Furry Friends Wakeskating

flict. · Pop Shuvit Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 145 City: Orlando

Has anyone attempted to teach their dog to wakeskate? Im very interested in starting to teach my 4 month old american bulldog to do this. I figured i could use the byerly 05 (its like a boat on water) and make some sort of mount in the front of the board that the rope would attach to. Then i would tie about 1 foot of rope and a handle to the device in the front so Scooter could hang on. Any ideas?

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10751 City: Jefferton

I don't know, but please give him a doggy vest. I know dogs can swim and all, but there are these people on our lake who went for a pontoon boat ride and I guess their dog either jumped off of the boat, or swam out to them after they left, but they didn's see it and it drowned. Huge bummer becuase I love animals...

Anyway, good luck with that.

flict. · Pop Shuvit Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 145 City: Orlando

He loves water but not a great swimmer. We will of course invest in a doggie life vest. It will happen......you'll see.

skatethewake247 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Posts: 172 City: nova

sounds pretty sick, but good idea on the doggy vest i love dogs to they should stay alive

flict. · Pop Shuvit Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 145 City: Orlando

He is also only 30 lbs so the ski wouldnt have to move that fast to keep him out of the water. I think its very possible.

jordan · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 649 City: Spectre

yeah i have been pondering with my jack russel, i always try to teach him to skateboard, i was thinking a wakesurf board would be best.

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

My dog is a crazy good tuber she just sits back there and chills.

chriscut · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 2000

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XE6QntZDim0 if dogs can skateboard i'm sure that wakeskating is possible. You might have to hold them up while they are getting up though. Laughing

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

Chris Barcellos, Laughing

That has to be one of the coolest things i have ever seen!

jordan · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 649 City: Spectre

[quote="freerider4"]My dog is a crazy good tuber she just sits back there and chills.[/quote]

same here, but he could barely see out of it.

I have been trying forever to get my dog to skateboard, the best i can get is him sitting on it while i ride my cruiser.

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

My friend and I had his dog skateboarding. The dog really sucked though and kept falling off I will post some photos.

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

im thinking a wakeskate will be too small, maybe with a wakesurf board...

integrity640 · Kickflip Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 2866 City: Ocala

flict. definetly use a wakesurf board. I rode behind one the other day at 70ft for shits and giggles and it was impossible for the board to ef up. It is so stable and sticky because of its massive fins. So try teachin him on that, id suggest if its a real small dog maybe techin him to hold an old handle in his mouth??? anywho good luck

oh yah anyone ever seen the waterskiing squirrel??? Cool

marshk344 · Posted: Jun 25, 2006 8:08 pm Post subject:

His name is Nutty the Squirrel and he's three years old.

That squirrel can waterski. Man thats hilarious.

wakeforce81 · Faceplant Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 33 City: Detroit

the bigger the board the better, before i ever heard of a wakeboard/wakeskate i used to get pulled behind a ponton boat on a windsurfer and ever so often we used to take our dog along for the ride, she loved it. good luck with the wakeskate thing though.

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

wakeforce81 a windsurfer, I think I could fit my whole family and some friends on one of those things. What was the most people you ever got on it?

stompin9s · Posted: Jun 25, 2006 11:14 pm Post subject:

my lab loves the water but she would def be a puss about wakeskating. she does like jetski rides tho. the great pyr hates water so bad even tho she has webbed feet lol

ollieshuvitz · Posted: Jun 26, 2006 12:08 am Post subject:

Does this count as a dog wakeskating?

photo taken at Miami Wakeboard

ripava82 · Guest

thats cool, i wonder how he did that?

kyle41 · Posted: Jun 26, 2006 1:28 am Post subject:

Nutty the watersking squirrel? Whatever happened to twiggy the watersking squirrel? Did he retire Crying or Very sad