wave jet are no more

I see that wave jet has closed up shop , they dont say why but they do say it was not for lack of money . There were a lot of smart inovative people involved and you may not have liked the idea of powered surfboards , but the advantage for surf rescue boards to reach the person in trouble quickly and for the rescuer to not have to paddle the board and hold on to the victim was a real bonus . In the five years they have been in production I have never personally seen a wave jet out in the line up , I am sure the wave jet folks knew that they would not be flying out the door at $4800 a pop but they must have been selling them and just recently other board makers have been offering there own models that were wave jet power pod compatable . Eventually  the reason will come out and maybe their good idea they will be resurected .

Awesome.

What’s G-Mac gonna do?

It’s probably because boards had to be 4" thick to accomodate the jet system.

Ever try to turn a 4" thick board?

I had not seen them marketed as rescue boards, and have never seen one in person.  

Standard human-powered (arm paddled) surfboards have always worked well for me, curious why you considered them a “good idea”?

This is good news. If only the SUP fad would follow suit. 

A friend of mine was a “rep” for them and even had a Wave Jet powered SUP. I razzed him about it, often. He’s gone on to better pursuits now, as he landed a role on a CBS sitcom called The McCarthys.

Why is it awesome  that fellow americans and surfers found it necessary to close their business perhaps causing other fellow americans and surfers to lose their jobs , was their business illegal , offensive , more enviromentally objectional than any other surfboard ? I am sure G mack will be fine and will continue to push surfing limits just as he did befor his involvment with wave jet . If the boards were 3 1/2 in thick would wave jet still be in business ?    Wave jet produced a surf rescue board and there are wave jet videos of the board being used . If someone had for whatever reason lost the strength necessary to paddle out someone that had surfed for forty years someone that had paid their surfing dues someone that still had the ability the desire and the stoke to surf , perhaps that person would think it was a good idea to use an electrically powered surfboard to join their friends in the line up  and I am sure that persons friends would make that person welcome .

Jet Ski…Wave runner…If I’m going down and starting to die the last thing I need is an electric surfboard…I want a lifegaurd with some real power. Your rescue arguement does not work. I’m all about American Jobs. That argument does not work. Ohh and the handicap thing does not work with me either…Go push some kids into the white water. It was a kook idea from day one. How many real surfers pay $1000 for a surfboard??? Very few…How many pay over $3000. None. Now you’re out of business. simple. Done deal.

You don’t open a storefront in order to serve the surf rescue market.  That business was aimed at people who were too lazy to even paddle an SUP.

They apparently couldn’t find enough customers who fit that description so it is what it is.  

While a power assisted surfcraft may have some limited, beneficial uses for the disabled or even in rescue scenarios, the vast majority of sales were no doubt made to people who didnt really “need” such assistance. Similar to the SUP, many who would use such an item are exactly the type you wouldn’t want to share a lineup with.

 I’ve been surfing 50 years, a service related neck injury forced me to quit riding standup boards 10 years ago because I couldn’t arm paddle anymore.

I now ride home built paipos; you couldn’t pay me to ride a battery powered surfboard.

Just doesn’t seem right. 

FWIW, I was in the booth next to Wavejet at the Boardroom a couple years ago and Sammy is right.

I’d just like to say that the name “unclegrumpy” is one of the best online user names I’ve ever seen. Wish I’d thought of it.

And I’d rather see someone on a paipo, kneelo, mat, or sponge, than using a powered board or a paddle.

that’s a tagline right there

Damn! Just when I think about getting one, they go under.

took a serious look at them last month being that I can’t paddle for a long while till this adhesive encapsulitis goes away which could be years from what I told. 

Still can surf, just can’t paddle so I gave it a serious look after my brother suggested it. But starting above 4 grand it wasn’t worth it, you might as well but a used jetski. 

Every day, week, month, year I’m out of the water not surfing or swimming the worse it’s going to be to try and get back into it it going on 4 months now since my comeback got derailed once again.

If they unloaded them at a fire sale I’ll definitely scoop one up just so I can get back out into the lineup again. If I can manhandle that beast my normal boards will feel like toothpicks. (the Laird Hamilton training regimen). 

as far as going under, its pretty typical when the unit cost is so high and there’s not a well defined commotted market. I think the Radioshack bankruptcy is worse and a sad reminder of where everything is headed. As far as G-mac he’s already hooked up with mercedes benz for his new equipment.

That guy can sure market himself… (cnn, mercedes, etc etc)

way better than laird…

I was thinking about you for the wave jet. One of the bigger models. But I was also thinking how pissed the wave hogs would be if I showed up with one of those and a paddle to boot.

what about Unclegrumpy’s solution of Paipo Oneula?

one exercise they make me do in PT is to stand against a wall and raise my hands above my head and try to lay them flat against the wall above my head trying to get my elbow on the bad arm to touch the wall. - no can do

the other is to reach behind like I’m wiping my as* - no can do

another is to stand infront of a counter and rest my palms on the counter behind me and try and lower my body - no can do

really frustrrating and extremely painful

what ever I do that creates pain which i do allot cause you forget about reaching for this or reaching for that only irritates the joint more.

but they say its becoming a more and more common problem for people in their 50’s-60’s some even in their forties.

All it takes something that tweaks the joint to cause irritation and and the buildup of scar tissue

Been search the internet and everything I read about “frozen shoulder”(adhesive encasulitis)  is not good.

There’s a guy in canada but that’s about it.

If you guys come up with a cure other than time let me know.

hmmm, when doing all those laps and timed weight pickups from the deep end of the pool and dead man carry’s across the length of the olympic length pool, our lifeguard cap’n never mentioned anything about battery powered surf craft to help us out. bitches were 'holdin out on us.  

 “I can’t paddle for a long while till this adhesive encapsulitis”…Oneula

had a frozen shoulder in 01’.  Had a heavy wipeout snowboarding out of bounds, ripped the left pectoral muscle right off my humerus.  Post-op I had to wear the arm tightly bound to my chest 24/7 for 6 weeks.   Ended up with a badly frozen shoulder/adhesive encapsulitis.

When I started PT after the sling came off, no matter how hard I tried, could not get back any range of motion with my arm above my shoulder, spent a couple of months fighting it.

Finally the surgeon brought me back into the OR and manipulated my arm while I was under anethesia, with two assistants holding me down while the surgeon carefully manipulated my arm, trying to not rip the pec off again.  One of the assistants told me later in recovery it sounded like firecrackers going off inside my shoulder as the adhesions ‘popped’ while the arm was being manipulated through the ‘frozen’ range of motion.

Once that was done, got into the pool, ‘cat pawing’ with the bad wing at first, slowly making progress, until a month later I could pull my arm over with a normal stroke, and a couple more months of laps got me whole enough to start surfing again.

have you discussed surgical manipulation to break through the adhesions with your surgeon, or just not possible in your case?

Oneula I have two buddies in Honolulu that had their shoulders manipulated like icc mentioned , they had them done at Queens , I am not in Hawaii at the moment but I will try to find out what doc they used .