Well after 3 months of not riding we went out surfing at Lake Don Pedro Sunday air temp 75 water temp 63.Daryls MB B52s boat motor fried Aug 23 and he replaced it with a new one.Photos are Alec &amp; Daryl<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744941.jpg" alt="Upload"><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744942.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744943.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744944.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744945.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR> <BR> <img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744946.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744947.jpg" alt="Upload">

wake dialed in .... chris getting his first airs .... catie doing it .... wake mushing <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744969.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744970.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744971.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744972.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744973.jpg" alt="Upload">

Frank where are you guys riding is the water cold

we are in the delta .... no temp on my boat so i have no idea how cold .... chris went no wetsuit saturday for awhile but he doesnt handle the cold very well being 115lbs .... catie actually jumped out of the water the first time and said she was done but after watching chris she went back in with no problem .... i actually have no problem with the temp at the moment and actually just hang out in the water by the boat .... if you guys would ever like to come down just say the word as its usually just me and the kids .... boats in the water ALWAYS ready to go!! .... looks like you can help teach chris also!!

That sounds great we were the only wakeboard boat on the lake Sunday i guess most people are done for the year &amp; that could be the last time this year.Its Getting time to start thinking about Ski season we all have season passes at Kirkwood Ski area &amp; go up about every weekend

Alec almost pulled off this Superman trick<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744987.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744988.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744989.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/744990.jpg" alt="Upload">

for the superman you have to try and land on your feet on the board ,<a href="http://www.mobgroup.tv/troops/djjamesz.html" target="_blank">http://www.mobgroup.tv/troops/djjamesz.html</a> ,and get really high ,like check out this one on mobgroup,landing on your belly is the easy way to do it ,good job alec ,when you do it just do it super quick dont waste anytime.Ive done like a hundred of them and only pulled 5 under my feet and rode the other 85 on my belly and about 20 of them hit myself in the face and landed on my nuts on the board so be carefull with that one its easy to knock your teeth out if done wrong.

and alec look for your landing point on the wave when you do it you want to try to land on top and drop back in .

nice shots vince, you always get the great shots ,we will have to go out and get some shots sometime,I just got back from typhoon lagoon surfing for two days so fun..

Cool thanks on the shots we may go out 1 more time this Saturday.But maybe next spring we can go out and ride &amp; i can get photos of u and your crew.Where is the typhoon lagoon in Florida???

yeah florida.im going to ride all winter if your ever this way you could come on my boat to.

So u ride all winter i better get a full wetsuit my friend had a drysuit i just have a half one.James do u snowboard ???

@vince those are some great pics of Alex. <BR> <BR>@frank <BR>Wake is looking good. Looks like you are starting to get that second lip thing going on, though. Can't wait til 11/14.

that second lip thing is actually coming off the boat .... i still have a few more inches to cut off the very end of the swim platform though .... so right now the second lip thing may be becuase of the rubrail under the water .... which means mor weight forward and middle im assuming .... havent played with the weight in a long time

Yes, my rub rail will do that. As you add more weight to the surf side, maybe also add some to the other to get the rail out of the water.

i read where alot of people tend to put a sac in the middle back .... next time ill put the 700lber on the back seat and see what that does .... we will be out tomorrow afternoon and ill try that ..... would hate to have to run a false side up the boat to get rid of the rail LOL .... but if it made the wave all lip at the huge size i get now it would truuly be worth it

I have tried to post several times and it has not posted. I hope this one makes it. I read the wakesurfing threads on Wakeworld almost everyday. Since this thread started I have been reading the updates every few hours. My wife thinks I am nuts. Mitch at CMS in Fairfield talked me into signing up for this event. I am really looking forward to it. I will bring my IS Red Tide and My new IS Swallow. I have only used it once so I have not dialed it in yet. I am looking forward to 11/14

Sorry wrong thread.

vince,you just need a 3/2 fullsuit around here all winter ive got plenty of wetsuits laying around,yeah I snowboard I just dont do it that much anymore,I go out to maui in the winter and surf up here.there is this spot 15 mintues from my house where the waves go of through the winter.today I slammed my nuts so hard today doing a superman its been like four hours and they still hurt,I should nt have been talking about it<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/lame.gif" border=0>

