Yo Ian,

Awesome site man! Damn, that did make me jealous. Florida is the land of fat
lazy rivers with no direction (kinda like its people actually)... maybe i'll
make a visit to North Carolina. I heard all about the Zambezi though while
working for Serious Fun, but i thought Serious Fun Africa shut down coz of
political problems in Zimbabwe? Is it back up? Do you know Jon Imhoof and Tony
and Midge and the other Surf Gods of the Kawarau?

I worked on some Montana and Idaho rivers this summer as a raft guide and went
boarding on my time off and i can see why some people prefer hydrospeeds on
those rocky shallow rivers.

Here's my biggest question for ya though... How do i get a job on the Nile or
the Zambezi starting next fall? Any suggestions? When is the best season on
the Zam?

Go with the flow,

Ross

-------- Original Message --------
From: Ian Baillie<ianriverboarder@...>
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To: whitewaterriverboarding@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [whitewaterriverboarding] Wow, look at all these riverboarders!
Good on ya!
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:33:48 +0000 (GMT)

> Hey Ross,
>
> Welcome. I read that you used to work for Serious Fun New Zealand. I used to
be Head Guide for Serious Fun on the Zambezi River. You are on different rivers
now and using different boards. No one in the states really likes to use
bodyboards. The rivers are more bony. Ripboards, Carlson and Morey bodyboards
all have wicked boards so you should look them up.
> I am on the White Nile in Uganda at the moment. Carving up some wicked surf
waves and running some insane grade 5-6 rapids. My site is
www.river-surfing.com. so check it out. Might make you river sick being stuck in
flat florida. But in this site loads of people are hooking up and going to
rivers and posting compitetions so stayed tuned.
>
> Later Bro.
>
> Ian
>
> rossmollenhauer <rossolot@...> wrote:
> Snootchy Bootchies to everybody from a newbie to the board. I had no
> idea riverboarding had picked up so much in the states! Its awesome
> to read all yer guys stories and dream of new rivers to play on.
> Anybody know any good rivers in the SE? Unfortuneatly i live in the
> flatest land on earth now, Florida, and there's not much doing down
> here in terms of riversurfing. But before this, i lived in
> Queenstown, NZ and worked as a riversurfing guide where i caught the
> bug big time. (www.riversurfing.co.nz) We always used boogie boards
> there so its funny now to hear about ripboards and carlson's rescue
> boards. What does everybody use on here? And if you've ever used a
> boogie board, which do ya prefer, a boogie board or a hydrospeed?
>
> To that more perfect moment when you're on a wave and the world fades
> away except for the glassy water flying underneath your board,
>
> Ross
>
>
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