steve802cc
Team Ugly
- Location
- Sarnia Ontario Canada
Advice for all you fresh water riders.
Make sure your electrically system is in tiptop shape.
By this I mean no half azz wiring jobs with sloppy connections.
Salt water conducts way better than fresh water and will short out your electrically system in a heart beat.
Nobody wants to drive this far just to sit on the beach.
Don't laugh it happens to several peeps at ever one of these ocean rides.
Happy riding.
Steve
More advice
Keep the good ideas coming and I'll just add them to this post.
1: If you've got spare electrical parts especially coils and start/stop switches I suggest you bring them as well as several sets of spark plugs.
2: Make sure you ski has TOW LOOPS front and rear
3: some sort of Tow rope with quick connects that you have easy access to would be good.
4: from Yamaslut
Always Assume The Guy In Front Of You On A Wave Is Doing A Re-entry Type Move.... Do Not Ever Follow Another Rider Over A Wave Or Up To A Wave.... If A Person Is Surfing A Wave, Get Out Of The Way... They Are On The Wave And The Wave Is Theirs Till They Exit.
No Riding Paralell To The Beach At High Speeds. You Will Be Removed From The Water Asap
No Riding Paralell To The Beach Behind A Wave... If You Can't See What's Over The Front Of A Wave Head Out To Sea And Around Till You Can. Do Not Go Blindly Up The Back Of A Breaking Wave... I Can Not Strees This Enough.
Stay Away From Other Riders... Do Not Double Up An A Wave W/ Someone Unless You Are Flipping Side By Side Or Rolling...
Remember That There Are Plenty Of Waves... Don't Risk A Move If You Might Be Close To Someone... Wait It Out
6: rule #1 - never let go. If the surf is big never bail unless you absolutely have too. Often you can't swim fast enough to reach you ski again and you will need to be rescued.
7: If a riders is down ride by and check up on him. He could be hurt or broken down.
If you are in the water thumbs-up:biggthumpup: is generally used to signal that you are OK
Make sure your electrically system is in tiptop shape.
By this I mean no half azz wiring jobs with sloppy connections.
Salt water conducts way better than fresh water and will short out your electrically system in a heart beat.
Nobody wants to drive this far just to sit on the beach.
Don't laugh it happens to several peeps at ever one of these ocean rides.
Happy riding.
Steve
More advice
Keep the good ideas coming and I'll just add them to this post.
1: If you've got spare electrical parts especially coils and start/stop switches I suggest you bring them as well as several sets of spark plugs.
2: Make sure you ski has TOW LOOPS front and rear
3: some sort of Tow rope with quick connects that you have easy access to would be good.
4: from Yamaslut
Always Assume The Guy In Front Of You On A Wave Is Doing A Re-entry Type Move.... Do Not Ever Follow Another Rider Over A Wave Or Up To A Wave.... If A Person Is Surfing A Wave, Get Out Of The Way... They Are On The Wave And The Wave Is Theirs Till They Exit.
No Riding Paralell To The Beach At High Speeds. You Will Be Removed From The Water Asap
No Riding Paralell To The Beach Behind A Wave... If You Can't See What's Over The Front Of A Wave Head Out To Sea And Around Till You Can. Do Not Go Blindly Up The Back Of A Breaking Wave... I Can Not Strees This Enough.
Stay Away From Other Riders... Do Not Double Up An A Wave W/ Someone Unless You Are Flipping Side By Side Or Rolling...
Remember That There Are Plenty Of Waves... Don't Risk A Move If You Might Be Close To Someone... Wait It Out
6: rule #1 - never let go. If the surf is big never bail unless you absolutely have too. Often you can't swim fast enough to reach you ski again and you will need to be rescued.
7: If a riders is down ride by and check up on him. He could be hurt or broken down.
If you are in the water thumbs-up:biggthumpup: is generally used to signal that you are OK
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(I'm hiding my tools this year...)
