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Re: On Speedvision Right Now, Boat Autocrossing

To: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>,
Subject: Re: On Speedvision Right Now, Boat Autocrossing
From: Michael King <mapco@att.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:32:04 -0500
Any bikini contests?.....lol!

Mike

on 12/26/01 8:37 PM, David Hillman at hillman@planet-torque.com wrote:

> I'm watching Speedvision right now, ( 7:26 PM CST, 12/26 ) and they are
> showing something apparently called "Jetsprinting".
> 
> To me, it looks for all the world like autocrossing in boats.  The
> speeds don't look much, if any, higher than autocrossing, and the only
> differences apart from the equipment seem to be a whole bunch of water
> splashing around, and course is defined by the surrounding land, instead
> of cones.
> 
> ( It isn't apparently, in their Program Guide, though.  Should be
> "Dream Car Garage".  Maybe I'm just hallucinating. )
> 
> I have never seen boats turn like these do; they put those F1 boats to
> shame.  Just saw one spin out, and wind up on shore, but it didn't even
> roll over or burst into flames.  Nothing there more interesting than a
> Solo.  Hell, ProSolo would be much better TV than this.
> 
> Okay, the boats do have names like "X-terminator" and "True Blue".
> 
> --
> D a v i d  H i l l m a n
> hillman@planet-torque.com
> 
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