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dunawan
2007-04-25, 07:26 PM
Have you ever had a go on the FlowRider? (http://www.flowrider.com/) I just got back from a water park with one, and they are a lot harder than they look. Even when you are on your knees.
thejdw
2007-04-25, 08:45 PM
Have you ever had a go on the FlowRider? (http://www.flowrider.com/) I just got back from a water park with one, and they are a lot harder than they look. Even when you are on your knees.
how goods your ballence?
dunawan
2007-04-25, 08:49 PM
how goods your ballence?

Its actually really good, so I figured i would be good at it. It apparently takes a while the hang of it.
Poseidon
2007-04-25, 09:22 PM
how goods your ballence?

...he unicycles...
Borgschulze
2007-04-25, 09:35 PM
...he unicycles...
I don't think Unicycling requires that much balance.

Just the understanding of how to pedal, and getting over the fact it's not a bike just because it has spokes.
Poseidon
2007-04-25, 09:37 PM
I don't think Unicycling requires that much balance.

Just the understanding of how to pedal, and getting over the fact it's not a bike just because it has spokes.

You have to have an awarness of balance though. It takes good balance to learn to unicycle.
kington99
2007-04-25, 10:28 PM
It takes good balance to learn to unicycle.

No, good balance is what you learn when you learn to unicycle.
Poseidon
2007-04-26, 02:03 AM
No, good balance is what you learn when you learn to unicycle.

Exactly.
Hazmat
2007-04-26, 02:39 AM
No, good balance is what you learn when you learn to unicycle.
+1 :D
burjzyntski
2007-04-26, 03:02 AM
Lame.
Go surfing for real sometime.

although...it does make me want to go on another cruise sometime soon...
dunawan
2007-04-26, 03:25 AM
Go surfing for real sometime

First off, i live in Ohio.
Second, I havent taken a vacation to the coast in several years. And the first time I went to outer banks I wanted to try. We actually ended up renting a board, but it my aunt tried it and said it was too hard and i couldnt do it, plus the board was to big.
burjzyntski
2007-04-26, 04:20 AM
...Ohio is a good excuse for not having much surfing experience :o

The video looks like it would be pretty fun to try...sort of like a surfboard without fins...and shorter...and flexible...

Surfing without fins is really tough. The FlowRider sort of reminds me of one of those nicer skimboards...almost.

I'd really like to try surfing on a standing wave some time...it looks awesome...like, unlimited ride length...
skrobo
2007-04-27, 05:09 AM
hmm
I have ridden the one at Schlitterbahn on South padre Island(supposed to be the best in the nation). its freaking fun once you get the hang of it. I went to it like right when it was made. the one there is crazy, its HUGE
flowriders are nothing compared to that one though, its massive.

that said, skimboarding on a NICE skimboard is much more fun. I did it for nearly 2 hours yesterday (as well as you can on the 3rd coast)
burjzyntski
2007-04-27, 06:13 AM
^ except for the sand burn...


you get going really good & fast, and then boom! you're sliding across the sand on your backside...shells and sand ripping you apart....
tomtrevor
2007-04-27, 07:51 AM
We got a flow rider down here. I have being on it once and it was a lot of fun, i say its better than surfing.
headstone
2007-04-27, 05:49 PM
what is skimboarding? surfing in the shallows?
patmoore
2007-04-27, 08:57 PM
It's a blast! I rode the one on Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas this past November in my Blues Brothers suit.

http://i10.tinypic.com/4h00lrs.jpg

http://i13.tinypic.com/43ni3c4.jpg

It was tougher than it looked. These two shots are among some others you might get a kick out of in My Gallery: http://www.unicyclist.com/index.php?page=gallery&g2_itemId=193091

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