Wakeboarding....a different way (video)

[StellaGirl]

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/media/v70wkbd/wakeboarding.wmv

 

[Kawasaki]

Irresponsible Yachties, deliquent long haired board person. I mean, these people should have more sense. Where they in a buoyed off area designed for these type of antics? What is the World coming to? What if they had to call out rescue services? "Tut Tut" the youth of today. Bloody Hell I wish I could do that . COOL! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[oldharry]

Have actually seen it for real off Gran Canaria: - the video? You aint seen NUFFINK! That guy still had his L plates on... /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[StellaGirl]

Well I havent seen many people wakeboarding off the back of a sailing yacht or am I missing something?

 

[oldharry]

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Well I havent seen many people wakeboarding off the back of a sailing yacht or am I missing something?

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Yes.... but at my time of life I should know better than to want try!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

The guy I saw doing it had his tow line to the mast head - as I think the one in the video is as well, and was getting himself half the height of the mast off the bigger waves.... awesome!

 

[BrendanS]

You ought see the pic of a world champ skier behind a very large racing cat that was on a full double page pic of the Sunday Times many many years ago. The cat had one hull many feet out of the water, and obviously going at a fair old lick. Awesome pic, and if anyone has a copy of it, I'd love to see it again

 

[Twister_Ken]

So what

Nah, used to do that behind a Snapdragon, using mum's old ironing board and the clothes line from the garden. And wasn't even old enough to have a wispy beard.

 

[Keen_Ed]

Not sure about a cat, but there are these:

Photos are of World Champion waterskier Patrice Martin behind Yvan Bourgnon’s 60ft trimaran Rexona Men. Photo by Yvan Zedda, at http://www.bluegreenpictures.com

 

[BrendanS]

Those are the ones! Brill, thanks!