whats your favorite thing about wakeboarding.

(michaelb) · (michaelb) **Join Date: Feb 2009** 02-10-2009, 12:59 PM

Me i like just being able to ride for 30 minutes without thinking about anything else.Ya know.and look at the bright side if you wreck its a treat cause you get to go swimming.God I Love The Water.

alanp 02-10-2009, 1:11 PM

landing a new trick

(dakid) · (dakid) **Join Date: Feb 2001** 02-10-2009, 1:12 PM

chicks

(andy_nintzel)

the pull.

(dabell) · (dabell) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 02-10-2009, 1:19 PM

That accomplishment of doing something that I haven't done before while being on the water.

Then again, I don't have to hear my wife nagging at me either.

(adamsilcio) · (adamsilcio) **Join Date: Oct 2007** 02-10-2009, 1:22 PM

the camaraderie. the progression. the love.

star_star 02-10-2009, 1:22 PM

living the scene, man. just living the scene.

(eubanks01) · (eubanks01) **Join Date: Jun 2001** 02-10-2009, 1:23 PM

Knowing that I'm not at work.

(rightside) · (rightside) **Join Date: Sep 2006** 02-10-2009, 1:24 PM

the pull? why not ski or kneeboard then?

For me it is everything coming together to create a harmony that only a wakeboard atmosphere can provide.

(tinytdubb) · (tinytdubb) **Join Date: Jul 2007** 02-10-2009, 1:24 PM

The convenient fun

(johnsvt) · (johnsvt) **Join Date: Dec 2006** 02-10-2009, 1:29 PM

peeps...like an extended family

pumpkin bread on my boat

(2007_x2) · (2007_x2) **Join Date: May 2007** 02-10-2009, 1:34 PM

the feeling of being free when ur riding!

(westsidarider) · (westsidarider) **Join Date: Feb 2003** 02-10-2009, 1:38 PM

this

(wakeboardsam) · (wakeboardsam) **Join Date: Jun 2008** 02-10-2009, 1:40 PM

quote:
By Ride LSU Wake (adamsilcio) on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 1:22 pm:

the camaraderie. the progression. the love.

That says it all...

(michaelb) · (michaelb) **Join Date: Feb 2009** 02-10-2009, 1:44 PM

for its the freedom you can control where you go how your standing and you spray people on nose presses,god i like spraying people and freedom on a board.also the guy in jason's photo is probaly thinking"dang i got to get me a pole like that".

(fullspeed)

Launching high in the air. Sweet grab and landing smooth. Those are my favorite things.

(cpizzle) · (cpizzle) **Join Date: Sep 2007** 02-10-2009, 2:00 PM

#1 Peeing in my wetsuit.

#2 "Accidently" peeing in my buddy's drysuit.

I guess I can do that when I'm not riding. ???

Ok then, what everyone else said! ;)

K.B.C. 02-10-2009, 2:06 PM

powerturning

playing crappy music as loud as possible on my completely obnoxious tower spearkers at 7 am

doing backrolls past every boat on the lake so they know just how hard I rip

(sidekicknicholas)

^ i heard that

(tonis) · (tonis) **Join Date: Mar 2005** 02-10-2009, 2:13 PM

Scott, I thought I was the only one!

(tcaz) · (tcaz) **Join Date: Aug 2008** 02-10-2009, 2:27 PM

It's the only time when I am 100% in tune with myself. When I am behind the boat, it is me and me only. I am able to block out and forget about everything that is negative or debilitating in my life.

Other than that, the whole lifestyle that goes with it. I love spending time on the lake, being in the sun, coming back and hanging with your crew on the dock, grilling and throwing a few back after an accomplished day. Absolutely nothing beats that!

(michaelb) · (michaelb) **Join Date: Feb 2009** 02-10-2009, 2:35 PM

Torrey,thats poetry once you've lived it.who agrees.

(wayz) · (wayz) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 02-10-2009, 2:56 PM

Hanging out on the boat and riding with my friends and family. Just nothing but good times...

