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First ATB ride

johnnylaing - 8-3-2009 at 10:40 PM

I took my first ride on Laura's ATB yesterday at Jekyll and my first today on my newly reworked Earthboard with a 3.5 Rage...SS bearings and 3" slicks...really cool!! No straps yet( saved me) cause I'm constantly running off the board. Did get some cruises in a parked position...I'm really fairly comfortable on it, probably because of landsailing it with a windsurf rig for 3 years. That is it on the avatar sailing backside with a 6 meter sail. It's gonna be real fun with more beach than I had tonite. Plus, we have tourists and spring breakers that think the beach is for stuff other than sailing. I'm gonna pray for them.

PHREERIDER - 9-3-2009 at 06:16 AM

cool, lines are the same

straps will help powerslides with confidence

keep those spectators back ... bocci balls and all

kitedog - 9-3-2009 at 07:03 AM

Yeah man!! The transformation is almost complete. Have you dusted off those windsurfers lately? ;-)

johnnylaing - 9-3-2009 at 08:03 AM

you would windsurf also if you could leave four sails rigged and waiting in a shed in the dunes.
ouch.