wet n wild saturday

 
yes, wet n wild it was indeed!
yesterday, we had cable ski in batam, courtesy of our organiser dan wen..
here's the lot of us: priscilla, mark(pris' boyfriend), jian ming, dan wen, moi and jun xiong..

 
cable skiing is somewhat similar to wakeboarding that we use the same equipments for the sport, minus the boat..
so in place of that, we have the cables pulling us around a freshwater lake which has the shape of a running track, covering around 750m each round..

we started of with knee-board, which simply means that we knee down and ski instead of standing(hey, sounds so insulting if you need explanation for that! haha)..
it was quite fun, but we were all anticipating the real thing..
and so finally after lunch, here we are, ready for cable skiing!!

 
here's jian ming and mark..

 
dan wen..


 
priscilla..


 
jian ming..


 
and finally, yours truly..

it was much difficult than we thought, and in the end only mark and jun xiong managed to stand up.. grr.. i was just not satisfied..


 
guess what's this local dude going to do with this chair??


 
voila! these guys can ski with almost anything that can float..


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we decided to try something funny before the end of the session..
it's not what you think it is!! we are straight guys and he's got a girlfriend!

 
really, it's not.. (hard to believe with me in that position)


 
it's going to be painful..

it's quite cheap for a day's session: s$75 for the whole package which includes the 2-way ferry, lunch, full access to the equipments and training.. pas mal..
and if you want, you can stay at the local chalets for a very reasonable price..
and yes i'm doing advertising for this package and this company, which i think is really worth the money and trip, and the boss is very friendly too..
here's the link: cable-ski
check it out!! it's obligatory..
and they are currently doing another project to bring cable-ski to singapore, it'll be updated here regularly, stay tuned!!