(jcas) · (jcas) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 02-10-2009, 3:27 PM

For me, it's not just the riding. It's hanging out with good friends, being in the sun, having a few drinks, and listening to some music. Heading back to the Disco house to BBQ and playing beer pong at night aren't half bad ways to spend the evenings either. Even on the days when I ride my worst, it's still a good day if I'm out riding on the Delta.

(texastbird) · (texastbird) **Join Date: May 2003** 02-10-2009, 3:45 PM

To me, the best thing about riding is catching air, especially that moment or two of "weightlessness" at the apex of the jump.

Other than that, the best thing has got to be the friends I have made through riding. I love pulling up to the line and knowing the people in the other boat(s) that I'll be sharing it with.

(dohboy) · (dohboy) **Join Date: Aug 2007** 02-10-2009, 3:53 PM

Looking over the side of the boat as it slices through the water. Also just floating with friends and tunes talking about anything but work.

(bill_sloan) · (bill_sloan) **Join Date: Nov 2007** 02-10-2009, 3:55 PM

Poptarts. They just taste better when you're boarding.

(trewblu) · (trewblu) **Join Date: Sep 2007** 02-10-2009, 4:30 PM

getting a whole bunch of air and styling tricks

(wake_it_up) · (wake_it_up) **Join Date: Nov 2008** 02-10-2009, 5:03 PM

Getting back to my favorite place, feeling the wind on my face, the adrenaline pumping, and forgetting the outside world. Hours feel like minutes on the water, it's just a great feeling,

(jtnz) · (jtnz) **Join Date: Sep 2007** 02-10-2009, 5:13 PM

Watching my friends take diggers, getting new people out on the boat for a set, popping off the wake, I have only just discovered what pop is all about and I like it.

(brhanley) · (brhanley) **Join Date: Jun 2001** 02-10-2009, 5:30 PM

getting lunchtime pulls in the summer, wearing my dry suit in July/August, getting free gear each year on warranty*, and rich, white kids flashing gang signs.

*Note: this program has now been discontinued due to bankruptcy. RIP Copes.

murrayair 02-10-2009, 8:03 PM

That first pull of the season...mmmmm!

(trentj6930) · (trentj6930) **Join Date: Oct 2007** 02-10-2009, 8:05 PM

Just getting to learn something new and hang out at the lake. Is it summer yet?

mitchp1002 02-10-2009, 9:18 PM

Being out on the water away from the stresses of everyday life.

And learning new stuff!

(bcnumber1) · (bcnumber1) **Join Date: Sep 2008** 02-11-2009, 4:51 AM

It's about living in the moment and letting the everyday stressors fade away as you ride.

(bill) · (bill) **Join Date: Feb 2001** 02-11-2009, 5:01 AM

purely the riding

(toby_yeo) · (toby_yeo) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 02-11-2009, 5:22 AM

Nothing takes the stress away like being on the water does.

Progression.

(clubjoe) · (clubjoe) **Join Date: Sep 2005** 02-11-2009, 9:34 AM

1. Getting away from the stress of every day life, and hangin' out with friends and family

2. Getting that good tired after a day of hard play. Very relaxed (it helps if I ride good too)

3. See #1

Same reason I ride my ATV's...

(Message edited by clubjoe on February 11, 2009)

(wakeslife) · (wakeslife) **Join Date: Jul 2005** 02-11-2009, 11:10 AM

Can't really pinpoint it, but theres something about idling out to the lake while the sun is rising, the music pumping, and the lake is glass that just gets to me...

(anthemwake) · (anthemwake) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 02-11-2009, 1:58 PM

1. internet discussion boards
2. getting sponsored
3. raleys
4. kickers
5. mgmt, this awesome new band

(ottog1979) · (ottog1979) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 02-11-2009, 3:50 PM

Others above have said nearly the same. IT'S THE PACKAGE: outside, water, friends, music, warm (most of the time), sun, all day, athletic, getting better, trying new things, music, no "to-do" lists, watching others ride, the boat (toy) and the memories of many, many similar days.

