Emergency lowering of water level leads to standup find

[rubbertoe]

also no water box ,this guy was running a resonator

 

[MADMAT]

Wow....cool!

 

[Midlake Crisis]

How much shipped for pipe?

 

[Big Kahuna]

also no water box ,this guy was running a resonator

See post 10.

 

[rubbertoe]

My bad ,BK .just got caught up in the moment didn't see your post.hahaha

 

[Big Kahuna]

Lol

 

[Magyar68]

Now that is a fresh water ski.

Just waiting for the post "Help!! just got my ski back after 3 years and....."

Dibs on the Handel pole Prop.

 

[SmittySX]

Man, thatd be great if the owner was tracked down and given the ski back!

 

[Magyar68]

Man, thatd be great if the owner was tracked down and given the ski back!

Who knows, He (or she) may have posted when it went missing...

That would be a trip...

 

[OCD Solutions]

Someone needs to save these pics and post again the next time the topic comes about not wearing a wrist lanyard...just sayin.

 

[Mark44]

Its just a kawi guys.

 

[JT_Freeride]

Someone needs to save these pics and post again the next time the topic comes about not wearing a wrist lanyard...just sayin.

It had the lanyard on it

 

[OCD Solutions]

It had the lanyard on it

Exactly. On "it" and not around the wrist of the rider where it should have been. Can you say "Ghost rider"

Unless of course it drifted away from a mooring and arbitrarily sunk in which case I will retract my statement. Either way, I'd be real curious to hear if the owner gets tracked down and what the story was behind the loss.

 

[JT_Freeride]

That's true.

 

[High Speed Industries]

I wonder if the tray foam is waterlogged. lol

 

[TheBuzzard]

that ski would have floated a very long time before sinking completely. maybe it floated down to the dam from up river. could have been parked at the shore and washed away. i saw that happen to a couple blasters last year at windmill cove and a guys X2 got away from his dock, found down stream, impounded and he lost it cause he couldnt come up with the $500 fees. lanyard still on it sounds parked to me.

 

[mydixiewrecked]

Someone needs to save these pics and post again the next time the topic comes about not wearing a wrist lanyard...just sayin.

It was found 300 feet left of the campground and 100 feet from the waterline.

Id say it's a better chance that it floated away


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[Matt_E]

that ski would have floated a very long time before sinking completely. maybe it floated down to the dam from up river. could have been parked at the shore and washed away. i saw that happen to a couple blasters last year at windmill cove and a guys X2 got away from his dock, found down stream, impounded and he lost it cause he couldnt come up with the $500 fees. lanyard still on it sounds parked to me.

It was found at least 20 miles upriver from the dam in question. Like mydixiewrecked says, it was very close to a popular campground. I've ridden there in 2010 or 2011.

Some other stuff is starting to surface: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/03/04/2858801/human-remains-found-upstream-from.html
No telling if it's recent. It might be millenia old, who knows.


The dam crack itself is a pretty spectacular story, too.
Pic of the dam:

The crack is in one of the spillway support monoliths:

Check out the bowing on top of the dam: (Not just the circled area, look at the curb stone on the other side, too!)

Last one:

The crack was initially 2 inches wide. Since lowering the water level in the reservoir by 21 (maybe 26 feet), it has closed to 1 inch. Incredible.

 

[Millah]

Going to be a cheap 750 on CL soon. (slight water damage)

 

[blasterdude]

Going to be a cheap 750 on CL soon. (slight water damage)

Needs carbs cleaned and a new battery, lol!