Our trip on Independence of the Seas – Part 2 1
It’s been a while since I wrote Part 1. I left off as we were cruizing out of the English Channel. I decided I would try and combat the all-you-can-eat with some running in the morning. I hit the treadmill the first morning at sea which was very good but sadly that was the first and last time I would see the gym. Not quite sure where that 3 x 7km runs a week willpower went from 4 years ago…? It was okay though, I had found an alternative which was a lot more fun – The Flowrider!
The Flowrider is an artificial standing wave and Independence had one on the back deck. The nice thing is it’s REALLY tough to stand up and you spend most of your spare time trying to! The average time for a rookie is 1.5 seconds. Even surfers, snowboarders, skateboarders hit the deck first time. The Flowrider uses the same amount of electricity in 3 hours that all the lifts onboard (16 of them) use in one weeks so it’s only swtiched on twice a day. Dean (Jackie’s brother) and I spent most days trying to master it. You start off with the bodyboard then work your way up to drop-knee and then give the stand up a go.