Tag: lake shasta

Photo by Bon

Surf: Wake!!!

Ahh Shasta! Warm, saltless water, mud, and wakeboarding.

We camped on an island out in the lake. Just us and some really hungry deer. The first night I scared a deer out of our food box multiple times. It wasn’t the slightest bit scared of me and my RAAAAARRRRing and stomping.

Weather was beautiful. We even had a light thunderstorm Saturday night. It was so nice to fall asleep in my tent to thunder and light right.

I also got in two days of wakeboarding. I haven’t wakeboarded since 2010 so my expectations were pretty low. I managed to get up pretty easy and hang on tight. By the second day I managed to swish down the face of the wake. I haven’t quite figured out this whole crossing the wake thing just yet. Once it gets bumpy I tend to lose it. I made it over once, so there’s a start.

Pretty minimal on the faceplant side of things too. 😀
Yeah, progress!

Surf: Flat, like it was a lake or something.

Went up to Lake Shasta for the 4th. Camping, goofing off in freshwater, and a great opportunity to learn to wakeboard.

I watched a few friends try it. Lots of faceplants! Figuring out how to get to your feet while a boat is taking off is not easy. I was pretty nervous about trying it since I’ve never really done any tow sports, but I got the hang of it pretty fast.

First attempt, got up to my feet, maybe went a few feet before faceplant. Second attempt was about the same with extra faceplant. Maybe 4th attempt in and I was up, riding the wake, and hanging on for a good half lap around the lake!

The basic idea once you’re up is pretty similar to surfing. It’s a lot of fun and really puts to use all those leg muscles I don’t really work out that much as a longboarder.

Can’t wait to try it again.