Video, Learning to jump on my wakeboard behind my RIB!

[danyeates]

Also in HD here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg_Ow_NtvA4

All shot in Poole harbour. Made a day of it, set off from Lymington in the morning and took just over an hour to get to Poole harbour. Bought a ski permit and spent the day wakeboarding. I managed a few small jumps, my brother managed to fall over a few times!

Comments and tips welcome!

Dan

[Fume troll]

Top tip: Change your privacy settings to make your video viewable by anyone.

:-)

Cheers,

FT.

[danyeates]

Fume troll said:

Top tip: Change your privacy settings to make your video viewable by anyone.

:-)

Cheers,

FT.

Ooops, thanks. Uploading from iMovie always defaults the video to "Private". Now fixed!

[Fume troll]

Looks excellent.

I have a major RIB lust. One day I might get to scratch that itch.

Cheers,

FT.

[danyeates]

Fume troll said:

Looks excellent.

I have a major RIB lust. One day I might get to scratch that itch.

Cheers,

FT.

Cool, thanks. Let me know if you do decide to go for one, I sell them! Here's mine:

[MOTORVATOR]

My boy Jack showing off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq2P6cyse7A&fea...

Git

[Condi]

Havent managed to go wakeboarding this year and it doesnt look like i'll get the chance. Sucks.

[danyeates]

Condi said:

Havent managed to go wakeboarding this year and it doesnt look like i'll get the chance. Sucks.

Why not?

[danyeates]

MOTORVATOR said:

My boy Jack showing off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq2P6cyse7A&fea...

Git

Excellent, slightly better video than mine then! I'm just using iMovie, haven't even tried to work Final Cut!! I need to practise both my wakeboarding and video editing skills....

[danyeates]

MOTORVATOR said:

My boy Jack showing off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq2P6cyse7A&fea...

Git

By the way, what boat do you have? A Revenger 27? I currently have a Phantom 27 with a Yamaha 200 HPDI, jack plates etc. It's a bit of a beast!

[Spitbarnatt]

OP would definately find it easier if you had a taller tower. Made a hell of a difference when I fitted mine.

Jack is very good I can only hope I'll look that good at some stage.

I only get two solid weeks of wakeboarding when I take the boat to Italy each year. 6 weeks and counting.

[Junior Bianno]

Please don't mention wakeboarding! Sold our X-star last year and I miss it! Here it is getting loaded up at rowardennan on Loch Lomond. With the KGB filled up and a fatsac in the cockpit the wake was waist high. You didn't need to learn how to jump with that wake - you had to learn how to land

Edited by Junior Bianno on Saturday 26th June 15:46

[Condi]

danyeates said:

Condi said:

Havent managed to go wakeboarding this year and it doesnt look like i'll get the chance. Sucks.

Why not?

I did it with uni last 2 years but havent been able to this year for various reasons. As of next week im not even a student, so might have to cough up full price to go and play!

[LD1Racing]

Didn't think a tow hitch fitted the RS4?

ETA oops, it's an S4, sorry. It's the colour that threw me.

Edited by LD1Racing on Saturday 26th June 17:55

[danyeates]

LD1Racing said:

Didn't think a tow hitch fitted the RS4?

ETA oops, it's an S4, sorry. It's the colour that threw me.

Edited by LD1Racing on Saturday 26th June 17:55

Yep, S4. By the way, the S4 towbar does fit the RS4, the guys at MRC Tuning even have an RS4 with a towbar, it's just Audi won't rate the RS4 for towing as they said it overheats. I believe them, my car in traffic, with this hot weather and the boat does get pretty warm.

[danyeates]

Spitbarnatt said:

OP would definately find it easier if you had a taller tower. Made a hell of a difference when I fitted mine.

Jack is very good I can only hope I'll look that good at some stage.

I only get two solid weeks of wakeboarding when I take the boat to Italy each year. 6 weeks and counting.

Yeah I'm sure. I have only boarded behind a proper ski boat once, that was in Greece. My frame isn't that high. It's the best we're gonna get on my RIB though.

[danyeates]

Junior Bianno said:

Please don't mention wakeboarding! Sold our X-star last year and I miss it! Here it is getting loaded up at rowardennan on Loch Lomond. With the KGB filled up and a fatsac in the cockpit the wake was waist high. You didn't need to learn how to jump with that wake - you had to learn how to land

Edited by Junior Bianno on Saturday 26th June 15:46

Love it! I would love to come up to the Lochs for some wakeboarding. Must arrange something. That boat's no good for the Solent though!

[MOTORVATOR]

danyeates said:

MOTORVATOR said:

My boy Jack showing off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq2P6cyse7A&fea...

Git

By the way, what boat do you have? A Revenger 27? I currently have a Phantom 27 with a Yamaha 200 HPDI, jack plates etc. It's a bit of a beast!

Both my boats are here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC6Lu3QPDBk&fea...

Me driving the Sunseeker XPS34 and Jack driving the Revenger San Marino. He had the best petrolhead deal that day. 8.2l mercruiser with straight through exhausts although the vid hasn't caught that so well. As a shameless plug both coming up for sale cheap to get a Sunseeker Camargue in the next few weeks if anyones interested.

In the wakeboarding vid Jack is behind my brother's Air Nautique which is why he has the tower and such a good wake to jump off he also had the benefit of his spanish uncle on board who works in spanish TV editing so he bloody well should look good.

Phantom 27 threw me. Real Phantoms don't have tubes on them.

[danyeates]

Sorry, mis-worded that really. My boat is an Avon RIB, I meant to say I have a Phantom for sale at the moment. It's a Phantom Evolution, they were racing RIBs. Made by Neil Holmes: http://www.powerboatcentre.com/gallery.htm

It's the same boat as photo 18 on that page but in red. Looks great.

I'm loving the XPS 34. That and the Portofino are the best looking Sunseekers IMO.