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Old 04-28-2009, 11:10 PM   #1
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Desert Storm Sunday POPRA boat roll

Here is the video of the roll from Sundays POPRA race... Jim Nichols shot this from his position on the turn rescue boat... He gave permission for me to post this video. I did a quick edit and here it is... Both men were safe and unhurt...

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Old 04-28-2009, 11:21 PM   #2
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Thanks for finding it

That was the craziest thing Ive ever done.What a rush!Im ready to go again.Cant wait.
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That was the craziest thing Ive ever done.What a rush!Im ready to go again.Cant wait.
Straight from the player himself... congrats on the safe swim... Don't do it again...
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Old 04-28-2009, 11:55 PM   #4
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Here is the video of the roll from Sundays POPRA race... Jim Nichols shot this from his position on the turn rescue boat... He gave permission for me to post this video. I did a quick edit and here it is... Both men were safe and unhurt...

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What in the world happened?
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Old 04-29-2009, 02:17 AM   #5
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What Happened

As we stared to get close to the turn,half way down the straight,I decided to enter the turn wider than before and carry more speed. Since we were having such a tough time turning anyway ,I thought a bigger,faster turn would give us more drive out of the corner onto the straight.Boy was I wrong.As we started to turn in I think we hit a cross wake that caused the boat to become very unsettled,then all of a sudden,I no longer could steer as if the boat was plowing and the rear was very high.At that point,it was pucker up time and we got wet.It happened so fast!Ive watched the video over and over to try and figure it out but cant.It seems like it was just one of thoes things.Although we did get some advice before tha race from RIQUE FORD,He said our props might be to big in diameter which will casue the boat to ride high and to be very careful which we werent. NOTHING HAPPENED TO US NOR THE BOAT SO WE ARE VERY LUCKY.I DO HAVE TO BUILD SOME NEW HATCHES ,THATS ABOUT IT.
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Old 04-29-2009, 09:44 AM   #6
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WOW!!!! What a ride. Glad your alright!!
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Old 04-29-2009, 12:28 PM   #7
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Holy Sh*t....awesome that you guys were unhurt.....what kind of boat?
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Holy Sh*t....awesome that you guys were unhurt.....what kind of boat?


Well it wasn't a Fountain, so at least we won't have to live this one down.

He!! of a ride, at one point it looked like the boat was going to come down right on top of one of the ejected peeps. Lucky guys! Another good reason to hook up the kill switch.
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wow! Glad everyone's allright!
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