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So I will start out September with a video of my 4 year old daughter riding the kneeboard for the first time. The 9 year old boy tried his first flip on his wakeboard the other day and landed on his back nicely. So happy he got the guts to go inverted. He just about has an aerial 360 in his bag now, watch for that video soon.
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Nice jimmsch, wish I could get my 7yo more into board sports.
Couple pics from the tie up this weekend, played some volleyball in the water
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Got some late-season surfing in this weekend up in Northern Wisconsin.... with the water temp at 66 and the air temp at 70, we grabbed the shorty wetsuits and had a ball on our ‘14 LSV. All four of us got some great surfing in, and I even got the wife the go ropeless for the first time on her sweet new Ronix board - although no pics as I was too busy coaching her from the back of the boat :)
Happy Labor Day 2019 to all!
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In addition to getting some late-season surfing in over the weekend, we also got a few final summer runs in the “other” boat, our 1936 Chris Craft 19’ Runabout..... sadly, our boating season up north only runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day, so this is it for us for 2019! Happy boating to all if you’re lucky enough to stay on the water after Labor Day :)
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Threw the 750 lb bag in the midship locker and Max came alive. I finally was able to drop the rope and surf. Didn't last long but I felt good learning to find push and how to try and stay in the pocket. As soon as I turned my shoulders toward the boat instead of the wave face that's when it happened for me and I shot to the swim deck and had to use my back foot. I know my stance is real goofball right now but hey I'm just glad I was able to finally do it lol.
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That moment when it all clicked and happened....
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That newb stance when trying to stay in the pocket lol. Would have helped if I told the wife to raise the center plate once we took off but oh well I made it happen lol
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Lots of this was had prior :D
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Well done hakn!!! Yalls water looks incredible!
That thing is so sweet! We saw a massive woody Chris Craft cruising on Gaston this weekend. Looked like it was at least 25’ from a distance but that might just be how it seems with that type of boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Woody
Thanks man I'm just glad it finally happened. I had been trying for years behind my old Yamaha jetboat. Tried stock Max and couldn't figure it out but when we add the 750 lb bag in the midship locker the wave is pretty good. Obviously nowhere near the level you guys have with both midship bags but much better than stock that's for sure!Quote:
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Dragged the Canon 7D down with us on vacation. Haven't shot with that thing in forever and glad it still works great.
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I could sit in one of those chairs with a brew and watch life go by pretty easily.......Quote:
Originally Posted by haknslash
Don't square your shoulders to the boat, that's a bad habit to get into. It gets you off balance, and tends to turn the board out toward the flat. Stay more square to the wave, and learn to distribute your weight fore and aft to move on the wave, and eventually toss the rope. There's no rush.Quote:
Originally Posted by haknslash
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So just a few shoer clips of my boy this summer. Some of it has nothing to do with Moomba, but watch it all the way to the end it is really worth it.
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Your kid is a badass!!!
My 7yo son likes to think his phase5 scamp is for playing with in the water and uses this “I’m scared” stance about trying anything new (including foods). The only explanation I can think of is that he’s wanting to be his own individual and seems to steer away from anything I’m into including sports, dirtbikes, cars etc. By this age I really thought we would be into some form of racing together but he’s just not interested. I try not to push to hard in hopes he will eventually come around. He’s finally started asking to shoot his BB gun so maybe hunting in a few years lol.
Same thing I was thinking.Quote:
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That's awesome and I'd be a proud papa!Quote:
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A few were had sitting there ;)....Quote:
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Then that paddle boat started talking to me and had to give it a rip! :D
I tried a SUP for the first time too and well, that didn't go so great.
I was exactly the same. Couldnt surf without the rope stock. I added 750s under both mid seats, and now we can all surf without the rope. I will say this tho, I had a semi-pro wake boarder on my boat, and he surfed it stock with no issues. He did a bunch of tricks lol. So it is possible to surf stock, just harder for us beginners lol. My wave makers upgrade ballast comes in tomorrow. Curious to see if there is a difference, since Ill gain 400lbs in the rear, but lose 400lbs under the seats.Quote:
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Cold day yesterday but still tore it up. Love the Craz. Only 500# lead extra, and 12’ deep of water.
