Skimming and Footing through Weirs Channel
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Topic: Skimming and Footing through Weirs Channel
Posted By: winniskier
Subject: Skimming and Footing through Weirs Channel
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 9:21am
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I'm not one to encourage risky behavior, but sometimes you need to tip your hat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QktIxkO5wsg" rel="nofollow - Here is a link to some guys barefooting through the Weirs Channel (Lake Winnipesaukee) behind a skimming snowmobile. ------------- Jim |
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Posted By: quinner
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 10:09am
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That is great!! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1143" rel="nofollow - Mi Bowt |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 11:12am
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Posted By: 75 Tique
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 11:25am
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So the footer falls. My guess is the guy on the sled isnt coming back to pick him up. I don't see any pick up boats around. Also, guy on sled obviously has already picked some spot downstream where he can get back up on shore....I am guessing....unless its one of those "hold my beer and watch this" moments. ------------- _____________ “So, how was your weekend?” “Well, let me see…sun burn, stiff neck, screwed up back, assorted aches and pains….yup, my weekend was great, thanks for asking.” |
Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 11:31am
| Amazing. Those guys aren't novices. Bet they had it planned out well. The wardens in Maine would be crazy if they saw that. |
Posted By: quinner
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 12:17pm
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You are 100% correct Bruce - like the video title says: "Fish and Game seek two men for 'skimming'" Many spectators on the bridge, lol ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1143" rel="nofollow - Mi Bowt |
Posted By: joshjanae
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 12:28pm
| Sweet, all I need is a snowmobile...and I guess learning how to barefoot would help. |
Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 12:37pm
But is the barefooter breaking the law? I think just the snowmobiler, |
quinner wrote:Posted By: fanofccfan
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 12:41pm
| Oh the fun. Good for them! |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 12:46pm
In theory yes. Notice the SNW sign and he was creating a wake! ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: winniskier
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 6:29pm
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If you are wondering how they did it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?sns=em&v=7_F0fy1XyoE&app=desktop" rel="nofollow - here is a link. \ ------------- Jim |
Posted By: halfnelly
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 6:38pm
| Wow, I've done some sketchy stuff behind the boat in my day, but that's nuts! Running the combos on and off the ice and then footing through iceberg infested waters! |
Posted By: skutsch
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 7:09pm
1st Thought: How tough is it for Fish and Game to find Andrew Keefer... 2nd Thought: Way too much ice in that water to be footing, dude is lucky or bleeding ------------- Our http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=4669" rel="nofollow - 98 Sport Nautique My Dad's 63 Ski N |
Posted By: LaurelLakeSkier
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 8:30pm
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Posted By: skutsch
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 8:35pm
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Pete - Good point, same rule applies in NH (assuming that is the Weir Channel so referenced... TITLE XXII NAVIGATION; HARBORS; COAST SURVEY CHAPTER 270-D BOATING AND WATER SAFETY ON NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC WATERS Section 270-D:1 270-D:1 Definitions. – In this chapter: VI. "Headway speed" means 6 miles per hour or the slowest speed that a boat can be operated and maintain steerage way. VIII. "No wake area" means an area where a boat is to be operated only at headway speed. ------------- Our http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=4669" rel="nofollow - 98 Sport Nautique My Dad's 63 Ski N |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 9:02pm
He's good to go,no boats involved. Says nothing about snowmobiles. My guess he was out snowmobiling,throttle stuck he was just lucky the water was there so he could avoid personal property and injuring some pedestrians. I believe the gentleman behind him was attempting a rescue ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 9:43pm
I like the way you think Gary What's the NH state motto? It's "Live free or die" in case you're wondering. Sometimes it pertains, sometimes it doesn't,.depending on what you're doing I see there's a new show coming on March 5th on Animal Planet called Northwoods Law New Hampshire . They're moving the show from Maine to NH. Maybe there'll be a relentless televised manhunt to find these devious scoundrels. According to the Manchester Union Leader F&G wants to fine them 500 each for "Reckless Conduct" |
Posted By: fanofccfan
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 10:27pm
| After watching the setup video referenced above, that was a little sketchy. Skiing through and on and around ice and chunks is not for the faint of heart. |
Posted By: 05 210
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 11:55pm
Well, it only took me about 30 seconds ! I'm guessing he lives in Holderness (which is right up the street from where that was filmed) and has Facebook photos of himself and friends in a ski boat lol. He's going to be paying some fines . Unfortunate, but alot of people go swimming every year snowmobiling the open water in that channel and they've had 3 or 4 snowmobilers drown on Winni in the last few weeks alone, so they're going to make an example out of him you can bet on it. Cool stunt, but he's gonna suffer the consequences of posting the evidence on a public forum. Probably worth it haha. Mike ------------- http:/diaries/details.asp?ID=2219" rel="nofollow - Air Nautique 210 Team 640 hours, not 1 regret |
Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: February-27-2017 at 11:57pm
| The dry run was smart to push what little ice away that was in the short barefoot zone. The skiing over ice parts had me laughing. Looked fun. They didn't hurt anybody or property let them be... |
Posted By: DHart
Date Posted: February-28-2017 at 1:48am
| Looks like the price of the stunt was $496. They set up a go fund me page and as of this writing raised $720. Nice job executing |
Posted By: 63 Skier
Date Posted: February-28-2017 at 3:31am
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I think Mike has it right, after 3 drownings in the past few weeks, all guys on sleds, F&G almost HAS to do something. I've smiled every time I've watched the videos, probably a half dozen times now. It'll be worth the fine, that's an epic stunt that took planning and skill, and they didn't have the luxury of test runs to get it right. I'll buy them a few beers if I ever meet them! ------------- '63 American Skier - '98 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: quinner
Date Posted: February-28-2017 at 9:48am
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Maybe not so much today but as a younger guy I would have been all in on that, awesome!! If they would have made proper arrangements with the city to do that stunt it would have cost them 10 times more then the fine was, lmao. So cool the fine was funded as well. Great Stuff!! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1143" rel="nofollow - Mi Bowt |
Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: February-28-2017 at 10:03am
| New Hampshire is very regulated. They require a permit to tow more than 2 skiers. Someone got busted for pulling 3 footers at the Northwood Lake reunion a while back. I forget who it was, but they pleaded stupid and didn't get a ticket. |
Posted By: quinner
Date Posted: February-28-2017 at 10:21am
So what your saying is Timmy just acted naturally :-) ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1143" rel="nofollow - Mi Bowt |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: February-28-2017 at 10:37am
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So live free or die is a bunch of bs? ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: Kristof
Date Posted: February-28-2017 at 10:37am
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Posted By: JD ski
Date Posted: February-28-2017 at 10:41am
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That is awesome! ------------- JD ski, slicing, dicing, and shredding since 1981 1999 Air Nautique, GT40 Pro Boss, Trail Rite trailer 1975 Century Resorter |
Posted By: GottaSki
Date Posted: February-28-2017 at 10:51am
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Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: February-28-2017 at 7:05pm
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Here's a link to their https://www.gofundme.com/skimmingbarefooting-show-fines" rel="nofollow - go fund me page They got enough to pay the fine and make a donation to their local snowmobile club. Edit Channel 9 news at 6 says they were arrested and released and have a court date in April and may have up to 1500 each in fines. |
Posted By: 05 210
Date Posted: February-28-2017 at 10:10pm
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I believe that they turned themselves in. Was only a matter of time anyway. They interviewed the colonel from NH Fish and Game on the news this morning. He was not happy lol ------------- http:/diaries/details.asp?ID=2219" rel="nofollow - Air Nautique 210 Team 640 hours, not 1 regret |
Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: February-28-2017 at 10:41pm
| Would love to see the colonels interview. Seems they caused no damage nor hurt anyone, Seems like they had it under control- no harm no foul. Anyone got a link to the go fund me page? |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: February-28-2017 at 11:01pm
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Posted By: 63 Skier
Date Posted: February-28-2017 at 11:30pm
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Sounds like they won't have such a tough deal because they are being cooperative. http://www.wmur.com/article/2-charged-in-connection-with-skimming-water-skiing-on-lake-winnipesaukee/8991250" rel="nofollow - article and interview ------------- '63 American Skier - '98 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: fgroce
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 8:32am
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Big balls footing out in the ice water. Too cold for me. I think I will wait until it warms up. Great stunt though. I like it. ------------- FGroce 88 Ski Nautique For 28 years Now 2002 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 9:36am
Arrested? Charged with disorderly conduct? Wow. Fun police! |
Posted By: quinner
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 9:53am
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Ken, thanks for posting the fund link, I threw a few bucks in the pot for those guys, saw Waterkier Seth Stisher and a senator amongst the donors, great stuff!! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1143" rel="nofollow - Mi Bowt |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 10:20am
| Here's an interview with the skier http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Man-Speaks-Out-About-Skimming-on-Lake-Winnipesaukee-415035253.html" rel="nofollow - interview |
Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 3:39pm
| The money they are raising is certainly sending a message and it's a message I fully agree with. |
Posted By: MrMcD
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 4:11pm
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That was great, Thanks for sharing. Did not hear about this in the West. Anyone that has ever hit a piece of wood while barefooting had to cringe looking at the ice chunks floating nearby. I am amazed the Snowmobile has the power to pull a barefooter 40 mph on water. That is really cool. ------------- |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 4:24pm
Two problems living in the west! Yes, the snowmobiles do have plenty of power. Right out of the box many can reach speeds of 170 on land!! We actually have skimming competition here in the Midwest. With a deep lug track, it's pretty amazing how far they can go. Also, I don't remember the record for time skimming but I believe it was hours when the fuel ran out. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: skutsch
