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tinyE
Since 21 Jan 2006
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 Wed Nov 01, 06 12:46 pm surf trainer |
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from a friend of a friend... thought it was worth sharing.
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Something of a joke,
I invented a surftrainer for at home. When I got back from France I thouht it would be possible to make a surftrainer to improve the standup.
So I shaped a wooden plate exactly like my surfboard and mounted it on 2 springs from a car suspension. The springs I welded on an H-shaped metal platform for stability.
The crazy thing is that it works pretty well. I had to lift the rear using some wooden blocks but now it's working good. The springs make your balance tricky and simulate the water better than I expected.
I hope you don't laugh yourself to death with this stupid Idea. But I know one thing. It works and I can't wait to go back and catch some big ones.
See ya later, with more stupid inventions.
Maybe I replace the rear spring by an airsrping driven by a sequential electrical engine. I can send a programme trough a computer to the engine and really simulalte the movement of a wave. Maybe next spring I'll try that.
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
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Los Angeles, CA
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| Wed Nov 01, 06 1:03 pm |
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Cool, but I think tramp training for kiting is more fun! 
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marina c
Since 03 Apr 2006
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| Fri Nov 03, 06 8:42 am |
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| or there's the surfball.net trainer used by Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama, etc.... it's also featured in the Nov/Dec06 issue of The Kiteboarder which just started hitting the NW this week....
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Yardsale
Since 29 Mar 2005
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| Fri Nov 03, 06 10:43 am |
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Yardsale
Since 29 Mar 2005
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| Fri Nov 03, 06 10:55 am New, New surf trainer |
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Hi Marina, can I advertise my new surf trainer as well................? 
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marina c
Since 03 Apr 2006
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| Fri Nov 03, 06 11:01 am |
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haha.... not bad:)
he (brett) doesn't advertise... just a friend of Ryan's who we're trying to help out...
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Hein
Since 08 Mar 2005
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| Fri Nov 03, 06 12:47 pm |
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They have mechanical bulls.
Why not a mechanical surf board?
Set it up in a bar, get some people
drunk and then let them have a go.
Entertainment!
-Hein
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marina c
Since 03 Apr 2006
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| Fri Nov 03, 06 12:51 pm |
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| hey that's actually not a bad idea!
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Mocean
Since 21 Sep 2005
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Newport
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| Fri Nov 03, 06 4:05 pm |
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Hint:
99% of Surfing is PADDLING!
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
6081 Posts
forever labled as the
retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master
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| Sat Nov 04, 06 11:02 am |
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| Hein wrote: | They have mechanical bulls.
Why not a mechanical surf board?
Set it up in a bar, get some people
drunk and then let them have a go.
Entertainment!
-Hein |
The actually have those already. I played in once in a video arcade. The board tilited on 3 axis and you rode the waves on a big video screen.
Now if the could only surround you with a bunch of moody assholes with scowls on their face acting like the own the fucking ocean it would be even more like surfing!
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