Saw the strangest thing today

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I talked to man who was pulling a surf board while swimming in front of point 10. I thought it was a kayak then I saw someone swimming in front of it so I motored over real slow to find out what was going on. This guy said he put in at the dam that morning and he was at point 10 around 4pm and was heading to Horseshoe. There were some really big boats just running circles, guess if you spend $200,000 on a boat and don't know how to fish that is what one does, but they almost threw me off my 17 foot glass boat and in all that wake here comes this superman in a wet suit pulling a surf board.

 

Anyone else see this or talk to him? Does anyone know this man?

[Champ188]

It was probably Stephen Turner. He's a personal trainer at Fayetteville Athletic Club and loves the extreme outdoor sports. That was probably a stand-up paddleboard he had tethered to him. It's crazy the physical things he's capable of.

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It's called wake surfing. The wake boat runs at about 9-10 mph and they surf in the "whale tail". Did it looks something like this?

 

http://imgur.com/rrpkxDM

There was no BOAT involved, this was a man swimming towing a board on a rope. The man was the POWER, the distance was about 25 MILES. NO paddles, NO fins just a man swimming. UNREAL

[J-Doc]

There was no BOAT involved, this was a man swimming towing a board on a rope. The man was the POWER, the distance was about 25 MILES. NO paddles, NO fins just a man swimming. UNREAL

That's the way I read it originally.  I did get a bit lost on the boats swamping you part.  Figured it was a sign of other boaters flying around and potentially running over the guy because they did not see him.....nor expect to see him.  I know I wouldn't expect to see that and as fast as some boats run, it would be very hard to see him.

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That's the way I read it originally.  I did get a bit lost on the boats swamping you part.  Figured it was a sign of other boaters flying around and potentially running over the guy because they did not see him.....nor expect to see him.  I know I wouldn't expect to see that and as fast as some boats run, it would be very hard to see him.

He did have a red flag on his board, and the board was loaded down with supplies. But the man himself was very hard to see. The wind was blowing hard enough to make white caps. Then you add in two wake boats and a house boat in the area at the time heading for PC. At first I thought I saw stripers feeding on top but then I noticed a red flag and thought someone was in trouble. If you see me swimming in Beaver lake get there fast I will not last very long!

 

I know I run wide open through that channel heading to PC from up north when it is time to go home. How no one hit him still amazes me. That red flag must have done the job, but like I said I noticed the splashing first. Guess I had big fish on the brain.

[J-Doc]

Yeah, some of the craziness in that lake still amazes me.  Just when I thought I had already seen it all.....it surprises me again. 

[MOPanfisher]

Maybe he was trolling for a BIG striper.  Were there hooks underneath.

[J-Doc]

Maybe he was trolling for a BIG striper.  Were there hooks underneath.

Using himself as bait huh...

Hope he had sexy shad colored swim attire.  With a splash of chartreuse on his feet.  Lol!!

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Might be training for a multi part race. Swim,kayak,run and bike?