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 4:42pm
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Deep lug helps, but pretty much any snowmobile can skim. Most you can launch less then 10 feet from the water and then will reach speeds (on the water) in excessive of 100mph. There is a lot of surface area on a snowmobile track so they move on the water pretty well, The pulling a skier part is a little tricky, you would never be able to do a water start, but starting on ice and then moving out on to the water as they did would be a piece of cake. Somewhere there is a video of Levi Lavalle (Snow cross guy) pulling I think KSO (Barefoot guy), KSO does a deep off the grass, pretty impressive. ------------- Our http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=4669" rel="nofollow - 98 Sport Nautique My Dad's 63 Ski N |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 5:58pm
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It's more fun when you take the whole family along 170 huh Pete, must have some pretty fast boxes in the midwest
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Posted By: GlassSeeker
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 6:55pm
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I've water skipped my Skidoo on Medicine Lake behind the volcano Mt Shasta. Out here it's all high elevation so they are not as fast mine only did 90mph at 10,000' ...The hillclimbs in California are insane. This skimming or skipping or whatever stunt was well thought-out and executed. awesome job. ------------- This is the life |
Posted By: winniskier
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 6:59pm
Okay, now this bandito crossed the line into stupid. I could list the winter fatalities over the years in and around the Weirs Channel, including some guy who died skimming with his son watching (which prompted the law) and a rescue diver practicing to be able to save skimmers. F&G has a job to do, They get stuck dragging bodies out of the Lake and off frozen mountains. No need to thumb them in the eye by taking a victory lap with the Boston new media. The skier needs to move on to the next item on his bucket list. ------------- Jim |
Posted By: tryathlete
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 7:36pm
| The judge probably found out about the gofundme and decided to raise a little more cash. It's a vicious circle when you publicize your beer holding feats. No harm no foul let it go is hard for those DNR folks. I think the whole thing is absolutely awesome, and when people want to take risks on their own, and nobody else gets hurt, and there's folks like us that get entertained, it's all good. |
Posted By: 05 210
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 8:30pm
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I can pretty much guarantee it isn't the first time these guys have done something like this. Maybe the first time in the winter, but they've done it somewhere before at least in the summer. That's not something you try on a whim and my guess is that the sled was set up for water. If you take the time to set the sled up correctly its not hard to skim, but there's no way a rookie is towing a skier, never mind a barefooter. It has probably been done by these guys at the grass drags or some other watercross event before. The Fish and Game guys have had a rough few weeks. They hauled 3 bodies out if Winni, one of them being a 15 year old boy, they had 3 medivac accidents up north last week involving inexperienced operators riding over their head (2 were women with children on the back) and last weekend they rescued 17 snowmobilers in 2 separate incidents off of Stub Hill in Pittsburg who got stuck backcountry riding and had to call 911.. Both groups had 12-13 year old kids with them. And that's just NH. Its been a rough year in New England with 5 or so fatalities in Vermont, several in NH and 7 in Maine. Pretty sure those guys have had it with snowmobilers doing stupid ***************. I personally don't have a problem with it, but I can see where they're coming from. At some point, some inexperienced idiot will try to one up them and it will end badly. As cool as it was, it's still against the law. FWIW, all of the adults in the parties of snowmobilers who were rescued out at Stub Hill Pond were also charged and fined, because riding off of the unmarked trail in NH is illegal if you don't have written permission from the landowner. The law is the law, sometimes stupid, but still the law. Snowmobile skimming is illegal in Maine as well, even in the summer. Ask me how I know  Mike ------------- http:/diaries/details.asp?ID=2219" rel="nofollow - Air Nautique 210 Team 640 hours, not 1 regret |
Posted By: quinner
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 9:40pm
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That was a great post Mikey, only because I read it hearing your crazy accent, lmao!! I only skim naked!! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1143" rel="nofollow - Mi Bowt |
Posted By: joshjanae
Date Posted: March-01-2017 at 11:55pm
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Here is a great video from a 10 year old Warren Miller film demonstrating the power of a skimming snowmobile while pulling a barefooter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNgVvw2oTFk" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNgVvw2oTFk ------------- |
Posted By: GlassSeeker
Date Posted: March-02-2017 at 12:22am
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Wow Heeney made it on a Warren Miller film ... That's all private property Brian's private lake in Montana. ------------- This is the life |
Posted By: quinner
Date Posted: March-02-2017 at 11:42am
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Hah, got a thank you email from the guys via the gofundme site, said: "Thank you!! We've had a Correct Craft our whole lives, ski and barefoot behind Nautiques - doesn't get any better" Not sure how serious the charges actually are but perhaps they should use the funds towards an attorney to get any charges dropped altogether or something along those lines. Heck, if I was an attorney I would take their case pro bono!! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1143" rel="nofollow - Mi Bowt |