Well, we did it again. We initiated two more people into wakeboarding, only this time, while we are down here in Brasil! <BR> <BR>Gabriel took to wakeboarding like a, well, a fish to water! <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/530362.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/530363.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR> <BR> <BR>And that knowing smile that says he's hooked <BR> <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/530364.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR> <BR> <BR>And then, 9 year old Diego <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/530365.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR> <BR>On his second try... <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/530366.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR> <BR>And his smile says it all. <BR> <BR>Hope everyone had a great Newtonmas and has a great 2008. <BR> <BR>Feliz Ano Novo <BR> <BR>Louise

Gotta respect a man who will break it down to the Banana Hammock for a sesh! Spread the stoke!

Plum smugglers!

they have an awsome clothing style down there. gotta love those speedos

im sooooo sporting a speedo next time i wakeboard.

I guess that's the style down there...if that's how revealing the guys suit themselves for the water I could only imagine what the girls wear. <BR> <BR>right on with the wakeboard stoke...

I took a guy out from Poland and got him out on the lake. He was sporting the Banana Hammock too. The next day when we were going to TSR I told him he has to wear full shorts. <BR> <BR>But on the same point he went back to Poland and told everyone about wakeboarding and can't wait to come back and try it again. This time I will have a pair of boardshort as a present for him. <img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/lol.gif" border=0>

haha, that's funny Mike. <BR> <BR>I'll pay you $20 bucks if you wear a speedo to TSR...it would have to be a crowded day though.

Well, it's obvious by the above posts that not many of you travel outside the U.S. You will find that our preference for board shorts (and yes, my preference on men as well) is definitely in the minority. <BR> <BR>Remember people, an open mind is a terrible thing to waste. <BR> <BR>And yes, the women here wear quite a bit less than us hypocritical puritanic Americans <img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/wink.gif" border=0> (in other words, American men want to see the women in the barely-bikinis, just not their own sisters or daughters!) <BR> <BR>Here, this is for you men out there...typical Brasilian bikini fashion <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>Any wakeboarder is a good thing... <BR> <BR>Tchau <BR> <BR>Louise <BR><a href="http://www.solsearch.us" target="_blank">www.solsearch.us</a> <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/530718.jpg" alt="Upload">

does anyone remember the girls brasilian beach volleyball team?, i hope they are good this year, i would like to see them all the way into the finals! go brazil! <BR>seems like they're in the need for male companionship down there----> <BR><a href="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&amp;ai=B57mzGgR5R5aPFKLQ4QGthunWAqHN0y2p zMeWBMCNtwGA4gkQAxgDIM6ykgMoBDgAUPv22uz4_____wFgyd 6_i8Sk_A-gAcyfvf8DqgEGNjUrNDMwsgEXd3d3LmFjY2Vzc215bGlicmFye S5jb23IAQHaAT1odHRwOi8vd3d3LmFjY2Vzc215bGlicmFyeS5 jb20vY29tczIvc3VtbWFyeV8wMjg2LTg1MjA4MzlfSVRNgAIBy AKJ2X2oAwHoA7sF6AOoAegDEOgDcA&amp;num=3&amp;ggladg rp=331291701&amp;gglcreat=1014385941&amp;adurl=htt p://www.brazilcupid.com/%3Fovchn%3DGGL%26ovcpn%3DEnglish%2BUSA%2BBrazil%2B Girls%26ovcrn%3Dbrazil%2Bgirls%26ovtac%3DPPC&amp;c lient=ca-pub-5318756859004963" target="_blank">http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&amp;ai=B57mzGgR5R5aPFKLQ4QGthunWAqHN0y2p zMeWBMCNtwGA4gkQAxgDIM6ykgMoBDgAUPv22uz4_____wFgyd 6_i8Sk_A-gAcyfvf8DqgEGNjUrNDMwsgEXd3d3LmFjY2Vzc215bGlicmFye S5jb23IAQHaAT1odHRwOi8vd3d3LmFjY2Vzc215bGlicmFyeS5 jb20vY29tczIvc3VtbWFyeV8wMjg2LTg1MjA4MzlfSVRNgAIBy AKJ2X2oAwHoA7sF6AOoAegDEOgDcA&amp;num=3&amp;ggladg rp=331291701&amp;gglcreat=1014385941&amp;adurl=htt p://www.brazilcupid.com/%3Fovchn%3DGGL%26ovcpn%3DEnglish%2BUSA%2BBrazil%2B Girls%26ovcrn%3Dbrazil%2Bgirls%26ovtac%3DPPC&amp;c lient=ca-pub-5318756859004963</a> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/530885.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR>oh wait, will they let them wear those suits in china?

Well it looks like my next wakeboarding trip will be to Brazil

Louise, that is probably the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.