Wrecking Crew has arrived

86nautique454 wrote: Adam thanks for not driving or touching it (wrecking Crew). I'm glad it wasn't added to you list of broken boats this year. Lol.

Yet Bobby...yet.

jbear wrote: I don't let just anyone in the command center...altho we will have to have the carpet cleaner guy back after Adam spent the evening in there.. still not sure what F12 does..

Yeah, sorry about that, I think those late night beer cans were in those new roundbottom cans...

jbear wrote: uhh Eddie..you are just as much a part of the wrecking crew as the rest of us.

True dat.

63 Skier wrote: You and HW are very cool to watch, but I also give a lot of credit to Adam putting it out there for all to see his progress. I'm hoping to learn this summer, have to find someone to give me a lesson to get things started in the right direction. I'm hoping my creaky surgical repairs are up to the task!

backfoot100 wrote: I tell you Adam did an amazing job. It's more fun for me personally seeing someone progress like he did over the weekend than it is to ski...well most of the time anyway...LOL. Seeing a little thing that somebody's doing wrong, and then seeing the expression on their face after they correct it is a really satisfying experience for me. Even if they break boats in the process

Thanks guys...its certainly a good time when you have patient, capable drivers/instructors like I have been fortunate enough to enjoy over the last year. I don't have enough fingers on one hand to count all the people who have given me pointers or pulled me...Andy, Tim B, Joe, Tim C, HW, Larry, Jbear, Eddie...I'm sure my still waterlogged brain is forgetting somebody...not to mention everyone who's chipped in with words of wisdom or support on the barefoot thread.

All I can say for sure is I had a blast this weekend, and if anyone involved didn't, that's your own fault, cause the fun was there to be had!

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Ha! The guys were being kind NOT posting the actual picture of the dock. The previous owner (Who is on CCfan and had a sweet 72' and his son had a just as sweet 2001? Air Nautique) had moved to the property after 3 hurricanes passed over the city (Charlie, Jeanne, Francis) in 2004 and left the lakes extremely above their normal levels. I guess the dock builder, who was hurting for work, was able to convince the P.O. that the levels would remain high, so the dock was built. It now is at least 15-20' from the water and looks like an alpine ski ramp. Hollywood and Adam were daring each other to do a dock start, but they did not drink enough. [/QUOTE]

Ok I might believe they did not do a dock start, but I will never believe they did not drink enough!!

Come on Kristof, just have one of your F16's run you over here, can't be more then a couple hour flight :)

it beats making the trip in the Nautique...

You can do it with no problem John...I make everything way more difficult than it needs to be and I still managed to get on my feet, you'll be fine.

In fact, if I remember correctly, there was a guy at White Lake a couple years ago who was on his feet for a while. Kinda looks like you actually...

John
never too late to learn how to barefoot!
I started flirting back in 2008 with 34 yo...2 years later i got hooked. Now with 39 I consider myself a barefoot yunkie!
I never though I would be able to do a back deep...now you got me doing surface turns both f2b and b2f...

JMurph wrote: Thanks for posting. I've never seen myself from the boat before. Now I'm really motivated.

Just a couple weeks man, then you'll also have the expert tutelage of JBear, Eddie, and Hollywood...plus, you got farther in those videos on your first try than I did in months, you'll be longline by the end of the weekend!

IAughtNaut wrote: JMurph wrote: Thanks for posting. I've never seen myself from the boat before. Now I'm really motivated. Just a couple weeks man, then you'll also have the expert tutelage of JBear, Eddie, and Hollywood...plus, you got farther in those videos on your first try than I did in months, you'll be longline by the end of the weekend!

That wasn't my first try, but I only seem to get to try at SJRR and White Lake events. No experienced drivers around when we're at the lake.

Seb,

I've still got you by a couple of years, but I'm not quite over the hill yet. I'm just not the athlete I thought I once was. I'm hoping for some good weather and water this year.

JMurph wrote: That looks like a great trip. I hope we can run it back in a month. Last year I got in the water once during the SJRR. I intend on making this year a little different. Adam, you are inspiring me that maybe I can learn to barefoot too. I know you are little younger than me.

Yep, give it a try, I started at 43, just a couple years younger then when Banana George started... But be ready, it is ADDICTING

Great show guys!

Smooth water goes a long ways when learning. That looked pretty ***************ty there.

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JMurph,
That wasn't my first try, but I only seem to get to try at SJRR and White Lake events. No experienced drivers around when we're at the lake.

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We talk about it, we see each other - but this is the summer John Murphy! I'm no Eddie but I can drive. Boom, long line at dawn and Pete I can pull a 18mph tube in the afternoon that needs to be seen.    

Add JMurph to the hall pass/demolition crew team!