what lakes do the pros ride on

(toby_yeo) · (toby_yeo) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 04-11-2006, 6:33 AM

hey, anyone know where they ride...i aint a stalker or anything haha. i know chad,shawn,rusty and danny all ride on a lake called higherwossey or somrthing like that any one know any more?

(wakeriderixi) · (wakeriderixi) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 04-11-2006, 8:17 AM

its Hiawassee. And there is a whole mess of lakes everyone is spread out over. Alliance had an artical on alot of the lakes a year or two back.

clrider 04-11-2006, 10:11 AM

A LOT COME TO CANYON LAKE

(byrd) · (byrd) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 04-11-2006, 10:55 AM

Zane Schwenk lives here in Winter Haven on the Chain.

(stephan) · (stephan) **Join Date: Nov 2002** 04-11-2006, 12:17 PM

See the problem is you go to Florida and you realize by some stroke of luck the whol thing hasn't sunk yet. It's very close to that and there is literally water everywhere. I remember riding with Kyle Schmidt and on the ride to Orlando he was like "hey there's the second tallest mountain in Florida", being from California all I saw was a small hill, about the size of the one in my backyard. Maybe a two minute walk. If you are in Florida you live in a swamp and all the lakes are connected. It gets rough on one and you cruise over to the next one. There are a few around the country that many frequent, like Canyon Lake and I'm sure all self respecting pros have ridden Powell & Shasta at least once. Find where they live and you will find where they ride.

(nizzle77) · (nizzle77) **Join Date: Apr 2005** 04-11-2006, 1:21 PM

aren't there crocs in florida?

(ridetilldeath) · (ridetilldeath) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 04-11-2006, 3:35 PM

theres gators in pretty much every lake.
general rule of thumb: no riding in dark hours, stay away from swampy areas(the areas u dont wanna take your boat)

dyonisus 04-12-2006, 6:04 AM

ya surf you risk the sharks, you wakeboard in FLA you risk the gators

(wakeandsnow27) · (wakeandsnow27) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 04-12-2006, 7:22 AM

did the entire beginning of Big Heavy's comment seem incredibly random to anyone else? Mountains? Florida sinking? I found it comical...lol.

(teamvaldez) · (teamvaldez) **Join Date: Apr 2003** 04-12-2006, 7:34 AM

random? nah,I followed exactly what stephan was saying.

(supersonicmi) · (supersonicmi) **Join Date: Sep 2005** 04-12-2006, 7:57 AM

Maybe i am just a northwest rider who is naive to the florida scene, but if there are gators in every lake...are there lots of incidents with wakeboarders? Im just curious cause I heave never really heard of one.

(solo) · (solo) **Join Date: Oct 2001** 04-12-2006, 8:03 AM

Gators are more scared of the boat and of people in the water. They mainly feed at night anyway.

(melanie_g) · (melanie_g) **Join Date: Jul 2002** 04-12-2006, 12:40 PM

I love how everyone assumes that because you are in a Florida lake you are going to get attacked by a gator. I have grown up on the lakes here in Florida and not once have I ran into a problem. Now, there are some lakes I would NEVER get in and those lakes are not around the city and no one lives on them. Hahn is right though, they run from the boat and the sight of people. Just stay out of the water after dusk and heavily wooded/swampy areas.

(supersonicmi) · (supersonicmi) **Join Date: Sep 2005** 04-12-2006, 1:18 PM

Thanks. Well I dont know about everyone else, but I wasnt assuming, just asked cause I have never really thought about it before since Ive never got a chance to ride in FL.

(olddude) · (olddude) **Join Date: Oct 2003** 04-12-2006, 1:19 PM

Darin Shapiro lives on Lake Mary Jane

(toby_yeo) · (toby_yeo) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 04-12-2006, 1:50 PM

anyone know the name of the lake that the heanys ride on? also anyone know where parks rides?

(board2death) · (board2death) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 04-12-2006, 2:15 PM

...wha????....
Ride with Steve Irwin- no problem

(ttuclint) · (ttuclint) **Join Date: Sep 2003** 04-12-2006, 2:27 PM

We have a ton of gators in Texas in almost every lake that love eat wakeboarders, they really come out when the water is smooth.

(supersonicmi) · (supersonicmi) **Join Date: Sep 2005** 04-12-2006, 3:01 PM

Ahhh and the patronizing comments flow!

(toby_yeo) · (toby_yeo) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 04-17-2006, 3:50 AM

anyone know the name of the lake that nick and julz heaney ride on

(wakeguru) · (wakeguru) **Join Date: Feb 2003** 04-17-2006, 6:35 AM

I believe it's called Jessamine, Toby.

