10 Reasons Families Love Tubing

10. It's good excercise. Believe it or not, there's more to tubing than lazily holding on while a boat whips you around. Tubing builds good upper-body strength, develops swimming skills, and reinforces good balance.

9. It's inexpensive. Compared to other water sports, tubing can be one of the least expensive things you do on the water. Tubes often cost hundreds less than other water sports items such as wakeboards and water skis and require no special equipment to tow.

8. It's great for large groups of people. There's almost no other water sport out there that gets more people involved than tubing. There are hundreds of tubes designed to pull multiple people at once. Towing 3 or 4 people at once is fun, easy, and safe.

7. You don't need a special boat. Fishing boats and boats with unusual hulls aren't great for wakeboarding and water skiing. Fortunately, tubing is different because a tube's large surface area makes it easier to move across wakes without problems. More surface area also makes the ride stable in choppy waters and less than optimal weather conditions.

6. Tubing is popular. Tubing is one of the most popular water sports in the world. There are local and national clubs dedicated to the sport as well as thousands of families who are out on the water every weekend. Getting involved with tubing is a wonderful way to get involved in an activity that lots of people do all the time, all over the country.

5. Tubing gets people outside. With all the computers, TVs, stereos, video games, and everything else, it's easy to see why people don't spend as much time outdoors. Since tubing is easily accessible by people of all ages, everyone can participate and spend some time outdoors, seeing some of our countries beautiful waterways.

4. Tubing is safe. Unlike other water sports, tubing does not require the use of heavy equipment. Wakeboards, water skis, and kneeboards are built out of fiberglass, wood, and/or metal which can be hazardous when riders take a fall on the water. Inflatable tubes are filled with air and all except for the biggest, heaviest tubes are too light to cause serious damage.

3. You'll meet great people. Face it, it's tough to be angry when you're with friends and family, out on the water, enjoying the outdoors. Tubing is a great way to find something in common with strangers and you'll be surprised at the new friends you meet on the dock, at the beach, or at the boat ramp after a fun day of tubing.

2. Tubing is great for all ages. Tubing is a truly universal sport. Because tubing requires no special skills, kids, adults, and senior citizens can all participate.

1. Tubing is fun! Is there really any other way to say it? Tubing is an absolute blast and until you've tried it, you just don't know what you're missing.