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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YesaB9K2WU
I thought this was some pretty sweet action to keep all the bored vital members amp'd for 2015 supercross!
I used to play wave race for hours on end as a kid.
The Shop
DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
Luxon 4-Post Bar Mounts
$189.95 - $239.95
Stand ups are great until you realize how empty they make your wallet. I just sold mine this year....and what I had invested could have net me a down payment on a house.....
It would be good if more people with moto skills got into it but for surfriding it really helps to have a surfing background as well...I went with some friends to do an episode of nitro circus where TP199 and crew were going to backflip a ski in the surf...they could barley stand up for more than 5sec..it was pretty funny..I don't think there are many things that they can't pick up on but that was one of them..
It is an incredible workout though..my buddy and I used to go out and do solid motos in the surf..keeping on the pipe the whole time blasting waves and airing gaps and stuff until we burned 5gallons..Even after doing that 3days a week for 7years I would be literally crippled after the weekend...you entire body would be destroyed...riding at a high level/speed in the surf is not a pussy sport thats for sure..
We dropped our stand ups in the water and then went on an epic "trail" ride, working our way through channels and across rapids, log jumping where we could find 'em. No dry suits, just wet suits. We rode at least 24 miles up and back to the warmth of the fire and Crown.
Got to get my ass in gear tomorrow... I'm getting old!
regarding stand-up jet-skis they're bad ass. i've only had the opportunity to ride one a few times and it was incredibly hard at first but so bitchin once i got the hang of counter steering.
as for wave-runners being water-quads, i'm more of a boat guy but they're fun time to time... i have never seen someone not smiling on a wave-runner. quad riders however are either one or the other, gay or a terrorist. apples and oranges.
that said, people can be dipshits on both, witnessed some dumbass moves from people on wave-runners and quads.
I would buy VHS tapes of the pros and then learn their tricks. Larry Rippenkroeger was the main freestyle stud.
Probably the only sport in all my 47 years I could brag and say I was good at. One of my biggest regrets was selling that ride. I ran into the guy who bought it last year and he said it still runs like a fkng bulldog. I went home and cried a little.
To the guy above talking about emptying his wallet, that can be true. because once you mod it, it's SO much more fun to ride. But once you mod it, it's takes constant tinkering and fixing shit. Anything that runs in water seems to wear out faster.
Pit Row
Here's me playing around with some buoys in some sloppy surf...my ski definitely wasn't setup for buoy riding but it was still pretty fun..
Haven't watched these in a few years..makes me miss my ski
i rode on glass-water, that looks gnarly and like a killer workout
Scott Watkins circa 1991...you can see the difference between Watkins and MacCulgage who is the "goat" of racing...watkins surfed and it showed in his riding...guy had that 550 so dialed in
Joe Kenny circa 2005
Badass ski rider..super cool guy and Bruce Willis's stunt double..he's been a big time stunt man for years....I did interviews with Kroger and Watkins for an online jetski mag I used to write for but I dont think they are online anymore..I still have copies on my computer I think...good reads..
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