Define FREERIDE

[#ZERO]

Something acquired without the ordinary effort or cost. :arms:

 

[Ross_C]

Nothing wrong with surfing. Some of the pioneers of Jetski freeriding were surfers. If you ignore the surfing aspect of freeriding your just a cheap imitation of MX.

Very true...surfing lead me to Freeride.

I know I have posted this pic before on the other site, but it is the only one I have in digital formatt...

Little double grab to reverse, but I did not land it...

 

[Prem1x]

Is Lanier a 'Freestyle' Event?.?.?:cool2:

I thought the whole point of Lanier was spending a good chunk of the day chasing the great cruiser wake that's generated there. Hence, more jumping waves than doing hoodtricks.

 

[justride]

Justride

 

[masterblaster]

Freeride - The act of becoming one with your watery surrounding without the limitation of rules. Accepting and respecting the power of water. And last but not least, hanging with pals while riding extreme.

the major influence of freeriding is surfing. Look at the top freeriders, joe kenney, taylor curtis, jerry brandon. They all ride without footholds, because with your feet side by side you have no style surfing a wave, and style is a huge part of surfing, and true freeriding.

these 2 sound spot on for freeride,along with kissing everyones ass that doesnt want you there.

wavedemon,wavejunkies are no longer a group of couchers,where you been,.might be slow learners but we all eventually made it.lol

 

[WaveDemon]

these 2 sound spot on for freeride,along with kissing everyones ass that doesnt want you there.

wavedemon,wavejunkies are no longer a group of couchers,where you been,.might be slow learners but we all eventually made it.lol

My mistake, I thought I'd read differently recently. :dunno:

 

[Cane700]

Very true...surfing lead me to Freeride.

I know I have posted this pic before on the other site, but it is the only one I have in digital formatt...

Little double grab to reverse, but I did not land it...

Ross, that's a cool pic. I don't even begin to know how to catch air on a surfboard.

 

[Mike Serlin]

Yeah Ross, that pic is the shiznit.

But as far as jumping cruiser wakes at Lanier, Not freeriding, IMO. wakes are not waves, i don't care how big they are. Waves have some very special characteristics

 

[beachedflunkey]

My mistake, I thought I'd read differently recently. :dunno:

Yeah dude. They're a bunch of sellouts. :wall:

If people start calling some form of lake riding freeriding, then us surf riders are going to need to find a new term, cuz what we do is like nothing else.

Let 'em have it. I like motosurf.

 

[yamaslut]

Yeah dude. They're a bunch of sellouts. :wall:


Let 'em have it. I like motosurf.

Motosurf is a registered name... Ya got to pay for it from now on

 

[djkorn1]

Says the guy who lives by the Ocean!! :wink:

Yeah Ross, that pic is the shiznit.

But as far as jumping cruiser wakes at Lanier, Not freeriding, IMO. wakes are not waves, i don't care how big they are. Waves have some very special characteristics

 

[beachedflunkey]

Motosurf is a registered name... Ya got to pay for it from now on

No ****? I did not know that...

 

[cybermob2]

the problem is that freeriding has been tagged to jet skiing in surf for so long.

freeriding, i think, does need to be different than freestyle.

freestyle is ultimately flatwater riding, namely tricks using your own wake or none whatsoever. need we go back to basics?

freeride involves surf, and to the N. America that means west/east coasts, gulf, and great lakes. if you dont ride there, you're not freeriding. i would dare say freeriding is simply tricks with aid of waves.

i'm not sure you need to coin the term for jumping wakes, if there is one. at some point its just fooling around.

 

[Ross_C]

the problem is that freeriding has been tagged to jet skiing in surf for so long.

freeriding, i think, does need to be different than freestyle.

freestyle is ultimately flatwater riding, namely tricks using your own wake or none whatsoever. need we go back to basics?

freeride involves surf, and to the N. America that means west/east coasts, gulf, and great lakes. if you dont ride there, you're not freeriding. i would dare say freeriding is simply tricks with aid of waves.

i'm not sure you need to coin the term for jumping wakes, if there is one. at some point its just fooling around.

Just my input...freeriding is not simply tricks with the aid of waves, the "surfing" is a huge part of it. And the tricks that are done is a totally different aspect of it.

