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  1. #1
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    Default Any Barefooters on here?

    Hey guys, footing is one of the many water sports I enjoy, and I was wondering if anyone else on here does it? Post up some photos, videos, etc of your talents or lack-thereof!

    I've also got some questions... when I first had my Sunsport, I had a 13x13 on it and I could get right around 40 mph top end. I did some deep-water starts back then and got it to work, but I would have preferred faster speeds, because it dipped down to around 37 when I would drop my feet in the water. Since then, I've switched to the new Acme #543 prop which is 13x11.5. I switched to this so that I could push a loaded down boat for wakeboarding and wakesurfing more efficiently. This was also a result of hitting a log with my 13x13, trading it in for a spare 13x12 and then buying the 13x11.5. So now my current prop and spare prop both aren't capable of providing me with the speed I need to make it happen. SO, any ideas on how I could get back to the speed I need. I've searched for 13x14 props but I don't think they exist. If I were to get my hands on a 13x13 again, are there any other ways I could squeeze more speed out of the boat?

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    Hey Chris, not sure if he has any pics or video but Foxriverat has been known to foot every once in awhile. Rumor has it that after he got the wake dialed in better behind his comp last year that he's been working out to get in shape for this season. I ski with him during the week when time allows so look for some footage once he gets his boat in the water around the first week of May.
    '86 Comp TS6M - Reborn 2016
    Riding a HO Sports CX Ski

  3. #3
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    I have a extra 13x13 layin on my kitchen table . Let me know if your interested

  4. #4
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    A) I'm interested

    B) Why is it laying on the kitchen table? Please tell me it's a make-shift lazy-susan

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    I bet it's a conversation piece.
    '86 Comp TS6M - Reborn 2016
    Riding a HO Sports CX Ski

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    Barefooting. Tried it once. Wrecked my ass pretty hard. Decided to stick to surfing.
    Former owner of a 1987 Supra Saltare. Current owner of a Malibu 23LSV.

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    Haha, yeah footing and surfing are about as opposite as things get.

  8. #8
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    I barefooted once and was killing it. Doing awesome and crossing the wake both ways. Just thought I was awesome, but quickly realized I had no idea what I was doing. Wiped really hard and thought I broke my back. Worst pain I have ever been in. Back to surfing and boarding. Ha ha....
    I have some friends out here that barefoot and even do barefoot pyramids. They were recruiting my wife for the top of the pyramid and after my wipe out, I had to increase her life insurance or tell her to she could not do it. I did both!

  9. #9
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    We will definitely get some videos of me footing this year. And jetlink getting the crap beat out of him learning.
    Chauncey 2000 Malibu Response LX Monsoon 325

  10. #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jetlink View Post
    I bet it's a conversation piece.
    Yup lol no I was going to sell it but never got around to it so it's just sittin on table it is a Michigan 13x13 cup is whats stamped on it. I have never run it got it off a boat that I disassembled that needed stringers . Pm me your number and I can text you some pics

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