITED I THINK I'M GONNA PEE!!

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

You mean you have never heard of the Delta Sharks, Frankie?????
They're all over the place, especially this time of year. They come in the bay, and upstream into the delta to have babies! They get to be real mean....they bite people all of the time! Laughing

FRANKIE · Guest

woah, let's not get into having babies just quiet yet, okay... one step at a time there cowboy... JK! are you serious? where on the delta are we gonna be at? let's go to disco, it's pretty shallow there and non-shark breeding conducive??? right??? right!!! I'M TOO CUTE TO BE BIT BY A SHARK... okay, that was a straight up lie!

hehe...

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

Hey, btw Fankie.....what was that you wrote about at the top??? About posers and what not???? You kinda lost me up there.... Wink

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

my first time was behind a old ski boat at a sleep away camp, i learned how to get up, then i went home, and did the closest thing i could get to, cable, so i learned on cable, took me forever to learn how to get used to it, and took me forever to get used to the corners, but now i ride all the time and love it (i ride cable though, not boat, no access to a boat)

FRANKIE · Guest

kyle.
i think it was something like "pyroboy..." ... any way, pyroboy posted this thread about posers... "a call to arms vs. the posers" ??? something like that... basically, he was like, "there are posers on this site and we should get rid of them!" so i wrote this verbose reply (which took me for what seemed like forever) and then i couldn't post it... and i couldn't find the post? maybe it got deleted? yeah, probably. any way, i thought it was an important point that pryoboy should think about... plus, i wasn't about to have wasted my entire afternoon for nothing! ha ha!

WE ARE ALL ABOUT THE LOVE!!

take care.
frankie

FRANKIE · Guest

wakegurl.
i've never tried cable... i hear it's a good way to get some tech down and then try it out behind a boat, yes? what do you think? how long have you been riding?

take care.
frankie

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

well i have been riding for almost 2 years, all on cable, i have been behind boat, when i went to TWC, i wasnt to good at it, but im going back in april, so ill see if it helps me, although i do hit sliders and kickers, so when i went to TWC i was able to do the slider the same, jsut had to get used to it behind a sea doo, you should try it out if you can, its alot of fun

FRANKIE · Guest

wakegurl.
i'd like to try out a cable park... are there any in cali??? i don't think so? i'll be out there soon, and i don't have a boat... plus it's so much more individual - like you don't have to find a thirdp, rep the boat, etc. ... you can just go when you want to go for as long as you'd like, etc. i'll have to look into it!

THANKS!
take care.
frankie

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

nope, sry none in cali, there are only 4 in the us, ski rixen in deerfield beach fl, owc in orlando, tsr in texas, and one in north carolina, that im not even sure if its still open, its not on the cable tour stops anymore, so i dont know, but if you ever are in any of those area, try it out, since i dont have a boat, i love it, its so conveinent, im lucky its near by to me, or i wouldnt be able to ride

FRANKIE · Guest

see... i knew there were four and that one of them was in FL, one in TX, and one in NC, and i couldn't remember the fourth one... i was hoping it was in cali... but that just didn't sound right? yeah... i read about TSR in this month's wb mag... sounds sweet...

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

ya there are 2 in florida, ski rixen in deerfield beach, and OWC (orlando watersports complex) which is in orlando.....i think cali would be a good place for a cable also, the wheather is great, its a big extreme sports state (skating, surfing, etc) there jsut need to be someone who would invest the money into building one there.....there was talk on here of a cable in kansas, but i dont know if its true

FRANKIE · Guest

KANSAS? are you serious??? i've been to kansas... there's nothing there but pooping pigs and cows... don't know how good of an idea that would be. i think i'd invest somewhere in cali first. or if "they" were lookin' for a a midwest-ish setting, try COLORADO (it's awesome there)!!!

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

ya, but in colorado it would have to be closed half the year, like in florida, it can be open all year and in texas also

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

I've heard a secret rumor on the streets of Cali. that there might be one in the works out here.... Wink

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

Kyle- A cable park in Cali? Sounds like a good idea. The farm land around Sac has a buch of private comp lakes but nothing for wakeboarders.

My first time- Well it was Valentines day and wait I'm not going to tell you!!!

We bought a ski and didn't like it. When we returned it the store gave us store credits so we had to buy something there. Bought a wakeboard and headed to Shasta for the rest of the week. Learned behind an I/O without any idea of how to do it. I was trying surface spins that first day. Also learned how to faceplant.

