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Join Date: Jul 2004
08-21-2006, 8:04 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
08-21-2006, 8:05 PM
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I think the next thing below riding behind a Whaler is riding behind a row boat. Gotta love it!!
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Join Date: Jul 2006
08-21-2006, 8:09 PM
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see what you guys dont know, is that your only bad a@@ if you ride like this
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Join Date: Apr 2006
08-21-2006, 8:14 PM
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ronia - i think you should load up the little boat and send them some jello shots! ooh - then the rider could do a double up ... nice! i love this pic!
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Join Date: Mar 2004
08-21-2006, 8:15 PM
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First thing Im ever doing if I see that is offering a pull, just good karma.
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Join Date: Jul 2005
08-21-2006, 9:00 PM
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i will be the first one to step up and say i have ridden behind my friends fishing boat. my normal pull didnt take his boat out that weekend, so i figured i would try something new, and i actually had fun. i like to be out on the water, i dont really care what kind of boat i am behind. mike, you would be a rockstar if you gave that dude a pull. i have given a couple of pulls to one of my friends from the fishing boat and it has made his day. everybody needs to share the love!
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Join Date: Jul 2005
08-21-2006, 9:11 PM
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sorry if that comes off harsh, i dont think ronia meant anything by the picture and i wasnt making a direct comment at anyone. just trying to say "share the love"
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Join Date: Nov 2005
08-22-2006, 7:43 AM
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I'd ride behind a canoe if I couldget my friends to row fast enough. No shame in not having a nice boat. Great to see someone having a great time. I once heard this guy critize someone for riding behind an outboard. So what? As long as your having a good time.
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Join Date: Mar 2005
08-22-2006, 7:54 AM
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Any day on the water is a good day.
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Join Date: Jul 2005
08-22-2006, 8:34 AM
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i rode behind a pontoon my first summer, granted it was a tritoon with a 200 hp outboard, it was a pontoon none-the-less, and i had a blast.
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Join Date: Aug 2005
08-22-2006, 9:08 AM
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Thats a step up from my first setup. Thats the 15 footer, I had a 13 footer with a 25hp Evinrude. That was my crew's primary wakeboard boat from 88-92 or so. Landed my first backroll behind it off of the d-up. We even ran a sony boombox on the rear bench loud enough to hear our Gn'R while we rode. here she is. 1967 Boston Whaler 13'
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08-22-2006, 9:23 AM
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I rode behind a 16 foot 70hp zodiac for 4 yrs. And quite a few times we rode behind the marina's 14 foot 50hp boston whaler. Only in the past two yrs have we been riding behind real boats (a sea ray and then a Malibu). I'll try to find a pic of the zodiac.
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Join Date: Dec 2005
08-22-2006, 11:13 AM
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You can always find something to do on any boat. If I had no other choice, I would be practicing my switch riding on that boat. Awesome pic of the lake, BTW...
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Join Date: Aug 2005
08-22-2006, 11:25 AM
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I used to waterski and kneeboard behind an inflatable with a 15hp outboard (tiller control as well, that made for some interesting control issues!). Then was upgraded to a 25hp and that was a big step up, we had 3 kneeboarders behind it at one stage. Had so much fun. At the beginner level you really don't need a massive wake.
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Join Date: Sep 2005
08-22-2006, 11:41 AM
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well I had it made when I learned. 40hp outboard, camoflage hunting boat. were doing huge w2w's on the skurfer! lol
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Join Date: Apr 2006
08-22-2006, 12:36 PM
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Great pic! Its all about having a good time on the water!
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Join Date: Aug 2005
08-22-2006, 12:39 PM
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water time is all that counts. no matter what
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Join Date: Jun 2006
08-22-2006, 12:46 PM
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Looks like they are having a blast, and that's what matters. By the way the driver looks just like my Dad right down to the yellow hat.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tyler
08-22-2006, 1:34 PM
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awesome thread. yep, if i'm on the water, i'm ok. i regularly skate behind my bro's fish/ski and learned to board behind it. if it will pull a rider, its a good boat.
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Join Date: Apr 2005
08-22-2006, 1:43 PM
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We were staying at Lincoln Rock State Park on the Columbia in late June. This guy and probably his dad were out one morning. The kid was getting more air than most I've seen, despite his boat. Got to give them credit. We later tried finding them to offer him a pull, but they were gone. Some can do more with less than most of us can do with a 50K boat. A bit humbling.
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Join Date: Jun 2003
08-22-2006, 1:59 PM
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I know in one of the magazines in the last year or so, they showed Collin Wright's boat and it was a 17' Whaler that he payed under $3000 for. I am not sure if that was his wakeskate rig or what.
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Join Date: Dec 2005
08-22-2006, 4:17 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
08-22-2006, 9:28 PM
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I love it when these guys get out there. My friend Chris learned 10 inverts behind a 17ft glastron before his parents finally broke down a bought a proper wakeboat. I can be done. Gotta love it.
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