Almost another statistic

satori* · Posted: Mar 23, 2005 8:09 pm Post subject: Almost another statistic

So, today i went wakeskating. it was all good, taking stills and filming canoe-hitting. Then...... i got hit by a boat.
In my canal, you cant go past idle unless youre "not within 50 feet of shore", so we were riding in the middle and i was carving out to do an inside out and not really looking up (the last thing on my mind was having to look out for boats). i land a little ways out in the flats and remember seeing a hull then spinning underwater and wondering if i was alive, and if so, how much it was going to suck not being unconscious for this. i hit the front right quarter of their boat going 20-22 and they were going probably 25-30.
i surfaced, and spent a while trying to catch my breath from being winded. the pain caught up with me and i waded to shore. the guys who hit me were scared out of their pants and they were some redneck dickdogs. theyre supposed to yield to skiers... but they don't know that. they thought it was pretty cool that they ran me over. i was too busy contemplating the infinite alternative possible ways i could have been hit that would have caused my death to yell at them or get their information.
surprisingly, im not seriously injured. i think my rib might be broken and my leg's all swolen.

SO... I got owned.

it sucks cause i can't think about wakeskating without thinking about getting hit by boats.

sorry for writing a novel about it, but i had to get it out.

Grouch · Kickflip Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 3146 City: The OC

that sucks...A least you still have all your limbs and your life. Get well!

colefooter · Ollie Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 91

Man that sucks, that had to hurt man. So you were up and riding when the boat hit you? Wow..

s34n · Posted: Mar 23, 2005 8:42 pm Post subject:

Yeah, you're lucky you didn't get chopped by the prop. You should be thankful ... but not I guess. You should sue the pants off them!

David Legler · Posted: Mar 23, 2005 8:58 pm Post subject:

yea man that sucks. your lucky it wasn't any worse.

I have a similar story. on night it's like mid-night me and a couple of my friends decide to take the paddle boat out and go across the lake which is a good half mile. And this is at the lake of the ozarks which looks a lot like a river...a big river. anyway the paddle boat sucks big time and isn't working, we get about 3/4 of the way besides we decide to head back. because the paddle boat wasn't really doing much 2 of my friends jumped in and start pushing/pulling the boat. well of course with all of the open water, some boat manages to fly past us like just a couple feet away. turns out it was another friend of mine dad in his boat celebrating a bachelor(sp?) party for one of his buds, needless to say they were all pretty drunk. they attempted to tow us back to my dock which was just a disaster in its self.

JamesBoardr · Posted: Mar 23, 2005 9:02 pm Post subject:

s34n, that would be the true american way, then you could buy a house on a huge private lake with all the wakeskates in the world. hope ya feel better, i got by a car once skateboarding. luckily i wasn't going 22 and they werent going 30

seven11dmd · Posted: Mar 23, 2005 9:16 pm Post subject:

wow thats unbelievable....glad your basically OK

satori* · Posted: Mar 23, 2005 9:18 pm Post subject:

yea.. i was up and riding. and i guess im thankful. but, its pointless. i got owned in one of very few possible non-lethal ways, and thats the way it is. but i cant help thinking about if i started carving out a spilt second earlier, in which case i would have gone under the middle and been hit by the prop.
im not into sueing people, and the guy didn't have the money anyway. he was scared though.

best part is, my board didnt have anything more than two scratches on the rails. its going to take me a while to work up the balls to use it again. and when i do ill be keeping my eyes ahead.

and thats the moral of the story; watch where you're going... and wear a pfd.... or full body protection... or something

seven11dmd · Posted: Mar 23, 2005 9:19 pm Post subject:

satori*, just ask them for 300 bucks and buy the new integ

satori* · Posted: Mar 23, 2005 9:22 pm Post subject:

um... i don't need it

seven11dmd · Posted: Mar 23, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject:

well i do.

hammer49 · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 646 City: longwood

Boats can hurt you. A couple years ago some kids from my school were out on a boart having a good time. The driver wasnt paying attention and ran over a lady swimming in the lake. THe lady was wearing i life vest so when she saw the boat comming she couldnt go under water. She got her arm chpped off by the prop and died. The kid who was driving and everyone on the boat are still tramatized to this day. Moral: Drive carefuly

RUSSIAN · Posted: Mar 23, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject:

man that sucks bro, I'm glad your ok.

Last summer we went out on a buddy's pontoon boat in the middle of the night, well we ran the battery dead with the stereo. We called the house and woke up someone with a boat. he came out of the 5mph zone and did not see us. about 20ft away from us he gunned it, right at us, and right at the last possible second they saw us and veered left. it was really really close(I could have reached out and touched the boat) and scared quite a few people

integrity640 · Kickflip Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 2866 City: Ocala

two words...BUBBLE WRAP Wink

Im glad ur ok dude. That wouldve sucvked tro hear that u died, that wouldve ruined by trip to the keys tomorow. Crying or Very sad

Well ihope ya get better bro. Birthday

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

that sucks man. on the brightside some chicks might feel bad for you. hint hint

(sex)

kento911 · Kickflip Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 3657 City: Phoenix

hammer49, yeah a kid i wen to high school with got backed over by an Advantage party Cat in Havasu, and lost his leg, adn unfortunately his baseball scholarship too

shane · Frontside 180 Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 493 City: Lost

Good to hear you're in one piece bro, it just goes to show you how many people there are out on the water that shouldn't be. Evil or Very Mad

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Mar 24, 2005 12:15 am Post subject:

wow man, glad to hear there was no serious injury, hope u get back out ont he water soon. Im very pleased i havnt had any close calls around quick spinning props or fast moving boats. all i gotta worry about are sharks, gators, snakes, large igunanas, and now otters...

Nekkie · Posted: Mar 24, 2005 4:12 am Post subject:

that's some scary story :/

I also think u should sue the shizzle out of him to gat that huge house on a private lake Very Happy

j/k ^^