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Old 17 June 2008, 10:44   #1
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Walking on water?

Found on another site:-


Anyone know if he was OK?
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Old 17 June 2008, 11:02   #2
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S**T! He's gonna have serious 'ball ache' if nothing else.
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Old 17 June 2008, 11:38   #3
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Anyone know if he was OK?
The site you found it on is probably the place to ask!

.............. Scream and Fly was it?
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Old 17 June 2008, 12:26   #4
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The site you found it on is probably the place to ask!

.............. Scream and Fly was it?
No, it was on a fishing site posted by one of the 'clever' loudmouths.
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Old 17 August 2008, 16:03   #5
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the caption should read...

"my shoe!"

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Old 17 August 2008, 18:16   #6
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that would make great caption competition
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that would make great caption competition
"Run Forrest! Run!"

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Old 18 August 2008, 12:48   #8
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Faster............................ than a speeding Hydrafoil
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Reminds me of Bill Cosby's routine about being on a plane that was about to crash: "I'd wait until we were 6 inches off the ground, then jump..."

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Old 19 August 2008, 15:28   #10
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Looks like he's in trouble with his helmet too!!
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Old 13 January 2009, 14:40   #11
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Bit late, but found this:-

http://www.racine-extreme.com/forum/...&view=previous

It appears he survived and the boat looks relatively undamaged too given the impact in the vid at the end
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Old 13 January 2009, 17:31   #12
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Thats a pretty uncomfortable reading list of injuries, down that thread
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What was impressive was the fact they had a hoist equipped "boat" on hand to aid in rescue and recovery.
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Old 19 January 2009, 15:38   #14
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What was impressive was the fact they had a hoist equipped "boat" on hand to aid in rescue and recovery.
We have those in the UK as well (for inshore racing).
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