Practice Safe Wakesurfing

[chadster2]

I think everyone who first starts to wakesurf has a "coil" incident. I have gotten to the point where if we forget the surf rope, I will not allow anyone to use the wakeboard rope for that very reason. I have no idea how you could bash your face on the deck while surfing. I would say that we surf 80%, tube 10%,and board 10% and no one has ever come close to hitting the platform. I guess if the boat slowed down perhaps, but I can hear the engine real well back there and would abort real quick. As far as the helmet/PFD, no does anything behind my boat without a life vest, NADA, zip, zilch. Wearing a helmet while surfing seems like overkill. I think you have a better chance of slipping on the platform getting ready to surf than you would actually surfing. I make my kids wear helmets on bikes, motorcycles, and snowboarding, but not tubing or surfing......but to each its own.

It looked deeper by the deck and I was starting from the highest point and thought going down hill fast would be fun.....
what can I say?... I didn't recover from fear of speed quick enough to save myself.
Better yet My "dork" of a child has crashed the back of the boat and walked off the board and onto the boat.
I haven't asked her to do it again for the video....

[rpaxton]

I have a solution for that. The Big Guy is doing more R & D. Its called the bullet release. I am testing it now. Its a piece that is put in between the rope and the tow. It will break under a specified load, protecting the rider. I haven't put up a page yet, still testing. I sell nothing before it is time. It can also be thought of as a tower saver for tubing and stuff. I am thinking of doing a group buy to get things started, AFTER testing of course.

http://www.samsonsports.com/bullet_release.html

Wait til after I test, and I will do a group by to save some money for everyone.

EDIT: You still should not use wakeboard rope to surf.

Let me know how the testing goes, I would definately be interested in this. I have had a wakeboarder get the rope tangled around her feet when falling and pulled her under the water briefly... Pretty darn freightening!

[sparky216]

Let me know how the testing goes, I would definately be interested in this. I have had a wakeboarder get the rope tangled around her feet when falling and pulled her under the water briefly... Pretty darn freightening!

I agree Ragboy, let us know b/c that would be something I would be interested in.

[ragboy]

I will let you know.