Your Top 3 Memorable Wakeboarding Moments

1. Riding on the Delta in the moonlight. No lights were required. It was still 80+ degrees, zero wind and water as flat as could be.

2. Riding Radar Lake for the first time and then Wakesurfing around Radar Lake at night.

3. Putting my VLX in the water for the very first time.

Let's change it up...

"Best Memorable Moments"

(Message edited by cavlxenvy on February 28, 2008)

In no particular order:

1. Landing my first invert...no feeling like it!
2. Meeting my wife on a wakeboarding houseboat trip to Lake Powell.
3. Going on a wakeboarding houseboat trip to Lake Powell.

1. Being the only one to get up on the Skurfer!

2. First Invert!

3. Seeing my boy getting up for the first time at 5 yrs old.

1. breaking my leg ...tibial plateau fracture

2. ripping my ankle open

3....everything else

(Message edited by absoluteboarder on February 28, 2008)

First invert! Happened on the same exact day that I bought my first house, and 2 days after I started my first job out of college. I was most excited about the backroll.

1. Evening double sets with a good friend
2. Owning my first boat and taking it out for the first ride
3. My first OA 5.

3. Landing my first Backroll!
2. 2.5 Summers on the Mission2ride tour bus!
1. Getting promoted to Senior Photog for WBM!

nites on the island wit my f1f homeboys, a fire, some music n some ladies...

kickin it in my homies v-ride cihllin on the lake mid week bein the only ones out, not even riding just kickin it

metting all the dope ass people i've met thru this sport

(Message edited by romes on February 28, 2008)

1) Buying my first boat
2) Selling my first boat!
3) Night riding at 11:59pm into my birthday on a camping trip

1. First time I saw the wake from a loaded 210

2. First crow mobe - it was my first trick I'm proud of

3. When warriors charge our rollers in their Rinker having no idea about whats about to happen

Seeing my then 11 y.o. kill it in a wake tourney and actually try a front roll (not successful) as his last trick of a stand up run up to that point.

Seeing my then 14 y.o. land his first tantrum.

Going to a 'wakefest' and cracking my rib.

Throwing a scarecrow and not having to listen to that familiar sound of the boat decelerating to pick me up!

(Message edited by bmartin on February 28, 2008)

My first trip to Bullards Bar about 5 years ago...landed my 2cd HS 360 that weekend.

My first Tantrum on Victoria's Slough.

Landing my first 360 and Tantrum in the same set at New Melones in 04

1)My first time I got up

2)Buying my boat

3)My first invert

Good thread idea:

1. Landing my first (and only) backside 5 off the dub during a mid-October lunch break last year on Tahoe. Lake Tahoe, CA.
2. Landing my first backroll, albeit butt-checked, after about 100 attempts. Lake Almanor, CA circa 1995.
3. Watching the sunset at our local reservoir while idling back to the ramp after a fun, glassy, and boatless (except us) early season session with beer, friends, etc. Numerous times, 2005-2007.

I have a few bad moments too, but the question asked "best" so I'll go with those.

Watching my daugter get up first try on the board.

Watching my daughter forget how to get up after she had been up about 10 times. (It took till the next season and watching "The Book" to quit standing up too early)

Watching my son clear the wake for the first time.

Hmm, that seems to show my priorities but maybe it shows my relative lack of skill.

Landing my first back roll. (Shawn K. boat)

Riding at Midnight with Shawn K. on his birthday.

My 3 year old wakeboarding last summer by himself. (Shawn K. Boat)

I'm seeing a theme here, I guess all of my best wakeboarding moments involve Shawn. It must just be a conincidence because the guy is a real tool.

^^^^^thanks BCH

landing my first bs360 and invert.
hitting my first "perfect" double up
teaching my mom and many others to wakeboard

One sunset session down the middle of a glassy Lake Havasu (I can still picture it like it was yesterday)
Getting up for first time with Queen Mary in background
First time riding behind (and getting launched from) a SANTE (after two years riding behind a bayliner)

Hoping to FINALLY add first invert to this list this summer!!!!

