rookie wake surfer

tOme · Newbie Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 8

k ive seen wakesufing and it looks cool, but i wanna know how you start....do you just exit the boat with the boart while your movin...or do you start from a stop? kinda of a stupid question but ive really never seen it done in person. and another thing...i ride behind an outboard if that makes starting off any different.

chaz28o · Posted: Jun 16, 2005 8:03 pm Post subject:

wake surfin behind an outboard is not smart, unless you have specified chaz28o as a beneficary on your life insurance policy

als132 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 462 City: shoreline

i tried wakesurfing behind an outboard once, it was deathly scary

Kampus-slide · Addict Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 527 City: Tucson

veeeeery bad idea!

wakerider_23234 · Criminal Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 68

yeah dont even try it somerimes when we are doing it behind a vlx we will go over the swim platform

downsideup · Soul Rider Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 344

http://www.howtowakesurf.com

Landon126 · Outlaw Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 168 City: Louisville

Please do NOT wakesurf behind a outboard....

You seriously could die.

tOme · Newbie Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 8

yea it didnt sound to safe, ill keep away from that. i saw the pic of that guys hand and it was pretty baddly chopped up.

LFADAM · Posted: Jun 20, 2005 9:56 am Post subject:

Dangerous huh?

Kewlboarder27r · Soul Rider Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 497 City: Mound

dont try that behind a out board

re re · Addict Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Posts: 723

LFADAM, So do you actually wakesurf behind that thing, or just ride around on a wakesurfer with a short rope?

LFADAM · Posted: Jun 20, 2005 10:46 am Post subject:

Kewlboarder27r, its an I/O, just as bad

re re, when my friend that has a wakesurfer comes up in the summer, that is a kneeboard, it doesnt go to far after you let go.

re re · Addict Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Posts: 723

So....why are you standing on a kneeboard 15' behind the boat?

LFADAM · Posted: Jun 20, 2005 1:45 pm Post subject:

Its actually about 10 or 12 and because its the closest I can get to wakesurfing without buying a 300 dollar board...and its uh..fun?

holdsworth · Posted: Jun 20, 2005 2:50 pm Post subject:

sorry if i make anyone mad with this post...

i don't really think wakesurfing is really wake"surfing" when you are still holding onto the rope. it's an attempt to wakesurf, but it is more like wakeskating at a close spot. i need more weight to surf behind our boat though. i've tried with my wakeskate, which should be close to the same, but not a big enough wave.

LFADAM · Posted: Jun 20, 2005 3:13 pm Post subject:

ohio_wake_2008, I doubt it. You probably need a bigger board. I wakesurfed behind my unweighted I/O on a carbon fiber skimboard.

I agree with the holding onto the rope=no wakesurfing but until Friday thats all I can do.