There are freeriders that I ride with and have a lot of respect for who don't even do nose stabs...they are there to "surf" and that is exactly what they do. And there are a larger percentage of guys that will do a few stabs, etc. but are primarilary out there doing surf moves. IE) cutbacks, snaps, floaters, reentries, the occasional barrel, etc.

To me that is a good portion of what freeriding is about, and that is why it is not freestyle with waves thrown in as ramps. You can ride in the surf with that mentality, but IMO if you do that you are missing the point almost completly.

All this being said...I dont give a poop what you call freeride I think the freeride tour is great for the sport and you guys w/ out surf can call what you are doing what ever you want...but if flat water stuff begins to be considered freeride, then there should be another name for what is done in the surf...

For me Freeride = Surf

But I still don't know what you should call flat water stuff...possibly freestyle? Just a thought...

 

[Takeastand SJ]

Just my input...freeriding is not simply tricks with the aid of waves, the "surfing" is a huge part of it. And the tricks that are done is a totally different aspect of it.

There are freeriders that I ride with and have a lot of respect for who don't even do nose stabs...they are there to "surf" and that is exactly what they do. And there are a larger percentage of guys that will do a few stabs, etc. but are primarilary out there doing surf moves. IE) cutbacks, snaps, floaters, reentries, the occasional barrel, etc.

To me that is a good portion of what freeriding is about, and that is why it is not freestyle with waves thrown in as ramps. You can ride in the surf with that mentality, but IMO if you do that you are missing the point almost completly.

All this being said...I dont give a poop what you call freeride I think the freeride tour is great for the sport and you guys w/ out surf can call what you are doing what ever you want...but if flat water stuff begins to be considered freeride, then there should be another name for what is done in the surf...

For me Freeride = Surf

But I still don't know what you should call flat water stuff...possibly freestyle? Just a thought...

WORD!

 

[LBE]

and you guys w/ out surf can call what you are doing what ever you want...but if flat water stuff begins to be considered freeride, then there should be another name for what is done in the surf...

UUUHHHHH..........Surfride?


I came up with it, so anytime someone uses it, I wanna get paid.


PAY UP SUCKA

 

[Mike Serlin]

Thanks Ross. I was trying to say that, but you got it accross a little better. The whole surfride aspect is something that can only be done with real waves. I really don't think most understand the difficulty and danger involved with surf riding. A simple slash accross the face of a wave or a solid re-entry can take a long time to accomplish. There is a respect you acquire from the ocean and I know lots of people on here would flip out if they had any idea how many times my boat was laying on the ocean floor. Who here has blown out a blowsion scupper?

 

[Ghostwriter]

Everyone has their idea of what free riding is to them. This is my view. It is no more correct than anybody elses view. it is just what i think. period.

freeride; riding my superjet for fun. for me this usually is in the surf and doesnt include comps. some times it will be in flat water. i like to jump things, like boat wakes, docks, rock piles, other peoples pwc's, and anything that floats. i also like to chase my friends threw mangroves, up creeks, threw small coves. i have been known to try bermshots off sand, dirt, and mud banks. i also enjoy sliding off boxvans. freeriding for me is mostly in the surf, but i cant always ride in the surf and sometimes have to be creative in my search for fun free riding.

surfriding; always in the surf or on some sort of wave. sometimes in competitons. surf riding is my main gig. i can surf ride a boat wake or a large rapid. it doesnt have the same challenge for me as riding in the surf, but i can do it and it is fun.

freestyle; doing funny tricks in flat water! they may be incredibly hard, but they are still funny. i'm sorry. malones freestyle is not funny, but look at his style.

style is what often seperates a great rider from the rest.

calling surf comps freeride kind of goes against the grain of what it really is. but it has been a great way to market our sport.

these are just my opinions in the great debate...... and i am stubborn and my views will not be changed!

Is this Freeriding?...to me...it is!

 

[masterblaster]

Ross and Mike, word up fellas,cant agree with ya more.thats where the concept began,it just evolved from the surfing style.When you can master the skills of surfstyle and freeride tricks then you are spot on!
Gotta start working on that surf stance on the SJ now.

 

[2lick]

I love that picture Goastwriter!!!!