Wakeboarder :: Hi

RampageWake · Posted: Sep 05, 2018 1:46 pm Post subject:

I quit my job after 15 years yesterday. Strange feeling being unemployed.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22074 City: Austin

congrats! more time to fish for those big uns!

RampageWake · Posted: Sep 06, 2018 5:26 am Post subject:

I found a better opportunity that allows me to work remotely, plan to work 3-4 months a year from the Bahamas, we enjoyed it there.

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7592 City: Mogadishu

That is living right!!! Unbelievably beautiful.

Swass · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 423

flixmaster · Site Owner Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 7461

Good for you Rampage.....

I have a Senior and one in college.

We have talked about working remote for the summers. Maybe not Bahamas remote but somewhere other than Austin.

DRAGON88 · Posted: Nov 05, 2018 4:36 pm Post subject:

Partyb · Posted: Nov 15, 2018 7:12 am Post subject:

That is so awesome Rampage. Congrats.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22074 City: Austin

my current physical hobby/activity is riding bmx cruisers. ride w/ a crew here in austin that has regular rides every other sunday, and other pop-ups and events occasionally - usually 15-20 strong. also do the much larger thursday night social ride that has 2-300 during the summer on a pretty regular basis.

this week, we had both the thurs and sun rides and a local bike shop brought this guy in for a ride/party on friday and he rode w/ us all weekend long: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5NHyeF8q3c
sponsored se rider: https://peopleforbikes.org/blog/bike-brand-goes-viral/
signature bike: http://www.sebikes.com/bikes/cat/retro-series/dblocks-big-ripper-29

got a lot of miles in this week, and with the living legend of our sport - or whatever it is. kind of like riding w/ parks or shapiro or byerly back in the day. dude is ridiculous - like a video game where physics don't apply. nice guy too, and only 29 yrs old, just travelling from city to city, riding wheelies better than anyone else ever.

from thurs night: you can actually catch a glimpse of me in this one as the cameraguy pulls up to the light
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqRX8eLltCC
friday night ride: www.instagram.com/p/BqSXeunlxuG
sat ride i didn't go on: www.instagram.com/p/BqTFU6NFQr5
sunday: i was right behind him on this whole run www.instagram.com/p/BqWBB9EFlFg

vette74 · Posted: Nov 20, 2018 7:20 am Post subject:

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22074 City: Austin

both tires are bigger, not just the back ones.

bigger because we're not in high school any more...have you tried to ride a 20" bmx lately? tiny! 26" is the same size tire as traditional mountain bikes, so it's the easier roll, bigger cockpit of a mtb in a bmx config/geometry. around the time mtb started looking at 29" wheels, and then 27.5", the bmx builders followed suit. you can get a haro rs1 in a 29" now, which is pretty cool.

my bike is a 26" se om flyer that is about 1/3 of the way through it's build. going for a 79 bandit trans am theme w/ 90% black, 10% gold. got bars, stem, headset, seatpost, seat clamp and brakes swapped. gotta wait for the money fairy for wheels and drivetrain upgrades. would love to have a 29" big ripper as well, but, same money fairy and all that...

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7592 City: Mogadishu

Bet that guy scared the stuff out of the driver making the left hand turn at the end of clip 4.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22074 City: Austin

indeed! those guys have a bit different approach to rolling in traffic that comes from living/riding in nyc.

goofyboy · Posted: Dec 17, 2018 4:17 am Post subject:

Partyb · Posted: Dec 30, 2018 6:17 pm Post subject:

Thought of the ole WB.com today and just wanted to say Happy Holidays and Happy New year to everyone. Been sooooooooooooo long since the crash. LOL. Wishing you all continued success.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22074 City: Austin

got the bike build completed. only thing left to do is the custom decals, but it's tough finding gold foil/chrome.

been putting in the miles lately too. knocked down about 150 in the last 2 weeks. pretty cool app that tracks them:

https://www.relive.cc/view/rt10005671303
https://www.relive.cc/view/rt10005490690
https://www.relive.cc/view/rt10005416940

Partyb · Posted: Jun 16, 2019 12:09 pm Post subject:

I didn't even know people did that JT. Looks pretty sick.
I'm just stopping in to say hello otherwise as was reminded of this site yesterday at my friend's, Frank's, birthday.
I met frank on this site about 15 or so years ago when he was looking for someone to ride with when visiting my area in Florida from Boston. We've been great friends for a very long time now. He moved here years ago but the point is this site has brought a lot of people together. When people ask how we became friends I always say "on a wakeboarding dating site" LOLOL.
Anyways, happy fathers day to you fathers.

flixmaster · Site Owner Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 7461

We have made a number of couples!

I met up with Pat and Joe a month ago when they were here on business.

Most of us have not seen a Wakeboard in years but glad to see our connections are still strong.