Missed his head by 6" and only because he ducked
There’s a video too but I can’t get it at work, anyone out there able to download it and put somewhere it can be copied.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15163032-38196,00.html
That is a SERIOUS drop-in!!! Look how the ski just torpedoes straight down into the flats behind Raimana.
HEAVY.
i saw that on the news thats freakin close
Apparently the driver bailed out and the ski was smashed to smithereens on the reef, the guys lucky he saw something out the corner of his eye.
Yikes!!!
i was actually wondering if and when skis come a gutsa .Know i know.
that is UNBELIEVABLY heavy …
I don’t even like to think about what could have happened if the ski had hit him .
…As if the wave itself weren’t HEAVY enough to kill you !
I will watch “sports tonight” , hoping to get frame grabs … [that needs to be seen in slow motion / freeze frame to be fathomed how heavy that really WAS !!]
ben
If the jetski had more rocker the driver could have made the drop and gotten slotted for a deep deep barrel!!!
Drew
…more rocker you reckon , drew ?
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yeah, man
look at the way the craftt is airdropping!!! A little pressure on the rear of the craft and a quick rev of the throttle and I think he could have made the drop!
Drew
While Raimana was nearly laughing as he said this [stoked to be alive I guess …or still in shock !] , poor Reef McIntosh [the jet ski driver who , incidentally, nearly lived up to his name …literally!] , had THIS to say …"
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still , what are you going to do ??
…unless you’re drew , you’re probably NOT going to go for the over the falls floater takeoff into late bottom turn , pull up into the tube BEHIND Raimana , get spat out together , he ollies onto the back of the ski , while hi-fiving each other singing “land of hope and glory” , as you ride off together into the tahitian sunset, where beautiful girls will wait on your every whim …( damn …! drugs… keep… wearing …off !..)
some of the damage to the jet ski…
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now , I know NOTHING at all about jet skis .
But what I want to know is…
how the heck did they salvage it ? …what , someone just casually motored into the impact zone , and pulled it out , eh ? [was that you, Drew?..with an occy strap clenched between your teeth ?]
and , HOW did it not just get pulverised by that wave, and become part of the reef [the one under the wave, not the one jumping off its back !]
that’s got me stuffed …
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now it starts getting REALLY heavy …
almost the same moment , different camera …
so, you’ll be standing on that ski right about NOW… giving it full throttle eh, Laird ? […er…I mean "Drew " ? ]
tehehe …
now look REAL close …in the bottom left hand corner of this photo …
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…Drew has now casually recovered from that fairly normal [for him , anyway] late drop , and is now switching feet , for a soul arch into the barrel BEHIND Raimy , before he accelerates in front of him , so R can ollie onto the back of the ski , before they start singing …
see him ?? yeah…look HARD… [it’s like one of those 3d book things …gotta stare at it for a while…]
ben
goodness me …how time flies when I’m having fun …
it’s now 1.18am wednesday morning …think I’ll get me to bed , go massage my brain , and sleep ready for today’s meagre swell offerings …how long till the 5’7 " “greenpin” gets launched ??? who knows …
worse possible scenario:
foot caught in the "railroad track’'handle on the sled as you go ova da falls watching in slow motion the shelf coming up to meet the machine organism combo…
the timing of the bail-out was critical the suck out and over the falls dynamic of this place is scary…
…rebel without a cause chickrn car race scene comes to mind where the car coat cuff strap gts caught on the door handle oh …
praise be to all the sppirits and saints concerned in the safe deliverance of these lads from the jaws of their potential demise…
fine fodder for the vicarious thrill marketing of promotional surfing…
the ad campagin for the jet ski that survives the lip launch at t-poo will sell a million units in michisotaflorida
…ahh the smell of petrochemical waste mixed with the morning sea smells,makes some feel alive
…ambrose…,
sometimes , when the sets are inconsistant on still spring morning at black rock , you can hear the birds singing from the beach a quarter mile away … or the pounding flukes of the last whales before they leave for summer feeding grounds…
…you can hear other things from far away too,some that remind of …
speechless…thanks ambrose. i used to be a sledneck.i feel for the x country skiers …sorry… that petrochemi smell is heavy so is the noise…goodfornuttin maybe fishing?..
Ambrose…thanks for some humour and sanity…
Yep, Red Bull gives you wings. platty.
CLASSIC , Dave !!! [And so obvious it flew right past me , watching the footage !!]
I hope they use THAT footage and quote in their NEXT ads !!
Maybe the problem was that Reef was trusting his leash. I hate it when people don’t kick out properly.
(Paraphrased humor from JH)