evlPanda said...kiteboy dave said...
Put all the weight in the back and jack it out.. womp womp womp <spray>>>>>>
You said "womp" too!?
We used to have duels, where we'd start at either end of a canal and try to time the spray as we passed each other.
Then we started skurfing. This eventually evolved into a body board that we'd whip around and up onto the beach. You could travel along the beach (wave break) for dozens of metres. Of course we ended up building massive jumping ramps out of sand.
Parking on wave break involved driving flat out at the beach. Turn off motor when you hit the sand. drive up beach maybe 8 metres. Step out.
Those were the days.
Lol yes I said "skurfing" too.
If I remember right you had to time it when the nose bounced down and touched the water, jam the tiller into yourself hard. Then as it went up for the next bounce it would kick out and slam your corner.
Even made a board, cut down a busted old surf board with an electric planer, screwed on hose pipe foot straps, and sealed it all up with some kinda waterproof paint. Surprisingly, it worked ok.
My days as a tinny fiend weren't that long. I started out in a borrowed one, then got a 10' ultralight one real cheap from some schoolmates. Turned out a month or so later that they'd swum across the river at night and flogged it, which was why it had not rego stickers or plate.
Same fellas took me for a ride in their lark which had a brand new tiller drive 40hp on it. They normally had 6hp with a steering wheel setup for hiring to tourists. 2 of us had to literally sit on the bow with our legs hanging over while the 3rd kid reached back and give it full throttle. The thing stood up vertical. When she came down it was pretty mad though.
Turns out they'd flogged the boat and motor seperately on more night raids... they ended up getting busted for the lot, kicked out of school etc.
The old one was already 50 years old when I needed to replace it.
