Parker’s rough

[77charger]

Just a quick overnight stop on my home from work. Easy with just the ski already did a dam run from bransons now enjoying the bar.

 

[Kyle Kerby]

You're trying to make me crave it. Enjoy your relaxation!

 

[77charger]

You're trying to make me crave it. Enjoy your relaxation!

They are great from here no doubt.

 

[mobldj]

 

[rivermobster]

Good ol days!!!

 

[NicPaus]

Enjoy!

 

[77charger]

Enjoy!

Stand up life lol I swear I use this more than my boat. Daughters off to college Sunday wife not as interested in boat I’m almost thinking selling the boat getting a new superjet but then again think boat is nice here and there. Keeping it simple or changing it up. I still love to single ski if I get a driver to pull me in boat.

 

[77charger]

Good ol days!!!

Az sucks lol.

 

[rivermobster]

Az sucks lol.

I didn't jet ski a ton in Parker, mostly down at Lost Lakes, and way before they closed all the small channels off!

Such fun and carefree days.

 

[NicPaus]

Stand up life lol I swear I use this more than my boat. Daughters off to college Sunday wife not as interested in boat I’m almost thinking selling the boat getting a new superjet but then again think boat is nice here and there. Keeping it simple or changing it up. I still love to single ski if I get a driver to pull me in boat.

I was going to go buy a new superjet Tuesday. But I am overwhelmed. Trying to keep the materials flowing for 13 guys last few days and work myself. Makes for some long days. It's on my to do list. But customers are the priority.

 

[2Driver]

Nice that was our favorite little beach. Used to be another huge palm there for shade

 

[dirtslinger2]

Upper River isn't too bad either when you don't want to boat.

 

[JDizel]

On any Sunday

 

[warpt71]

maybe Ill swap my gas tank this weekend and go for a ride. I need some river therapy.

Anybody else want to ride? Blythe (LostLake) or Parker???

 

[RVRKID]

Looks like Wheeler spotted you:

 

[weasle]

These things are great. Brought two of them back to life. My kids ride them all day long.

 

[rivermobster]

On any Sunday

Right?

A stand up to me was pretty much a dirt bike on water.

Oh look, a nice wave, I mean a burm.

 

[Boat211]

I want one just for the simplicity and ability to go alone. I'm a skier at heart but can't find people to go very often.

 

[Todd Mohr]

I resurrected this one a few years ago, they are still fun

 

[TPC]

We’ll be at the bar Tuesday

 

[TPC]

I want one just for the simplicity and ability to go alone. I'm a skier at heart but can't find people to go very often.

A good reason

 

[Outdrive1]

Just picked up my daughter from school, heading out for a little week day boating, Foxs sounds good

 

[Outdrive1]

Perfect afternoon for a cruise and a mudslide at Foxs!!

 

[77charger]

Looks like Wheeler spotted you:
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Lol guilty

 

[liquid addiction]

006?

 

[77charger]

006?

My old boat number from 2003 with the old Hondo. Used it when I raced this ski too.

 

[Badchoices03]

Any of you stand up guys want to save this one:

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[Bajastu]

Last week while the wife and I were at the Parker house we took the ski's out becuase the water was so low. The next day out we took the boat to Havasu. Any day on the skis is a good day. It's a different kind of fun.

 

[Outdrive1]

Yesterday was so nice we thought we’d try it again today.

 

[liquid addiction]

My old boat number from 2003 with the old Hondo. Used it when I raced this ski too. View attachment 1414462

I remember. Fun times for sure.

 

[Clank123]

Been riding Parker since 1973.
Me and a friend that rode prototypes for Kawasaki, at the lagoon in Carlsbad, bought a couple crashed ones and took them to the River that year.
People were waving us down to see them!

Me and my brother at Red Rock last year.
At 250lbs I can still carve it up a bit.
Muscle memory all comes back at over 50 years on these things!

 

[EarpRider]

It's been a great week.

 

[rivermobster]

Yesterday was so nice we thought we’d try it again today. View attachment 1414734 View attachment 1414735

Those are gonna be Awesome pics in a slideshow one day.

