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Ryno
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lol, i just thought of this. I have never seen it done casue n e one i know wakeboards...but wouldn't it look funny!
May 27 2003 5:51PM
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etom
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jsut go wakeboardign... i dont think its possable to get pop off the wake with skis.

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May 27 2003 5:52PM
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CrazedSkier1080
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u can use the mini trick skis but they suck wakeboarding is more fun anyways u can always try barefoot though those guys are bad ass when they huck like a mile off the wooden jumps

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May 27 2003 5:53PM
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Ryno
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true, but wouldn't it be crazy to see a cross tail grab front flip :P
May 27 2003 5:58PM
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theBOSS.
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They would have to be really wide in order to stay up, and its not like you could cork or anything, you have a rope you have to hold on to. It would be cool though.
May 27 2003 5:59PM
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3ski6guy0
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ya, they have twin tip waterskis, they are like snowblades. you cant pop off hte wake, its stupid, go wakeboarding

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May 27 2003 6:20PM
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mommy
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ive seen water skiers do frontflips and backflips off of those wooden ramps. thank god for the tommy bartlet thrill show!
May 28 2003 4:41PM
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lanks
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yeah they gotta make super fat twins with tons of pop for twintip waterskiing, as well it would be fun hitting up sliders on them...it do it

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May 28 2003 5:16PM
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Skis_to_the_slaughter
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I've cleared the wake on normal waterskis done little grabs and stuff

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May 28 2003 5:17PM
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ElChapoTrapHaus
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I can throw lincons on a normal set of waterskis. Shaun Murray does em his instructional video 'dention' but yeah freestyle waterskiing has been around longer than wakeboarding. It is really lame though. Who ever said you can't get corked because of the rope, is a little uninformed. A rope gives you such more control over your body, if you load the tension right, the rope become a steady cable and you can use it to pull your body every which way. You can do rewinds, like spin 180, tug a little on the rope and spin back to normal before you land. Yeah wakeboarding is the next best after skiing, and surfing. But yeah don't ride those little twin tip waterskis, unless you like rollerblading.
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May 28 2003 5:24PM
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CTripper
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4 years ago or something there was a picture in waterksi magazine of a guy hitting a slider on a slalom ski.
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May 28 2003 5:37PM
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BrodyLeven
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i waterskiied once

the first and only time i've gotten stitches

in my head.


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May 28 2003 5:44PM
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ElChapoTrapHaus
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how'd you split your head open waterskiing???
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May 28 2003 6:13PM
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a fish jumping out of the water and hitting you as you went by really fast
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May 28 2003 7:01PM
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SaraJ
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It's really easy to cut yourself waterskiing. I used to slalom(sp?). and you have to be so incredibly careful cause the fin on the back is long and sharp and will come up and cut your head/face. It's pretty common for most slalom skiers to cross their arms in front of their face when they fall because of this (at least that's how I was taught and how I've seen a lot of others do it.). I think it's the same with waterskiing with two skis, but I'm not sure. But honestly, don't waste your time with waterskiing. Wakeboarding is so much more fun, and you can do alot more.

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May 28 2003 7:09PM
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im gonna try waterskiing this summer


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May 28 2003 7:32PM
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ElChapoTrapHaus
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I guess i can buy that one. I haven't slalomed hardcore forever. But yeah wakeboarding, wakeskating and wakesurfing are better than waterskiing. Unless you like cutting back and fourth all day.
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May 28 2003 10:15PM
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marlin_102
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in BOOMBOX the wakeboard video, a bunch of guys are messing around on waterskiis and some guy did a wake-to-wake backflip..i think it was Parks.
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May 28 2003 10:29PM
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Parks bonifay? He's my hero...

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May 29 2003 12:11AM
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sirjibsalot
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wakeskating is where it is at.
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May 29 2003 12:21AM
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skirfing, not as fun as wakeskating but its the shit



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May 29 2003 12:26AM
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SaraJ
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what's skirfing?

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May 29 2003 12:30AM
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ElChapoTrapHaus
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skurfing ha ha, I haven't heard it called that forever
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May 29 2003 12:33AM
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SaraJ
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is that like surfing on the wake or something?

