Mark Kenney

tpalmeri 08-22-2003, 9:47 AM

with his passing just over a year ago, I found a picture posted on "endofropegang.com" of Mark doing what may be the biggest hoochie I have ever seen. He will always be one of the greats. WE MISS YOU MARK!!

if you cant open the pic, go to endofropegang.com and go to the discussion boards and under the general discussion board there is "worlds biggest hoochie" thread. That is the pic

Mark Kenney Hoochie

tpalmeri 08-22-2003, 9:48 AM

cool it showed up!! enjoy

blind5 08-22-2003, 9:52 AM

it's also on wake.com.au right on there main page i just set it as my wallpaper

(wakeworld) · (wakeworld) **Join Date: Jan 1997** 08-22-2003, 11:49 AM

I'm sorry, but that is just freakin' crazy!! How can his knees possibly withstand the impact of that landing.

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 08-22-2003, 12:12 PM

My thoughts exactly, Dave. How do you land that? And look at the water....not exactly glass he's landing in.

(wakescene) · (wakescene) **Join Date: Feb 2001** 08-22-2003, 2:07 PM

yea, looks nearly 25ft high or higher. 2 1/2 stories, cmon, there have got to be many more photos than that of him doing this trick. If it is legit, he may hold a world record!

KG

tpalmeri 08-22-2003, 2:50 PM

If you have seen his tribute video, then you know he is fully capable of going very big! other tricks of his that stand out is a method vulcan. that too is in the video

(deepstructure) · (deepstructure) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 08-22-2003, 3:36 PM

mark was a wonderful person and an incredible rider. and that's one hell of a hoochie glide. but it's maybe 15-17ft up at most.

take a look at it - mark was 5' 5" tall. does that look like 5 of him stacked one on top of the other would fit underneath him? not even close.

tpalmeri 08-22-2003, 3:38 PM

Christopher. I could not agree with you more... if anyone had the opportunity to meet him, there was a lasting impression made. He will never be forgotten

(h20jnky) · (h20jnky) **Join Date: Mar 2003** 08-22-2003, 4:47 PM

he is the man.......

i am sure air traffic control is still wondering what all the unidentified blips were on radar that day.....

(cam) · (cam) **Join Date: Aug 2003** 08-22-2003, 7:01 PM

Here is a video of him pulling an equally as big orient air at Planet X Games in Sydney 2002

http://wake.com.au/modules/media/markkennyxgames.mpa

The Quality isnt great, but you get the idea.
Oh and who is going to be the first person this time to ask for the full speed version, this is in real time, not edited.

Enjoy

(cam) · (cam) **Join Date: Aug 2003** 08-24-2003, 8:24 AM

I actually took the time to read all the other posts in this thread tonight, and didnt realise how many doubters where out there.
Mark did land this hoochie, and as you can see in the video from planet x games, he landed that one.
I know some of the guys in the boat that day (planet x games), and the reaction from this trick was "#$%# that is huge", and then to see him land it.
He went on the next day in the finals to pull an equally as big hoochie glide.
They were without a doubt he was the winner on the day so they pulled around to give him an encore double up as it would be, but he happen to snap his board down the centre from that double up, and didnt want to risk a second try and injure himself.
Mark was a freak, a pioneer, and forever a legend to this pastime we call wakeboarding.

(Message edited by cam on August 24, 2003)

wakeboard4568 08-24-2003, 11:32 AM

WHOA....that is crazy...definately a picture for the desktop.

elisabeth