With all the environmental crap we're going to have to deal with, or already dealing with in terms of operating a 2-stroke engine... don't give the regulators any more reason to make up any laws that completely ban and/or outlaw stand-ups as we know them.
Ok, you don't like like carrying a fire extinguisher... boo-f@#$#-hoo. It's a couple of pounds, and can be solidly mounted in any of 4-5 spots on any stand up... quit your bitching.
I don't see the point either, but it is what it is.
A whistle? Come on man... really? You deserve a ticket on that just for being that damn lazy.
No registration on BOTH skis you had on the water? WTF... it's not that hard. Would you have driven your car without a license plate? I doubt it... you'd have at least ripped apart a piece of cardboard and made up a "lost tag" sign or something. Don't be lazy!
No boaters license on you? You mean you have one, but were just too lazy to bring it out with you? Just make a copy, laminate it, and keep it in a ziploc bag on your machine... tell them the original is on shore so it doesn't get ruined. There's no excuse for this either.
Backflips? Ok, I understand that you may not be happy that you can't do them... just try to stay FAR FAR FAR away from anyone else on the water. You may not be able to have your guy on the dock taking video, or picture, or whatever, but don't give them an excuse to come over an inspect you in the first place when you know you're already lined up for like 50 violations.
All of this is just being fined for being lazy... and there are people on this thread backing you up, and bitching about those damn commies for actually expecting you to follow the laws? How dare they!?!?!?! LMAO!
Introduce yourself to the patrol on hand when you arrive, let them know you're an amateur or professional competitor, and show them that you're 100% legit from the start.
What you basically did was prove them right...
They thought... who is this guy making trouble over there? Let's go check him out...
When they arrived, you proved them right. Everything you could have done wrong, you did. No VIN? You're lucky the thing wasn't impounded on the spot!
If I was on patrol, and found a machine with no VIN, I'd impound it on the spot, and not because I'm a dick... I'd do it because I've had a ski stolen in the past and one of the first things removed on a stolen ski is the VIN. I'd have impounded it in the hopes that I'd be returning stolen property to the rightful owner.
It seems like every 2-3 months one of these stories comes up, and people bitch and moan that they broke the law... and they got busted. I remember one story on here where 3 25k skis were impounded on the spot at the ramp because they didn't have proper VIN or registration. Everyone was flipping out about it... but the police did the right thing.
You actually got LUCKY that you're not having to go prove ownership, and retrieve your ski from the impound lot.
This kind of thread just pisses me off.
We wonder why some of our riding spots are disappearing, and why stand-up guys get a bad name for "no reason"... this is the reason!
