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Sandusky, United States
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Most of the professional riders that took part on the day started off pretty shakily, but as they kept at it they quickly got over the learning curve, as they expect most riders are able to do when first having a go.
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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The ride is $5 for a 30 minute session during the day at Dreamworld shared with 15 other guests, or you can come along for NightRider which is $20 for an hour shared with 12 other riders or $5 for non-riding spectators.
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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Much like most boarding sports, the FlowRider attraction is just as much a spectator sport as it is one for the participants.
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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There are several ways to "board" FlowRider. The most difficult of which is to drop in on the wave. One of the easier options is to gently lean onto the wave from the base.
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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If you do fall off you'll either slide to the bottom or be whisked to the top by the wave where there is a madded mesh flooring. Taking a spill is half the fun!
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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The padded surface means it's pretty impossible to injure yourself on the attraction, no matter how bad your stack.
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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Riders keep themselves on the wave by applying pressure with their back foot, making it different in this sense to sports like surfing and snowboarding where riders control themselves primarily with their front foot.
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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The ride works by pumping a stream of water up over a padded wave-shaped platform at 30km/hr.
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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Even on overcast days like this FlowRider is heated to a toasty 27ยบ.
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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Also Melbourne's Adam Murray (formerly South Africa) gave it a crack, as an expert flowboarder and kiteboarder.
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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Hawaii's Sean Barnes was up first, ranked the best Flowboarder in the US.
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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As well as this, some of the world's leading Flowboarders came along to show how it's really done.
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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To celebrate the launch of FlowRider, a handful of Australia's brightest young stars in each sport were brought in to give it a go to see which sport comes out on top.
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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The sport has been described as a combination of surfing, snowboarding, wakeboarding and skating, with skills from each coming in handy.
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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The attraction is best summed us as a stationary wave which riders can surf or bodyboard on.
by Richard Wilson, 19 years ago
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