yea, I had a hard time with timing my throttle. Also I was given a pretty hefty fine by the security at our lake bc he tried to stop me for being out on the water past 8pm (no biggie, they just tell you to go in) I couldnt hear his siren over the exhaust and rode back to my dock, when he finally caught up he was pissed and thought I was running and gave me a few fines. I tried to explain I didnt hear him over the ski and having a helmet on and it didnt help, he just pointed out how dangerous it was to ride like that and went on writing lol.