Beautiful clean lines but this is kinda nuts..and who knew jet skis could fly?
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North Shore jet ski carnage
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INTERVIEW: Outer Reef Jet Ski Launch “I Thought I was Paralysed” - Magicseaweed
One of the heaviest things we've seen. - Magicseaweed
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that was a different ski, one of the other ones that went into the air but not THE ski that went into the air if that makes sense.
Our kids can't go to school, can't have amateur surf contests, can't have swim meets or service projects or any sports events, but Vans can have a digital Triple Crown and the entire North Shore can work itself in to a feeding frenzy for images to wring every dollar possible from surfing.
It is not the fault of professional surfing, it's our state and local government, and I know people have to make a living. But if anyone ever wondered if the surf industry actually gives two shits about the North Shore community, wonder no more. They brought COVID, passed it through the team houses, posted pictures of their maskless indoor house parties for all the world to see. Try that on a normal residential street, the cops are coming.
Next time I hear one of these clowns talk about "giving back" I'm going to have to walk away.
It is not the fault of professional surfing, it's our state and local government, and I know people have to make a living. But if anyone ever wondered if the surf industry actually gives two shits about the North Shore community, wonder no more. They brought COVID, passed it through the team houses, posted pictures of their maskless indoor house parties for all the world to see. Try that on a normal residential street, the cops are coming.
Next time I hear one of these clowns talk about "giving back" I'm going to have to walk away.
Still incredibly dumb. Flying blind over a huge wave and breaking your passenger's back isn't something an experienced ski operator would do. I've been around long enough to know that big swells bring out all sorts of stupid people who have no business being in the water.
The sad thing is a lot of locals would like Hawaii to relax the regulations on PWCs for us to enjoy but they never will because of things like this.
Looks like at least 3 skis did make the last second decision to turn and run in, probably a wise decision.
I know at least one guy who was out there driving a ski and I promise you, he shouldn't have been. You know who ends up responsible for this? Lifeguards. 80 rescues Saturday.
This is nothing against Mike L., love Mike, he's a great waterman and an established surf media presence with a local product focused on Hawaii and Hawaiian surfers and the Hawaiian beach/ocean community. That's the kind of stuff we need. Plus if anyone can make it to shore alone, it's Mike haha
This is nothing against Mike L., love Mike, he's a great waterman and an established surf media presence with a local product focused on Hawaii and Hawaiian surfers and the Hawaiian beach/ocean community. That's the kind of stuff we need. Plus if anyone can make it to shore alone, it's Mike haha
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Cam Richards was driving the ski and photographer Ryan Moss was on the back. Ryan has a fractured vertebrae and is at Queens. I don't know how familiar Cam is with jetskis or 900 foot waves.
*Not the ski doing Supercross out there, another ski that launched but not as high.
*Not the ski doing Supercross out there, another ski that launched but not as high.
Isn't Cam Richards the Carolina surfer that got a nice one at pipe a few winters back?
Hopefully Ryan Moss makes a full recovery. And thankfully no one else was seriously injured. It could have gone a lot worse.
Hopefully Ryan Moss makes a full recovery. And thankfully no one else was seriously injured. It could have gone a lot worse.
Indeed. And you could see multiple ski operators throttle down as they crested the wave. Others went full throttle and launched. Experience.
I kind of hate what I'm about to say, but at some point I start to wonder if there shouldn't be a limit on how many/who is out there. Maybe it's time to issue permits. Big wave hunting licenses. At least for the photographers. Seems like there ought to be some method of qualifying who is out there. Before someone gets killed again. But whatever. Not my problem.
I had a friend fly over a wave and got launched super high and when he came down he shattered his wrist on the ski.