Air Chair Hydrofoil

Nutmonkey

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I just got a boat a few months back and am looking for new towing means. Anybody tried out the Air Chair? It seems totally different from anything else, looks really fun. I only looked a little around on the net but they are like $1500. a little pricy
 

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silentbutdeadly

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They are pretty hard to learn on but once you get them dialed it's pretty fun. You can ride rough water which is good for most public lakes.

I've been water skiing and wakeboarding my whole life and I couldn't get up the first twenty or so tries to save my life. On the other hand I've seen several incompetant water skiers do it without any problem.
 

silentbutdeadly

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They are pretty hard to learn on but once you get them dialed it's pretty fun. You can ride rough water which is good for most public lakes.

I've been water skiing and wakeboarding my whole life and I couldn't get up the first twenty or so tries to save my life. On the other hand I've seen several incompetant water skiers do it without any problem.
Yeah but what do y ou do once you're up and going?
Big airs and flips mostly. It's a pretty cool sensation cause it lets you down soft and you have a nice floaty feel. There's a guy across the river from us who rips on it. He'll do flips ten feet in the air and the water doesn't even have to be smooth.

Not my cup of tea though, especially for 1500. Wakeboarding is hard enough, I don't need something else!
 

silentbutdeadly

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They are pretty hard to learn on but once you get them dialed it's pretty fun. You can ride rough water which is good for most public lakes.

I've been water skiing and wakeboarding my whole life and I couldn't get up the first twenty or so tries to save my life. On the other hand I've seen several incompetant water skiers do it without any problem.
Yeah but what do y ou do once you're up and going?
Big airs and flips mostly. It's a pretty cool sensation cause it lets you down soft and you have a nice floaty feel. There's a guy across the river from us who rips on it. He'll do flips ten feet in the air and the water doesn't even have to be smooth.

Not my cup of tea though, especially for 1500. Wakeboarding is hard enough, I don't need something else!
That video made me dizzy. I guess that dude can do pretty cool stuff on that thing. But to me its like fruitbooting or sponging. There's some people who can really kill at those sports. But no matter what its still just kinda gay.

The dude's doing backflips on an airchair clearly spent a lot of time practicing. Thats not something you just get strapped in and start doing. There's a lot of things I'd rather spend my time practicing and improving over my air chair skills.
That's how typical wakeboarders perceive them. Kind of like fat chicks and Vespas, they may be fun but you don't want your friends to see you on em!

Also, sky skiers can be dicks in the water since they don't rely on good conditions they can be very inconsiderate of others.
 

Nutmonkey

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Wow, I had no idea you could boost air like that. That dude was gettin up there.
Im gonna look around cause if I can find one for like $300 thats all good.
Mo bettah leisure!
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It aint as good as surfing.

Nothing is as good as surfing.

Nothin!
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