Wake Jumping pics
Let me just start with yes this is a naive post. I've seen some really cool pics posted from poker runs and many of them are staged for a following boat to jump a wake and voila really cool picture. I'm attending a poker run this weekend and I know there will be a photographer taking these types of pics.
I've seen the bass boat wake jumping video and I've seen the recent boat crash on Mead and I'm just not interested in endangering myself or my passengers. Is there a safe way to get the cool pic? I have a Rage. Thanks. |
Originally Posted by XX14
(Post 3185460)
Let me just start with yes this is a naive post. I've seen some really cool pics posted from poker runs and many of them are staged for a following boat to jump a wake and voila really cool picture. I'm attending a poker run this weekend and I know there will be a photographer taking these types of pics.
I've seen the bass boat wake jumping video and I've seen the recent boat crash on Mead and I'm just not interested in endangering myself or my passengers. Is there a safe way to get the cool pic? I have a Rage. Thanks. A following sea is the best and smoothest way to get some air with a soft landing. |
I was at a poker run this past weekend and we carried a 38 top gun 2 boat lengths completely out of the water....a 42 Tiger was beside us and he was getting 5 ft up and leaving 2 boat lengths of un-touched water too.
Now, you don't go out and jump a wake without learning how and the reality is you don't try. You learn how to drive the boat fast as you can in the conditions and it happens to leave the water some.....takes time and experience to learn. First time you rode your bike you weren't out riding with no hands were you? BTW: those shots are often one of 100 a photographer took while riding in a helicopter beside the boat for several miles. |
The chances of having that photographer and helicopter there at the exact time you launch is usually slim.
The safe way is do only what you have done before and know what your boat is capable of. Remember, the flying doesn't hurt..........but the landing might. |
Originally Posted by Griff
(Post 3185856)
Remember, the flying doesn't hurt
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here we were this past Sat.........must be 100 shots cover 3 miles but this one is the best.
http://PHOTOS.POWERBOATPHOTOS.COM/p232584688/e111d7d45 |
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Originally Posted by t500hps
(Post 3186227)
here we were this past Sat.........must be 100 shots cover 3 miles but this one is the best.
http://PHOTOS.POWERBOATPHOTOS.COM/p232584688/e111d7d45 Bad ass pic!!! |
Originally Posted by SDFever
(Post 3186667)
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Great shot. The bay certainly has enough nasty wakes to air out, that's for sure. Darrell |
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