Thanks for the site references. I checked out Wakeworld.com. Much valuable information. There are two independent threads on platform starts. Both recent (yesterday). One by yourself, as you’d mentioned above. The other is quite lively on the topic and not going the direction you’d prefer. Your post mentions “couple people on a particular websight are advocating how cool and safe it is to start wakesurfing by slipping off the swim platform…”. You may wish to further educate by communicating your information on the website that you refer to, such as you have on this forum.