OMG Snowmobiles on Water! Aka Watercross!
If you did not see this with your own eyes you might think its impossible and some silly arse drunk story. But I’m here to tell ya, snowmobiles can and did race on water and on the Norwood Lake!
Yes I was a tad skeptical too, come on, machines meant for and used in the winter and on snow are suddenly racing on water – won’t they sink? Well, yes, they do sink if you they don’t go fast enough but hell, they are yanked out, taken to dry land, cleaned off and back in the race in record time.
They take off from land and man, it’s noisy and you not only can smell but see the cloud of fumes as they hit the water and then, off they go around cones and water balloons. It’s absolutely amazing and looks like great fun. The riders appear to be “tethered” to their snowmobile and bob in the water when the sled sinks, allowing others to see them and also to help the pontoon boat type crane to haul them back to the dry land. The only thing I heard was they needed two pontoon boats because it took too long to get the snowmobile back on dry land!
Okay, enjoy the photos – they say it better than me – I just know at one point a driver didn’t seen a rider in the water and ran over him (he ducked under water according to eye witnesses) and nobody was hurt. I'll attempt to put a slide show up a bit later but for now, the above photos show you what this was like -- amazing.
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1 comment:
That was SO MUCH FUN!! I went back today again!! :0)
They are racing in Elmira, NY in three weeks!! Want to go with me?? :0)
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