Pic of my boat at the NW Fly-in...and Ben Fernie

(mrdenial) · (mrdenial) **Join Date: Sep 2006** 11-11-2007, 9:06 AM

I'm the yellow boat in the background. I have wakeboards on my boat...so I think that justifies me posting here.

Ben Fernie goes off!

source of picture: http://www.nwflyin.com/gallery/100_2632.jpg

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(loudsubz) · (loudsubz) **Join Date: Aug 2001** 11-11-2007, 9:24 AM

thats some sick air. I would be poopin my pants.

(bill_airjunky) · (bill_airjunky) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 11-11-2007, 9:30 AM

Hey Dan,
All that yellow on the rider.... thats not Fernie. Thats the old fart, Lawrence! He does get sick air too, monster backrolls & nice big laid out front flips...... even though he's pushin 50 yrs old!!

Hope to see you & that Tige at the fly-in again next year!

(mrdenial) · (mrdenial) **Join Date: Sep 2006** 11-11-2007, 9:42 AM

This must be Fernie then =) Sorry Lawrence!

http://www.nwflyin.com/gallery/100B2652.jpg

I'll definetly be there!

(bigshow) · (bigshow) **Join Date: Feb 2005** 11-11-2007, 10:38 AM

That's a foil, those guys get some serious air.

I ran the Scioto Wakefest and invited foilers so I think I'm qualified to post as well.
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(mlb75) · (mlb75) **Join Date: Aug 2007** 11-11-2007, 11:55 AM

That just looks sick, I've got to give it a shot one of these days...

(mrdenial) · (mrdenial) **Join Date: Sep 2006** 11-11-2007, 12:39 PM

The one showing the rider is from my boat...I'm actually impressed with the wake...no ballast and 4 people in the boat.

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(mlb75) · (mlb75) **Join Date: Aug 2007** 11-11-2007, 1:32 PM

I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. All kidding aside we could have done without the last one...

(seattle) · (seattle) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 11-11-2007, 4:24 PM

That's Gramps in the yellow alright.

(loudsubz) · (loudsubz) **Join Date: Aug 2001** 11-12-2007, 3:53 PM

dont those guys kill themselves if they catch an edge or crash hard? More so than a wakeboard cause you pop out of the bindings? It looks like they are strapped in good.

(bill_airjunky) · (bill_airjunky) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 11-12-2007, 9:53 PM

Been riding foils for about 14 yrs, and wakeboards before that for like 6 or 7. I've taken a few good crashes on both. Not sure which is worse, landing backwards on a 360, catching an edge & having the handle ripped backwards out of my hands.............. or over rotating a big front flip & landing on my chest & face.

Crashes on either suck. Lots of guys do both, not to mention barefoot & slalom ski. But I haven't met many "ex foil riders".

We don't ever want to come separated from the foil, because then it can come back & hit you. Had that happen with skis & boards too & it still sucks. Eventually you can kind of be like a cat & always get the foil down before you hit the water, then they hurt a little bit less.

(Message edited by bill_airjunky on November 12, 2007)

(will5150) · (will5150) **Join Date: Oct 2002** 11-13-2007, 10:26 AM

Was that back in July on Banks Lake?

(mrdenial) · (mrdenial) **Join Date: Sep 2006** 11-13-2007, 5:36 PM

It was. Awesome weekend.

-Daniel

(magic) · (magic) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 11-13-2007, 10:21 PM

Too funny, I have 100s of pics of Lawrence doing just that. Been awhile since I've followed a boat on my Skyski!

(bill_airjunky)

Join us at Banks again July 10 - 13, 2008.

http://www.nwflyin.com/

Long time, no see, Sean. Hows married life treatin ya? Hope to see you at Banks this year. And bring Fester with ya! ;)

(seattle) · (seattle) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 11-14-2007, 7:59 AM

Sean fears the water now that he has the AIDS body.

(magic) · (magic) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 11-14-2007, 2:14 PM

Cliff -- ya, I need a full wetsuit for 70' water temp these days...

Bill -- check my profile pic for hows married life is going!

(bill_airjunky) · (bill_airjunky) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 11-14-2007, 2:53 PM

Looks like he's about old enough to learn to swim! Congrats, Dad!

This coming from the guy who used to ride in a shorty wetsuit till it was 50 degrees out. Oh, and the originator of the "Sack-cam"!