ELASTIC BOARDING

trevorsmith · Since 25 Apr 2005 501 Posts PDX Addicted

Need to get one of these for the sauvie's no wind days
And to surf the big wake from the Cargo boats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ysVtTBMhTs&mode=related&search=

forrest · Fri Jun 15, 07 10:24 am

Dude, I'm going to make that. That is so simple, yet so awesome.

forrest · Fri Jun 15, 07 10:33 am

What kind of elastic do you think they used? I am going to build one of these for no wind days down at the sandbar or Lyle. Looks so fun!

trevorsmith · Since 25 Apr 2005 501 Posts PDX Addicted

I think just something like this would work

http://www.doityourself.com/invt/u138035

You could also double or triple up the cord to give it a bit more "power"

Trevor--

Hein · Since 08 Mar 2005 1314 Posts Possessed

a winch would be better:

set one up in the spit parking lot
and use the current to feed it out

fire it up and ride back.

Gman · Since 11 Feb 2006 4911 Posts Portland Unstrapped

Hein on the right track

"The Winch can pull a rider at up to 30 mph and will retail for around $850"

http://www.wakeworld.com/news/2003/expo1.asp

forrest · Fri Jun 15, 07 11:00 am

Yea, but that's the same shit as buying a boat. It's not convienent, uses gas, and costs a fortune. I want energy as free as wind.

I'm sure that winch thing can get you up to speed to hit a slider though.

Hein · Since 08 Mar 2005 1314 Posts Possessed

...and now it's time to put 2 and 2 together

Gman · Since 11 Feb 2006 4911 Posts Portland Unstrapped

Human powered. Pedal bitches!

forrest · Fri Jun 15, 07 11:16 am

I don't follow... If you're talking about a spring loaded winch that you wind up, sounds like a pretty good way to get your fingers chopped off.

Kataku2k3 · Since 14 Aug 2005 3753 Posts Los Angeles, CA Videographer

I'd go for surgical tubing (seems like it'd take a decent length of it, no matter the material). Find some pretty beefy shit, but nothing too big that you can't pull it back. Put a kite bar on one end with a chicken loop, and wear your harness so it's easier to stretch down the beach!

Hein · Since 08 Mar 2005 1314 Posts Possessed

more along the lines of what to do with the slider
if the man is not going to let it get wet. Someone
got a 1500 ft pond?

sorry to be vague

what's wrong with burning a little GAS?

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SteveD · Since 20 May 2007 10 Posts Beaverton New Member

Surgical tubing would work. 50 feet cost about $50 and the stuff stretches to 7 times its length.

I've used it in the past for speed workouts for runners. All you would need is an anchor point.

forrest · Fri Jun 15, 07 11:29 am

Nothing wrong with burning gas. I just like stuff that's fun that doesn't cost any money beyond just buying the initial gear and getting to the location.

If we had a pond, we could mount that winch system in about 10 feet up so it pulls from the right place!

We'll get the slider in the water. No worries here.

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

mschulz · Since 29 May 2007 530 Posts Reno, NV Addicted

I hate to be the safety guy here, but I would recommend 1/2 the suspected diameter and doubling it up. That way, if / when the tube/cord breaks, you will not get a free vasectomy from the recoil line. I have used a similar idea in rivers attaching bungee cords to the end of a ski rope and securing the other end to a bridge. It was fun until one of my buddies took the rope in the face.

trevorsmith · Since 25 Apr 2005 501 Posts PDX Addicted

http://www.reefscuba.com/surgical_tubing.htm

lots of different sizes.

Do you mean by double up, having 2 tied together, or have 1 smaller size inside of the other one? I imagine if you have some vasoline, and a string you could pull a second smaller size tubing inside another one. That would prevent a kick back from a break.

Trevor--