I hear what Stephan is saying...Florida hasn't sunk yet in the same paranoid logic that makes me wonder why Cal hasn't broke off and become an island yet due to the fault lines. Makes perfect sense, cough, cough.

Did you guys hear about the global warming crisis?

blind5 04-17-2006, 8:40 AM

there were 3 gator attacks in central florida last year, 2 were fatal. both that were fatal were in canals, no boats were around for any of them.
saw it on the news a couple of weeks ago.

(toby_yeo) · (toby_yeo) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 04-17-2006, 8:50 AM

cheers david, i just find it intresting to see peoples place from above and see what they have I.E sliders or a nice house lol.

(dakid) · (dakid) **Join Date: Feb 2001** 04-17-2006, 11:30 AM

most of socal pros (ricky gonzales, gretchen hammaberg, jesson veddel) ride at canyon lake.

(ridetilldeath)

just stay away from lake jesup, thats where they put the central florida "problem" gators. and lake monroe has some big gators too, suprisingly enough, ill probably be riding there this weekend.
one of my friends dad said that if u go to monroe during the week and just pull up by the beach, there will be 10-14 foot gators just sitting there.
and yea, you're right, they all ride on hiawasee. i also saw rusty and danny harf on the clermont chain a few weeks ago in rusty's pimped out xstar. u can tell its his cause theres a big fox graphic on the side.

(toby_yeo) · (toby_yeo) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 04-17-2006, 2:01 PM

yer danny and rusty have bought a house together in clermont. check http://www.alliancewake.com/default2.aspx?pg=article&id=242

do you know what the lake is called that the are riding on?

(Message edited by toby yeo on April 17, 2006)

(supersonicmi) · (supersonicmi) **Join Date: Sep 2005** 04-17-2006, 2:24 PM

In Washington you can find Brent Starr on Mason Lake... you can tell the malibu wakesetter by the northwestriders.com graphic across the back.

gtroit 04-17-2006, 2:26 PM

ridetilldeath is right, stay away form jesup although they dont put the problem gators there anymore becasue it got so overpopulater. also gator lutgert lives on lake pikcett in chuluota

(pittsy) · (pittsy) **Join Date: Apr 2004** 04-17-2006, 5:07 PM

i think parks lives on Hiawassee as well..

(ridetilldeath) · (ridetilldeath) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 04-17-2006, 6:06 PM

they were on lake crescent when i was there. its just off of minnehaha
oh i didnt even know they stopped putting them there

who's up for some good old redneck gator fishing???? haha

(sp0tts) · (sp0tts) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 04-17-2006, 8:25 PM

I spent a month in Florida last winter wakeboarding almost every day and didn't see a single gator. I also heard then that they've been putting the problem gators in Lake Apopka.

(antbug) · (antbug) **Join Date: Jul 2004** 04-17-2006, 8:42 PM

Joe remember this guy?

(dakid) · (dakid) **Join Date: Feb 2001** 04-17-2006, 9:36 PM

oh hellllllllll no! that sukka was HUGE! AND PISSED!

(garret_s) · (garret_s) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 04-17-2006, 9:54 PM

that thing would scare the piss out of me.

gtroit 04-18-2006, 2:02 PM

my neighborhood is on lake jessup and i have seen gators sitting on top of the dock and walking down the street. ive heard one was on my neighbors front porch and knocked on the door with his tail. the guy opened the door and found an 8 ft gator sitting there

(lizzyb) · (lizzyb) **Join Date: Sep 2005** 04-18-2006, 3:50 PM

I bet Joe screamed like a little girl when he saw that..

(dakid) · (dakid) **Join Date: Feb 2001** 04-18-2006, 4:01 PM

so?

(wakeboarder3922)

What lake was that picture taken on?

(wakeriderixi) · (wakeriderixi) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 04-18-2006, 6:57 PM

A lake i'm not going to ride on!

junglesmacks 04-18-2006, 7:30 PM

I live in Orlando and wakeboard on the St Johns river bi-weekly..

YUP! Gators everywhere.. cool lookin suckers..

Am I scared? Not at all.. you know by the time they are big enough to do any damage they have been around for at least 10-15 years.. by then they also know that boats SUCK.. they don't wanna get hit anymore than you want them eating you. First of all, they pretty much stay out of the main channel, and second.. when they hear that vibration they take off.. and you have to figure that you are behind the boat and they swim fast... so even if you fall by one, you have a screaming motor boat 50' in front of you and by that time they are LONG gone..

Worth the price :-)