Wakemitch joined us today - and did that skate thing <IMG SRC="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":-)" BORDER=0> <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746215.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR> <BR>Back to business! <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746216.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746217.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746218.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746219.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746220.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746221.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746222.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746223.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746224.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746225.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746226.jpg" alt="Upload">

new photos at <a href="http://www.mobgroup.tv/troops/djjamesz.html" target="_blank">http://www.mobgroup.tv/troops/djjamesz.html</a>

from yesterday.<a href="http://www.mobgroup.tv/troops/djjamesz.html" target="_blank">http://www.mobgroup.tv/troops/djjamesz.html</a>

Mitch riding goofy! Nice.

dtw, i failed at backside so i tried my luck at switch. after entertaining the guys in the boat i finally was able to ride with out the rope for a while.

Actually, we begged him to stop - it was too painful to watch. <IMG SRC="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":-)" BORDER=0>

Roger riding sweet<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746423.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746424.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746425.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR>Mitch Wakesurfing!! Above ....<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746426.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746427.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR>in the pocket ....<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746428.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR>and below!!<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/746429.jpg" alt="Upload">

MITCH!!!!

Frank thanks again for a great day. The pictures are great. Fat guys in wet suits are a little hard to look at.

you def don't need life jackets for that

tooo much neoprene in these pics also .... neopreneless!!!

its all about doing it roger and your doing it!!

Ya you are way tougher than me.

A little wakeboarding and...hanging 10 <IMG SRC="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":-)" BORDER=0> <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/747301.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/747302.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR> <BR>and wakesurfing, too. <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/747303.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/747304.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/747305.jpg" alt="Upload">

I love these first two pictures - the juxtaposition of me FREEZING and Dennis wrapped up snug-as-a-bug. <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/748293.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR> <BR>I don't know what happened here, but the purple is cool. <IMG SRC="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":-)" BORDER=0> <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/748294.jpg" alt="Upload">

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a 180 lipslide.

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<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/748351.jpg" alt="Upload"> went for a rotation flip,good way to break your neck.

tryed to land it, probably the biggest air ive ever gone for.

Jeff, James' shuv looks gnarly. Did he land one?

Hey Mitch, that was a 3 shuv attempt - operative word being attempt <IMG SRC="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":-)" BORDER=0> He can hit a shuv on that board easily, but when he tries the 3 shuv, it goes over the spine. From what I can see, the fins are catching and the board actually starts tracking <IMG SRC="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":-)" BORDER=0>

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@jeff going to have to invent some retractable fins. ;-)

retractable fins sounds very interesting. <BR> <BR>How cold was it dad?

@ dj - great pictures. <BR> <BR>@ ragboy - Josh Sleigh and I think Rock was shaping those boards for Josh, did a retractable twin tip. The fins went through the board and were attached to a stomp pad on the deck. I think there was a spring between the board and the stop pad and when your foot wasn't on the pad, the fins would retract. Somewhere in the archived files JL posted a picture...those boys have done the most innovative stuff. <BR> <BR>I lost the functionality of TAPS (Bennett Trim Tab) two or maybe three weeks ago and my wake has suffered since. We noticed that my port side exhaust manifold is super hot and leaking water so the boat is headed into the shop this week. I think that getting our wake back will help and also James needs to get higher before trying the 3 shuv. Although - I am intrigued by the weight distribution that Mitch shared with me from his wakeskate. I think that a more uniform distribution of weight would help with that trick also. <BR> <BR>@ dtw - FREEZING! <IMG SRC="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":-)" BORDER=0> If I remember correctly, air was 58-59 and water was 56. I think that Ed S established that if the combined temps aggregate 100 + it's still rideable (if just barely! <IMG SRC="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":-)" BORDER=0> ).

Is that a SNUGGLE that Dennis is wearing?

No that is my changing tent. I made a long poncho type coverup so you can change in and out of your wetsuit without trying to cover yourself with a small towel. Works great on a boat where it is hard to hide.

I don't know...Charlie Choo Choo Snuggle Blanket looks pretty similar - just add an applique. <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/748405.jpg" alt="Upload">

Dennis, what are you trying to hide?

thanks jeff,yeah the water is getting cold now jeff,we need rain for sure are lake is the lowest ive ever seen it.nice pics to.have a good thanksgiving everyone.<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/wink.gif" border=0>

Great pics by all! <BR> <BR>Jeff, do my eyes deceive me, or is James hanging 10 on a wakeboard? Thats nuts! <BR> <BR>We were still trunkin as of last weekend, but didn't even end up riding due to some issues popping up once we got out and loaded up.

