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  1. FerrariF50lover

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    #1 FerrariF50lover, Jun 20, 2007
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    So my neighbors were gone in Africa so me and my buddies were swimming in their pond. My friend thought it would be a great idea to go wakeboarding in their pond it turned out not so bad. I called up my other buddy and we got my old wakeboard. Our tow vehicale was a 4x4 fourwheeler


    In this video we were still working on the length of the rope as you can see it proved to be a little to short.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3uwx6jPF9o
    Here was the 2nd shot and it turned out better but my sister forgot to turn the camera off.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjjhRN60nMA

    Heres some pictures as well. The first person is my friend the second and third are me.
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  2. BMW.SauberF1Team

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    #2 BMW.SauberF1Team, Jun 20, 2007
    Very creative and it looked like fun! I've tried wakeboarding before and I just couldn't catch on. Water skiing isn't a problem, but I guess I wasn't used to standing sideways. Btw, do you have more pics of that pond? What does your neighbor use it for? It looks rather large and man made...
     
  3. MGD416

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    #3 MGD416, Jun 20, 2007
    seems semi dangerous but fun!
     
  4. Gilles27

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    #4 Gilles27, Jun 20, 2007
    What do they put in the water? Looks like it's dyed.
     
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    #5 BMW.SauberF1Team, Jun 21, 2007
    You mean like that stuff they put in the water for those fancy putt putt golf places?
     
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    #6 8 SNAKE, Jun 21, 2007
    A lot of people put dye in pond water to keep plant growth from taking over.
     
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    #7 Schatten, Jun 21, 2007
    Nate! That rocked! Love the idea!
     
  8. FerrariF50lover

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    #8 FerrariF50lover, Jun 21, 2007
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    Me and my two friends who went have wakeboarded for some years. The danger factor was extremly little we can carve hard to avoid the rocks.

    Thanks Randy, it took a couple trys to perfect with the rope length and such. But once we got everything worked out it was fun.

    Here is a picture of most of the pond. It does have a water slide, a trampolein, a blob, and a long tube that hangs of the side of the trampolein. They are adding a zipline soon so we wil try to wakeboard off that as well.
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    #9 Gilles27, Jun 21, 2007
    I was thinking more along the lines of the stuff they put in those fancy toilets:)
     
  10. ADON

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    #10 ADON, Jun 25, 2007
    I don't think I would want to be swimming in that dye.
     
  11. 8 SNAKE

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    #11 8 SNAKE, Jun 25, 2007
    The dye is harmless. It just blocks the transmission of light down into the water to limit plant and algae growth. Fish aren't bothered by it at all.
     
  12. BMW.SauberF1Team

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    #12 BMW.SauberF1Team, Jun 25, 2007
    But don't they eat plants and stuff? I guess they throw in those pellets for them to eat.
     
  13. adamr

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    #13 adamr, Jun 25, 2007
    Maybe the blue stuff is copper sulfate. When I was a kid we used to use it to treat our pond.
     
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    #14 8 SNAKE, Jun 25, 2007
    Depends on the fish, but most game fish aren't going to live off the algae or other plants.
     
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    #15 Nick@Autobahn, Jun 25, 2007
    man, that looks awesome. We used to try to do that in the pool, but it never worked out very good.
     

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