Moving to Florida

premier_rider 03-10-2006, 10:42 AM

I'm sure this has been asked before but I'm planning on moving to Florida sometime next year and being from Canada I have no clue where to get started..looking for a place to stay, getting a working visa blah blah blah. So any tips for moving down there, is there any places near OWC where a lot of wakeboarders live when they first move there and whats the best time of year to go..thanks

(dakid) · (dakid) **Join Date: Feb 2001** 03-10-2006, 10:46 AM

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whats the best time of year to go

i'd say right now, since temps are in the 80s and it's not hurricane season.

(timmy) · (timmy) **Join Date: Jul 2001** 03-10-2006, 10:50 AM

are you going down specifically to wakeboard, or other reasons? do you come from a wealthy background or do you need to find a job? if job what kind of job are you looking at?

premier_rider 03-10-2006, 10:53 AM

yeah im going to wakeboard/wakeskate and i'll probably need a job when im down there but that depends on how long i stay..maybe at a boardshop or something like that

(dreevs) · (dreevs) **Join Date: Jul 2002** 03-10-2006, 11:08 AM

There is a lot of nice lakes in the Clermont area if you want to be close to Orlando, but not right in the middle of it. The Wakeboard Camp is in Clermont too.

(fly135) · (fly135) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 03-10-2006, 11:20 AM

You can find info on housing and jobs here...

http://orlando.craigslist.org/

OWC is on the south end of Orlando, near the Orlando International Airport. Use Mapquest to get locations.

(ridetilldeath) · (ridetilldeath) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 03-10-2006, 1:41 PM

i know theres a lot of wakeboarders live on lake hiawassee. shawn watson, rusty malinoski, and im pretty sure shane bonifay does too but im not certain. and they built a slider/sliders on the lake too. not too expensive there either and im sure you could rent a house on there if u wanted.
hope this helps