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UniTyler
2006-10-15, 04:14 AM
October 14th, Seattle, 45 degrees fahrenheit. Chances are we were the only ones waterskiing within 100 miles of Seattle, but we did it, as frigid as it may be. Definitely the last ski of the season. It was socked in with clouds and fog all day, and it was FREEZING, but we all skied (my uncle, me, and two of his buddies). We actually took a jug of water heated in a crab pot over a propane stove to pour down our wetsuit collars just before we jumped in. It worked, but if you had to take more than one try to get up, all that nice delicious warmth was renewed with icey lakewater... It was a blast!
john_childs
2006-10-15, 04:43 AM
Dress up like Santa and go water skiing in late December. But bundle up more. A full dry suit would be handy. <need a Santa smiley>
tomblackwood
2006-10-15, 07:21 AM
I can't believe you chose that activity over the very nice (and much warmer) ride around Mercer Island with me, Harper, and Irene. The rain held off, the traffic was light, and none of us needed to pour hot water down our shirts before mounting our cokers. We even got lost, which added to the adventure. And this was supposed to be your weekend to organize... You need to get your priorities straight. ;)
iridemymuni
2006-10-15, 07:58 AM
wakeboard

much funner
tomtrevor
2006-10-15, 09:47 AM
wake surfing (http://www.jfoto.com/WakeSurfing.htm) is the way to go!
iridemymuni
2006-10-15, 10:02 AM
that would get boring too fast
tomtrevor
2006-10-15, 10:09 AM
no way, you can do heaps of cool tricks on them.
iridemymuni
2006-10-15, 10:14 AM
do more cool tricks on a wakeboard
tomtrevor
2006-10-15, 10:17 AM
well dah!

that doesnt mean wake surfing would be boring though.
iridemymuni
2006-10-15, 10:18 AM
youd always be going slow

boring
tomtrevor
2006-10-15, 10:19 AM
you go slow on a unicycle, its not boring.
iridemymuni
2006-10-15, 10:20 AM
unicycles go faster than a guy wake surfing
tomtrevor
2006-10-15, 10:21 AM
no way.
iridemymuni
2006-10-15, 10:21 AM
yes way


wakeboaring is so much better
tomtrevor
2006-10-15, 10:24 AM
well dah! but that doesnt make wake surfing boring.
iridemymuni
2006-10-15, 10:25 AM
it doesnt make it not boring
tomtrevor
2006-10-15, 10:27 AM
it could. wake surfing is just like riding the flow rider except funner, better and slightly harder.
iridemymuni
2006-10-15, 10:30 AM
id rather swin through a sea of thumb tacs than wake surf
tomtrevor
2006-10-15, 10:42 AM
no
UniTyler
2006-10-15, 02:35 PM
wakeboard

much funner

Not in my opinion. Don't come into somebody else's thread about something they thoroughly enjoy and try to change their mind about it. That's like going into a unicycling forum and starting a thread saying that everybody should bicycle...it's much more fun!

I waterski. I snowski. It's fun. Don't try to change my mind. :)
UniTyler
2006-10-15, 02:56 PM
Here's a quick video of me skiing. Be warned, I was just warming up (pun intended), so I wasn't being very agressive into the wake. It's the only little vid I got, though, so have at it!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4396161642754706644
Chexjc
2006-10-15, 03:03 PM
they are all fun...but watch me bust my ass on a wakeboard..i'm better at skiing haha http://youtube.com/watch?v=n4mMN0QJG8s
skrobo
2006-10-15, 04:34 PM
hmm
you were double-cutting
cut through the wakes then just let the momentum guide you to the turn, and turn as hard and fast as you can manage :)

you prolly know all of this already tho ...
skrobo
2006-10-15, 04:35 PM
THat lake is FReAKING SMOOTH!!
i get conditions like that once a year :/
and then theres like 10 ppl in the best spot
skrobo
2006-10-15, 04:37 PM
they are all fun...but watch me bust my ass on a wakeboard..i'm better at skiing haha http://youtube.com/watch?v=n4mMN0QJG8s

aww come on now, thats not bad, getting whipped is bad, when the edge of the board catches, i have gotten that so bad that i was red for 2 days and all dizzy and disoriented, now im scared of attempting flips
iridemymuni
2006-10-15, 09:09 PM
Not in my opinion. Don't come into somebody else's thread about something they thoroughly enjoy and try to change their mind about it. That's like going into a unicycling forum and starting a thread saying that everybody should bicycle...it's much more fun!

I waterski. I snowski. It's fun. Don't try to change my mind. :)


kind of stupid making a thread and not allowing anybody to give their opinions. That's like going into a unicycle forum and starting a thread saying watreskiing is the best and nobody is allowed to say otherwise. it's this ignorance that has caused north koreas problems, they dont accept what anybody else is saying.

i snowski very good. It's fun. so is wakeboarding.
vuniw
2006-10-15, 10:18 PM
you guys are crazy, my dad wont even go water skiing in the summer because he doesnt like being cold :p