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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Wakeboarding in Thailand



It is not uncommon to find wakeboarding, waterskiing, parasailing, and various other options of watersports in touristy beach locations, but what is uncommon is finding one with equipment worth more than 5 cents. Typically we might consider paying a little money to get a little fix of our water fun. But usually once we look at the gear we decide we would just rather spend the money elsewhere and wait until we get home to ski or board Yes, I know that sounds a little snobby, but I admit it, when you have excellent equipment at home and the means to waterski and wakeboard when you want, its hard to pay someone to just thrash about in the water. But there it was in downtown Mae Hat a top of the line Liquid Force wakeboard. So John waited a few days, letting the desire build a little, and then he bite the bullet and took a ride. the boat was full of people, only one other guy along to ride the others (including me) just there to watch and add a little weight to the boat for a bigger wake. John did not disappoint, with a couple of clean backrolls he easily outdid the others and left with a big grin on his face. (sorry no pics of the backroll).