Anyone remember this show??
 

Thunder In Paradise haha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-8ebBdPBhA&NR=1

ran across this video on youtube. this was my favorite show when i was a kid. Horrible acting and all, but cool boats. I really like the look of the enclosed cabin Thunder they used in the show. I wonder what happend to all of the boats??

Yeah I watched that show as a kid to, one of my favorites for all the boats. Anyone know what type of boat Thunder was? 38 Scarab?

Yes it was a 38 Scarab I had a buddy in Deland FL on the St. John's River that had this boat in white, it was a awesone ride had the Thunder down the side and everything!!

Pretty sure it was a 43' Scarab. Check out the YouTube vid at 1:09 you can see the triple exhausts. I remember two of the cats that were featured, usually driven by the bad guys, were a 33' Obsession Vortex, and a 38' Mares.

only part I never understood is that it is a 40 to 50 foot boat but they would go down in the cabin and it was 30 feet long, 15 feet wide and 10 feet tall. amazing how the boat would grow when you went in the cabin and shrink back to size when you went topside. ah, the majic of television I guess.

haha. thats hollywood.

I'm still waiting for them to make KnightBoat.......Hasselhoff was close on Baywatch.......but not quite there.

Like an RV there are "slideouts" in the cabin...they extend out 5' on each side, 3' down (below the hull) and 6' above the deck...rough water ride deteriorates, but there is room down below then...you basically have to stop the boat...but that explains why Jan Michael Vincent is not bouncing all over the place.

Yes...that is a 43' Scarab Thunder. I watched the show from time to time, but it screamed cheese factor...very evident in that video with the cheesy hand signals, thumbs up and who was Jan Michael Vincent giving the "hang loose" sign to when Hogan was driving and not even looking at him?? Great post though!!

How about this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzXlw9vNSUA

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hahahaha. ive never seen that show before. looks like a goofy Miami Vice. those guys are nuts for jumping and landing on the sun pad while the boat is underpower!

hey, did anyone ever notice that in Thunder in Paradise, they are never in rough water? i mean, its always either glass or a very light chop, you never see the boat in rough water, only for a second in the opening credits.

I cant remember what they called it, but there was some sort of turbo booster that dropped out of the bottom of the boat and made it go warp speed. First time I saw that I realized how ridiculous the show was.

Rip Tide was a great show!
I think in the second season they had to switch to a 21' Scarab. Unafavorable insurance settlement after the other Scarab was shot up...

Back to Thunder, I seem to remember that they were able to deploy some sort of underwater JATO rockets to enable them to out run a sidewinder missle or something... Very realistic!

im getting the 3 dvd set of Thunder in pardise i found online. call me corny, but it will be something fun to watch on a rainy day.

LMAO! At first I thought that was Hasselhoff next to Hogan.

My 28 Pantera was used in that show. I don't know how to post link but it was the blue Pantera.

here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTDt7...eature=related

I loved Riptide as a kid...

Some nice tail in that video, but whats with the machismo d-bags in their speedos:lolhit:

Oh yeah, the Pantera looks great:evilb:

wow

Nice Pantera! It's awesome when he throws the two bimbos out at speed, I've wanted to do that myslefa few times.

It's amazing how I used to watch soem terrible stuff, just because it would have a performance boat in it. Performance boats don't seem to be a part of popular culture anymore like they were in the 80's, you never see a speed boat in movies, tv, videos anymore. it's a shame.

thats true. with the exception of the donzi in the Miami Vice movie ( 2006).