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redneck surfing

I didn't look at this at first because I'm probably one of the biggest closet rednecks here and I've learned the hard way on lots of things. That guy crosses the line between redneck, daring, having fun etc., to just plain stupid! That moron must be brain dead. I think he must be one of the "locals" I have to deal with at the remote property I own; same brainpower.

I thought this was going to be more like redneck skiing. Many times (in the past, thank you) I've been involved in cornfield skiing and street skiing. I distinctly recall taking a Rhodes Scholar to Tokyo General (Bob, what is the real name of the hospital in Crawfordsville anyway?) because he fell out of the boat and the guy skiing behind the boat hit him. This happened around Yountsville, IN on one of their country roads. Yes, roads. You see, I was pulling a 12' jon boat down the road behind my VW Beetle in the snow. There were about 4 or 5 guys in the boat drinking and a guy named Todd Owens skiing behind the jon boat. Barry was trying to get into the cooler to get another beer and somehow managed to fall out of the boat. Todd ran over him and broke Barry's collar bone.

Barry's parents forbid Barry to hang around me any longer since Barry had managed to break a finger the year before when the rope broke and the coffin Barry and Glenn were riding in ran off the road and hit a parked car. We had affixed part of some old snow skiis to the front of a coffin we had and it made for a neat ride being pulled behind the Bug in the snow as well. I know, it was pretty stupid, but not in the league as the moron and his truck!

Maybe since this was the kind of guy I was in college, that could be why Bob didn't know me then. It is a very small college and you end up more or less knowing (by sight anyway) most everyone there.
 
Too funny Dargo. Nope, I'd agree the guy in the video is plain stupid. I went with the redneck surfing title because google called it that.

"the coffin Bary and Glenn were riding in ..." Man, I bet you were a fun guy to hang out with back then.
I was a mild wild child, but never knew anyone to pull the stunts you talked about. Pulling a john boat and a skier. I bet if we'd thought of it we would've tried it, but I'll chalk one up to you guys for ingenuity. :)
 
Dargo, you made me remember of a picture I forgot about:tiphat:

"Spur of the moment" after a hike. Had to improvise with what I had in the trunk of the car.

Longer "rope" is a must.

Hard to communicate between "rider" and driver as far as what the driver is actually going to do (hard to give hand signals if you're the one being pulled).

DO NOT stop on a "straight a way" with the rider directly behind you (one reason for the longer rope:eek: ).

Depending on what we found to sit on, was reccomended that you tried to be pulled with your legs as close together as possible.
 

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Don'tcha just know that right before that video was the phrase....

"Hold my beer, watch this!"
 
I remember just hanging onto to car bumpers and getting pulled around on the snow.

BTW, the hospital Dargo was referring to in the earlier post was called Culver Memorial or Culver something or another. I went there a couple times :eek:
 
B_Skurka said:
I remember just hanging onto to car bumpers and getting pulled around on the snow.

BTW, the hospital Dargo was referring to in the earlier post was called Culver Memorial or Culver something or another. I went there a couple times :eek:
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Bob, I have come to the conclusion that skitching is a purely Chicago sport. We used to do it on the back of the school bus. I even had an old pair of gym shoes that were worn smooth, and would slide great.
 
DaveNay said:
Bob, I have come to the conclusion that skitching is a purely Chicago sport.
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You have got to be kidding. We didn't call it "skitching" since it sounds like a girl's nickname but in Buffalo (NY), that's how we got around town.
 
As Dave said, it was called skitching all around the Chicago area. And we had shoes that we used just for the purpose of skitching. I seem to recall that canvas Converse All Stars were good shoes, their soles wore smooth quickly and they dried out quickly too.
 
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