What did you learn from your Daytona road trip?

[seatsR4toilets]

1. once you ride in the surf you never wanna go back to ridding flat water

Yup.

 

[Roo]

1. salt water is unreal. i cannot believe the damage it can cause... ate the relay in my e-box in less then 24 hours. nasty.

2. bring a cart... bumming one sucks.

3. the ocean is unreal a bit intimidating - nothing like flatwater. i thought i was going to be able to go out there and tear it up.... wrong!

 

[Foximus]

3. the ocean is unreal a bit intimidating - nothing like flatwater. i thought i was going to be able to go out there and tear it up.... wrong!

Bingo!

 

[BruceSki]

1. salt water is unreal. i cannot believe the damage it can cause... ate the relay in my e-box in less then 24 hours. nasty.

2. bring a cart... bumming one sucks.

3. the ocean is unreal a bit intimidating - nothing like flatwater. i thought i was going to be able to go out there and tear it up.... wrong!

Bingo!

I feel the exact opposite. I get on flat water and don't know what to do with myself. can't do anything other than turn buoys(not well) and submarines lol. It's all what you are used to riding.

 

[yamaslut]

I feel the exact opposite. I get on flat water and don't know what to do with myself. can't do anything other than turn buoys(not well) and submarines lol. It's all what you are used to riding.

me too... I am like a fish out of water on the flat...

 

[WILKEY]

me too... I am like a fish out of water on the flat...

x2

 

[StandUpSteve]

1. salt water is unreal. i cannot believe the damage it can cause... ate the relay in my e-box in less then 24 hours. nasty.

2. bring a cart... bumming one sucks.

3. the ocean is unreal a bit intimidating - nothing like flatwater. i thought i was going to be able to go out there and tear it up.... wrong!

....and the surf was horrible-a washing machine, wish we can schedule a hurricane to smooth out the surf with twelve foot walls rolling in 50 yards apart with flat water between them for the Daytona January freeride. After riding stictly ocean you learn to make your ski sea worthy(I always buy my skis FAR INLAND though)!
We need a hurricane freeride....I know, wont happen!

 

[BruceSki]

sunday's waves were nice and clean. nice height too... not too big or half the people wouldn't have been riding.

 

[StandUpSteve]

The wave height was about shoulder high...great, but the wave period was about 4 to 6 seconds ...way to close together and rough for my taste, but got smoother (and smaller)as the day went on! Definately can see where even that would intimidate a first time surf rider.

 

[Roo]

in a nutshell, i am stoked about the whole experience and can't wait until next year knowing what i know now.

 

[Waternut]

Agreed on the intimidation factor. I was scared sh*tless the first gallon or two of gas. It took me a solid 5-6 gallons of gas over two days to get comfortable enough in those shoulder height waves to hit them close to when they were crashing. I used a total of 7 gallons in two days. Maybe another 2-3 gallons and I would've gotten comfortable enough to get aggressive but my legs were shot by the end of day 2.

 

[zimmy]

I learned that when the alternator gives out near Elizabeth City NC, AAA will not tow a car and trailer and it will cost a $35 hook up fee and $2 a mile from there for you to get it towed an hour or so.
Oh, and you will have to wait for 2 hours before the truck gets there to pick you up with no power in 30 degree weather.....
Oh, then you have to try doing th drive again the next day!

Oh, and when the weekend is over, it will all seem like it was worth it! Love the Daytona Freeride!!:wiggle:

 

[redsxr800]

ride on a lake , that surf is great stuff compaired to the stuff we ride. we get 1 or 2 seconds between any surf and 2 foot chop between that

 

[Proformance1]

I learned that when the alternator gives out near Elizabeth City NC, AAA will not tow a car and trailer and it will cost a $35 hook up fee and $2 a mile from there for you to get it towed an hour or so.
Oh, and you will have to wait for 2 hours before the truck gets there to pick you up with no power in 30 degree weather.....
Oh, then you have to try doing th drive again the next day!

Oh, and when the weekend is over, it will all seem like it was worth it! Love the Daytona Freeride!!:wiggle:

Get the RV AAA next time, i think its only a few more bucks and they tow up to a 100 miles or something for free and take care of the trailer also

 

[StandUpSteve]

aaa sux

triple a lost my biz, and left me stranded, with my rv plus card, that I had over two years, without ever using....because my bus had race stickers on it (yamaha, sponsors etc) GOOD SAM CLUB is the way to go. When I purchased the triple a rv plus card I told them it was for a bus toyhauler, they advised me it would cover all but a horse trailer! Theeey lied. Death to corporate America.

 

[WaveDemon]

the ocean is unreal a bit intimidating - nothing like flatwater. i thought i was going to be able to go out there and tear it up.... wrong!

you can't tell anyone that, they won't listen. Everyone figures it out on there own.

 

[StandUpSteve]

you can't tell anyone that, they won't listen. Everyone figures it out on there own.

Ill never forget my first trip to the Sea, and realized I was way outta my league, all before we were out from btween the jetties. What the new surf riders dont realize is how much the Atlantic can change, for apparently no reason. It is sometimes smooth, with nice 4 to 8 foot rolllers far apart, If possible that is when you newbies need to ride the surf, than you will know what stoked means.

 

[WaveDemon]

I personally love to hear flatwater guys say they're going to rip it up their first time out. They usually can't get past the shore break.

 

[Fishy27]

what i learned in daytona:

1. the ocean, very intimidating..thought if i could handle lake erie, i was going to be okay...very wrong!! lasted maybe 20 minutes, then cracked my knee on my rideplate..got an ouchy! got to get better riding skillz before next year.

2. when you drink lots of beer and vodka one night, wake up hungover as all hell, you somehow manage to go to the bar the next night and drink more vodka...and it brings on some memory loss and you look extremely drunk in pictures!! and you think your gonna jump on a stripper pole and outdance a stripper...no, not happening!!

2.5 riva motorsports is en route to key largo, you can pick up a coil for the sxr, get to key largo...jump on the superjet and realize you blew a head gasket and you needed one of them too...so while your sitting there watching your boyfriend ride his sxr, turn your body or you will find yourself with a sunburn on only half of your body and the other half is as white as a ghost!

3. don't eat at barnicals! = a small case of food poisoning!

4. 2011 - Freeride is already marked on my schedule!! Had one of the most awesome times ever. :Banane09:

 

[Fishy27]

I personally love to hear flatwater guys say they're going to rip it up their first time out. They usually can't get past the shore break.

fyi, i made it past the shore breaks..after that i was toasted tho..haha!!