Something a little different - Watercross

[darkvibe]

It rained off and on so all of my shots are from the same place, inside the back of my dad's Jeep.

Album is here:
http://www.darkvibe.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=16


http://www.darkvibe.org/gallery/albums/2008SpringWatercross/2008_Spring_Watercross-014.JPG

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http://www.darkvibe.org/gallery/albums/2008SpringWatercross/2008_Spring_Watercross-032.JPG

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http://www.darkvibe.org/gallery/albums/2008SpringWatercross/2008_Spring_Watercross-018.JPG

http://www.darkvibe.org/gallery/albums/2008SpringWatercross/2008_Spring_Watercross-013.JPG

[TomTomTuning]

OMG, ive never seen this done before.... Very interesting..

Amazing pictures btw.

[jimken61]

I'm from Southeat Teaxs so we don't see many snow mobiles around here(never)...but this sure looks like snow mobiles running on the water ...what the ??? awesume captures!!

[darkvibe]

but this sure looks like snow mobiles running on the water ...what the ???

lol. Us northerners need to do something in the summer. They start on land, get about a 10' running start down a dirt ramp, kind of like a boat launch and then and go on to the water. They do 4 oval laps for qualifying runs and the top 2 advance to the longer final round.

They have a plastic bottle on board attached to a rope to the skiis. When they sink, the bottle floats and they hook a long rope on and pull them out with a 4 wheeler.

Thanks for the compliments.

[jimken61]

Kind of makes you wonder who figured out you could drive a snowmobile on the water?? Once again these are some awesume shots! Excellent job.

[willy b]

Really cool shots, very different but very cool! Like 1 and 2 the most!

My guess would be that some bloke would be riding on in snow, went over melted snow/water my mistake, and found he didn't sink. Thus the "sport" was born!

[PhotosGuy]

That looks like fun! Good shots. Kind of makes you wonder who figured out you could drive a snowmobile on the water?? Someone who went out too late in the year?

[firstclass]

Kind of makes you wonder who figured out you could drive a snowmobile on the water?
It can be done with quads as well, but they need to go straight and need to maintain a higher speed. I've even seen it done with a Jeep with really wide tires going really fast. Awesome shots.

[despot]

That's not something you see everyday! Great shots. I especially like #2.

Andy