Tube?

Got my self a new (to me) 2007 x star. I need a cheap long lasting tube for the ladies. Any suggestions?

Yep I have a long lasting tube for the ladies, just need beer. LOL

The economy must be improving. 13-year-olds are buying x stars again.

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?i=13366&pdesc=OBrien_Ultra_Screamer_Tu be&cname=3-person-Towables-tubes&aID=3C&merchID=1009&r=view

Hey Parker these are good. Anything with neoprene pads are comfy.

Pure class Dulong

"The economy must be improving. 13-year-olds are buying x stars again."


hahahah....and buying stuff for the ladies....Ahhhh to be young again

yea yea my family got one. haven't updated that in a long time, 15 by the way! Plus we got a really sweat deal on it.

Well, 15 makes all the difference!

biggest thing about tubes is the connection to the rope. O'Brien makes the best connection. oh, and the device to fill it too is just as important. they use something called a Boston valve. i would not buy any other brand unless they have those 2 features. i got a 3 person flat tube. big enuff to hang out on when chilling or good to pull 1, 2 or 3 "ladies"...

Congrats on your families new X-Star. Why people bash kids on the board for their family having a nice boat is beyond me?

+1 on the O'brien tubes. Some family friends have one and it is solid. I pull kids behind my 210 all the times with it, works great.

I have had 4 ho sports tubes and the bladders did not last through a season. Any other tubes out there that are built better?

I have a connely that has held up really well. after some beers/cocktails we usually do some "extreme tubing", basically see who can hold on the longest. And i got a foot pump that pumps on the down and up stroke, that thing is killer.

These are the best!

Obrien Super Screamer!

get 2 single slim tubes with same length ropes. i call it "tube wars". the goal is to get the other off of theirs with you still on yours using whatever means possible. and the driver gets a point for getting both off in the process...with a speed limit enforced of course. someone always gets hurt. its awesome.

Connelly Triple X...it is a blast and can get radical!!! They can be hard to find though

We have the ION, we love it. it is a PITA when you want to be done tubing, so we have to anchor it to the shore and hope nobody steals. it. luckily we are the only ones on the lake with one like it. It is great for week long trips to powell. I have actually slept on it. Here is a link to a picture of us on it. You can go hella fast. (which is nice if you want to make the girls cry) We actually accidentally made my friends 12 year old son cry, because we ge *** going so fast and it wont tip over. This is a representation of the awesomeness.

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I recommend the illegal flying tubes for windy days.

Connelly tubes are nice and durable

Obrien super screamer all the way. A girlfriend baught one for my boat like 7 years ago and the tube is still rockn'.
They're fun behind the boat and big so two people are commfy on it plus it makes for a nice sun pad to lay on and tan.
I've left it out in the sun so some of the neoprean pading is rotting but.. after 7 years who cares.

What about the sports stuff tubes are they any good? my son wants the the double lu lu . we have went through a tube every year they always get a leak Thank You Joe

"girlfriend bought it," "girls love it." Awesome. Just come out and say it, they're fun for all. Tubes don't make you less of a wakeboarder.

Just get a tube, a real tube, from a tractor or big rig, tie a rope around it and gun it. That is tubing. If you lose all of your clothes by the end, it is a good run. If the girl does, great run.

Just make sure the 6 inch metal valve stem is pointing downward.Great advice, Dan, if it were 1960.

sports stuff's new 'doables" look interesting

lots of different tubes you can turn and spin and do other things... never tried one though

like this one.
http://sportsstuff.com/dyn_prod.php?p=SPT53-1965&k=142201

there are videos for each tube they have which is really cool. sometimes you wonder if the boat is turning to make it look like the tubes steer better than they really do, but the one in the link above shows a good video with the boat obviously going straight and the tube doing... a fairly good job of going from one side of the wake to the other

they also have an interesting towing line with a float half way down the line to reduce rope drag and spray, seems like a pretty good idea, maybe excessive, but good idea. some girls might not like the spray... especially if they don't want to get their hair wet on any particular day and just go for a relaxing run

two tubes for bumper-tubes or tube-warz is fabulous no matter the tube. i bet two steerable tubes for a tube war would be FUN FUN FUN!!

now i want 2 more tubes... ;(

OHhh and how could we forget to mention Shapiro's Grindwater
http://grindwater.com/

these are especially good/unique in that there is a special spot to put your i-pod to blast some tunes right there from the tube for a 'rockin' ride. or to just chill on the tube near the shore

Grindwater reaper looks good, but i cant find any were to buy it. There wakesurf boards are really cool too.