Wingboarding

Ken Spurling AKA Skip Waters AKA Skip Landry

Pretty sure Frankenotter would be all over this - the safety risk during transition from launch to safe parachute height is just ridiculous...

Don't let go while ascending!

Was I the only one fascinated by that sweet remote control test pilot? That thing was pretty slick.

I don't know if Quinner was anywhere near Deep Lake when this took place (think it was more than 15 years ago), but one of our neighbors in Deep Lake Shores had a ski boat with a motorized winch that held a spool of rope that attached to a wing that the guy wore on his back. He would put this damn wing on and stand up when the boat got going about 25 and his wife would let out the line while the driver slowly sped up. The guy would get towed up to about 800 feet or so, then release the line on his end up in the sky and sly around for 4-5 minutes before landing near shore.

I have this whole thing from a very reliable neighbor who once ran the winch rig (he made a mistake and was politely told not to let it happen again)== don't remember the details, but after reading this goofy story, I will have to get the REST OF THE STORY for CCF.

Being towed by an airplane begs a lot of questions about things like life insurance riders, but I do have to admit that as an aviator, while it spikes my "watch this" mentality, it wreaks of gross stupidity much like those idiots with wingsuits that occasionally hit terra firma at over 100mph and their friends who say dumb things like "he died doing what he loved". No he died hitting the ground.

I can see it now - at the boat show - Twiggy will be towed aloft by a drone!