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    Learned how to ride the hydrofoil!

    Just back from Lake Powell where I learned how to ride a hydrofoil (Sky Ski)! This guy Toby that I went with was pretty good and very generous and taught me how to ride it in only 3 times! I was very excited to even get the chance and just completely ecstatic that I learned on my 3rd time out! I rode it in the morning and afternoon the first day with hardly any success and then on the morning of the second day it all clicked and I was up and "flying" around the lake!!

    I can't even tell you how fun this thing is! I'm hooked and they have an old air chair brand ski that they said they will sell me for $350 so I can get started for next season!!!! If you've never ridden one, they are just amazing!!!



    Here's a picture of Toby doing a flip:
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    sweet
    "I feel sorry for people that don't drink, when they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're gonna feel all day" - Frank Sinatra

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      #3
      Congrats! Welcome to the darkside! IMO - Skip the old Air Chair and invest in a Skyski. You will save alot of frustration!

      Gainer with a tail grab - -nice!
      If its not fun, Why do it?

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        #4
        I guess my thought was that I could get that one and really figure out if it was something that we wanted to continue to do and if so I could probably sell it for $350 to the next guy since they seem to be a hot item. I was warned that the air chair one wouldn't ride like the nice Sky Ski that I was on though.

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          #5
          It would be similar to a slalom skier going from a double boot HO high performance to putting 2 boots on a 6 foot 2x4

          I have been riding since '94 and probably have about 200+ rides on the old air chair.

          If you get it, you have to upgrade the seat belt, upgrade the foot straps and perform a modification called the 'tail bone cut out'. If you do this, then the ski will be safe to ride. If not, I would not use it.

          I rode my ski without the tail bone cut out modification, I hit a big roller and slid off the front of the seat, I ended up bruising my tailbone. Still hurts 10 years later...
          Last edited by skyski_tige; 09-29-2008, 08:25 PM.
          If its not fun, Why do it?

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            #6
            Alrighty then, I will have to keep an eye out for good deals then. I'm in no hurry since our season is basically over here in Colorado.

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              #7
              That looks so freaking cool!

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