@ TXSurf - yeah isn't that funny? It's the rocker - just like a noserider - it sucks the tail of the board down at speed and you can climb all over the nose. <IMG SRC="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":-)" BORDER=0> <BR> <BR>@ dj - the water level is scary low for us. I can remember back in the late 70's or maybe early 80's we had water levels this low, folks just didn't take their boats out. If we don't get some rain this winter, it's going to be a tough 2010 for anything boating related in California. Happy T-day to you and yours, too.

hanging back in the pocket on my new board <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/749075.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR>trying to get air? LOL<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/749076.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR>yes it was flipping cold but only in the water

Jeebus Frank! <BR>You'rs still not wearin a wetsuit? <BR> <BR>YOU'RE NAILS! <BR> <BR>So what board did ya get? <BR>Is it one ya built?

Frank looks like the new board is working. I was in Idaho and it was about 12 degrees when I saw your pictures on my phone. Wish I could have been there.

Hey Gunz, <BR>Don't know why Frank isn't answering you. Probably out riding or frozen. Pretty crazy to be riding now without a wetsuit though. <BR>Frank's new board is a Walker Project Bazooka Prototype from the Big Guy Event. It is 5'3".

Have been following the Big Guy Event, as I am searching for the right board for me. I am 6'4" and 250lbs, and learned on a Hyperlite 2007 Broadcast 5'6". Would the Walker Project Bazooka be a board I should consider? Any other board recommendations welcome. Thanks.

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Hey Kell, The reviews should be coming out very soon from the event. The Bazooka would be a good choice. Wait for the reviews. There were several riders at the event in your weight range.

rich dennis is the man and he is right on .... its a 5'3" walker prototype and its fast .... i can hang back in the pocket i can recover from just about anything .... was really whipping it around wednesday at the end, something i feel i can really progress on <BR> <BR>the new word at the wolter house is Flowrider!! wakesurf wed, flow rider friday and sunday night and cowells longboarding tomorrow .... the flowrider is a blast!!! <BR> <BR>roger hope you had a great trip and talk to you soon!!

Hey Frank, <BR>Glad you are not frozen. The Walker Project makes all the Flowrider boards as well. We supply the boards for all the Flowriders worldwide.

thats cool because chris wants one for christmas .... i gotta find the style of the board hes using, an old surf guy lets him use his board and he really likes it .... do you know the different styles? guy was letting us use one of the new hour glass boards but chris like the guys older style, short with more rocker it seems .... im not making it to the beach today my legs are tooo sore LOL

Very cool Frank,glad to see ya got somethin that fits and is fun.

Maybe Kalahari in Ohio hasn't updated their Flowrider with TWP boards in a long time, since I thought it was much more like snowboarding than WS. Heck it really resembled a Skurfer... Just my opinion though. <BR> <BR>I need to do some flowrider instruction since waiting in that line is no bueno. <BR> <BR>I think my bad is that I rarely ever goofy so I'm good for 10ft, turn, then faceplant ha ha. Still fun when snowing outside. <BR> <BR>Last ride was 2nd week of Nov but didn't take the camera, air 71 degrees and water about 48 with full suit but numb feet and hands--had a blast. Gotta move South! Back to hibernation

joe the line where we went isnt long at all .... first time me and chris went there was only 1 other guy first hour and one more came the second .... second time we had like 10 people then it went down to 6 the second hour .... the boards are like big skateboard decks .... they seem to have about 4 custom boards that chris can tell the difference .... i can go up back and one way and turn quite easily in one place, i havent figured out to go back the other way very well yet .... there are some dudes there that really rip it up though

Are the board reviews of the "Big Guy Event" available. Can't seem to find the thread. Looking for a board to replace my 07 Broadcast 5'6". I'm 250lbs intermediate.

Look on Wake9. If you have any questions Post and I bet you will get everyones response. It was a great day.

Link to the Wake9 blog entry: <BR> <BR><a href="http://wake9.com/blogs/blog/2009/12/18/polar-bear-wakesurf-event-summary/" target="_blank">http://wake9.com/blogs/blog/2009/12/18/polar-bear-wakesurf-event-summary/</a>