iJoy Balance Trainer - Good winter activity?

[eagle1wi]

Thought I would get some opinions here.  Anyone have one of these?

http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productdetails/sku__HW565

What else keeps the wakeboard/waterski type skills up in the winter? 

I don't know of any indoor excercise that can replicate what most of us do all summer.

[blindside]

Here's how I exercise all winter and keep in practice

[eagle1wi]

Funny funny blindside,

Water gets kind of hard here in Wisconsin. 
I am good in my semi-dry until water temps get in the 40's - then the baggy Barefoot International suit gets out.

I have skied here every month except Dec and January. Maybe one of these years we won't have ice because a couple of us are crazy enough to do it.

Maybe I should be asking who in the south will give me a pull for gas money and the heck with $400 gadgets from sharper image.

 

[UK Exile]

don't know how good they are really but I'm going to to make one soon.
do a search for indo board
and if you want to save some $, search for make your own balance board,
easy as to make

[toyotafreak]

My boat's always looking for a reason to ride!

Don't have a drysuit, though because I rough it with my 2MM wetsuit (brrrrrrr). Funny when it's over 70 and sunny outside but the water's just freezing your a$$ off. Kinda looking forward to winter in that we can sleep in and still have butter to ourselves.

[cyclone]

I saw a better one somewhere on the internet. It was a wakeskate mounted to a chair swivel, and a handle. The handle was attached to a rope going over a bar with a weight tied to it to simulate the pull of the boat.