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cab13367
12-01-2010, 04:24 PM
We were on a cruise ship Thanksgiving week (on Royal Carribean's behemoth, the Oasis of the Seas, the largest cruise ship built to date) and they had two of these Flowriders on the ship. Very tricky to learn as the board is very narrow and has no fins so it's hard to learn to keep it going straight. Anyway, my son and I spent a lot of time on it and at the end of the cruise, the Flowrider instructors hand picked 5 people to participate in a contest. Of the 5, my son was the youngest at 14 and was the only one who had not ridden a Flowrider before this cruise (all the other contestants were between 16 & 19 and had either been on a cruise ship before that had a Flowrider or there's one near where they live). Anyway, my son Keenan won the contest (winner was determined by the loudest applause from the crowd). There had to be about 300 people watching the contest. By the end of the week, Keenan was doing spins both ways and he nailed the contest by doing a fire hydrant which no one else did. This is the only picture I have handy and was from earlier in the week. Unfortunately, the memory card where I shot the video of his contest run is corrupted! So I have to find a way to recover it - anyone have any ideas??

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/154346_1716503798216_1406860020_1796565_46033_n.jp g

sandm
12-01-2010, 04:58 PM
congrats. those look like soooo much fun :)

dru1974
12-01-2010, 05:12 PM
That's so cool ,

lsvboombox
12-01-2010, 05:14 PM
sweet..

we have one down the street at an amusment park.. so much fun especially if you pick a day when no one is around.....

kaneboats
12-01-2010, 05:59 PM
Tres cool. Unfortunately, the fight against corruption never ends.

jester
12-01-2010, 07:02 PM
That is great. Looks like a blast. congrats to your Son. All that wake surfing paid off.

Mikey
12-01-2010, 09:18 PM
Saw some of your posting of this on facebook and that looks very cool and fun to try . Way to go to your son.

jmvotto
12-01-2010, 11:41 PM
I was hoping for a rap video:p

JK. great pic, looks like a blast, congrats on the win.

what's the "fire hydrant"?

lsvboombox
12-02-2010, 12:51 AM
I was hoping for a rap video:p

JK. great pic, looks like a blast, congrats on the win.

what's the "fire hydrant"?


hand on front of board with back foot down and lift your front foot off the board...

watch these guys

http://www.shredordie.com/video/tony-hawk-sean-silveira-and