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Anyone ever flowride (artificial surf thing)?

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bsmith01
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Have the chance to do flowride (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyLyyAs6bgE) but its like $25 for only a half hour. Is it worth it? Any tips?
Jan 30 2011 9:55PM
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ReignMan
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i have. its fun and hard. if you are good at boardsports you will like it.
Jan 30 2011 9:58PM
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pomme-de-terre
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no but it looks like so much fun, i work at a waterpark and i always say they should get one of those so i could just session it all day.
Jan 30 2011 9:59PM
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Oh_So_Hyphy
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Yes I have, They have one at the Great Escape Lodge in New York. It's super fun, Thats all I did when I was there.
Jan 30 2011 10:02PM
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bsmith01
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Thanks, I'm alright at snowboarding but since I'm on this site, you know I'm a skier. I can probably get the rents to pay for it too so I think I will give it a shot.
Jan 30 2011 10:03PM
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ORDEAL
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I did the bodyboarding but not the surfing.
Jan 30 2011 10:04PM
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WorthDaMoney
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yea on a cruise. was always busy though.

it was different from snowboarding but its similar. itll take you a couple tries to make the link between the two if you dont snowboard all the time

dunno if its worth the 25$, but if you really want to say youve tried it before....
Jan 30 2011 10:09PM
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j.saaaarela
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falling hurts, especially when you get pushed off the back onto the rubber grate (at least that's how they set it up where i did it), but it was really fun, and so was the bodyboarding. If you're good at skating/snowboarding you'll be fine
Jan 30 2011 10:18PM
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MothaHucker
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Iv done it but i had only been surfing once so it was hard.
Jan 30 2011 11:04PM
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bsmith01
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Ended up going today and it was super fun. Only did one 30 min session with only one other experienced guy who left half way through so pretty much had the thing to myself. It was definitely worth it that way but I would probably want to do it more if I was sharing it with 5 other people. Felt pretty comfortable but fell a lot trying hard turns and starting from the top. Didn't hurt that much though. I definitely recommend everyone to give it a shot if you ever get the chance.
Jan 31 2011 3:13PM
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Mr.Luke
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Yes, I've done it. It was awesome
Jan 31 2011 3:16PM
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FoxtrotSport
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They're pretty sick but the Bruticus Maximus in San Diego is waay more of a rush, idk how many more there are that break over like that but its definitely more intense.

Jan 31 2011 3:24PM
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