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May 29 2003 12:33AM
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Papa
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ya they already have trick water skis, they're super hard to get up and they get away from you cause of the shape, but you can grab and flib on them, but it's ugly
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May 29 2003 12:59AM
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PurpleSkier
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there was that ad in freeze a great deal back, this guy was doing some kind of flip, with a cross. i dont remember the ski brand though
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May 29 2003 2:23AM
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May 29 2003 3:31AM
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1080enemy
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the add was fischer I think. I just saw some commercial, waterskiing promo vid, and off of the jump they set up, one guy backflipped it, one lincoln looped it(off axis I think) and the other guy spun a 360. none of it was too stylish, but it can still be done
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May 29 2003 4:00AM
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BrodyLeven
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i cut my head like this:

it's my first and only time.
i was doing super good, so the boat guy yelled for me to clear the wake, or motioned or whatever, for me to jump the thing behind the boat

so i swung wide, and did it. i guess i cleared it by like 10 feet, landed a little forward i guess, fell forward, tips must have dug in, and back of skis came up and hit me in head. like 8 stitches.


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May 29 2003 3:30PM
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ElChapoTrapHaus
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skurfing was what wakeboarding was first called. The first skurfboards were oversized plastic kneeboards with sandal straps. Wakesurfing is different. It is actually surfing behind the wake of the boat, you start with the rope hella short and then once you are up to speed you let go and pump the wake like surfing. it awesome going for like a 4 minute long hands free surf ride without paddling. Kiteboarding is fucking sweet. Too expensive though, I broke one of my buddie's harnesses and I still owe him like another 300 bucks usd. But yeah kiteboarding was the biggest I have ever gone it is insane.
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May 29 2003 3:34PM
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marlin_102
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i've never tried kiteboarding, and it looks really fun, but at the same time kinda fruity. i mean, they seem to not really do anything, yet they get like 30 feet of air. im probably wrong but thats just my opinion.
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May 29 2003 5:01PM
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ElChapoTrapHaus
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no, it's chanllenging. trust me. you have to worry about the sail, your harness, the board and the waves all at once. A lot of multitasking at first, then you get the feel.
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May 29 2003 5:19PM
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SaraJ
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I tried kiteboarding in hawaii, and it was fuunnn

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May 29 2003 6:31PM
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mmm4twintips
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Wakesurfing can also be called Landlock surfing at that is where its at if you have never done it its way fun.

As for the person who cant get air on waterskis its cus your using a waterski rope not a wakeboarding rope which unlike a waterski rope that has give and rebound to it a wakeboard ropen has little to no give and rebound which allows you to get pop.
The rope makes a huge difference.
May 29 2003 11:10PM
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Lebbo
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I guess one of the problems would be that you need so much more speed to waterski than wakeboarding so it would be harder to pull many moves. But yeah I don't see why you couldn't go on a slider on waterskis. In a sense its probably like snowboarding and skiing. Wakeboarding is in a sense like snowboarding and no one ever thought of all the stuff on skis so maybe we just need some people to be inventive or get 'newschool' waterskiing out there....
May 29 2003 11:16PM
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ElChapoTrapHaus
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Line tension is important in getting air, but it isn't that big of a factor I wakeboard behind ski-ropes all the time and get just as high, but important nonetheless. Also you when you are water skiing you do need to get pulled a lot faster, and that reduces the wake size, also just the shapes and angles prevent good pop.
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May 29 2003 11:33PM
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SaraJ
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^Yea, I've boarded behind a ski rope up until this summer. The only main diff I see is that you don't get jerked around as much by the rope, but that could just be the perfect pass...hehe. The wakeboard handle is really what makes the biggest difference. I guess once you get into really complex stuff or if you are at a competition level, then the rope could be important...

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May 30 2003 12:13AM
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Lebbo
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Yeah your right about the extra speed reducing the wake size a shitload. We got a Wedge but even then you still really need some fat sacks or something in the boat (or some really fat people). Of course if you have a tower or pole that will obviously also help you get some more pop/air.
How effective are the perfect passes? Dad bought one for our boat when he went over to the US a few years back but we have never got aournd to installing it.
May 30 2003 1:12AM
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SaraJ
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the perfect pass is really good, especially for when the water is a bit choppier out, cause otherwise you get lugged around AND have to survive huge waves at the same time.

