Barefoot Racing?

Bfn, BBC, Make the throttle point down.

But really the guys that usually win use the malibu vette boats because they scream super fast. There was about everything at the buckethead this year from what I saw in pictures. Mark was in his 91 bfn and I know Steve was in his 84 bfn. I think the Morgans were in their 89 and Vince was in his 89. My Friends from Warsaw always run an echelon.(which has been upside down 3 different times...) ha. I'd like to do it for fun sometime in my 86sn.

ryan check out steve´s (tullfooter) buckethead race post, pretty much explain´s everything there...there are also links to videos and pictures..

The buckethead has Teams of 5 including driver or teams of 4 with a dedicated driver. It really is a test of man and machine. If we all foot a lot this coming summer we may try to do it in either my 86 or my friends 02 response. I would rather do it in the old boat ;)

Brian, Ive been thinking the same thing- we've got a boat well suited to this sort of thing now. I'd like to get a bit more info about these events to figure out how they work- I think theres a race not far from me, maybe I'll check it out next year. It'd be fun to get a team together and possibly give it a go at some point.

Zach, I think it would be cool to run an old boat in a race- but I wouldnt expect to be competitive if you can only muster 40-41. Pretty sure the top teams average close to 50... and that may include skier swaps, etc. Yikes!

Tim, I don't think I would be able to go far over 40mph anyways (my feet).

Hollywood I must need more coffee haha I forgot 86 was the first year for "2001" style bfn.

Basically I would just want to see if the boat and my friends could all make it end to end. Maybe it'll have heads, cam, and intake on it by then Tim.

160# on size 12s, average arch I guess. Anything over 40 and I haven't got much more than my heels in the water. I'm with you on the engine comment, tortoise and the hare...

195 and 9.5 here. The foot burn is never a problem for me... I need to run all winter I guess.

Come over for the race, Tim.

You can jump on our team next year....or bring your boat. Either way...

Maybe We can do it with my orange and cream skylark and be team CCF.com!!!! haha. Lets get some blue with orange stripe barefoot suites made!!

The only thing that scares me about my boat wot for hours is the fact that I know it isn't balanced and it has stock rod bolts. Now if I would have had it balanced and dropped in some arp rod bolts I'd leave it pointed down all day. It does have clevite 77 full oiling ring bearings.

I'm 130 lbs sporting size 9's

Tull, yes it's peking my interest. Have never done one before. Heard it's a hella good time, and the race is fun too!

Not Barefoot racing but ski racing. These boats and skiers are amazing.

Mark, once I find my Connelly Wake Special slalom ski I plan to use it doing hot laps around the lake on a Sunday afternoon. That ski racing looks fun but simply doesn't exist here in the Midwest.

Larry, you need to condition/toughen your feet. Be barefoot more often. My entire body gives out before my feet, faster than normal barefoot speed though and they burn up.

They have to slow down to 75 or 80 for some of those tighter turns. Wonder how hard it is to hold on through the turns. I can see myself doing cartwheels about about 400 yards back into the woods.

That is just unreal ! If you fall at that speed ? your toast.

TX Foilhead wrote: Makes you realize that no mater what you do to a CC, it's not a hot rod ski boat. That thing goes from 60 to 100 quicker than most of us can get 30.

Theres a big difference between a boat built to go fast that can also pull skiers, and a boat built to pull skiers that can also go fast. I'll take the latter! I get a good chuckle about what some people consider "ski boats". Cool video (and boat) nonetheless.