1. Being part of the crew that tried to get up on the HO Perez for the first time and not having a clue how to do it.
2. Riding at dusk on vacation at Naci with my kids.
3. Getting people up who "have tried forever" by the third try. Always a great day!

1. Seeing my son standing on his 1st Jr. Men's podium in 2nd place at Worlds in 06

2. Camping trips to my favorite lake, Shasta.

3. My 1st real wakeboard boat

I no particular order

- finishing an awesome set where I landed everything I had at Trinity Lake in the early AM, when the mountains still had snow and the view was incredible

- landing my first Heal Front, then following it up with death defying bail out header of the same trick, all caught on video

- landing my HS 3 after it disappered for two seasons and almost blowing my ear drums trying to bring it back

1. seeing my son get up on a wakeboard for the first time - i'll never forget the joy on his face
2. seeing my son clear the wake for the first time - i'll never forget how stoked he was
3. hookin' up w/ dpc films - i'll never forget how nervous i was editing the first tapes for him

1. Getting pulled by DW and the 2000 Mighty Malibu Wakesetter Escape LSV for my first pull.

2. Buying my first boat.

3. Getting my son up and seeing him ride for the very first time.

- Landing my first 360
- Getting my first "real" wake boat (2000 Malibu Wakesetter LSV)
- Watching my kids charge it when I catch them having fun and not just riding because Daddy told them they have to before he'll pull them on the tube!
- Watching my wife get her first grab.

closing on my lakehouse
first invert
When my wife tore her acl

2 for 3 aint bad.

I'm shocked only one person has said the first time they got up on a board...

First time I got up on a wakeboard
First wake to wake
First invert.

Pretty basic, but you know, until you do that stuff, you can't do anything else...

1. Getting better than my riding buddies
2. First invert
3. Buying my first boat

No specific order.

The funny thing about the learning to get up the first time, is that it wasn't really important to me when it hppened because I wasn't really into the sport yet. It was just another thing to do while at the lake... little did I know I was going to be addicted to sport you years to come...

i guess FINALLY gettin up on the board was a big one for me too probably more so than the other 3 i listed cuz it took me 2 entire days of almost drowning cuz we were behind this little old 190 SeaRay and no one knew what the hell they were doing...

every nite when the suns setting on the delta and we gotta boat full and we're just puttin back to the island w/ the boat slappin and everyone's just kickin it....

thats what makes this the dopest sport out for me

(Message edited by romes on February 28, 2008)

(Message edited by romes on February 28, 2008)

The first time either one of my kids asked (begged) to ride.

Landing my first invert, and having Randall give congrats at the dock.

Epic day out with Pat, Thane & Luke.

My first comp ride.

too many good memories to form a top 3

First time seeing my girls get up on a wakeboard and cross 1 wake.

Seeing my 10 year old win US Championships

Launching my first XSTAR.

Most Memorable -
1) Being on buddies 2001 as it rolled over and sunk
2) Buddy running into someone's MC 205 @ 25 mph
3) Any early morning/late evening session with friends is always memorable.

yea too many to list only three

ill go 4 but have too many more

first time i got up and stayed up ,hs3 first legitimate trick i landed,i first backroll( first invert),first crow(1st ts invert)...

Post more than three if you want guys... We're just using up David's server space... no biggie.

We need a thread where everyone talks about the good stuff instead of bashing people for what boat/board brand they own.

1) Taking my mates out and teaching them to ride.

2) Getting a bigger, heavier, gruntier boat (with a tower and ballast, what a difference) and figuring out the ballast system for the first time.

3) Finding out I didn't have to rebuild my motor after it drank a bit of water.

