Re: Wake Boarding In Kauai
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:45 am
I hate to admit it (especially as a surfer myself -went out this morning and am going again this afternoon) but I never really understood how wake surfing worked.
It looks like you use a rope to pull yourself up onto the boat's wake just like traditional wake boarding, but then just toss the rope away once you position yourself on the wake. As long as the boat is making that wake, you can surf. Pretty cool.
The only thing I would be concerned about is to make sure you are using an inboard powered boat. The boarder looks to be pretty close to the boat and a stern drive would put the prop too close to the boarder for my comfort.
It looks like you use a rope to pull yourself up onto the boat's wake just like traditional wake boarding, but then just toss the rope away once you position yourself on the wake. As long as the boat is making that wake, you can surf. Pretty cool.
The only thing I would be concerned about is to make sure you are using an inboard powered boat. The boarder looks to be pretty close to the boat and a stern drive would put the prop too close to the boarder for my comfort.