ECOAP Wakeboarding.

[MintTrav]

Posting up to see if anyone fancies joining me?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, me, me, me!

Seriously, or a wind up?

Unless you"re getting cold feet........

[Matt D]

Posting up to see if anyone fancies joining me?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, me, me, me!

Seriously, or a wind up?

Unless you"re getting cold feet........

lol, top punnage

100% up for it. Just wasn"t sure if you were pulling my leg.

[Curlarge]

Must be 50/1 against getting this off the ground Matt !!
Some of us poker players  USED to have energy to burn but
I fear most have us have passed our best "wakeboarding" days.

It was tempting (for about 30 seconds) but then I realised
a, how old I am.
b, water is cold in Nottingham.
c, any time before noon at an APAT event is too early.

Good luck to you & anyone mad enough to join your venture.
We look forward to a full report.

If ever than have been truer words uttered on this forum, I would love to know what they were. Apart from Rob, you are a genius obv.!!!!!

[MintTrav]

Don"t mind all the ones posting that they"re not going - I"m sure a few will soon appear who want to do it.

I"ve already done water-skiing once in 1987, so should be alright for this. Will there be jumps?

[Matt D]

Don"t mind all the ones posting that they"re not going - I"m sure a few will soon appear who want to do it.

I"ve already done water-skiing once in 1987, so should be alright for this. Will there be jumps?

I"d hope so, but I"m not sure. The one I go to in the Cotswolds has jumps. Though I"ve only just mastered standing up, so not quite ready for them yet

Will give them a call tomorrow and find out. They do waterskiing and wakeboarding at the same place on the same course.

Just found this: http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g1930093-d617239-r135717156-National_Water_Sports_Centre-Holme_Pierrepont_Nottingham_Nottinghamshire_England.html#REVIEWS

Sounds pretty bad, but meh. I"m still up for it

Here"s a YouTube video of the place:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtZELrKZfNs[/youtube]

[Matt D]

Must be 50/1 against getting this off the ground Matt !!
Some of us poker players  USED to have energy to burn but
I fear most have us have passed our best "wakeboarding" days.

It was tempting (for about 30 seconds) but then I realised

a, how old I am.

Ha! I run an Extreme Sports group in Bristol. The last wakeboarding event I ran we had a 70 year old woman turn up and do it. And she put many of the young"uns to shame!! True story

b, water is cold in Nottingham.

You wear a wetsuit. If anything you get too hot, and long for the plunge into the cool depths of the lake!

c, any time before noon at an APAT event is too early.

Good luck to you & anyone mad enough to join your venture.
We look forward to a full report.

I"ll video MintTrav going over the jumps

[MintTrav]

The last wakeboarding event I ran............

You sure you"re a beginner?

[Matt D]

The last wakeboarding event I ran............

You sure you"re a beginner?

lol yes. I"ve been 4 times in total.

Gah go on then. This is me:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOGvwmYkkRo[/youtube]

Have you any clips of yourself?

[Laxie]

Was that you who crashed towards the end of the video?

[Matt D]

Was that you who crashed towards the end of the video?

Yes I"ve not managed a full lap of the lake where I go yet. Video above is my most recent trip and furthest I"ve managed round yet.

[fandango]

I could strap a board to each wheel of my chair  .. But I can"t swim so with much regret I must decline this tempting offer. But posting pics and vids of anyone nose diving is fine..

[Santino67]

I could strap a board to each wheel of my chair  ..

Epic potential South Park sketch in the making there Carl  

[Robbiebox]

what is the difference between wakeboard and waterski ?

Could yet be persuaded into this what day are you thinking of ?

[duke3016]

I could strap a board to each wheel of my chair  ..

Epic potential South Park sketch in the making there Carl  

You pretended to zip line in the Vic, now that was epic.

[Matt D]

what is the difference between wakeboard and waterski ?

Don"t quote me on this, as I"ve never waterskied (or snowboarded), but I believe it"s something like:

Wakeboarding to Waterskiing is similar as Snowboarding is to Skiing.

Could yet be persuaded into this what day are you thinking of ?

I"m going to check the forecast now, but I was thinking Friday early afternoon (1pm > 3pm maybe?), then one other morning before DTD (either Saturday, Sunday, or Monday depending on the weather - will play it by ear). Then, depending on if Monday is a late finish, I might stay Monday night in Notts, and hit the waterpark for a few hours before heading back Tuesday afternoon.

By the way, the place does wakeboarding and waterskiing on the same course and at the same time. So you can choose which to do (it doesn"t have to be wakeboarding).

Edit: Forecast looks like rain, rain, with a dash of rain (of the torrential variety ). But, I guess you get soaked anyway doing this kind of thing (so the weather makes no difference?). Temp-wise it"s ideal: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2641170