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deerfield
09-05-2008, 09:26 PM
To My Friendly Wakeboarders - Last weekend for the first time in my life I tried to wakeboard. With my sons as witness, I got up, hung on, and stayed between the wakes. A minute was all I could take. I am humbled and have a new found respect for you. I'm here to tell those who don't know that wakeboarding is a lot harder than it looks. I'll stick to skiing, which is my passion, but take my hat off to the wild and crazy wakeboard crowd. - Deerfield

deafgoose
09-05-2008, 10:05 PM
Wicked. Glad you tried it out.

I totally agree they it looks easy but it's very hard.

When watching wakeboard videos like "The Truth" or "Chick Flick" they make everything look effortless and it makes me sick!

d-ram
09-13-2008, 10:52 PM
I'm a wakeboarder and pretty damn good so I am just the opposite. I rode with a friend last weekend who insisted that I slalom. I was a fish out of the water. Yes, I got up but probably wouldn't get much on style points but man the speed you're pulled at and the arm workout. I have a new respect myself.