cool old 1997 freestyle video

[EvanKrefski]

 

[steve-uk]

there are some cool tricks on there... better than todays 20 backflips in a row followed by a barrel roll and and back flip

be interesting to see if some of the current pros could even pull some of the old skool tricks off!

 

[WILKEY]

Rick Roy got nasty

 

[NVJAY775]

Loved watching Parr at WF. He had an awesome routine. Stoyer has some good style too. Auquaholic woo! Me and my 21 yr old son just watched this vid and he even said he liked watching that vid over what todays routines are like.

 

[Factory928]

very cool video!

 

[B3IS]

Only watched the frist minute or so, oooooh the reverse headstand on the runabout. Evolution.

 

[icecoled007]

Very cool, it was fun watching Rick Roy and Eric Malone.

4:42 Double trouble FTW

 

[sxipro02]

1:25, that couch was tearing it up lol. pretty impressive

 

[Aquaholic]

Awesome find!!

1997 was a really special year for me. That was the year I did the whole Big Red National tour. 11 different cities across the US and Canada. Hanging out with all of these guys(who were my heroes and inspiration), was really a stellar experience. Each weekend, watching these guys compete live, was so badass. Memories of that year are indelibly etched in my mind.

Thanks for posting this!
PS Where was Bobby Biggs at that years WF?

 

[g-ski]

Today's power and 1997 routines jam packed with variety--why can't we have it all? I say each trick gets scored once and then repeated tricks are scored "0". Make the time limit 2:30 or maybe 3 minutes. Maybe it would force the pros to expand their number of tricks.

 

[SuperJETT]

You can go back to '95 if you want, even amateur. http://www.superjett.com/jetski-vid...path=World+Finals+with+permission+from+IJSBA/

 

[MCrider]

is that a front flip at 57? lol

 

[djkorn1]

Rick Roy's a pimp. I would bet that these tricks are a bit harder to pull off smooth than 5 backys in a row.

 

[EvanKrefski]

I agree with every single thing all of you said, the 3 minutes idea would reallly go to new tricks being made or exploring old tricks just cooler versions of them. I love all the stock hull superjets!!!

 

[tshank123]

The tricks are definitely bigger these days but the routines were more polished and much more entertaining back then.

 

[SuperJoel]

The first time i met aquaholic he was throwing down those same tricks. totally got me into freestyle! great vid!

 

[SUPERJET-113]

Here are my 5 vids on youtube from 1997. These are the only copies in existence as far as i know. They are all from the same competition that was sponsored by Wescoast aftermarket company. Featuring Eric malone, Rick Roy, Lloyd "Showtime" Burlew, Kenneth "kilowatt" Wood, and Bobby Biggs(master of the Fx-1). I dont know what happened to the sound on a couple of them. There is a distorted noise along with the sound track now.
There was a 3K purse for Freestyle that day! The good ol days.

Good old skool freestyle right here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/superjet113

 

[Snivilous]

Holy crap, the guy at 1:00 in the yellow and green, does he do a sub and front flip under water? Those tricks blow away on the no skill high displacement tricks.