will it work? artifficial pull...

wakemoto4 · Faceplant Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 11

ok to start off with i im looking for a fun and easy way to wakeskate w/o a boat.. and ive looked at some winches but i came up with another idea. I live on a lake and have land on a river.. at my land we have a pretty old irrigation pump that hooks up to the back of a tractor to pump water for different stuff. my idea was to hook that up and run a pipe down next to the river and use some sort of plastic surface about 20ft by 20ft and just pump the water over it. it would kind of be like those artificial waves except i would shoot the water down the river and just have a handel attached to a tree or another object. I have yet to test the pumps output pressure but am looking forward to doing that very soon. if it puts out a decent amount of water do you think that i could funnel it down to a nozzel or something so that it will spread about a 2 or 3 inches of water over the section of plastic or other material? welll i just thought id tell everyone my idea and see what yall think of it. if any body has any suggestions i would appreciate it. Laughing

Raven · Posted: Jan 07, 2006 5:56 pm Post subject:

You my friend are a genius, if you can make that work. I bet it would help if you put it on a decline, good luck. Make a documentary , I'd like to see how it works.

wakemoto4 · Faceplant Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 11

yea that is what i was thinking.. i have a perfect spot for that b/c on the river the banks are about the perfect slope and they are easily accessable

ZoSo · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 900 City: Winnipeg

That would be sick...you'd have to have a fast enough flow though. Maybe look up how much flow those wave machines put out, and see if your pump matches it.

wakemoto4 · Faceplant Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 11

yea ive spent the past hour trying to find that out lol... but tehy dotn say b/c i dont think they want all of there ideas taken or copied but oh well.. trial and error is my philosophy lol

deltarider · Guest

you could always use this..........http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0006VXB0O/qid=1136675591/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-9889382-0619304?v=glance&s=sporting-goods&n=507846

Laughing

deltarider · Guest

crap, sorry http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0006VXB0O/qid=1136676023/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-3631306-6180030?v=glance&s=sporting-goods&n=507846

daniel · Back Big Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 3669 City: Duncan

you wouldnt be able to ollie and stuff because the water wouldnt be deep enough...it would be cool for surface stuff i guess....

wakemoto4 are you austin?

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Jan 07, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject:

big_dee45, not true,
wakemoto4, awsome idea, check out this, this is pretty mcuh what u would be doing, he is only in a few inchs of water it looks liek cuz in the beginning he does a bomb drop and only his ankles are in the water. he can ollie and do all that stuff, but ne way, it looks like it works great. good luck make a video when u do it.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Jan 07, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject:

http://www.wakeskating.com/media/showphoto.php?photo=1634

forgot the link Rolling Eyes

wakemoto4 · Faceplant Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 11

yes daneil this is teh pimp ass austin!!!

wakemoto4 · Faceplant Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 11

haha deltarider.. yea ive seen those before but $$$$ = NO ... lol

Poo · Guest

wakemoto4, you should buld a damm, j/k, if your idea works, you should patent it. that sounds like a dope idea tho.

JTwakeskater56 · Posted: Jan 07, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject:

If you can think it...it can happen. try a Honda 5.5 h.p. 3 " pump. Puts out 300 gallon a minute. Can be found in Northern Equipment catalog. The tractor PTO is great also. Designed with your mind in mind. way to go !!! Cool

RedXIII · Posted: Jan 07, 2006 9:02 pm Post subject:

that would be so freaking sweet show us pics when you can

integrity640 · Kickflip Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 2866 City: Ocala

wakemoto4, You are a flippin GENIUS Cool

I hope that works, mind if i ask what river your putting it on?

wakemoto4 · Faceplant Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 11

the good old BRAZOS

integrity640 · Kickflip Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 2866 City: Ocala

wakemoto4 that runs near austin? I thought that was southern texas.

Jesse · Posted: Jan 07, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject:

You wont know if it works unless you try it. On behalf of everyone I say go for it.

muskokass · Faceplant Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 5 City: Toronto

Yeah, my buddy and I tried that this summer with a fire pump and a piece of plywood covered in plastic on a slope. It didn't work that well because we couldn't get the board to plane on the water, maybe the pump wasn't powerful enough. Otherwise if you made some kind of chute you could make the water deeper and faster. Definitely try it out though.