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...andoutcomethewolves
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PostPosted: Jun 04, 2006 11:39 am    Post subject: flying tube Reply with quote

http://www.sportsstuff.com/towables/wego/winmovie.shtml

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PostPosted: Jun 04, 2006 12:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yea man i saw that in some catalogs, looks insane
$500....
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...andoutcomethewolves
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PostPosted: Jun 04, 2006 12:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

has anyone ever been on one? It looks nuts!
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PostPosted: Jun 04, 2006 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been on an older model............it looked like a manta ray...........you have to use it like a bike.........life up the front then jump/lift up the back.......I couldn't get very high.
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PostPosted: Jun 04, 2006 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i went on one, i got about 20ft in the air and it caught a gust of wind, flipped upside down, and slammed me down. hurt very very bad, i had a head ache the rest of the day.


ps, they arnt supposed to go on the tower and i learned the hard way Neutral

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PostPosted: Jun 04, 2006 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

this guy that lives by me has one, he fell from about 20 or so feet up and was coughin up blood the rest of that day...crazy stuff
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PostPosted: Jun 04, 2006 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jimmy Chadsey got one, but his sister almost died falling from it, so they had to take it back Crazy Eyes
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PostPosted: Jun 04, 2006 8:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

put a 200ft line on it and see what happens....fun stuff!
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PostPosted: Jun 04, 2006 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

canalskater, haha crazy
Ya i have seen a guy by me do it...looks insane
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PostPosted: Jun 14, 2006 8:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

you can pretty much go as high as you are willing to fall Smash
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PostPosted: Jun 14, 2006 10:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

imagine it behind a jet ski, in the surf, with a long rope...
i really think u could die

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PostPosted: Jun 14, 2006 12:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

stompin9s, thats a sweet dog you got for your avatar. what's his name?
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PostPosted: Jun 14, 2006 1:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i went on a cwb version of this last year, but it was like a diamond shape, and it went up like 25ish feet, then flipped over and dove into the water, and it hurt like hell.. it was fun though, untill it hurt
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PostPosted: Jun 14, 2006 2:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

...andoutcomethewolves, her name is sophie...shes gonna be 120+ someday...
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PostPosted: Jun 16, 2006 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

basically everyone that trys it gets F'd up... my friend fell going like 40 and he only weighs like 120 haha... he didnt talk the rest of the day.
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PostPosted: Jun 21, 2006 10:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i know this guy that is in the hospital now because of one he was tubing and tore his aorta 9sp... main vein from your heart) doctors said he had a 3% chance of living from the accident but he did live. i wouldnt get on one but that is up to yall i have also herd rumors ppl have died from them
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PostPosted: Jun 22, 2006 1:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My guess is that they will be discontinued by next season.
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PostPosted: Jun 22, 2006 10:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i think its a really stupid idea, and id be suprised if some1 hasnt died from it yet.....
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PostPosted: Jun 22, 2006 11:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I never knew people were dying from this thing..
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PostPosted: Jun 22, 2006 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

man i got a Anaconda innertube to fly, its like a 4 seater banana. It was never intended for flying but wat the heck Afro it was one of these http://www.boardco.com/shop/shopexd.asp?id=7950 lol it was the funniest thing i had ever witnessed
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