Pics from the hothole

[Wolf Child]

Dude, the seaweed was even worse this year, a HUGE area of it, further out than I've ever seen. Made for a nice salad with a little ranch dressing on top though.:lmao:

man... it was WORSE????:eek5:

I was still pulling sea weed out if the pump when I pulled my ski's out of storage this year.

 

[FJXP]

Nice pics Superjett, i wish we had came down, it looks like a good turnout as well,

 

[PancakePete]

Dude, the seaweed was even worse this year, a HUGE area of it, further out than I've ever seen. Made for a nice salad with a little ranch dressing on top though.:lmao:

I do have to say.. if you did not get it in your pump, it was a blast, weaving, hoping, it was like a mine field... :thewave:
But man, if you sucked that crap up... oooofff.. you we pulling it out
in the cold for a while...

I remember going back in forth, do you go out and around, or cut thu the field... Either way that crap is fun as hell to dodge ! :bigok:

Its the little stuff like that, you miss !

 

[SuperJETT]

We went out and around, but it seemed like even going way out we still had to cut back/forth. Going through the main section would have been suicide.

 

[snowxr]

Yes, it WAS suicide going through the weed monster. After putting a hole in my hull I decided to try to ride it back via the most direct route. BAD IDEA. Thanks to Steve802 for pulling my sunken ski back to the launch.

 

[Roo]

I had a great time.

I really need to thank Mark of 24/7. He let me ride his 60 LBS hull / 10MM Lamey Stroker ski moments after he showed up there. That thing was just pure stupid! lol

However, I broke the steering cable about 5 minutes into the ride Luckily (kinda), someone had a break down and he was able to snag there steering cable for the remander of the day.

Chad then took the 'ski and attempted some NICE flatwater backflips!

And thanks again to Chad for some help on my 'rolls! Advice greatly appreciated!

-Andrew

 

[PancakePete]

We went out and around, but it seemed like even going way out we still had to cut back/forth. Going through the main section would have been suicide.

Thats the fun part.... hehehe :nana:

Yes, it WAS suicide going through the weed monster. After putting a hole in my hull I decided to try to ride it back via the most direct route. BAD IDEA. Thanks to Steve802 for pulling my sunken ski back to the launch.

That sucks... trying to pull someone thru that mess ! :scared:

 

[IceRocket1286]

Ok on a serious note....did anyone ride outside of the hothole? Lake erie usually puts out some pretty decent waves because we have a practice course just outside of the hothole running along the beach by the powerlines. Was it rough out?

 

[Roo]

Ok on a serious note....did anyone ride outside of the hothole? Lake erie usually puts out some pretty decent waves because we have a practice course just outside of the hothole running along the beach by the powerlines. Was it rough out?

Very rough.

Going to and from sucked. :crying:

 

[steve802cc]

Yes, it WAS suicide going through the weed monster. After putting a hole in my hull I decided to try to ride it back via the most direct route. BAD IDEA. Thanks to Steve802 for pulling my sunken ski back to the launch.

No problem Kurt. Can't leave a rider in need sitting there. I ended up missing my hockey game which was likely a good thing. I already had way to many sore muscles from skiing.
Later.
Steve

 

[SuperJETT]

I thought it was fairly smooth, jetskee and I went and hit some waves for a bit until my engine pisser blocked off and blew a line off the head. Every once in a while you could catch a 2 foot roller, I got a few rolls off them.

 

[IceRocket1286]

Did you guys launch from the Bolles Harbor Boat launch? You have to ride out of the harbor, alongside a pier, and around to the left to get to the hothole?

 

[Fro Diesel]

Did you guys launch from the Bolles Harbor Boat launch? You have to ride out of the harbor, alongside a pier, and around to the left to get to the hothole?

Yes, and Yes. It was a blast. Thanks to Jamie for putting things together. The shirts are awesome. Thanks for letting Mark and i crash at your place. A few rounds of beer pong and ten beers put us in no condition to drive. YOu have a sweet house/barn mang. Your friend aint half bad either...

That seaweed was hell. I followed two people out there, we thought we went out far enough to avoid the floating black blob. But no, me and this blast got all clogged up. It was fun to dodge though. The water was cold, but not as cold as i am used to riding on the westside (port sheldon). By the time we got to the hothole, i was taking off my wetsuit.

Thanks to those who pulled my ass back in after ingesting, and after blowing a cooling line from the pump...we were in about 6 inches of water when i hit something and flew off the ski...skidding sidways down into the muck. At least i got pulled in by another sn! Nice paint job man.

And thanks to DJkorn who pulled me in too when i ingested water. thanks for taking a break from the kids...they looked like they were having such a good time.

I can't forget to mention Tony, the guy who came out with the pontoon. YOu kept my beers cold all day (what a nuisance i can be going into your cooler every 20 minutes) fed me and a few other riders. You even hooked it up with a few cold ones for the long drive home. You rock:brap:

Thanks to those who made a wake for us to jump. Party boy's backflip attempts were huge!!

Chuck...your boat rips, thanks for letting me take it for a rip. Hope the swelling goes down soon so you can fit into your shoes again.

I had a great time...I didn't know how it would be going solo...but you guys are like one tight family...thanks everyone for making this event what it is. I am so stoked to Daytonauttahere:

 

[TB]

ok having problems with the gallery i'll try again later tonight to get my pics up...got quite a few awsome pics..all in all about 65 or so.

 

[SuperJETT]

ok having problems with the gallery i'll try again later tonight to get my pics up...got quite a few awsome pics..all in all about 65 or so.

zip them up and send to superjett@gmail.com if you need to. Also, if you have a high megapixel camera, you may need to resize before uploading as the filesizes nowadays are beyond the PHP upload limit, not the vbulletin limit.

 

[The Timmer]

yeah im with kurt when i was on the way back i tryed taking the short cut and paid the price i had to get off and pull a chunk of seaweed that wedged its way into my pump and intake grate it sucked

 

[djkorn1]

Jen and her kids sucked up seaweed too! We were about 1/3 of a mile out too and the water was still only 2 feet deep. That side of Lake Erie is SHALLOW!!!!! It is wayyy deeper on the east side of the islands.

 

[kingnothing3]

seaweed was extra bad this year!!! also first year I didnt have any problems with it.

 

[snowxr]

So we're all dropping in at that little launch further up ino the hot hole next year?? I rode up there where the canal goes under I-75, and it looks do-able. Looked at mapquest today to see what road goes there. It looks pretty easy to get to.
-Kurt

 

[superjet0587]

It was a great time glad i made the last minute decision to head down, it was great to see everyone, and ROO your welcome to come over and ride anytime and we can work on rolls some more in some calmer water.