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Printed Date: January-12-2025 at 6:58am
Topic: mythbusters
Posted By: eric lavine
Subject: mythbusters
Date Posted: November-11-2011 at 9:51am
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one of the MB guys tried wakeboarding behind an excavator, can someone post the you tube video? ------------- "the things you own will start to own you" |
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Posted By: DieselCash
Date Posted: November-11-2011 at 12:11pm
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I found it on you tube but, can not get it to play on my computer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsesSd57qA4 ------------- 1992 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: politicallycorrect
Date Posted: November-11-2011 at 10:10pm
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http://youtu.be/EsesSd57qA4 - excavator wakeboarding ------------- Skin grows back...fiberglass doesn't!! |
Posted By: BuffaloBFN
Date Posted: November-12-2011 at 10:26am
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"Jamie is an experienced water skiier but has never wakeboarded"
I remember the first 5 pulls I tried on a board with plenty of skiing experience. I was trying the same toes forward butterslide approach he was. 
When the guy helping me finally stopped laughing, he said to drop my trailing hand. Some folks are so cruel. 
Eric, I saw another video like that. They were using a p/u truck and drainage ditches. ------------- http://correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=2331&sort=&pagenum=12&yrstart=1986&yrend=1990" rel="nofollow - 1988 BFN-sold "It's a Livin' Thing...What a Terrible Thing to Lose" ELO |
Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: November-12-2011 at 11:49am
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I think ive seen some amish boys trying it with horses, you aint seen nothin until you see a 12 year old plowing a field at 6 in the morning by a team of horses.
Im telling you, on a Sunday drive if you want to go back in time, take a drive deep into the heart of an amish country, sometimes i think they have the right idea ------------- "the things you own will start to own you" |
Posted By: 65 'cuda
Date Posted: November-12-2011 at 4:53pm
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They ain't got nothin on these folks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YEDTUtT8tIE - caterpillar waterskiing ------------- Gary http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=941" rel="nofollow - 1965 Barracuda SS |
Posted By: 67425ks
Date Posted: November-12-2011 at 6:29pm
i might have posted this on the site already, but we used to ski on the pond behind our house with a dodge aspen that we rigged up to spool a bunch of rope up. when the ride is over, we would pull the rope back out with a fourwheeler.
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Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: November-13-2011 at 3:02am
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Thanks Scott..
once again eric..you are right on the mark. john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: ononewheel
Date Posted: November-13-2011 at 4:32pm
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Hey Eric,
Hate to hijack your thread, but do you have your contact info anywhere? I've got a v-drive to send you. Sorry, carry on. |
Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: November-15-2011 at 2:52pm
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They've skied behind a rowing crew before. ------------- |
Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: November-16-2011 at 10:05am
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330-322-8817 cell ------------- "the things you own will start to own you" |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: November-16-2011 at 10:28am
Did you have the "perfectpass" cruise control option too? You still cannot beat American Ingenuity! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
67425ks wrote:Posted By: 67425ks
Date Posted: November-19-2011 at 8:59pm
| Gary, didn't have enough pond to get the cruise set, but it was the flattest wake you have ever seen. Also, the hole shot is amazing when "tow boat" is stationary. The dodge aspen just recently passed away, but it didn't go out without a fight. I firmly believe that in the event of a nuclear attack, there will be nothing left but cockroaches driving dodge aspens. RIP dodge Aspen, you will be missed. |
Posted By: must_dash
Date Posted: November-20-2011 at 5:20am
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Love the redneck skiing.
In the past I've skiied behind a Hobie 16 sailing boat, an original Kawasaki stand up jet ski. Probably the best was when I was living in the Middle East years ago we used to drive the 4x4 down the waters edge and ski about 15' off the beach. You would stand on the dry sand ready to go and the 4x4 would slowly accelerate and you would edge out over the dry sand onto the water and speed up. It was easier to start on the dry sand as it has less drag and stick than the wet,once you had some speed you could cross the wet sand. Unfortunately I have lost the photo I had. ------------- 1986 Martinique - sold When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice. |
Posted By: OverMyHead
Date Posted: November-20-2011 at 5:46am
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I like the Aspen/ElCamino modification. It would not have been needed as part of the towboat conversion, must have been an earlier unique use modification. ------------- For thousands of years men have felt the irresistible urge to go to sea, and many of them died. Things got better after they invented boats. 1987 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: 67425ks
Date Posted: November-20-2011 at 10:12pm
| Dave, I purposely went for the elcamino look, but we called it the wagamino. I used load up a 200 gal poly tank in the back and use it for watering my trees. It's amazing that after "Lincoln" locking the rear end and then loading that much weight in it that we never broke an axle. |