Freestyle Rickter XFS sinks within 1 second

rubbertoe

rubbertoe

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thats got to be a horrible feeling! i cant imagine whats running thru your head at that moment with a successful seasons hard work going down,blurp.when my ski 's hood popped off i almost drown trying to keep it from sinking.. great to see the follow up shots i take it he got it back...
 
Matt_E

Matt_E

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at peace
Not much to see. Backflop, hood obviously popped off, ski goes down immediately.
Doesn't even bob.
 
AtomicPunk

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Largo, Fl
yep, definitely "nothing to see". The ski looked like one of those Olympic divers, tiny splash and then nothing (but the rider left behind).

XFS = Xtremely Fast Sinker
 
augustaf

augustaf

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central florida
I can imagine that this could scare a newbie. Be advised that a "normal " jetski" could be 90% submerged with the nose down but enough flotation in the rear sticking out of the water to be towed to shore. One would have to make a special effort to build a "sinker".
 
chasingdaylight

chasingdaylight

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dunedin, florida
augustaf said:
I can imagine that this could scare a newbie. Be advised that a "normal " jetski" could be 90% submerged with the nose down but enough flotation in the rear sticking out of the water to be towed to shore. One would have to make a special effort to build a "sinker".
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I've sunk my ski durning hurricane bill last year and it was on the bottom with in seconds of getting a second pounding fron a nice size wave. It was not water loged when this happened and yes i did loose my hood. it was fast thank goodness for friends quick reaction hooking it up and draging it on bottom to shore...
 
rubbertoe

rubbertoe

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San Diego
chasingdaylight said:
I've sunk my ski durning hurricane bill last year and it was on the bottom with in seconds of getting a second pounding fron a nice size wave. It was not water loged when this happened and yes i did loose my hood. it was fast thank goodness for friends quick reaction hooking it up and draging it on bottom to shore...
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x2, yea im glad i was riding with a friend also. some kid on a couch saw me but didn't know what to do circled me a couple of times [making it worse]finally i told him to get help[because he was no help] i didn't want to find out if it was going to the bottom or not if it wasn't it sure looked like it...it felt like i was holding it from going down..
 
Lucaumpits

Lucaumpits

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Orlando, FL
you are welcome lol
chasingdaylight said:
I've sunk my ski durning hurricane bill last year and it was on the bottom with in seconds of getting a second pounding fron a nice size wave. It was not water loged when this happened and yes i did loose my hood. it was fast thank goodness for friends quick reaction hooking it up and draging it on bottom to shore...
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AtomicPunk

AtomicPunk

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Largo, Fl
chasingdaylight said:
I've sunk my ski durning hurricane bill last year and it was on the bottom with in seconds of getting a second pounding fron a nice size wave. It was not water loged when this happened and yes i did loose my hood. it was fast thank goodness for friends quick reaction hooking it up and draging it on bottom to shore...
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Yours bobbed a bit first plus that was in big surf (not some silly lake). Note to self: always use hoodstraps.
 
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