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Wakeboarding in Summer
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Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:21 pmby Real Pol
Okay, I don't really know much about wakeboarding. A guy from my work has a speed boat and I thought it might be cool to go wakeboarding in the summer when it's flat.
Does anyone do this?
What do you need?
A boat with a largeish engine? - Check!
A wetsuit? - Check!
A wakeboard? - Ebay!
A rope? - B&Q!
A lake? - The North Sea!
Surely that's it?
Also does anyone know where I can get an inflatable bannana boat to tow some hot chicks in bikinis around when I'm not wakin'!?!
*Discalimer - If Real Pol goes through with this project he will not wear his boardshorts outside his wetsuit*
Re: Wakeboarding
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:20 amby Dr Rev
The North sea maight be kinda choppy, a lake would be better. Done it a couple of times, loads of fun until ya face plant !!!
Re: Wakeboarding
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:04 amby Real Pol
Ok, so the "speed boat" doesn't have the right hull to create a wake! But I reckon the first couple of times I wont be trying the spins and flips so I still think it's a goer. He already has a tow rope and skis and I found a banana boat on ebay.
All I need now is some chicks willing to sit on it in bikinis during a North Sea summer! I'm taking an add out in the local paper.
Re: Wakeboarding
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:26 amby Hang11
Real Pol wrote:Ok, so the "speed boat" doesn't have the right hull to create a wake!
Just pour a load of concrete in the front of the boat, not enough to sink it, but enough to get it low in the water.
You don't actually need a boat to wakeboard - a few weeks ago I saw a guy wakeboarding behind his mates car in a canal - the guy was driving a 4wd and just hammering along the side of a canal. Pretty sure the cops would have had something to say about it if they were around, but they were going really well!
Re: Wakeboarding
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:34 pmby RJD
Most of the centers typicaly have rope tows around the edge of the lake.
Re: Wakeboarding
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Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:44 pmby Real Pol
We don't have any of these centers round here as far as I'm aware. I'm not really keen enough to go to one of these "official" places anyway. I fancy the half arsed method I've been doing my whole life. It's also not as easy to plonk a boat on a loch around here. Too many bloody tourists complaining about the noise (quite right). Where as the sea is full of ships so no complaints there.
Re: Wakeboarding
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:11 amby kitesurfer
Real Pol wrote:Okay, I don't really know much about wakeboarding. A guy from my work has a speed boat and I thought it might be cool to go wakeboarding in the summer when it's flat.
Does anyone do this?
What do you need?
A boat with a largeish engine? - Check!
A wetsuit? - Check!
A wakeboard? - Buy Kiteys wakeboard complete with bag and bindings instead of trusting to luck on fleabay!
A rope? - B&Q!
A lake? - The North Sea!
Surely that's it?
Also does anyone know where I can get an inflatable bannana boat to tow some hot chicks in bikinis around when I'm not wakin'!?!
*Discalimer - If Real Pol goes through with this project he will not wear his boardshorts outside his wetsuit*
Re: Wakeboarding
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:16 amby kitesurfer
Wakeboardings great fun and don't worry too much about the boat shape not producing too much wake. Just load it up with as much weight as possible (throw in a few extra haggis) as this will help produce bigger weight.
Oh and did i mention i've got a wakeboard for sale????
KS
Re: Wakeboarding
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:54 amby drowningbitbybit
kitesurfer wrote:load it up with as much weight as possible
Boat. Beer. The perfect solution.
Re: Wakeboarding
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:17 pmby Real Pol
kitesurfer wrote:Oh and did i mention i've got a wakeboard for sale???
Is this one you've made? I'll really only be looking for a cheap second hand plank to have a go on, so I imagine you're out of my price range.
The bikini clad "babes" you get up here will probably be weighty enough to cause a wake.
Re: Wakeboarding
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:47 pmby kitesurfer
Real Pol wrote:kitesurfer wrote:Oh and did i mention i've got a wakeboard for sale???
Is this one you've made? I'll really only be looking for a cheap second hand plank to have a go on, so I imagine you're out of my price range.
The bikini clad "babes" you get up here will probably be weighty enough to cause a wake.
Haha no its one i bought. I do have another one without bindings though that you could have cheap. £50 including postage. I'll dig out some photos if you want.
KS
Re: Wakeboarding
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:32 pmby Real Pol
I'm not quite at the stage to start this. I need to make sure this isn't all pub talk. Usually I'm more keen than the other people involved when ever I try something new. Once I've had a go on the skis then I'll think about getting a board.
You sound like an expert Kitesurfer. I'll be back to pick your brains later!
Re: Wakeboarding
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:07 pmby Hang11
drowningbitbybit wrote:kitesurfer wrote:load it up with as much weight as possible
Boat. Beer. The perfect solution.
Just use 20 big fat ugly scottish chicks. Plenty of them around and cheaper than beer
Re: Wakeboarding
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:46 pmby Real Pol
Hang11, if you're going to insult the Scottish, don't just rewrite a joke that a Scot has already written a few posts up.....
Real Pol wrote:The bikini clad "babes" you get up here will probably be weighty enough to cause a wake.
Your lack of imagination and creativity is obviously due to living in a country inhabited by the most boring people in the world for so long.
Shame, shame. How the once mighty have fallen.
Re: Wakeboarding
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:07 pmby Hang11
Sorry didn't read that post - I was just too keen to take the p1ss out of the sweatys and went for it.
Re: Wakeboarding
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:25 pmby Real Pol
Ah, we'll let you off then. Just try harder next time!
Re: Wakeboarding in Summer
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Mon Sep 23, 2019 2:51 amby skasteppa
I'm a pretty experienced wakeboarder and ride loads of cable parks in the UK, if this thread gets revived again I'm happy to help or even come and shred with you.
Re: Wakeboarding in Summer
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Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:50 amby waikikikichan
skasteppa wrote:if this thread gets revived again I'm happy to help or even come and shred with you.
Maybe there will be another person to comment .............. say in another 10 years ?
Re: Wakeboarding in Summer
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Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:28 pmby skasteppa
Maybe..I'll still be riding then