(toby_yeo) · (toby_yeo) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 02-11-2009, 6:17 PM

I think you need to re-think your order Anthemwake

(wakeboardertj) · (wakeboardertj) **Join Date: May 2005** 02-11-2009, 6:21 PM

being on the lake in the sun with friends. Landing new tricks is fun too :-)

(joe_crawley) · (joe_crawley) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 02-11-2009, 8:14 PM

imitating Scott, it's what we all do

(da_kamp) · (da_kamp) **Join Date: Jan 2008** 02-11-2009, 8:49 PM

That feeling of complete freedom when you're riding, nothing else matters than. And of course the rush of landing that new trick, or making one you've already got bigger and/or steezier.

oh and buns

(ponte_06_x2) · (ponte_06_x2) **Join Date: Jan 2006** 02-11-2009, 9:02 PM

my fav part about wake boarding is watching other people eat crap when they biff.

(goofyr44) · (goofyr44) **Join Date: Jul 2007** 02-11-2009, 9:40 PM

the addiction, when cant't ride what you think you could be doing the ride.

(eyekahn) · (eyekahn) **Join Date: Aug 2007** 02-11-2009, 9:49 PM

1. Stargazed raleys
2. Nuclear Grabs
3. The awesome trick names
4. All the love other extreme sports give us
5. The mini squirt graphics
6. Being able to rap this song to everyone on land...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9zKJ5nNC18

(stxr_racer) · (stxr_racer) **Join Date: Jun 2006** 02-11-2009, 10:51 PM

Watching my kids ride!
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(blake2wake) · (blake2wake) **Join Date: Aug 2007** 02-12-2009, 4:27 AM

Waking up before dawn, boat packed and ready to go, friends showing up and hootin and yellin in the driveway and my wife sayin "sssshhhhhhhh......the neighbors are still sleepin". pickin up friends on the way, the look on the the fishemans faces when we show up at the ramp, starting the boat and turning on the ballast pumps.....some good reggae pumpin from the stereo....and the feeling of slippin off the platform into heaven as he sun peeks up onto slice of buttah that was put there just for me!

The Essence of the carve and the sacrifice of comfort it requires to get the good stuff is what keeps me wakin up every mornin'

(itzon) · (itzon) **Join Date: Sep 2008** 02-12-2009, 5:22 AM

blake2wake - i get you so much!! love it. once, while preparing the boat, i accidentally hit one of the acc rocker switch. guess which one? the stereo. guess what else - volume level was from previous outing. holly molly. that stereo came on BLASTING. woke the kids up, dog started barking, half the neighbors on my street (i'm sure) heard it. wife was not happy. i thought it was funny. so did my friends. just another morning at 4am!! love it

(anthemwake) · (anthemwake) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 02-12-2009, 11:02 AM

I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE ON A BOAT

(eyekahn) · (eyekahn) **Join Date: Aug 2007** 02-12-2009, 11:49 AM

Its a big blue watery road. Posideon LOOK AT MEEEEEE.

(kyle_m) · (kyle_m) **Join Date: Aug 2007** 02-12-2009, 12:22 PM

this is my favorite and the feeling you get while riding this water all it is is a trick to trick mind set nothing else in the world matters to you except u your board and the water
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and the pic jason posted above is my second favorite

(zach2orjack) · (zach2orjack) **Join Date: Dec 2008** 02-12-2009, 1:43 PM

The fact that it's a new challenge. Something for me to work on constantly all while having fun doing it. I love being on the water, being with friends and just having a great time.

It's funny that a guy that was there when I started riding sportbikes on road courses also helped me land W2W the first time. Thanks Justin. Wood, Dr. B. and I will be riding a lot this summer. Hopefully I will have a boat soon too.

(kylepower8) · (kylepower8) **Join Date: Sep 2008** 02-12-2009, 7:02 PM

getting up at 5 am for fog and the sun rising.
and ending the day with this.
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(hawk7) · (hawk7) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 02-12-2009, 7:14 PM

something about it just feels so right when everything else in the world just feels so wrong. sometimes the board just feels like an organic extention on my feet, you know that feeling you get when you land super smooth on the second wake? I live for that. It gives us something to look forward to, something to live for, something to breath for, what would you life be like without it?

alloydadams 02-12-2009, 7:47 PM

doing something that no one else has done and pushing the sport in the right direction.