N3vrSat1sfied
Military Member
- Location
- Fort Worth, TX
DATE: Saturday July 14th
Riding Times:
11-1215= Flatwater riding
1215-2= Meet on Sandbar for Tshirts. Eat lunch and refuel skis. Ill have a Blue Easy up canopy set up and a Torch Lake Freeride banner (look for the skis or Girls in Pink Shirts)
2-3= Vwake from sit downs
3-4= break
4-5= Boat wake in green riding section. We dont have permission to break the 150' rule so we will have to be on the look out for the law enforcement.
5-530= if you have a go pro we will be able to take your footage so seem me before you leave, Ill let you know where but probably at the cabin I am at (right by launch)
These times are tentative, by no means do you have to follow the ride times. The Times are just for filming.
Lodging if your planning on staying overnight, here are some options. Book in advance these places book up!
Option #1-Northwind hotel- On the water, south side of lake close to sand bar they have docks, beachfront, and buoys up.http://www.northwindresort.com/ Riders have said they are full
Option #2 Torch Grove Camp Grounds- (231)322-2891 Across the road from lake, launch ramp 1/2 mile from camp grounds, South side of lake, There is a place on the water across from campgrounds where you can dock or tie our skis up for up to 5 hours. They take reservations starting in April.
Option #3 South Torch Resort http://www.torchriverresort.com/. South side of the lake not on the water but close to the launch. Riders have said they are full.
Option #4 The Inn at Torch lake, 9076 Helena Rd, Alden, MI 231 331 4845. This place is kinda of hike to the sandbar. It is in downtown alden on the west side of the lake.
Option #5 Various rentals, There are several rental homes and cabins along the lake. Riders have said most our booking for entire weeks only.
Option #6 There are a few hotels in Kalkaska which is about 15-20 minutes from the launch. There is also another campground in Kalkaska.
Riders:
1) JJC568
2) SuperN8
3) Sgt. Jackalope
4) Smusleh
5) Aquaholic1027 +
6) JS/SJ
7) msu24
8) AWolf34
9) Moto X
10) Chips
11) GloryFaded989
12) SeXI
13) ndh5 +
14) Turbo
15) SuperjetDave
16) Rivman
17) SpaceCowboy
18) MikeyB
19) DarkWater
20) CTKawa
21) Abbott
22) Jahimmelspach
23) 91 650sx Rookie
24) Mike89
25) Joele21 +1
26) SwannySXR
27) Knurick
Red=Confirmed Campground reservations, Green= Confirmed reservations on the water, Blue=Confirmed other lodging. Orange= Confirmed in attendance no lodging
Location:The main Launch (closest to the sand bar) is on the south end of the lake, Near torch riviera and torch river marine.
Not to scale, but you get the idea.
Riding area: Perferred area. However, if boat traffic gets to heavy (boats coming from river onto lake) We will move to the Alternate Riding area in Yellow.
Vwake seciton as of now will be North of the first point.
Map showing two boat launches. The river is Idle only, but has a lot more parking, I would try for the closer launch first. Yellow is just the most common path to the lake (depending on where your coming from)
Here a photo of my wife's Family's boat, the lake is amazing:
PICS from 2009 ride:http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/57818-Official-Picture-Thread&highlight=
Tshirts: Were prepaid only, Sorry no extra shirts.
If you ordered a shirt I WILL PASS THEM OUT AT CAMPGROUND FRIDAY NIGHT. If you are not at the campground Friday find me Saturday. I am at the house closest to the launch (im sure you will see me ski). I will dedicate some time to be on the beach there to pass out any remaining shirts.
Disclaimer/other info: This is a FreeRide! Don't expect Daytona Motosurf. Myself and SuperN8 will do the best we can to get everybody as much info as we can for the day, but we are not responsible for you (we want to ride too and enjoy our vacation). I plan on organizing a few different ride sessions throughout the day (single wake, flat water, vwake) with some filming. I will put an actual time on these 3 sessions but that doesn't mean you can't do your own thing. There is no set time or place you have to meet. The riding will take place between south boat launch and sandbar a good place for a break is on the sandbar or the launch, so it will be easy to find other riders. However, this area can have a lot of boat traffic from the river, So we may have to adjust to closer to the shore or farther out away from the main channel. I want everyone to have as much fun as possible and stay safe. Remember to review the wake jumping ed. thread. http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/2864-W...afety)-ORIGINAL-THREAD&highlight=wake+jumping As of right now, we still have a 150' rule from other boaters so we will work on that it see if we can legally break the rule for boats that are purposely giving us a wake or vwake. Also a Saturday in July at Torch does have some police patrol (mainly on the sandbar). I have been asked for registration before. Some of us are staying up longer than the weekend so lets keep it on good terms with the P.D. Please save the alcohol for after the riding is done. We will have a lot of skis and everyone should be alert at all times. Lets make it go well this year so we can keep this an annual thing.
