Advice needed- Wakeboarding vacation

[nzboarder]

We are a 30 year old couple from New Zealand and have a family reunion in San Francisco in July. We are contemplating spending a little extra and travelling to the east coast to experience Miami and hopefully wakeboarding in Orlando.
What we are a little unsure of is just how good the weather will be, obviously the west coast will be stunning but I've been there five times.
We are wakeboard crazy and have an 04' SANTE..... (possibly upgrading if we can find a bargain when we are over) another option we're investigating is a wake holiday exchange - possibly joining someone on their vacation at a lake house with a boat and in return we'll accommodate at our place in New Zealand.
Or is it possible to hire a wake boat?
Just throwing ideas up in the air at the moment, any comments would be greatly appreciated.

[Mikeski]

RE: Advice needed- Wakeboarding vacation

Hit me up in mid June. There are several of us here that would be happy to take you out to the famous delta, that's where you want to go.

Mikeski

[AuMDLST]

RE: Advice needed- Wakeboarding vacation

Same here - we are in Orlando and can hook you up.
If you like cable pulls you can go over to OWC.
Over at Disney you can rent a boat with Driver (Sammy Duvall's - Mastercrafts though)

[ej]

RE: Advice needed- Wakeboarding vacation

i am in ft lauderdale just outside of miami. up for taking you out and will be heading to nz for the next rugby world cup. we can work something out. ej_aircap@yahoo.com is my email. eric

[SkiTower]

RE: Advice needed- Wakeboarding vacation

Over at Disney you can rent a boat with Driver (Sammy Duvall's - Mastercrafts though)

Not bad (did it in November) but I'd hit one of these guys up that have offered. Sammy's guys are great, but I did miss my Nautique.

[nzboarder]

RE: Advice needed- Wakeboarding vacation

Thanks for the reply guys, will definitely take you up on those offers and will drop you an email when I have a little spare time in the next few days.
So you think the weather will be fine? We saw a note in a forum that said it rained nine out of sixteen days for a holiday, any truth in that?
We have to have our tickets booked by the end of the week to catch a deal on flights.

[gride300]

RE: Advice needed- Wakeboarding vacation

it rains in the orlando area almost daily in the summer(at least its supposed to) but only a couple hours a day. have ya'lls water levels come up

[DougPhillips]

RE: Advice needed- Wakeboarding vacation

Riding with forum friends will be the best but if you are looking for other things there is a place in Miami that rents a Nautique. You will have to Google it, sorry.

In Orlando definitely go to OWC and drop by The Projects to ride the rails.

Call Correct Craft and book a factory tour. It does not take long but is well worth it.

Go to the mall with RonJons. They have an indoor surfing pool. Fantastic.

Try the indoor skydiving. Lots of fun.

[nzboarder]

RE: Advice needed- Wakeboarding vacation

Thanks Doug, just the tips were looking for.
There seems to be so much to do we dont know where to start, although if i had my way id spend the entire holiday in a 210!
Cant wait to get to Orlando and view CC factory.
Any hints on finding a 08 210 at a bargain price? (our dollar is killing us!)
Hard here with such a small market and none for sale.

[Bevan]

NZboarder..I know of a very nice 08 210 here in NZ possibly for sale at a great price. Let me know if you are want more details?

[DougPhillips]

What is the shipping cost to NZ? I would think a few thousand unless you drove it home. LOL

[nzboarder]

I looked into shipping a few years ago and was around 3-4k US, i assume its still simular.... only coming to the US in july so starting to research now, totally happy with my 04' though so if nothing comes up its no big deal.
Beven is your 08 the Billabong 210 often seen on the mighty Waikato?