Lol. That makes me happy
As soon as it opened I knew it was gonna be good.
In reply to mndsm:
90 mph on a surfboard. What could go wrong?
I love that. Looks like there's different classes. They don't all sound the same, some are short, some are longer.
In reply to Cactus:
There are a couple of videos online that are using 4 cylinder car engines. A lot of them were using jet ski engines. Some are flat bottomed, some look like hydroplanes. All are cool though and a long tail is easy to build.
And it looks like a drag race.
Yeah there's a bunch of videos on this sort of thing. One of my favorites would fit in well with you bunch, cram a big-ass engine in a tiny boat and have a fast taxi service - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qCLk-SGCoA
The other is one of my favorite boat videos. At first it seems like, meh, yeah whatever, then he opens it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7O9a9KBKfk
In reply to Toyman01:
Jimminy, look at the pitch on that screw!!! But what's with the uber-low gunwhales?
I know the secret of a fast boat. .
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No boat in the water!
Toyman01 wrote: In reply to mndsm: 90 mph on a surfboard. What could go wrong?
Only one way to find out.
how is this not a thing where i live? it's the land of 10,000 lakes for Dog's sake..
this is the closest we have:
I enjoy how there is no regard for the safety protocols we would have on something like this in the states.
Helmet? Nope.
Life vest? Nope.
Wet suit? Nope.
Dead mans switch in case you fall out/off? Not even.
Flappy loose unbuttoned dress shirt around home built death machine with unshrouded rotating assemblies? Darn skippy!!
Looks like fun 
Does kinda make us look like a bunch of candy-asses doesn't it? I kept waiting for someone's shirt to get caught by the front crank pulley. That aside, I'm amazed they don't even wear sunglasses, I mean, really? Even a tiny bug at 50 mph is going mess up your run big time.
I'm guessing there must be fewer lawyers in Thailand
I think the long tail is so you have a moment after you fall off, but before the prop shreds you to consider, "berkeley, this is gonna hurt!" 
kb58 wrote: Even a tiny bug at 50 mph is going mess up your run big time.
Maybe all the 2-stroke smoke cleared them out? 
There'll be a bunch of dead rednecks come duck season if those ever catch on here. Most of the "mud motors" around here are a Briggs & Stratton, or maybe a V-twin Kohler for a "fancy" and powerful one.
3 AM opening day on public land/water is a scary place to be when all the boats take off at once to get to "their" spot.
Where are the plans for one of these little things?!
kb58 wrote: Yeah there's a bunch of videos on this sort of thing. One of my favorites would fit in well with you bunch, cram a big-ass engine in a tiny boat and have a fast taxi service - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qCLk-SGCoA The other is one of my favorite boat videos. At first it seems like, meh, yeah whatever, then he opens it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7O9a9KBKfk
OK I think I posted that turbo one here before, the scary part is IT IS actually a ski boat, they ski race behind it at 100+ MPH....
EDIT: here you go....
In reply to java230:
Yeah, but they're Aussies. When you grow up in a country where everything is trying to kill you, you don't always approach things from an angle of concern for personal safety.
Reminds me of a minimax or similar plywood hydroplane, or at least the functional equivalent thereof if you made one from typical junk found laying around in SE Asia.
SVreX wrote: I think the long tail is so you have a moment after you fall off, but before the prop shreds you to consider, "berkeley, this is gonna hurt!"
Yeah, a guard ring around the prop wouldn't be a bad idea.
93 mph? Might be 93 kph. I can't tell from the video. Either way, it's pretty fast.
I have an old 2 stroke weed wacker I don't need and a SUP. Never thought of putting them together.
This had me browsing CL for jet ski engines....
In reply to java230:
Why not go big?
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