Sure have, we just put 4 bolts straight through the board and it is bloody madness. the straps are along the centre of the board where you would put your feet if surfing, and you start just like a wake boarder.

the nuts under the board didnt effect performance at all because you're not going fast and in any case the boat determines speed.

Its so good its hard to choose between that and the wake board or ski.

we also got 2 going and jumped across onto each others boards so 2 of us were skurfing on 1 board.

The board is a really small tri fin, from about 1087 BC. Fully highly recommended. if the glass is a bit sus, use metal plates like big washers.

in the eighties we used to put straps and mast bases on our surfboards, and then stick our pryde maui tri-panel rigs on them when it was windy. boards ranged from 5'10" to 6'6".
everyone who windsurfs should try that stuff. it's fun.

Yer scurfing is the same as freeboarding, and its great fun. i managed to brake my nose doing it too 3 days before we left for singapore, went into hospital the day before to get it good again. The funny thing is i hit it with my knee

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"skurfing" ????? Is this what we used to call "freeboarding"? (ie. riding a surfboard behind a tinnie.)

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Divided by our common language again, yep, sounds the same to me, we've always called it skurfing in the west, even when we did it behind our cars. There's some lackes in the middle of Perth suburbia called "Perry lakes" in the 60's when it was flat you could just about drive all the way round one of them, turning round at each end was a pain, but it was fun, til the local council blamed us for the mess the hoons made doing wheelies on the grass.

When bolting fittings to foam core dinghys we used to drill a small pilot hole then, using a sharpened allen key, you dig out the foam behing the glass. You end up with a small hole in the glass and a big void underneath. You then fill this with thickened resin and after it's gone off you tap a thread into it and fit the straps. Really strong, waterproof and doesn't affect the bottom of the board.

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and now I have two very short surfboards

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time for waterski then!
at least now you know how to bolt the bindings

nah, not your fault mate. I had my doubts about cutting into the stringer but in good faith in the advice given by one of the local wind shop owners, I did it anyway.

next time.