Tubing

15 Aug, 2011Boating Activities, Featured

If you haven’t ever been tubing you haven’t lived your life to the fullest just yet! Tubing is when you take a floating tube, (most modern ones are circular and don’t have a hole in the middle) and hook it to the back of a boat. Most people tube in lakes and large ponds. While you are out tubing with the family protect your house with home security deals.

Once you have everything secure you and a buddy put on a life jacket and get in the water. Once your in the water you climb up on the tube using the handles on the sides that help you stay on when riding. I started tubing when I was very young, they always went slow and kept an eye to make sure everything was going okay.

If you aren’t a little kid then there is no holding back for you! Tubing is a high speed water sport! The more the boat driver tries to throw you off the more fun you have. The best tubing drivers are the ones that swerve back and forth causing you to jump the boats wake. There is nothing more fun that tubing with your friends and family. Some of my favorite memories are of being on the lake hanging onto the sides of a tube.

Not everyone can tube like these pro’s but it’s crazy to see the kinds of tricks they can do on a while tubing.