Wakeboarding Fail and Success
Fail story:
Summer of 2015 we got a boat. The boat was expensive so we did not want to spend more money on equipment. Like a wakeboard or tube. I went into my garage and got a snowboard I had from previous years. It was a snowboard from Walmart. I tried wakeboarding in the water with it, not my best choice. I swam out and got onto the board and held onto the rope with my life. My mom started the boat and off we went. Already set up for disaster the board dipped into the water and I was completely submerged under water. I was still holding onto the rope a bit after I fell under. When I let go, I flew out of the water. I went back in because of gravity, THANKS GRAVITY. I swam back to the boat and noticed I had scratch marks on my feet because the plastic that holds your feet was sharp. Never again I tried that "solution". I later thought up another solution and it worked!
The Version That Works
After that disaster I ditched the snowboard idea and used a sled. But this time disaster did not strike. It was successful and a fun ride. The sled lasted about 20 ride long rides. The materials I used was a :
A long snow sled. The sled was made out of foam so it's more flexible with the water. I bought the sled at Walmart years before I used it for this.
A screw gun and a screw
One Hole
First I screwed a screw into the board about 5 inches from the top. I then took the screw out and it made a hole big enough for the rope to pass through.
I then took the end of the rope and started threading it through the hole until the handle was on top of the board
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