Wakeboarding, anyone interested

Wakeboarder

Hey, Is there anyone out there interested in taking up wakeboarding?

I started it last year and am addicted, can't wait for this years season to start.

I currently have a boat but I am hoping to upgrade to a more powerfull boat (300 horse).

Is there anyone interested? It isn't cheap to get started but once you start all you pay for is fuel, its well addicitve though.

rugbug86

call me stoopy, whats wakeboarding?

Kenny_D

Yeah I tried it last summer. Feckin fantastic. Would deffinitely reccommend anyone trying it. Theres a few lakes that have the pull system around if you dont have access to a boat

shagman

Wher are there rope pulls in Ireland?
I heard of a dude near newbridge that built a lake on his farm to wakeboard on! A mate of mine in the UK had a boat for a while and I've had a few days boarding over there , would love to try it again. It is costly in fuel though and the top boats (mastercraft and aquanautique) cost a heap. Do some searching on the web there is comps and a bit of a scene in Ireland.

switchrider

been boarding for a while now, though only basic stuff as behind a small boat..
where do you go out?

Wakeboarder

I use my boat in Lough Derg, athlone to be precise.

A local engineering frim is building me a wakeboard tower at the moment. Should be finished in a week or two. Hopefully be wakeboarding by the middle/end of may

switchrider

Do you not mean Lough Ree?! Used to go there quite alot over by Coosan - can be quite calm. I'm based in Dublin though try and get down to Terryglass / Portumna as much as I can. Always calm down there!!

Lord Panic

Its so much fun, spent the whole of last summer driving, teachin people how to board and wakeboarding myself every day! Great summer! I'd recommend it to absolutely everyone!

http://www.skimuckno.com

the site's in the middle of a total overhaul, its pretty crap at the minute!!

rugbug86

ah, snowboarding on water. makes sense now!

MrScruff

A buddy is starting a wakeboard school in Cork soon if anyone is interested in trying it out. He has all the best gear, a Mastercraft boat, boards and wetties, and years of experience. I'll post more details soon.

pip89

hey im just getin startd
how much shud i send on my first board
and wat else will i need 2 get

Jibber

you're better off trying out a few different boards to find the right size and spec for you before buying, then maybe about 300.

paddylonglegs

Hey, was at a comp up the road from me in Meath. Don't do it myself but want a lesson next weekend.Will snowboarding and mountainboarding experience help?

Anything else I need?

Where can i purchase balls of steel?

extremewipeout

hows it going lads - we're working on a wakeboarding site for ireland at the moment to try and have one central location to get info on the sport. take a look and give us any feedback/ideas u might have. its still under construction so bear with us...:D
extremewipeout.com

SOUL_SKATER

love to start wakeboarding but dont hav the slightest clue what i need or where to do it haha im from kilkenny so if theres anyone who does it round here tell me plzzz haha

Diemos

Try here for a list of all the clubs around the country.
http://www.iwsf.ie/clubs.php

Watermark would probably be closest to you.

Check out extremewipeout.com, it's an Irish wakeboard site, the guy there will help you in any way they can.

Check out this clip of some of the action at Wakejam - Lough Erne in Enniskillen last weekend.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qzgA27EGH7k

Or have a look at:

http://picasaweb.google.com/skimuckno for photos from the competition in Muckno Co. Monaghan in Mid July.