After a great mornings wakeboarding at Pfullendorf last weekend with Attila I decided to check out the similar site in Switzerland http://www.alphasurf.ch/

(I dont have a car or motorbike here so it's not really possible to go to Pfullendorf unless someone else is driving anyhow).

The site is located near Friborg and can be reached from Zürich by train in a little over 2 hours. It's about 20 mins walk down from the train station to the 'location de téléski' and it's fairly easy to find. Not speaking any French was a bit of a problem, Nobody could understand my English but they did seem to understand my German, eventually I managed to pay for the 2 hour pass and hire the necessary equipment.

It's a little more expensive than Pfullendorf, but this is probably justified by the fact that they need to run a rescue boat (unlike Pfullendorf where you are never more than 50-100 metres from the edge of the water). Being a slightly larger lake the water does seem to be more choppy, The choice of equipment was a little bit more limited and there didn't seem to be any novice boards available at all.


After a couple of falls on the lauch I eventually got going and was able to make it through the first 2-3 turns before falling off and having to be pulled out by the rescue boat. I also found that doing a jump start (rather than sitting) was much easier and went wrong far less often. (A few of the cooler wakeboarders/wakeboarderess's were doing jump starts from about 2 metres up which was amazing).

Looking forward to going again next weekend, Pfullendorf if someone has a car, or failing that Estavayer le lac. PM me if you are interested.

Cheers

Tim