interesting results from the wake poll

(mvl) · (mvl) **Join Date: May 2004** 01-29-2008, 7:21 PM

I would have thought the majority would have been Direct drive boats, however, I/O's and outboards are almost 60% of what people learned to ride behind. Maybe those of us with wakeboarding boats should spread the love a little more.

(poser007) · (poser007) **Join Date: Nov 2004** 01-29-2008, 7:47 PM

For a small fee i will set them free

(rio_sanger) · (rio_sanger) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 01-29-2008, 7:53 PM

It doesn't surprise me Mark, if you think about it, when wakeboarding first came about, (late 80's early 90's?) most boating families (including ours) had I/O's. It was only the hard core slalom skiers who owned DD inboards which were usually closed bow tournament boats. So most peoples' first experience with wakeboarding was behind the family runabout.

(loudsubz) · (loudsubz) **Join Date: Aug 2001** 01-29-2008, 8:04 PM

All I have ridden behind since I started when I was 14 or 15 was a outboard bowrider. This year will be my first year behind a direct drive inboard.

(yubasanger) · (yubasanger) **Join Date: Jul 2007** 01-29-2008, 9:40 PM

Learned behind a jet boat. You talk about tough if you can learn behind a jet then getting up behind anything else is a breeze. Chris is right on most were I/O and outboards then.

(bill_sloan) · (bill_sloan) **Join Date: Nov 2007** 01-30-2008, 5:23 PM

I learned behind a jet boat too. First time I got to try behind a I/O I thought something strange was happening.

(sailing216) · (sailing216) **Join Date: Oct 2007** 01-30-2008, 5:48 PM

Learned behind a jet ski, then jet boat, then I/O, and so on. It's like progressing from an A-Cup to Double D's... Sprain a thumb but worth it

Yes, I rocked a skurfer and still have a Waketech back when sit down jet skis just came out.

(wakeboardern1) · (wakeboardern1) **Join Date: Aug 2007** 01-30-2008, 9:13 PM

My first time was behind a wakeboat, I think... But I only got up for like, ten seconds at a time, and only went three or four times. Only took me one try to get up though. :-) However, I REALLY learned to ride behind a jetski. That's what I first started really getting up and riding around behind. However... It was a two seater ancient kawasaki, so I didn't really do any progressing for about 4 years of riding... Kinda sad looking back on it. I've been riding since I was 10, and I just started w2w's and riding switch this last summer... This makes me curious, did anyone else really learn to ride behind a jetski with a driver who knew nothing about wakeboarding teaching you? Or just learned behind a jetski?