Jet-skiing has been taken up with enthusiasm all over Thailand with jetskis available for hire at all major beaches in Thailand - Samui, Phuket, Pattaya, Samet and Krabi.
Despite the speed, jet-skiing in Thailand is a safe sport, if you keep your head and watch out for other sea traffic, especially swimmers and snorkellers. Rocks are usually marked, but take care, especially at low tide. When you are roaring around the bays, it's easy to forget that you're in the full force of the sun, so protect yourself beforehand.
Jet-ski Association of Thailand
1107 Soi Prachachuen 35, Prachachuen Road, Bang Sue, Bangkok 10800
Club Taco
Km 13 Bang Na-Trat Road,
Samut Prakan 10540
Tel: 0 2316 7810
Wakeboarding
Windsurfing
The extreme sport of wakeboarding, a cross between water-skiing and snowboarding, is about speed, colour and adrenaline. It is the latest extreme sport to take the beach scene by storm.
In wakeboarding, you are strapped at 90 degrees into a shortened, doubleended surfboard, and towed at high speed behind a special speedboat. The boat is designed and weighted to make a large wake behind it, and the wakeboarder speeds along the sea at 30 kilometres an hour, cutting in and out of the wake, using it to jump into the air, turn, swivel and somersault. Wakeboarding is fast, furious, exhilarating and a fantastic spectator sport. Although new, its popularity is soaring in Thailand.
Boats and boards are available for hire at the main beaches of Phuket in the Andaman Sea, and at Samui in the Gulf of Thailand. Wakeboarding is also practised at the resort city of Pattya on the Eastern Seaboard.
Near to Bangkok, there is a Wakeboarding Club at Taco Lake, 13 kilometres from the city along the Bang Na-Trat Road. Rather than using boats, this uses a system of pulleys set up in the lake and is thus cheaper and suitable for people wishing to learn this exciting sport.
Boards and foot-bindings are available at these locations. Serious wakeboarders may wish to bring thier own boards and bindings, or purchase them at many leading department stores in Bangkok.
Windsurfing has become one of Thailand's most popular water sports in the last two decades, and it is practised all over Thailand's beaches. Windsurfing is not only exhilarating and an excellent way to get fit, it is also quiet, non-polluting and environmentally friendly. It is a sport that requires dexterity and coordination and also strength.
You can learn to windsurf on all major beaches in Phuket, Samui, Pattaya and Krabi, as well as on islands of Ko Tao and Ko Chang. Once you have mastered the basics, you'll find boards and sails available everywhere.
While you need wind to windsurf, you can get too much of a good thing. Don't go out to sea if the weather is threatening to turn stormy. You shouLd wear a life jacket at all times. Beware of boats and swimmers on crowded stretches of water, especially when you are still learning how to handle your board and sail. It is easy to forget about the sun with the wind on your face, but it is especially strong when reflecting off the water all around you. So, wear protective sunblock.
WINDSURF CLASSES Note: When making international calls to Thailand. add 66 and omit the leading O.
Aloha Surf Sports Company
124/10-14 Thaweewong Road, Patong Beach, Phuket 83150
Tel/Fax: 076344504
Club Loong Chat
444/775 Moo 12 Nong Prue, Chon Buri 20260
Tel: 0 13402180.
Fax: 0 3823 2932 pop@clubioongchat.com www.clubioongchat.com
Phuket Surf Co Ltd
120/28 Moo 4, Patak Road, Karon Beach, Phuket, 83150
Tel/Fax: 076286071
info@phuketsurl.com
phuketsurl.com
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