The Flowrider!

So above is our first experience with the Flowrider. Martin even got up on his knees to do this one, which was pretty "tricky". By the end of the week however, we realized just how shaky he was! He got SOOO much better by the week's end. The following video was Martin's first attempt on the stand-up surfing. He didn't last long, but just wait till the end of the post!



The next one is Rebecca's attempt at stand-up surfing. We got so addicted to this thing! The videos really show what this was all about so you'll just have to click on them! :)




The thing about this surfing thing was the adrenaline rush! You would only stay up for a few seconds, but it was enough to make you want to wait in line for 20 minutes for your next two second chance! You also didn't care that you biffed it either! This happened when I got brought up to the top. Where you surf it is nice and spongy but at the top it has a hard plastic grate. Ouch! This picture doesn't even show it at it's worst. A day or so later, it had a nice looking bruise underneath it! I noticed this scratch while I was waiting in line for my next run, but I didn't care. I just kept going!

So after we officially got addicted we planned that the next day at sea we would spend every waking moment at the stand-up surfing. The only problem was, THEY CLOSED IT! Martin was surfing, and the main guy came up and told them that Martin was the last person to ride it, they were switching it over to boogey boarding. I guess someone else had gotten hurt on another ship. So we filed a formal complaint and went and sulked in our room! We resigned ourselves that we would never do it again. We eventually did go back. Martin did the boogey boarding and I just read. I did capture this video though. It is kind of long, but the ending is FANTASTIC!




So here we finally arrive to Saturday. Like the responsible adults we were, we went to our room to start packing after breakfast. We were just starting to gather our things when we heard an announcement. It was back on!!! We stripped down in 2 seconds flat, got our swim suits on and we were at the flowrider in about 5 mins. We were THRILLED! Because we had complained at dinner the two nights before, some of our dinner group figured that we would be there so they came to check us out! The following two videos are Martin and mine last runs. Unfortunately, we didn't capture a good enough video that showed what Martin could do. He was probably one of the best on the ship, not including the employees! We really, really miss the flowrider. I know, it's a little pitiful! :)