Riding Times:
11-1215= Flatwater riding
1215-2= Meet on Sandbar for Tshirts. Eat lunch and refuel skis. Ill have a Blue Easy up canopy set up and a Torch Lake Freeride banner (look for the skis or Girls in Pink Shirts)
2-3= Vwake from sit downs
3-4= break
4-5= Boat wake in green riding section. We dont have permission to break the 150' rule so we will have to be on the look out for the law enforcement.
5-530= if you have a go pro we will be able to take your footage so seem me before you leave, Ill let you know where but probably at the cabin I am at (right by launch)
These times are tentative, by no means do you have to follow the ride times. The Times are just for filming.
Lodging if your planning on staying overnight, here are some options. Book in advance these places book up!
Option #1-Northwind hotel- On the water, south side of lake close to sand bar they have docks, beachfront, and buoys up.http://www.northwindresort.com/ Riders have said they are full
Option #2 Torch Grove Camp Grounds- (231)322-2891 Across the road from lake, launch ramp 1/2 mile from camp grounds, South side of lake, There is a place on the water across from campgrounds where you can dock or tie our skis up for up to 5 hours. They take reservations starting in April.
Option #3 South Torch Resort http://www.torchriverresort.com/. South side of the lake not on the water but close to the launch. Riders have said they are full.
Option #4 The Inn at Torch lake, 9076 Helena Rd, Alden, MI 231 331 4845. This place is kinda of hike to the sandbar. It is in downtown alden on the west side of the lake.
Option #5 Various rentals, There are several rental homes and cabins along the lake. Riders have said most our booking for entire weeks only.
Option #6 There are a few hotels in Kalkaska which is about 15-20 minutes from the launch. There is also another campground in Kalkaska.
Riders:
1) JJC568
2) SuperN8
3) Sgt. Jackalope
4) Smusleh
5) Aquaholic1027 +
6) JS/SJ
7) msu24
8) AWolf34
9) Moto X
10) Chips
11) GloryFaded989
12) SeXI
13) ndh5 +
14) Turbo
15) SuperjetDave
16) Rivman
17) SpaceCowboy
18) MikeyB
19) DarkWater
20) CTKawa
21) Abbott
22) Jahimmelspach
23) 91 650sx Rookie
24) Mike89
25) Joele21 +1
26) SwannySXR
27) Knurick
Red=Confirmed Campground reservations, Green= Confirmed reservations on the water, Blue=Confirmed other lodging. Orange= Confirmed in attendance no lodging
Location:The main Launch (closest to the sand bar) is on the south end of the lake, Near torch riviera and torch river marine.
Not to scale, but you get the idea.
Riding area: Perferred area. However, if boat traffic gets to heavy (boats coming from river onto lake) We will move to the Alternate Riding area in Yellow.
Vwake seciton as of now will be North of the first point.
Map showing two boat launches. The river is Idle only, but has a lot more parking, I would try for the closer launch first. Yellow is just the most common path to the lake (depending on where your coming from)
Here a photo of my wife's Family's boat, the lake is amazing:
PICS from 2009 ride:http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/57818-Official-Picture-Thread&highlight=
Tshirts: Were prepaid only, Sorry no extra shirts.
If you ordered a shirt I WILL PASS THEM OUT AT CAMPGROUND FRIDAY NIGHT. If you are not at the campground Friday find me Saturday. I am at the house closest to the launch (im sure you will see me ski). I will dedicate some time to be on the beach there to pass out any remaining shirts.
Disclaimer/other info: This is a FreeRide! Don't expect Daytona Motosurf. Myself and SuperN8 will do the best we can to get everybody as much info as we can for the day, but we are not responsible for you (we want to ride too and enjoy our vacation). I plan on organizing a few different ride sessions throughout the day (single wake, flat water, vwake) with some filming. I will put an actual time on these 3 sessions but that doesn't mean you can't do your own thing. There is no set time or place you have to meet. The riding will take place between south boat launch and sandbar a good place for a break is on the sandbar or the launch, so it will be easy to find other riders. However, this area can have a lot of boat traffic from the river, So we may have to adjust to closer to the shore or farther out away from the main channel. I want everyone to have as much fun as possible and stay safe. Remember to review the wake jumping ed. thread. http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/2864-W...afety)-ORIGINAL-THREAD&highlight=wake+jumping As of right now, we still have a 150' rule from other boaters so we will work on that it see if we can legally break the rule for boats that are purposely giving us a wake or vwake. Also a Saturday in July at Torch does have some police patrol (mainly on the sandbar). I have been asked for registration before. Some of us are staying up longer than the weekend so lets keep it on good terms with the P.D. Please save the alcohol for after the riding is done. We will have a lot of skis and everyone should be alert at all times. Lets make it go well this year so we can keep this an annual thing.
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