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I just got into riverboarding recently using my extractor rescue board. It's way fun, but it's a little heavy and I can't do any tricks. Are there any suggestions for more lightweight boards?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ehren Axley Nov. 17, 2009.
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True, but it's pretty much flat. The surface area of those things are huge, and with the thin profile, they're really cumbersome in and out of the water. Awesome rescue sleds though.
Ha, you think I'm kidding about the red wall eh? Well, first off, I stand by what I originally said about it at the peak of it's glory, and second, waves change size all the time on rivers so it's hard to pin them down. A wave can be 8 feet at one l…
Crap I really wanted that one!
I'm not as much into the record thing as finding something to do first. Honestly, who cares if you did something a little better or weirder (the hat) than someone already did? It's all about the new frontier
So it's funny you said that, I had a westwater canyon trip planned with some friends and about a week before my dad was all like, "well I have a riverboard you can use it you want to." So I was all like, "BOOYAH!" and so I did.
Easily the one of fu…
I'm going to move to florida and do some indoor climbing, cycling, surfing, and making my yearly giant paper chain counting down til river season.
If you are ever in California (Northern and Southern), get in contact with me and we can set you up with a demo on both the Kern Riverboard and Carlson Riverboard.
Levi from Rocky Mountain Riverboards is in Colorado, probably a little closer to you…
oh yeah, i love big water. from the pics you have on here it looks as though it would be enough water to run a bodyboard down :)
Hell. Yes. The bigger the better. Ride the fluffy train!
At 18 pounds the River X Extractor Board isn't any heavier then some of the Ripboards.
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- At 8:28pm on October 29, 2009,
Alicia Anne said…
- Hey Jess, welcome to Team FLI! Thank you for joining the Women of Whitewater group. If you have any questions about anything just ask ;)
- At 9:14am on October 31, 2009,
Alicia Anne said…
- I haven't been out to Utah to board yet, but I'm planning a trip out there sometime next year to Salt Lake. I try to cram as much adventure into a trip as I can, so I'm sure I can add riverboarding to my to-do in Utah list ;) How far are you from SLC?
- At 1:03pm on October 31, 2009,
BrianJ said…
- hey im gonna be living in big sky montana this winter seasons starting in like three weeks. maybe this spring when the snow melts we can get on the river together. i have been riverboarding for 8 years now. mostly on a bodyboard and up in Maine. but i would be super stoked to get on a river out there. by the end of the ski seasons ill need some water time bad!!
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This place Boardworks also makes inflatable boards which are about $850
http://www.boardworkssup.com/boards/bws.php
We have 2 SUP boards, A Uli 11' and a sevlor. you can get the sevlor at poolcenter.com for about $450 delivered. The newer uli models are light and better shaped. The sevlor is a little more mattress feeling, but has the advantage of removable fins,…
2 new waves at the Salida WW Park
If you're on the East Coast below the Mason Dixon line, close to it, or coming into the area to board, connect with other boarders. For riverboardering, airboarding at Canaan, and whatever else you do at face level. Mid-Atlantics are welcome too.
this was the article I mentioned:
http://shanesliquidlogic.blogspot.com/search/label/Versa%20Board
It looks fun and all, but.... standing up moves my head further from the rocks I'll prolly fall into...and those things aren't cheap!
I just tell people that I kayak.
Kind of related, has anyone seen one of these... http://2imagine.net/blogger2009/rapidfire2.html
What I like about them is their ability to ride rivers when they are far too low to riverboard. I do not own one (yet) but I have been looking at the…
I love that one.
MY!!!!! I almost made this EXACT POST yesterday. It irritates me to no end! Read my blog about it. Look at the date! Two days ago. Too funny!
I think it's because of all the hype SUP'ing has received in the media; people get a little glimpse from so…
Friends Don't Let Friends SUP !!!!!
Just kidding, it actually looks pretty fun on inflatables in the river, but in the ocean.......? I'll stick with my 6.0 Quad Fish Shortboard.
I'd be happy if people around my parts would quit calling it water boarding. "you been out water boarding lately?" "No, I'm not into torture."
I don't know how often you get this out west.. but in the midwest everyone seems to think stand up paddleboards are riverboards. I constantly have to correct misperceptions about what a riverboard is.
I don't know how much of that is our sport ju…
I saw part of the movie premier "Haymakers" http://www.kayaksession.com/video186.php this weekend in Hood River and they showed the video footage of this. Turns out the kayaker I was with helped film. The lead-in is a maybe 4' wide slide.
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