Baller vtmecheng Posted September 11, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 11, 2020 @MNshortliner is spot on. This topic really fires me up. Almost every other form of water activity can coexist. I may not want to ski at the same time as any other boater but many recreational skiers would be happy to ski with some bass boats or a smaller wake boat. One wake surfing boat means everyone leaves except tubers being pulled from boat capable of handling the big wakes. Two wake surfing boats means everyone is gone. Add the common loud music surfers play and we don't even want to be at the doc. Laws for distance and noise are useless since the police and fish and game both refuse to enforce and say the other has jurisdiction on the public lake. Nothing will change. Lake businesses love surfers. It's a lot of people, a lot of gas, and a lot of money. Maybe the fishing community could make a difference because of the money they bring but I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller UWSkier Posted September 11, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 11, 2020 https://www.ridegigawave.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MNshortliner Posted September 11, 2020 Author Baller Share Posted September 11, 2020 @UWSkier Holy ?!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller vtmecheng Posted September 11, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 11, 2020 @UWSkier that thing is exactly what we need to push wake surfing out of public lakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ToddL Posted September 11, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 11, 2020 If not time slots, then whole weekends. In my area of TX, holiday weekends ban personal watercraft. It could be any type of craft. It could be wake sport boats for the 1st weekend of the month. The easier to remember when it is/isn't allowed, the easier it is to comply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jimski Posted September 11, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 11, 2020 LOL Up here in BC our tiny little shawnigan lake has gotten way to small for these monster surf tugs. Or is It the boats have gotten way to big. At 200K + I would need at least 4 families to partner with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller tjs1295 Posted September 12, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 12, 2020 WOW @ToddL !!! That seems hard to believe. Is that PWC ban for a bunch of lakes, or just a specific lake you're on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller LoopSki Posted September 12, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 12, 2020 @chrislandy To this day my kids get nervous when they see a surf boat near us. We got swapped pretty good on our houseboat couple years ago. Every time they see one they are quick to point it out. Could be that we live on a private ski lake and don’t get out on public water much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ToddL Posted September 12, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 12, 2020 @tjs1295 ...on the the two most popular public lakes in ATX. Possibly others do it, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller tjs1295 Posted September 12, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 12, 2020 Man, that really is a big move to ban PWC's on the summer holidays. I ban myself from the lake on all summer holidays. I volunteer to work every single one of them. It's just madness out on the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Hucklefin Posted September 15, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2020 @UWSkier I saw this on TMC as well. Funny the next comment was, "MC driver should have been driving better" or something to that effect. Pretty sad, they are going to surf themselves into extinction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted September 15, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2020 Sad thing is once the banning starts it's only a matter of time before they go after water skiing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtis500 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 You should see these 'dock smashers' in action on the Parker strip in AZ. Lots of damage and sunk boats moored on a dock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MattCL Posted September 15, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2020 At my lake the slalom skiers and wake boarders have joined forces against the surfers. It made me laugh because they couldn't stand each other for the last 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Than_Bogan Posted September 15, 2020 Gold Member Share Posted September 15, 2020 @MattCL I see that happening everywhere soon. Skiers and boarders do have a natural rivalry, but surfing truly threatens the existence of other watersports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Killer Posted September 15, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2020 Except almost nobody seems to wakeboard anymore. Fortunately some of them are going back to skiing but most are just surfing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller tap Posted September 15, 2020 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2020 Wonder if it's enough to get fisherman and skiers to unite, or do they just hate everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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