Just wondering what people do to keep up or progress their board skills during winter/offseason (if you live in QLD)

Some I have dreamt up:

1. Skateboarding (ive found this real easy to hurt yourself)

2. Cable Ski (pretty much weekends only)

3. Snowboarding (if you dont live near a mountain then its holidays only)

4. Landboarding (with no kite, just down hills - again difficult and easy to kill yourself)

5. Wakeboarding (hard unless you have a boat or know someone with one)

6. Dune boarding (pretty inconsistent but fantastic if you like a mouth full of sand)

Any more suggestions so that I can not look like a pleb next season?

I'd give my left one for a cable park in Perth.

There was a kiting simulator on here once might be worth searching. Even had a fan for wind. Otherwise yeah go kiting or head north. Nth Qld season only just beginning.

Would also like a cable park in Perth...

You will find cable parks are pretty expensive. If you know someone with a tinny you could learn to wakeskate or use it to hit some rails. Or I think the best option is learning to skateboard, use can do it anywhere anytime and it makes everything else seem easy.

go to cairns, not townsville, (its a windless hole). It is dry and looks promising for wind. The rain has stopped. Could be in for a long dry tradewind season.

me too what happened to the spearwood one?

ApatheticEnd said...

I'd give my left one for a cable park in Perth.

www.facebook.com/pages/Cable-Park-for-Perth/188902208425

this is pretty old early last year maybe it died a death, hope not

offseason, off season,what is this offseason you talk about . is it like when the salt and pepper goes off

sir ROWDY said...

You will find cable parks are pretty expensive.

Just out of interest, how much do they charge for using the Cable Parks over East. I've only used Cable parks in the UK, where typical prices are:

£19 or $30 for an hour
£560 or $1100 for annual membership

I wouldn't consider the annual membership above to be expensive, if your gonna use it regular, same as when you join a Gym. I reckon there is a gap in the market for a BIG cable park over here in Perth.

What were the estimates to get it going Charl. I have spare money just lying around everywhere getting in the way, need to ofload.
It has to be in perth, bunbury just wouldnt get the nembers u would think
Ten ur bang on massive market and growing, lots more crew into kiting creates tons more business when no wind
Forcast migration to Perth is huge too
Charl what was behind the closure,was it making money?
Whenever i went there always seemed pretty quiet.
I really miss getting dragged round the Uk cable with hailstones smashing u in the face
I love Australia the best place on earth(especially WA)

sir ROWDY said...

You will find cable parks are pretty expensive.

sorry rowdy goto disagree with you there , all depends on how you use it . 6 months for 800 and i go everyday after work . my family's got a skiboat but cost me over 100 bucks to tow up the dam and pay my share of fuel $70 for a day pass is still cheaper and i've never been longer than 4 hours . plus super quick to get riding and when your done walk away no clean up . kiting is a fairly cheep sport but how much does the average person spend on kites a year . crunch the numbers and see what you come up with

lotofwind said...

Wakeboarders have started putting really high attachment poles on the back of their boats in a mocking way.

Started ? where have you been? we've been doing that since the 90's

I enjoy "midget throwing" as it helps my pumping skills

GET A SMOOTHSTAR helps my board riding so much

strez said...

sir ROWDY said...

You will find cable parks are pretty expensive.

sorry rowdy goto disagree with you there , all depends on how you use it . 6 months for 800 and i go everyday after work . my family's got a skiboat but cost me over 100 bucks to tow up the dam and pay my share of fuel $70 for a day pass is still cheaper and i've never been longer than 4 hours . plus super quick to get riding and when your done walk away no clean up . kiting is a fairly cheep sport but how much does the average person spend on kites a year . crunch the numbers and see what you come up with

Yeah well I would have to disagree with you, it's all how you use it.
For one I'm not going to go everyday because it's to far, so I'm not going to get a membership.
Secondly I prefer to wakeskate most of the time, which involves a lot of crashing and at cable a lot of walking, which most of the time to me doesn't really seem worth it.
thirdly my mates have a tinnie, said tinnie cost 25 bucks to fill up and lasts about 3 days worth of sessions... One day at the cable costs you $58bucks. You don't need to wash your tinnie out, or even really take care of it like a real boat because it doesn't cost 70G.
I got no idea how much the average person spends on kites, infact I got no idea even what the retail price is on a kite. But I definitely wouldn't be buying new kites every year if I wasn't sponsored whether I was loaded or not.