 

[77charger]

Been riding Parker since 1973.
Me and a friend that rode prototypes for Kawasaki, at the lagoon in Carlsbad, bought a couple crashed ones and took them to the River that year.
People were waving us down to see them!

Me and my brother at Red Rock last year.
At 250lbs I can still carve it up a bit.
Muscle memory all comes back at over 50 years on these things!


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Right on I know Rolf. I raced flats for a bit 006 and 004 boats.

I also have a 94 550 too it’s my daughters but she leaves for college on Sunday so it will be my new spare. Get ace performance mild porting and a couple other add ins be a great ski next year.

 

[GPR721]

Perfect Friday on the river. Rode up to the dam and did a little float then back down to Roadrunner for lunch.

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[Clank123]

Right on I know Rolf. I raced flats for a bit 006 and 004 boats.

I also have a 94 550 too it’s my daughters but she leaves for college on Sunday so it will be my new spare. Get ace performance mild porting and a couple other add ins be a great ski next year. View attachment 1414835

Very cool!
Rolf rides nearly every Saturday during the summer down in Mission Bay.
I built him an engine and did a little pump work on one of the Skiis.
Just did what I used to do in the early eighties in terms of porting added an aluminum flywheel and impeller and she runs right at 50mph.
He still a solid rider. He ran the westcoast races with us in the early eighties when my Rider Doug Silverstein and I won 3 straight National High Points.
Once in a while Rolf would outrun him!
In the dragboat racing, he did pretty well with the old Litchfield I built him runnin against all the jets in the 10.00 class.
I was super proud of him.
We actually did a side by side at Ming when I had a ride in a Hondo.
Pretty cool!

 

[Clank123]

My old boat number from 2003 with the old Hondo. Used it when I raced this ski too. View attachment 1414462

A little off topic here…
My first pass at Ming was in 1975.
Ran there from 1988 to 1999 with the NJBA.
Won a couple High Points and had a lot of fun.
Being around the sport since the hey days in the 70’s, I was well aware of all the 006/Hot Damn Hondos beginning with the Injected straight deck to the UBG boat with the Landy Dodge that Mike drove that was converted to BFF and Driven by Sonny Jones.
To my recollection they built one more boat specifically for BFF and painted it to match the earlier “Halloween” colored boat.
I remember your 006 boat I think from before you owned it.
Does it have any lineage to the boats I remember or was it at some point built and numbered/named for the original ones?
I remember the first black/orange one went back east and was for sale 19 or so years ago.
Appreciate the feedback.
Dave

 

[77charger]

A little off topic here…
My first pass at Ming was in 1975.
Ran there from 1988 to 1999 with the NJBA.
Won a couple High Points and had a lot of fun.
Being around the sport since the hey days in the 70’s, I was well aware of all the 006/Hot Damn Hondos beginning with the Injected straight deck to the UBG boat with the Landy Dodge that Mike drove that was converted to BFF and Driven by Sonny Jones.
To my recollection they built one more boat specifically for BFF and painted it to match the earlier “Halloween” colored boat.
I remember your 006 boat I think from before you owned it.
Does it have any lineage to the boats I remember or was it at some point built and numbered/named for the original ones?
I remember the first black/orange one went back east and was for sale 19 or so years ago.
Appreciate the feedback.
Dave

my old boss jim fulgham bought it in 2001 or so.He wanted to race it and put the name and number to the original HDH boat had no relation to the original.jeff luering bought it then sold it and bought it back was in new mexico.Last i heard it was in az but bottom was delaminating not sure if they got it fixed or not.

it was the heavier lay up and a good driving boat though

 

[GPR721]

Dropped the boat in at the Big River park today. It’s the only part of the river I haven’t been on from Davis to Imperial dams. Wholly shit is that part of the river sketchy.

Shallow, boulders and tree stumps all over the place. Surprisingly a fair amount of wake board boats. Beautiful stretch of the river and some amazing houses.

 

[TonyFanelli]

My old boat number from 2003 with the old Hondo. Used it when I raced this ski too. View attachment 1414462

Maybe you guys should race again!

