It was a damn mistake!!! Oh the drama!

[Waste Land]

I'm at the local riding spot. I'm riding the SJs with my friend Charles. I'm about 60 or 70 feet off shore practicing monkey jumps. I'm near the channel marker actually. This is a indication for BARGES so they can be sure not to get too close to shore.

Well my dad made a supride visit to come watch me ride and just saw him sit down so I go back to the money jumps and show him something new im trying to perfect. Well...I hit one swam under the boat and when i came up the jet wash hit me in the face and i didnt grab my tray.

So my boat makes a U turn, and I'm waiting for it to come back to me. Except it doesnt! It goes STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE SHORE! It was heading for these 3 fat chicks, maybe 19 or 20s who could have easily beat my SJ up. A small ski at idle speed cant be bad to just push away. So about 20 feet before them my dad whistles to the ladies about the ski and then the ski finally starts circling....The chicks are laughing...and making a joke out of it...I finally get to my ski and apologize that it was a very random accident and they thought nothing of it.

So i beach my ski. As I'm walking up to my dad this really skinny guy(smaller then me even) comes flying at me screaming! I imeeditaly start apologizing again. It wasnt my fault but i was int he wrong and was trying to be cool. The guy is screaming that I'm riding too close to shore and "nearly killed his daughters." I found that insane considering i had to swim a good minute or more i was so far off shore. Charles was off riding and the guy thinks im alone on the beach. Instead of being cool and talking to me about it(I knwo it wasnt my fault but it was my problem and i knew that) and letting me explain it was a freak accident. He keeps screaming trying to be a bad ass on the beach. As the guy looses his temper starts walking torward me....my dad stands up and starts coming closer...he now realizes thats my father and not the guy I'm riding with...instantly shuts up and trots back to his seat.

I just needed to vent this out a bit. It was a freak accident that my ski didnt circle. I tried to let the guy know it was a mistake and strange happening. I apologized, this daughters laughed it off.....but no...this dick wanted to be a billy bad ass and try to pick a fight on the beach over something no one was able to help.

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

 

[raidermike]

Yes,thers a resome for them rip cores,,,,i dont like useing them,but i know i need too,,,with that said people can be a$$es

later mike

 

[Speedfreak]

I hate stupid people like that I would have really pissed him off and helped him cool off with a couple hundred gallons of water..... I know you can do a fountian.


I know that doesn't support our sport but he is pissed and hates skiers and there is nothing that you could do to change his mind you tried to reason and explain but it took your dad to stop him from advancing at you, so he might as well ride home wet he'll have a reason to hate skiers. And the chicks would have thought it was funny as hell :biggrin:

 

[Waste Land]

I hate stupid people like that I would have really pissed him off and helped him cool off with a couple hundred gallons of water..... I know you can do a fountian.


I know that doesn't support our sport but he is pissed and hates skiers and there is nothing that you could do to change his mind you tried to reason and explain but it took your dad to stop him from advancing at you, so he might as well ride home wet he'll have a reason to hate skiers. And the chicks would have thought it was funny as hell :biggrin:

Yeah..if I was spraying and splashing people...which i dont do....i could see a sreason to be pissed but man....that was some BULL.

Screw a fountain...I'll make a setupwake close to shore and do my infamous barrell flop on 'em

 

[Freestyleriverrat]

Yes,thers a resome for them rip cores

Dude he was doing a sprung monkey.........put two and two togather , you can't use a rip cord on that trick, cords are only good for racing and normal riding!!

 

[douglee25]

They do make long cords so you can do tricks. Even if you fall off, the cord will still get pulled. Frankly, I don't think it's too swift to ride without one.

Doug

 

[Boris]

The screaming father was not pi$$ed at you, he was pi$$ed at the fact that his life went by and all he has to show for it is 3 fat daughters.
He never had fun like you were.
I'm sure he was all bad a$$ when he was young but now all he gets is a case of beer and a beach chair to relax his old bones under an umbrella.



I still would have decked him for raising his voice at me after I clearly made every attempt to explain and apologize.

 

[raidermike]

Dude he was doing a sprung monkey.........put two and two togather , you can't use a rip cord on that trick, cords are only good for racing and normal riding!!

Must have miss that, i just dont think new people too the sport(like me) should ride with out one its just not safe to others.

 

[SUPERJET-113]

The screaming father was not pi$$ed at you, he was pi$$ed at the fact that his life went by and all he has to show for it is 3 fat daughters.
He never had fun like you were.

Thats one helluva crystal ball you have there.

 

[douglee25]

Not busting your balls but if I had a daughter and some guy's ski was coming toward her, I was be pretty pissed myself.

Doug

 

[SUPERJET-113]

They do make long cords so you can do tricks. Even if you fall off, the cord will still get pulled. Frankly, I don't think it's too swift to ride without one.
Doug

Ya, i guess he could have a 5' lanyard for doing a sprung monkey..
:haha:

But he should have the idle turned down, becuase they dont circle everytime(obviously). I have them go straight before too.
I set mine where it idles for about 5 seconds or so after I fall off. When I used to compete, I would crank up the idle(for the competition).

But I gotta tell ya: Lanyards are the DEVIL!!!!!(for freestyle):saevilw:

 

[goXtreme]

Maybe it is just me, but maybe Shamu should have side stepped a little if she didnt feel the need to help a guy out

 

[kawasakit2me]

Not trying to give you a hard time Waste, but it *was* your fault. (This is the risk you take when you don't use a lanyard and it's not really that freak a thing for the ski to go straight for awhile before it decides to turn.) Whether he should've gone off on you or not is a different story. Sounds like you handled it the way I would like to see something like that handled. After it was over, you apologized to the girls, even though you never actually harmed them. Sometimes dads can get irrational when it comes to "protecting" their daughters.

 

[Waste Land]

Not trying to give you a hard time Waste, but it *was* your fault. (This is the risk you take when you don't use a lanyard and it's not really that freak a thing for the ski to go straight for awhile before it decides to turn.) Whether he should've gone off on you or not is a different story. Sounds like you handled it the way I would like to see something like that handled. After it was over, you apologized to the girls, even though you never actually harmed them. Sometimes dads can get irrational when it comes to "protecting" their daughters.

I completely understand...it was my fault as stated in first post kinda. I'm gonna say my fault...but it was my problem. Riding too close to shore and hitting somone would ahve been my fault. I knew it was a bad thign and handled it the best I could. He on the other hand was an ass over something so small. I bet he doesnt say ******** like when people pull out in front of him in traffic, which is way more deadly.

Either way...I did what i thought was in best interest

 

[sclevela]

shoulda told him that hes got more of a chance killin his kids by feeding them the way he does then u did with your ski




as for the "rock chuckers" screaming at jesse and how he shoulda done something different to prevent the situation.................... im sure u never were a resident of the glass house we call "being a teenager" where we just do poop......... the fruckin kid handles himself better than most of you probably do so cut him a ******kin break