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Riverboarding.

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jakepwilliams
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so my friends and i river board, and i am wondering if anyone even knows what it is? or do it? don't bother looking on youtube because that stuff is no where close.
anyways we're making a video, it'll be pretty rad.
Jun 16 2009 4:37PM
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KravtZ
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is that when u go down a river with like rapids and shit in a boogy board iv seen vids of that but otehr than that i have no idea what it is lol.....post up the vid when ur done
Jun 16 2009 4:39PM
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the_moderaper
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uhh is it like wakeboarding but the rope is tied to a tree and u stay up cuz its a fast moving river?
Jun 16 2009 4:40PM
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jakepwilliams
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yeah not that haha, it's like a mix between skimboarding and wakeboarding
Jun 16 2009 4:41PM
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jakepwilliams
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nah you move up the river at like 30 mph
Jun 16 2009 4:42PM
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PAuL_Hellar
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YOU MEAN WAKE-SKIMMING?
Jun 16 2009 4:43PM
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jakepwilliams
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well, there is no wake so idk
Jun 16 2009 4:46PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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How about an explanation or a quick video clip to peak interest
Jun 16 2009 5:03PM
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_TK_
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Yeah im very interested!!
Jun 16 2009 5:06PM
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I_Am_Mod
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behind a car or what? this sounds rad...
i wanna see that movie now...
Jun 16 2009 5:09PM
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Peter.
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yeah, can you at least post a video? i have no clue what you are trying to describe
Jun 16 2009 5:09PM
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jakepwilliams
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basically when my friend was telling me about it, i had no fucking clue how it worked. but its pretty cool how it works. i suck at it because it's hard as fuck to get up, but hes pretty good. we went today and i got some filming in.

i'll post a vid in a little haha, let that suspense build up.
Jun 16 2009 5:13PM
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skithe49th
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we do this thing that we call skurfing where you tie a rope to the bridge about mid way across the river then you get a board we use a triangular piece of wood then surf the river as you hold on to the rope...its dope! skurfing ftw
Jun 16 2009 5:48PM
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invader7
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yeah riverboardings pretty big around here. ive never personally dont it tho
Jun 16 2009 5:50PM
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sstricky
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Jun 16 2009 5:58PM
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invader7
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http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/banshee-river-surfing/Content?oid=922997
Jun 16 2009 6:21PM
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jakepwilliams
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this is basically it, but the hook system is pretty lame, so we have a wakeboard rope and you hold on to that and float down and put the board on your feet while you're floating.
this is the idea though
Jun 16 2009 6:26PM
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K2epro
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTTct6xBIc8i thought that this was riverboarding
Jun 16 2009 6:45PM
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noparking
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looks like fun until the bungee cord snaps and hits you in the face.
Jun 16 2009 7:44PM
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Swaggermager
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that looks so sick
Jun 16 2009 7:53PM
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thisandthatfilms
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with ya
Jun 16 2009 7:55PM
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geet
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yeah tht looks dirty. kinda like skimboarding the flats
Jun 16 2009 7:56PM
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Shlogan
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looks dank, but it would be sicker if you had more time before you stopped to try stuff, ya dig?
Jun 16 2009 8:29PM
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Peter.
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yeah, i feel like you have like 5 seconds to do stuff, and it would be really annoying to swim in all the way and wait and pull it out again
Jun 16 2009 8:39PM
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pomme-de-terre
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that looks sick

i feel like it would be sicker if you did it on a regular wakeskate instead of the skimboard style thing

or maybe did it on a river with some rapids so you could do really big airs
Jun 16 2009 9:33PM
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jakepwilliams
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ok so i made a little edit of earlier. it's uploading to vimeo right now
Jun 17 2009 12:19AM
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Mavrck
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we just had a massive storm in MA crazy flooding and all i could think about when i saw these 4inch rivers flowing down the street was throwing a skim board down and riding down a hill. I never did though cause it was hailing as well. Kinda upset i didnt at least try it
Jun 17 2009 12:29AM
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Karcher
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my friends dad started that in high school
Jun 17 2009 1:50AM
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jakepwilliams
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that woulda been rad as fuck
Jun 17 2009 4:15AM
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=Carson=
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Thiers also Stand up Paddeling (sup) boards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr6eYZLrWuY

Jun 17 2009 4:54AM
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AlexGaynor
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riverboarding from SEVEN7JIVE Productions on Vimeo.



I believe this is the said video.

pretty cool, but i still dont understand the releasing mechanism.
Jun 17 2009 5:07AM
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fezz
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looks pretty cool. you ever think about using a wakeskate instead of that skimboard type thing?
Jun 17 2009 12:57PM
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jakepwilliams
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haha beat me to it
Jun 17 2009 3:13PM
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jakepwilliams
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yeah we were talking about that yesterday. a board with concave would be radder and easier to do cool stunts probably
Jun 17 2009 3:14PM
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Dan-Man
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Jun 17 2009 3:18PM
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fezz
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yeah and how they're shaped more like a skateboard popping and flip trick would be a lot easier
Jun 17 2009 5:01PM
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tomalom
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where did you shoot the video. that looks like fun
Jun 17 2009 5:10PM
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Casey
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my friend told me about doing that with water skis way back in the day, like tying a handle to a tree and riding the current
Jun 17 2009 5:23PM
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chickenwang
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i still dont understand how you get moving so fast
Jun 17 2009 6:43PM
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jakepwilliams
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yeah i wanna try skis hah. people have seen the little place we go, we were thinking of making a rail with cement on the bottom and dropping it in the middle
Jun 17 2009 6:52PM
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monstertruckk
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can someone explain the release mechanism?
Jun 17 2009 8:55PM
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jakepwilliams
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i just typed this in a pm and i'm copy and pasting here>


well you need a riverboard, a riverboarding bungee, and a river. we do ours in a man made little ditch so its deep, perfect width, and such. you need something to tie the cord too and basically thats it. then you jump in and hold the cord. the current moves you down stream and at the same time it stretches out the bungee. while moving down stream you have to put the board on your feet and the current will push the board against your legs so it will stay there. you hold on in a "wakeboard position" until the bungee is fully extended. idk if you have wake boarded before, but you sit in the water with your chest facing up and your head looking forward. once it is fully stretched you move your legs at an angle where the board will be able to surface. so at a slight slant. without the full current pushing against the bottom, the cord and contract and it pulls you out of the water. it then flings you forward. the board is just like a skimboard so its like that. then you let go of the cord and cruissssee.
Jun 29 2009 3:49AM
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Alehandro
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word

my dad said he and his friends used to do that in highschool on the ninth street bridge or something

yeah boise!!!
Jun 29 2009 3:58AM
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jakepwilliams
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uh can i have his autograph or something?
Jul 5 2009 3:34PM
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