I witnesed the best SLT earlier today.
I let a friend who had never ridden a stand up give it a shot. I expected him to do well; as he is a frestyle BMX'r. He often bragged about how great he would do on his first try. I secretly thought he would, but you know men I have to tell him how much he will fall. This ride had been building up for a long while and here it is. I think we both anticipated it for different reasons. Him to show off amd me to laugh. As expected he made it to his feet almost instantly. Now standing and actually not looking all that awkward he try's his first turn. A little shaky but he manages a pretty wide 180.
This is were it goes into speculation as he would never tell me: I guess he thinks he is hot s&#t and trys to do a SLT fly by like a F-14 pilot. I am screaming at the top of my lungs, dude not the SLT!!!! He manages to make it half way past me at what is believed to be the closest thing to a full throttle SLT Ever seen. I feared for my life as this Tsunami type wake of his was coming at me. Sudenly the speed wobble caught up with him and tossed him to the left of my ski. I had told him not to let go no matter what; and I think he took it to heart. Continuing to hold on during the SLT wipeout is only known by legend until this very moment. He had to have rolled 20 maybe even 30 times striking the ski weth nearly every roll. At this point I am actually afraid I killed the guy. Luckily he managed to come from it nearly unscaved. PST is starting to set in; he cant even hear a weed wacker or a chainsaw now without twitching.
Please, for one dollar a day we can have sally struthers run adds on TV warning the public about the SLT. Without, proper education citizens are and will continue to be put at risk. JetSkiing is gaining popularity around the world, and we cant have more attempts at the SLT. It is rumored that the Tsunami that rocked the SE Asia cost a few years back was caused by the SLT. (Serous note:May the lost rest in peace, very tragic and I hope better early detection devices are put in place allthroughout the world.) We may never know the truth, unless it happens again!!!
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