New Year 2011 in Germany

[picton]

Have a look what my friend did during the 1st and 2nd of January

What a mad boat driver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpKRjuE9AB0

 

[Great East Predictor]

i didn't know they had rednecks in germany...that's a riot.

 

[picton]

Now, you know

 

[sim]

Thanks for the videolink. You actually know this guy?
Talk about committed! He certainly gets an A for effort. I'm not sure what to give him for brains or equipment care.
I think the key word is committed. Probably should be.

 

[picton]

Yes I know him. He is my neighbor and best friend and a little bit crazy in his head (as you can ses)

It is his tradition to make a "new years ride" and there is almost nothing what could stop him (as you also can see)

It needed the whole 1st January to pick a whole in the ice for the boat, and about 2 full hours to reach open water without ice (around 200 meter distance).
Unfortunately the batteries of the cam were nearly empty.

 

[BagMan]

At the beginning, I thought you were somehow going to try boating on your neighborhood street.

 

[merc245]

That looks like Big John (Lamon) leaving his place for a ride about the end of May!

 

[Will30]

Wow that is a little extreme there lol . But at least you out on the water

 

[Big Red]

i didn't know they had rednecks in germany...that's a riot.

Their behind time, we use cutting torches with a rose bud and a chainsaw now.

I guess your buddy has no clue how the titanic sank. Enjoyed your video

 

[ezstriper]

they would have been in deep crap if the ice would have ripped the transom out motor and all...going in that water would not last long !!!

 

[chrispallen]

I bet the neighbors were impressed.....

in my experience, Germans were not to tolerant of "stepping out of line", at least in Hessen...

 

[john lamon]

That looks like Big John (Lamon) leaving his place for a ride about the end of May!

LMAO, the funny part is that looks like the channel in front of my place, I do take my boat out in the spring when there is still ice on the lake but the Checkmate NEVER comes in contact with any ice, these guys are nuts

I did do pretty much the same thing with a 84' Glastron Carlson CVX 16 that had a rotten transom, I had already bought a replacement hull so we took it out in the ice and beat the hell out of it before I pulled the motor a hauled it to the dump, funny thing was there wasn't even any scratches on it, the best part was hitting shore at 50 mph when we were done.

I ain't even gonna try to beat this guy at ice boating, he can have the title, he must have really wanted to go for a boat ride.