4) Gas money going into my wallet instead of out

They all tie for #1, but as a list:

1) First time trying/getting up. (that's right, I got up first try thanks to this site!)
2) Riding behind a tourny inboard for the first time.
3) First w2w. Going up and not feeling that familiar pounding on my knees as I come down.
4)Being out on the water with my family and it being totally silent and buttery.

1. First time seeing wakeboarding on tv and feeling the overwhelming desire to persue it and ditch the skis

2. Meeting Scott Byerly (first favorite wakeboarder) and getting him to sign a pic i drew of him and geting my first REAL wakeboard (had a plastic and aluminum topped thing made by a tubing company before)at a phoenix boat show (1st boat show). (i'd put this first, but this could never have happened without #1)

3 its a toss up between three
A. sharing wakeboarding with friends especially my bro albert from taiwan
B. landing first invert
C. First time riding the slingshot recoil

Watching my 7 y/o son get up for the first time while I was in the water with him. That started all of us to ditch the skis for a board. My first time up. My first face plant, something you never forget!

Flying up off the wake unexpectedly for the first time while learning proper technique (that's the last day my slalom ski saw the light of day)

Landing my first TS180 (thanks Antbug and Kevin Geary for getting up early to ride, and making me try it "one more time")

And lastly, seeing the faces of inexperienced riders get up for the first time or land that first surprise W2W....

1. landing that first back side roll.

2. Most of all finding WAKE WORLD and meeting new people to ride with.

3. Meeting and getting to ride with the famous WAKE WORLD POSTER JOE UMALI.

i dont even know where to begin ive had so many memorable experiences, some great one from the very begining and some that i probably shouldnt share that i experienced while growing up in highschool. hahaha. ill give it a shot though.

i think ill start with leraning a backroll and sticking it 5 or 6 times in a row straight.

in highschool going from a houseboat trip with the church for 5 days at mead, then coming home and then getting in a motor home to go to shasta for another week, then coming home and hoping in a truck and going to lake powell for the first time. all 3 lake trips right in a row with no down time.

i think the other was the first time i came up to the delta to film for delta sessions and ended up meeting my wife.

Geez... SO MANY! How to pick three?

First time ever riding in the boat with a real "pro" taking a set (Thomas Horrell in his pink hair days, hasselhoffs and a giant floaty slob HSFS5 off the triple up, plus all these old people in a pontoon boat were cheering him on, hilarious!)

"Babysitting" Leslie Kent during video shoots in the FLA keys.

First trip to Shasta (the first time I linked 3 different 360s in a row, also later same day first time linked blind 180s both ways). I know, unimpressive for some of you, but for this decrepid old fart, it felt pretty cool. I owe Schleprock Fisher for that trip, you rock, lady!!

First broken board (man, did I feel cool!)

First Raley ( had "lost" my backroll, kept geting slammmed, got super aggro pissed and just threw the Raley, was like WHAT?!?!?!)

First... oh wait, that's already too many!
Sorry. Am I disqualified?

(Message edited by dococ on February 28, 2008)

Getting cold clocked on a raley attempt. only regret is that it wasn't on video but it is still one of my favorite stories. plus it will make it all the better when i stick it this summer

sticking my first toeside roll. i actually felt legit for that whole day then i went and watched a wake film and reallized that i was still pretty poor.

summer of 05 in general was as memorable for me as any time in my life. Hit up lake powell 5 times and that in and of itself is uber beavu. landed some tricks and felt like i was understanding progressive edging which was absolutely necessary behind the yamaha ar 230 we were rockin at the time. and it was really my first summer to actually be wakeboarding regularly. i had done it before but always with years between session. i can only hope this summer will compare.

helping people learn new stuff(get up w2w first invert...)

Landing my first backroll(behind the old "Dead Ray")

Getting my first wakeboat(current VLX)/and lake house same day

#1 Least fav taking the board to the face in early spring last year which broke my jaw and landed me in the drivers seat every weekend all day for 6 months

o i forgot about the first time i attemted to slide on the wake and i had a face plant that hurt for a couple weeks

1.getting up for the first time
2.first W2W
3.teaching my whole family to get up(freakin copy cats!)

