Quote Originally Posted by larry_arizona View Post
If we get the lake lice jumping wakes, we take a few minutes and just shut it down and they usually get the message and stay away.


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I do the same even when just cruising. I won’t give them the satisfaction.

My reasoning is an acquaintance was riding with a friend on a pair of jet skis passing an oncoming boat in a narrow channel and slowed down not looking to jump the boats wake. As they passed, a ski coming from behind the boat jumped the wake, whiskey throttled and ran into both skis. The boat he was following took off. Three bodies floated in the water for 10 min until another passing boat found them.

The partner of our acquaintance died, and rider of the errant ski lost a leg. Our acquaintance developed PTSD, a substance abuse problem, and still won’t go on the water anymore.


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