Is tubing growing in popularity or is just me?

Tubing Sucks. End of story. Learn some boat Etiquette, Do your kids a favor and teach them to board, ski, or foot. Anyone can ride on a tube of air. You should be ashamed to pull a tube behind your Correct Craft. If you dissagree, it's time to sell that $50,000.00 Nautique, grab some chips, and put your bitch ass in front of youtube, watch some videos on what watersports are all about.

simply put.. if you tube, you suck. No one likes to suck.

And you can complain about just anything these days...

For instance, I'm not a big fan of the wakeboarders on our lake and river either... (And again: not all of them are this way) They come with their big bling wakeboard boats throwing a massive wake, busting up my barefoot and slalom glass, looking at nothing and thinking the water is theirs only

But the one thing I hate most is the @-holes with their yachts. Going on the lake around noon at full speed, not looking at skiers or anything, anchor and drinking wine and beer all day. Then they come back in the evening, doing little contests amongst each other (half drunk) full speed, throwing huge wakes... Being a danger to everybody.

We have a saying here amongst skiboat owners: "The bigger the boat, the more stupid the driver"

Almost had an accident with an f****ing @**hole like that two sundays ago. We were wakesurfing with my boat and my surfer fell. Made my turn to pick him up when I saw one of those idiots come right towards my fallen buddy. My friend started waving his board in the air to notify the yacht owner of his presence in the water. The guy still came right at him. I gave full throttle to get to my surfer as fast as I could and block the way for that yacht. At the last moment he changed course, throwing a massive wake that almost drowned my guy and sank my boat...
I was so pissed, that I gave the order to my guy to get in the boat and to my passengers to hold on thight...
And I went after that stupid mother********ing idiot. After a wild chase, I got next to his boat when he arrived near the beach where he was gonna anchor...
I was so pissed and angry, I jumped on his boat and slapped him right in the face, in front of his guests, warning him that if he ever pulled a stunt like that again, I would sink his boat!!!
He just payed for all the other yacht owners I guess... And my friends sat there in my boat tongue-tied

yep pussification
I wanted to commit suicide frome extreme boredom after watching kids complain about bumps while riding the tube in a "safe and sane" manner where they never were ejected and didn't even get their hair wet. Ok the kids 5 but geez. while we were sitting on the dock I told the boy the tube only needs one thing: a knife.

We just had a 10 year old killed within the last weekend or two also Bill. Pulled by a rented pontoon he fell off and was run over by a following boat.As a parent I just could not imagine that. Joel and Quinner can confirm since they live closer to that lake,but I understand it's small and has heavy traffic?

C-Bass wrote: It's part of the pussification of America, and the constant need for instant gratification. Lots of kids aren't encouraged to learn something difficult that may not happen in an afternoon.

Bingo!


We've about had it with these d-bags too.

I wouldn't do it because it would be wrong... but I can't help but think about going around the campground at night with a needle and just sticking pin holes in those big MF tubes! I think it would be fun to watch them try to keep them inflated all day long watching those kids wake up in the morning, crying, because the "Big Bertha" tube that's strapped to the back of that big I/O is deflated, and dad forgot to bring the patch kit.

We have a tube, the kids used to enjoy it but since they have gotten older they don't even ask to bring it anymore. I think I'm going to sell it.

I did have to give a jet skier the one fingered salute last weekend, he was jumping the wake right behind Justin as he was wakeboarding! As soon as he seen me yelling and waving the finger at him he turned and went the other way.

There are a lot of courteous boaters out there, but unfortunately they seem to be a dying species.

   

Our lake turned public a month ago. We have also been taken over with the tube ona couch behind a super air nautique species.

I guess whats really happening is that you guy's are getting older    I gotta go, some kids are on my lawn

81nautique wrote: I am pretty predjudiced on this one but when I see a tubing family this is what I vision,then I puke. Tell me that kid has a chance.

What are they looking down at?
Leaning concrete? Grab handles that broke? Wondering if he'll make it?

81nautique wrote: I am pretty predjudiced on this one but when I see a tubing family this is what I vision,then I puke. Tell me that kid has a chance.

He's out of breath and hasn't completely beached himself yet.


I took my daughter to one of the local marinas Saturday to see how she liked the fit on the boots on a new pair of intermediate skis. The skis and wakeboards are in the back showroom. You find them after you walk past all the fn tubes, which you can see in the front of the store from the road.
The co-owner spent some time talking with my daughter about the progress of her skiing. In parting, she tells my daughter how happy she is that she's skiing because so few kids on the lake even try to learn anymore. She then says "hardly anyone even bothers to go in the back showroom anymore. They just come and buy tubes." It's not my place to tell her how to run her business and I'm sure the tubes are her money makers but I sure felt like saying "So put the fn tubes in the backroom and make them walk past the skis and boards."
Driving past the lake yersterday, I looked out to see a pontoon pulling kids on a tube, chasing a cuddy pulling kids on a tube, in a nice little circle. Quite the circus act.

Sounds like you need waterski ambassadors out there.

Nick,

Michigan has the most beautiful lakes in the Midwest hands down. We spent a week up in Glen Lake over the fourth, In the AM it was skiers only but once the lunch bell rang, omg tubers everywhere, majority being pulled by big dollar V-Drives with towers or brand new Cobalts, wtf?? No skiers anywhere. Craziest thing I saw was what appeared to be a Dad wakesurfing his kids on an i/o Cobalt, dangerous and lame all in one.

81nautique wrote: I am pretty predjudiced on this one but when I see a tubing family this is what I vision,then I puke. Tell me that kid has a chance.

It's all McDonalds fault not theirs!!!

I think dad needs a 'Bro' He's got some serious man boobs!

I agree to everything that all y'all have said. YES the tubes are getting obnoxious and all that people want to do anymore. Allan is dead on. Kids are getting fat and lazy and it's up to parents to stay active in some cases.
The last two times I had taken teenagers out they wanted to tube. I first time I said I didn't have any but that I had kneeboards. They were bummed but after trying them out were glad I didn't have tubes. The 2nd pair tubed as I borrowed Nautiquehunters which I really did have to get sweet talked into but convinced them to try and kneeboard once we found good water and they loved it as well.

My daughter Sydney (who's 16) surprised the heck out of me by saying " Dad, next weekend we are at your house we need to get up at 6AM and come to the lake so we'll have good water to ski on! These tubers are ruining the water!" Music to my ears Gentlemen.

81nautique wrote: if Dad is pot bellied, beer drinking, kinda guy the kids are a lost cause.

Hey I resemble that remark and my 5 year old skis and my 1 year old will be on the ski trainer next year. And neither one will ever be on a tube or play soccer.