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May 30 2003 2:41AM
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ElChapoTrapHaus
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Yeah perfect pass rocks, especailly when you have drivers that don't know how to drive. Or when you have had a few. I know a buddy that installed it on an older boat that wouldn't hold a steady speed and perfect pass fixed that problem. But if you ask me it is just like cruise control on a car, and cruise control can fuck your tranny or motor by keep a speed that your motor doesn't want to by upping rpms. But if you are pulling a wakeboarder you hardy go past 21mph ever, unless you want to see someone get real scared, real mad, then real hurt, then really really mad.
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May 30 2003 2:49AM
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SaraJ
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my brother did that to me once. I got pissed cause I pulled a muscle in my leg and in my right wrist and it hurt lke hell for a few days, plus I drank about half the river, and willamette water isn't tasty...

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May 30 2003 2:54AM
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ElChapoTrapHaus
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Yeah I have ridden around the willamette area before, or at least somewhere down in oregon called something like that. One day we thought it would be really fun to wakeboard behind one of those little flat speed boats, with a 454 blower mounted engine, to see how fast we could get going. Yeah I think right around 50 mph wakeboards don't work, and water turns to concrete, I might of broke or bruised my ribs pretty bad. It was an experience though
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May 30 2003 3:05AM
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I've been, for the last few years, trying to think of a way to try some 'freestyle' waterskiing. The only way is off a jump.....and I suck at that thing. It's so much bigger than it looks and you land so hard (no downslope like ski jumps). Wakeboarding is much more conceptual to snowboarding. The thing about wakeboarding is you get that extra 'pop' with your feet being positioned the way they are and that big surface area underneath you.......waterskiing you don't.

There are 'jump' skis which are wider and we've gotten some good air wake to wake on those things cause you can go slow enough for a larger wake.

Someone mentioned kitesurfing. I'm an avid kiter/windsurfer. If you want to try kiting just do it. The learning curve is short...took me 5 years to become a competent windsurfer and about 2 years (max) to become a competent kiter....but I still like windsurfing more.

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May 30 2003 9:50AM
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ElChapoTrapHaus
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I was watching a bowflex informercial last night, and the seaworld waterski team used bowflex and got amazing results. Also they show some clips of guys doing flips and what not off a kicker. Still no style yet, it reminds me of freestyle ski areials, good 'form' and all that.
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May 30 2003 10:16AM
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'i've never tried kiteboarding, and it looks really fun, but at the same time kinda fruity. i mean, they seem to not really do anything, yet they get like 30 feet of air'

you're an idiot!
kiteboarding is the greatest sport on earth. Takes the skills from surfing, wakeboarding and windsurfing and combines them into one. Guys are doing 30 foot high inverted 540 handle passes, 360 to land jib to 540 out, 60 foot airs and over 9 seconds of hangtime. Trust me they do stuff. You can ride waves, go fast , go huge, bust tricks, slide rails. Its almost as versatile as skiing.

Its an unbelievable sport. Nothing fruity about it. you have no idea what you're missing!
May 30 2003 11:34AM
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snow-bunny
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its really fun
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May 30 2003 1:41PM
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SaraJ
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Yea, I saw these games that were being held in the gorge (In hood river), and they were doing incredible tricks. Looks so fun...

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May 30 2003 4:46PM
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freezed
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i saw that on the news. i want to try it in the colombia, it looks so awesome.

i am scared to wakeboard in the willamette cuz it is toxic...

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May 30 2003 4:52PM
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SaraJ
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You sound like one of my friends. She won't go boating with me if we go to the willamette cause She's afraid of growing scales or something. Believe me though, I've had my share of willamette water, and the most it's done to me is knock me out cause I caught an edge and slammed face first into the water.

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May 30 2003 6:02PM
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ElChapoTrapHaus
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yeah the gorge is a kiteboarding, windsurfing mecca pretty much, it is sick. That's where I have ridden a bunch
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May 30 2003 6:13PM
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RideBLUNT
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Yo, a friend and I, we both wakeboard, but we took his dad's really nice waterskis and went out on a course. It was so much fun, but it hurts a lot more than wakeboarding on the landing and shit. i haven't tried it since.


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