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

thats cool nor*cal, im sure we all learned how to face plant at the beginning

FRANKIE · Guest

nor cal.
the faceplant? that's "my move" too!! and i stuck it on the first try... actually, i don't mean to brag or anything... but i didn't really even have to try... it was like a force of magatism... my face + the water...neat-o, huh? ha ha!

kyle.
if the wakeboard gods say, "let there be a cable park in cali, and it is so... are they going to have to transport some sharks to give it that "homey" feel??? hehe...

take care you two.
frankie

Fauker · Soul Rider Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Posts: 471 City: Charlotte

the first time I ever wakeboarded had to have been atleast 5 years ago...

I can't even remember what company made the board, but my friends mom bought us a directional and I remember it saying "5150" over the lead sandal binding. I remember hating it, because I could not get used to standing sideways on the board, Id always choose the kneeboard or slalom for a while there. My friend had a knack for it tho, and he was clearing the wake in no time.

I remember one day I made up my mind I was going to ride the thing and get comfortable on it, and I remember boning out a tail grab, and that was like the coolest thing Smile

. At the time, the biggest thing both of us could pull was a ts 2 in. 180 - somehow we got it in our heads that it was called a fakie Laughing

RUSSIAN · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 6:17 pm Post subject:

my first time was on a skurfer but I don't really remember that well, all I remember is it took forever to get up, like a couple of months Laughing

Liquid_Force · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 6:21 pm Post subject:

my first time pissed me off, but i was competing against sumone to see who could get up first. even though i lost..it was still fun, now id say im pretty freakin addicted to it

Grace B. · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 6:48 pm Post subject:

My first time wakeboarding I couldn't get up, I just kept falling over on my face. I got really pissed off and quit. But then I decided to try again and then I finally got up and I remember for like 2 or 3 days I could only stay on one side of the wake, I was scared to try and cross the wake!

wakeriderof87 · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 6:48 pm Post subject:

well i tried a few times one year, kept gettin up then not getting the board turned sideways
didn't try again till the next year and then got up and it was all good from there, i also remember this one face plant, where i decided i was gonna get huge air did like a railey on accident, came down flat on my face, and forgot to close my eyes, I thought i had knocked out my eye, or knocked in my eye i guess

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

mecedupinfl- i have had some falls like that where i thought my eye was going to be hurt or something like that, but then i figured if it was, it would be hurting ALOTl, and i opened my eyes and it was fine, those falls suck

FRANKIE · Guest

wow... i was just chillin on the surface, riding, and i don't know what happened? all of a sudden, the wakegods said, "okay, time for frankie to fall" ... and i did a faceplant - with my eyes open. i chipped a tooth (no worries, you can't really tell just by looking), tore the inside of my lip, my face was numb, and i swear, i swear, i swear, my eyelids were temporarily folded the wrong way!! it was funny... even, i had to laugh at myself... just as soon as i got over pooping my boardshorts from the event (jk).

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

i had a bad fall the other day on a slider, i fell on my back, and slid half of it on my back and fell off the end, since i have the molded vest from jp is broke my fall so luckily i didnt get hurt when i hit it on my back, but when i hit the water i was cracking up so hard, i couldnt get my board off, my friend who was right next to the slider didnt know what to think until she saw me laughing, it was a really bad fall, just thought i would share

derrick lenz · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 7:38 pm Post subject:

kyle- i've talked to the guy whose planning on building the cable in south cali. real nice guy and wakeskates a lot. he was touring the cable's in the us just seeing what he liked about each one. i don't remember his name but he's got the cash already (family backing) and was looking for a good location and he he got the # of a guy named kai (has built the cables here in the US). so although i won't confirm it i'd say to look for one in the future.

aussie_stu · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 7:51 pm Post subject:

my first came about after moving away from the snow, had to satisfy my needs, it involved a 1997 thomas horrell pro model a tinny and a 15hp outboard, needless to say 3 days later we were looking for a bigger boat/motor, so glad we did.

FRANKIE · Guest

DERRICK, ARE YOU SERIOUS?! as of now, i'll probably be (as in move to)in SoCal within the year... so hurray!!!

Skwake · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 8:30 pm Post subject:

My first time was a few years back now 6 or so and i had never seen anybody wakeboard not even on TV and i just saw a picture of one in a mag and though hmm that looks sweet ill give it a go so i got my crap secondhand board and my old man took me out infront of our house in the ocean and then it dawned on me how the hell do u use oneof these haha im flappin about in the water with noone to show me what to do or how but i got up after 5 mins and it was just so sweet i'll never forget the feeling of cruising on top of water for the first time is was the biggest thrill! oh yes i just found my happy place Colorful