Lake Powell went up a FOOT yesterday!

[talltigeguy]

He might be there now?

I leave in 6 days...woohoo!!

It is going to be tight to see if the cut is passable when I go. That would probably save me nearly 2 hours, and about $75 in gas if it is open.

With my luck the cut will be 3 feet deep and I will go for it and some young punk in a wakeboard boat will come through and throw up a 2 foot wave and I will go busting props and such.

The houseboat probably has less draft than the Tige, and I can trim those engines up as well. I just would need to get the Tige up at it with a running start

[xpjim1]

Have a great trip.

[chpthril]

I here they are putting the squeeze on wakesurfing there Something about 20' from the boat?

[xpjim1]

I heard just have a 20 foot wakesurf rope and you are ok

[Timmy!]

I here they are putting the squeeze on wakesurfing there Something about 20' from the boat?

Dang! Better get more sacs and increase the speed to make a nice pocket 20' back! Maybe you could surf behind a big cruiser or a houseboat there instead.

[chpthril]

I heard just have a 20 foot wakesurf rope and you are ok

That's what i've heard, but i'm the poor sap that would end up proving the rumor wrong.

[LovinPowell]

I here they are putting the squeeze on wakesurfing there Something about 20' from the boat?

What? Where did you hear that from? That would not be good. Can they enforce something that is not in the state law?

[xpjim1]

Its a post over on wakeworld. I would post the link but I am blocked from that site at work

[chpthril]

What? Where did you hear that from? That would not be good. Can they enforce something that is not in the state law?

WW!

http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/m...tml?1212466430

[LovinPowell]

I here they are putting the squeeze on wakesurfing there Something about 20' from the boat?

Tall:
Here is another thing for you to check out and confirm or deny on your trip. It's a good thing that you're going out there to do all of this research for us.

[LovinPowell]

I just got off of the phone with two people at Lake Powell the first was a Brent McGinn, Chief Ranger and the second was his boss, Eric Scott, Downlake District Ranger. I was speaking to Brent first and after a while Eric came in the room so he put him on speakerphone and I spoke to both together. Initially Brent didn't seem to understand what wakesurfing was. He cited the 20' foot rope rule and when I asked him "what happens when they drop the rope?" he didn't think that it was possible. "How do you stay behind the boat? Is the rope attached to the board?" he asked. After thoroughly explaining it to both of them, they both agreed that they wouldn't have any problem with this activity. They both said that they are concerned about the safe activities of the boaters and if they came up and saw this activity, they would deem it safe and move on to the next boat. Carbon Monoxide poisoning is their main issue, I cited the Utah law and they reccommended that I speak with the head guy in Salt Lake. I think it helped out alot when I told them that I have already had correspondence with him. I am going to be sending them a couple of pictures of wakesurfing, they said that they would like to inform their rangers that it is safe, and I invited him (Brent) out on my boat so that he could see how safe it really is. Don't know if he'll take me up on it, but I want to make sure that these guys in charge are not misinformed and apply other appropriate laws (teak and body surfing) to this activity. If I get pulled over and ticketed while I am at Lake Powell, I will be going directly to this guy's office to fight it.

[xpjim1]

Good Job!!!

[chpthril]

The only way this sport will survive is to do it safely, and inform the police of what it is, and how it CAN be done safely.

Why to be proactive LP

[Timmy!]

Nice job LovinPowell! Way to be proactive and help support/promote the sport!

[LovinPowell]

The email has been sent with pictures from this site of various wake surfers. I requested his opinion in a reply email. When I get that reply, I am going to print it out, laminate it, and put it right next to my boat registration. If I do get pulled over, I will make sure that they see it.