 

[BingerFang]

Dropped the boat in at the Big River park today. It’s the only part of the river I haven’t been on from Davis to Imperial dams. Wholly shit is that part of the river sketchy.

Shallow, boulders and tree stumps all over the place. Surprisingly a fair amount of wake board boats. Beautiful stretch of the river and some amazing houses.

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Shhhhhhh! It’s beautiful because the people that boat their don’t post it on the internet!

 

[warpt71]

Dropped the boat in at the Big River park today. It’s the only part of the river I haven’t been on from Davis to Imperial dams. Wholly shit is that part of the river sketchy.

Shallow, boulders and tree stumps all over the place. Surprisingly a fair amount of wake board boats. Beautiful stretch of the river and some amazing houses.

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Looks like you almost made it to Lost Lake, thats a pretty long cruise

 

[GPR721]

Looks like you almost made it to Lost Lake, thats a pretty long cruise

We were about a mile or so from Lost Lake. There weren't any other boats to follow so I just turned back.
To me it was pretty hard to read the river. From the diversion dam down to McIntyre you just stay away from the brown stuff and aim for the green. Plus its mostly sand down there. Once we ended up floating over a rock island about 2 miles past the bridge it was time to head back.

 

[GPR721]

Maybe you guys should race again!
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I raced jetskis for five years back in the early 2000 and still have friends that race and work the events that Ross puts on.
Just not for me anymore. I thought about racing the Mark Hahn race this past year since I raced the first one and thought it would be kind of cool to do the 20th one. Then I saw the entry fees and started adding up the cost.

Grew up in West Virginia and remember watching races on ESPN's Hot Summer nights back in the day. When I moved to San Diego I would go down to Mission Bay and thought it was so badass seeing Victor Sheldon, Chris Fischettei, Jeff Jacobs and Jeremy McGrath out practicing.

 

[warpt71]

We were about a mile or so from Lost Lake. There weren't any other boats to follow so I just turned back.
To me it was pretty hard to read the river. From the diversion dam down to McIntyre you just stay away from the brown stuff and aim for the green. Plus its mostly sand down there. Once we ended up floating over a rock island about 2 miles past the bridge it was time to head back.

I could draw you a map of that area pretty quickly. Had I been down there I could have led the way too. If its the area that Im thinkin of, you have to hang to the AZ side to get through there, but usually floating through is fine.

 

[GPR721]

I could draw you a map of that area pretty quickly. Had I been down there I could have led the way too. If its the area that Im thinkin of, you have to hang to the AZ side to get through there, but usually floating through is fine.

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That was the area. Next time we will probably drop the skis in and run down through there.

 

[BingerFang]

I raced jetskis for five years back in the early 2000 and still have friends that race and work the events that Ross puts on.
Just not for me anymore. I thought about racing the Mark Hahn race this past year since I raced the first one and thought it would be kind of cool to do the 20th one. Then I saw the entry fees and started adding up the cost.

Grew up in West Virginia and remember watching races on ESPN's Hot Summer nights back in the day. When I moved to San Diego I would go down to Mission Bay and thought it was so badass seeing Victor Sheldon, Chris Fischettei, Jeff Jacobs and Jeremy McGrath out practicing.

Did you know Dave Hardenberger or Glen Dickinson?

 

[warpt71]

That was the area. Next time we will probably drop the skis in and run down through there.

Thats a long ski ride and theres no fuel down there anymore. Ive ridden my 550 to the dam and back, but we parked a truck at Big River with gas cans in it. Enjoy the area, its my favorite stretch of river and its closed

 

[GPR721]

Did you know Dave Hardenberger or Glen Dickinson?

I've known Looter/Dave Hardenberger for 20 plus years. I've heard of Glen but don't think I've met him before.

 

[GPR721]

Thats a long ski ride and theres no fuel down there anymore. Ive ridden my 550 to the dam and back, but we parked a truck at Big River with gas cans in it. Enjoy the area, its my favorite stretch of river and its closed

We have a couple of sit downs to go explore with that should hold enough gas in them. But yes I do hear it is closed.