Hey y'all. I am currently looking to find fellow surfers who have been ticketed while wakesurfing. So far, the tickets I have seen issued are usually due to the ignorance of on a select few officers. However, as we all know, it only takes a few rotten apples to spoil the whole bunch. I am finishing up an actual page where cited surfers will be able to fill out a brief summary and some quick contact info about their run in with Johnny Law.
The AWSA looks forward to helping out as much as is possible for us. If anyone that has been ticketed for a surfing incident, please feel free to email me. I am more than willing to see what can be done to provide reference materials for assistance, or if you have already experienced a case, I would love to hear your story and outcome.
Once again, a site to report incidents will be available shortly and I will post a link here as well.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Wakesurfing Laws and Regulations
In my personal opinion, Our main setback is the broad scope of interpretation of the current laws allow when it comes to towsports. It has been somewhat common talk throughout the community that due to the genius' years ago (and many still do so today) that choose to Teak Surf and take the chance of dying a wonderful death and rather quickly at that by being head level with the exhaust. I agree with THIS ban as it will definitely save lives.
For those of you who do not know the difference, TEAK SURFING, which can be at the very least extremely dangerous and make you very sick, or much worse, kill you rather quickly, is where an occupant chooses to hang onto the teak platform while the boat is underway. This should in NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM be compared to WAKE SURFING, in which the rider uses a rope of usually 21' or more, along with a board, to surf behind the boat. At the standing height of the rider and the length away from the boat, the risk of Carbon Monoxide (CO) exposure is minimal at best. There are studies available that show this, which I will post up here as soon as I have permission to do so.
For those of you who do not know the difference, TEAK SURFING, which can be at the very least extremely dangerous and make you very sick, or much worse, kill you rather quickly, is where an occupant chooses to hang onto the teak platform while the boat is underway. This should in NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM be compared to WAKE SURFING, in which the rider uses a rope of usually 21' or more, along with a board, to surf behind the boat. At the standing height of the rider and the length away from the boat, the risk of Carbon Monoxide (CO) exposure is minimal at best. There are studies available that show this, which I will post up here as soon as I have permission to do so.
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