Wakeboard more please! Even if you think it's too gnarly...

[Josh828]

Im 25 and this Is my first boat ever really, will only be surfing, motorcycle dislocated my shoulder pretty nice and now every time I hit the water my shoulder decides to leave the chat. Life jacket does a great job isolating the shoulder so it gets a nice push haha

But will absolutely pull anyone who wants to wake board if that helps! Actually a little nervous about even hitting the water surfing with a life jacket.

[got2skigrl]

Too funny. Us waterskiers said the same thing of wakeboarders. Things change.

This! For a decade it seemed like we were the only people that skied anymore. I will say though, in the last couple of years, there seems to be more waterskiers than wakeboarders in our area.

[mgswake]

Too funny. Us waterskiers said the same thing of wakeboarders. Things change.

At least wakeboarding still took a high level of skill, commitment, and training; similar to waterskiing. There is also the higher risk for injury in skiing and wakeboarding. Surfing is so ow risk it is just boring in my opinion. Boring to do and boring to watch, but to each their own and do what makes you happy. I do get kind of sad when I see the posts of the little ones wakesurfing. I understand if you are old and don't want to take a hard fall, but at least teach them to get up on skis and a wakeboard. Just my two cents.

[sandm]

I understand if you are old and don't want to take a hard fall, but at least teach them to get up on skis and a wakeboard. Just my two cents.

I agree with this. we don't have kids but if we did they would all know how to slalom and board.

[jcarter20]

At least wakeboarding still took a high level of skill, commitment, and training; similar to waterskiing. There is also the higher risk for injury in skiing and wakeboarding. Surfing is so ow risk it is just boring in my opinion. Boring to do and boring to watch, but to each their own and do what makes you happy. I do get kind of sad when I see the posts of the little ones wakesurfing. I understand if you are old and don't want to take a hard fall, but at least teach them to get up on skis and a wakeboard. Just my two cents.

Agreed 100%. I am 41 now. I have been wakeboarding since around 16, but didn’t have a wakeboat until I was 31. Tried my first invert immediately when I got my Supra. Not going to lie, I am not as flexible as I once was, but I can still get after it. Wakeboarding is still my first love and I do it every chance I can. I have gotten into surfing more, but that is just because it is easier to do with rough water. I have a 10 yr old who learned to wakeboard last year and my 6 yr old isn’t far behind. Clearing the wake with a grab, doing a 180, or going upside down is just so much more of a rush than a surface 360 on a surf board. However, I like the challenge of something new, so I can’t say that I dislike surfing. What does irritate me is to see these $160k boats with 10 people on them and one surf board on the rack. If you are going to buy a wakeboat, use it like it was intended.... otherwise go buy a runabout.

[eder10986]

I agree with everything you said besides the last statement. People should be free to spend their money as they want and use their boats as they want.

If they have the money and they want to spend it it isn’t for us to judge.

With that said. Wakeboarding is first love and most definitely board much more than I surf. However, I am guilty of surfing, especially with newbies and my wife.


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