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Crappy video screenshot but back to it after my shoulder injury. Feels good!
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Sorry to over post with my kids, but I just can't help myself. This 4 year old girl first kneeboarded yesterday, picked up the handle today and asked for a wakeboard.
So we went into the local wakeboard school and bought her a used board. Voila! She was up (if only for a second) on her first pull using the boat!
Can't wait to get her on a trapeze!!
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Are you guys using the side wake plates to get the wake that smooth or is that all just ballasts?
I think the hull/running surface does it, and all wakeboats do it? I think? Idk! This is only with 20-30% ballast. 3 people in boat. But the Craz is apparently a great wakeboard boat, can’t remember where I read it but one of the sponsored riders said it was his favorite Moomba for boarding.Quote:
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Buddy took a shot of our boat yesterday, lots of crew but plenty of room!
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Not too much to contribute but I do have a couple pictures.
Hailey chilled like this for 5 hours...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...954aec3a37.jpg
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I started my son on Snowskis at 3 years old. He was completely fearless. by 7 he was dropping double black diamonds. However, when we bought our wakeboats, he simply told me "watersports aren't my thing". The first season he would NOT play behind the boat. (I'm anti-tubing, so I won't even bring one on the boat). A few years ago, I think he was 10?, and he said he'd try surfing. He wasn't as intimidated with the slower speeds relative to wakeboarding. So, he tried with a 4'8 board that was too big for him and got up for an INSTANT and was stoked. I immediately bought him a scamp. After a handful of tries surfing, we went back to wakeboarding and he got up and rode. Then back to surfing and the wakeboarding paid off and he was up and riding the scamp. I still have to push him a bit to get behind the boat because often he'd just as soon be lazy and chill. Unless we're gonna do something crazy, then he's in. The doubles wakeboarding and doubles surfing was no problem to talk him into!Quote:
Originally Posted by z28ke
Great picture...should have named her Noah :)Quote:
Originally Posted by rdlangston13
Snowboarding is certainly Zandar's favorite sport, but we only get 4 or 5 days on a mountain per year as compared to 100 or more days on the water. He started snowboarding (and wakeboarding) at 6 and can do black diamonds in Vermont, blue trails out west. His sister got on skis last year (at 3 years), hopefully she can do more this year. The trapeze thing is just prepping them for aerial awareness behind the boat when they get into the real tricks.Quote:
Originally Posted by trayson
Come to think of it I wish we lived closer to mountains and flipped the time spent on mountains vs water...less expensive. I think I paid more than $2500 for gas this summer and still have about 6 weeks left!!
Short video but amazing view!
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I can't say that ski/snowboard is any cheaper. We'll be around that $2.5k in season passes and that's before gas to/from the mountain and lodging for all the road trips we have planned this year. The wife is a snow junkie though, so it's easy to justify both the summer and winter expenses. Affording them is a whole other issue!!!Quote:
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Shot some slow motion footage of the wave developing off idle when I added the 750 lb bag in the midship locker. I hate the second half of the video was out of focus (stupid iphone). Pretty cool to see it develop even if it's only 720p.
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Foil surfing on the XLV...
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And a little timelapse action...
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Nice Trayson! Looks like you are getting some good time on the foil!
We busted out the wing this past weekend. Just not enough wind... think I’ll have to wait until spring.
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Love how good the Craz wave is. Autowake, 500# lead in about 14’ of water. Great stuff.
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Very nice!Quote:
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What's better than getting that 360 on video? Getting three of them in a row!
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Bit of a long video from our Labor Day weekend vacation. It's half family stuff and half my newb ass trying to learn to surf :D
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Gloomy Sunday morning surf. Killer skim wave. Ended up being a great candidate for Autowake. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...494838fb56.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a4d1d97f98.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...505afb75aa.jpg
My 9yr old couldnt even get up on the board last weekend. Hes got it now. Rode for a solid 2mins.
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Doubles
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