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I wakeskied today AMA

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FruitBootPro
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See title
Jul 2 2020 11:47PM
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little1337
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did u get wet
Jul 2 2020 11:53PM
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FruitBootPro
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little1337did u get wet

No I didn't fall once I'm just that good
Jul 2 2020 11:58PM
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little1337
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FruitBootProNo I didn't fall once I'm just that good


nice :)
Jul 3 2020 12:04AM
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FruitBootPro
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little1337nice :)

that was cap I fell so many times lmao
Jul 3 2020 12:09AM
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How was it? Intuitive or nah?
Jul 3 2020 12:16AM
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SkierPT
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Serious question, how was it? I’ve wakeboarded behind a boat and once at a wake park. Water skied only behind a boat with regular skis. I wish the park had wake skis as I honestly think we’d be able to transition easily.
Jul 3 2020 12:38AM
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FruitBootPro
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BiffbarfHow was it? Intuitive or nah?

It's intuitive when you get up and going on the water. The reverse-camber reverse-sidecut skis carve on the water just like snow skis and I had no trouble controlling them as soon as I got up.

The hard part was getting going. When the cable comes around it's like gripping onto a tow rope on a hill, but you have to weight yourself perfectly or you'll wipe out. I got the technique down generally consistently after like 5-10 tries.
Jul 3 2020 12:40AM
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FruitBootPro
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SkierPTSerious question, how was it? I’ve wakeboarded behind a boat and once at a wake park. Water skied only behind a boat with regular skis. I wish the park had wake skis as I honestly think we’d be able to transition easily.


See above. And it was fun as fuck but my arms got tired holding on to the rope by the end of one lap around the park. Also going thru the turns in the cable is a bit awkward as you have to take an outside line to avoid the rope from going slack and then immediately jerking you forward and wiping you out
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