Eye hand co-ordination

[red750]

Like any form of showing off - hooning, etc. Always a risk.

[spacesailor]

Loong ago !.

When I was into motor-bikes the local club asked  me to join. 

You only have to stand-up while doing the " ton " . ( 140 kph ) I chickened out 

spacesailor

 

[rgmwa]

Maybe they haven’t discovered floats. 

[kgwilson]

Water is like concrete if you hit it at speed & it will hurt. Water skiers can attest to that. So just like bare foot skiers with appropriate skill and speed the wheels won't dig in. If you don't have both of those it will be a very expensive exercise.

[onetrack]

Hmmmm........

 

QUOTE: "First, the water ski maneuver itself requires no real talent.".......

 

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2022/june/pilot/dogfight-airplane-water-skiing

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 01:51 PM by onetrack

[Arron25]

On 02/06/2025 at 8:02 PM, spacesailor said:

 " ton " . ( 140 kph )

 

Must have different 'ton's across the ditch

[BrendAn]

2 minutes ago, Arron25 said:

Must have different 'ton's across the ditch

They lost 20 kph

[Blueadventures]

2 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

They lost 20 kph

Like their dollar?

[spacesailor]

It was very loong ago . ( I was a teenager ) 

Just a verbal acronym for 100. Mph .

Now we speak French , that ton  will be 60 kph .

spacesailor

[onetrack]

Back to school for you, Spacey, you must have failed arithmetic! 100mph is 161kmh.

[spacesailor]

What is 'Arifmatik' , I only had a few years of ' terror edgukashun ' .

Had to learn after 14. & 6months after skooling.

spacesailor

 

Edited yesterday at 08:13 AM by spacesailor
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