I think my most favorite moment is that scenario where:

everyone in the boat has been helping someone land a "first" and they are paying their dues to get it. They finally get it and the whole boat jumps up hooting and hollering, horns blaring, fists pumping, etc. Then getting to push them in. Thats one of those really good moments I enjoy the most.

^^^ liqidmx good call, always good times when that happens.

1. Buying my first twin tip (a 96 flight 69 143) and proceding to land that 180 that had eluded me woth the surfboard I had.
2. Buying my first boat (85 2001) and my second boat (a 93 sport nautique) and working on it incliding the tower instal lI am still in the middle of.
3. Landing my first tantrum and landing a indy tantrum off the dub. My first and only grab tantrum ever. Havent attempted one since but i am gonna go for it this year.

DW how was it that we both mentioned the WSEscapeLSV in the same minute?????? That goes to show you how sick that boat really was!

1. Breaking my ankle!
2. Dislocating my knee
3. Breaking my neck...Bummer!

Just kidding!!!LOl!

^^^bump

1. Watching my son
2. Watching Murray raley over me
3. Breaking my leg

1) landing my first invert, no coaching, just fall and try again
2) any butter sunset session at the Delta (they all count as 1 memory)
3) falling so hard that I blacked out when I hit the water, major concussion, tore my rotator cuff, didn't know it was torn until 3 hours later when life started making sense again, ended up with seizures that I'm still on daily medication for

Um.. J... I said "best memorable moments."

- Going to the wakeboard camp and learning from Kyle Schmidt, Ben Greenwood and Aaron Reed for week.
- Working for Wakeworld (Although Dave Williams is a little crazy)
- Meeting people all over through wakeboarding... love the camaraderie in this sport.

it was a good memory, I learned how Not to do a raley after that

First standing up on a kneeboard and knowing I had to get a wakeboard
Finding a rythm riding doubles with my bro (with a boat load of girls)
First stomped Tantrum off the DUp

1. Landing the backroll

2. Breaking my leg (tibial plateau fracture) on a backroll attempt

3. Landing my first post-break backroll

1. First face plant. 2.First invert. 3. First A.C.L. surgery

1.coming back after 7 years and riding one of my best sets
2. first w2w
3. introducing my love of wakeboarding to my friends

first invert or 3 would probably be in there if i ever get em lol

fun thread to read !!,hmmmm,"best memorable moments"

1)Being able to compete at 07 Worlds,after 18 years of wakeboarding.

2)Competing at 07 Nationals, and winning.

3)buying my first nautique

4)Signing a contract to be on the O'brien National Team....Sponsored !! (20th century)

5)learning inverts with Anthony Monaco an Johnny King way way back.

oops, dang, there's so many more !!

Jason, I remember your #3, you and Heather were looking pretty cozy that morning and CW & Arun kept on giving you two a hard time about it. Then when you and him rode doubles and you almost decapitated him with a low flying raley we all started laughing about "payback" in the boat. Good times!

None of my moments on a wakeboard have been memorable but I have many has proud father.

Bringing home an HO Perez, telling Chris you've got to try this new "skurfer" (we were slalom skiers at the time) Chris got right up, rocketed in at the wake, tried to clear it and ate shizz. He wouldn't let me stop pulling him until he had cleared/landed it a few times. His comment was "Dad this is way better then jumping (standing) on the kneeboard because I don't have to fall and get up again!" I knew he had found his passion.

The first time Chris had a good outlaw pass at the old Bel Aqua tournaments and even though he took 2nd to Mike Schwenne (who just dominated them back then) Mike tried to give Chris the first place trophy.

Hooking up with Buffalow and Jocko for a WakeTV shoot (the first time Chris got filmed). Hanging out with all the other kids and parents in this unbelievably great family sport and the friends I've made over the years.