Wow! Who knew you could hook a Fountain?

[StratosVT]

Would rather hook my Allison 10 times than do this in a fountain.....

http://youtu.be/DQpq1_pfIgk

[patchesII]

Yeah, from what I read it hurt some of them pretty bad. Hook an XR and you get wet and your neck gets a little stretch but that's about it. LOL

[rev.ronnie]

Stepped hulls are unpredictable.especially in the hands of a rookie... Dangerous design.

Here is Steve Stepp's take on them;

http://www.velocityboats.com/Safety.html

Notice absolutely no safety gear, vests, etc. yet he has the throttles planted! The video will be great for the lawsuits I suppose.

[Mr. Action]

Saw that last night on our local news old lady looked right at me n said u Btr nvr float da noise of our center console with me in it again then asked if the skater will do it I said even our whaler will Do it if your not careful
I think it changed her mind about boating

[rchevelle71]

Saw that last night on our local news old lady looked right at me n said u Btr nvr float da noise of our center console with me in it again then asked if the skater will do it I said even our whaler will Do it if your not careful
I think it changed her mind about boating

Thats exactly why y'all never see my wife on my boat, we spent a lot of time around offshore racing, and she has seen more than a few get tossed.

[native2]

A slippery aerated bottom can definitely hook. But being slippery makes them faster. Any stepped hull can do it, not just Fountains. I scared myself trying to turn a stepped bottom too fast once. I will never do that again........ I wound up in the back corner of the boat and just barely managed to stay in it.

[Tom Foley]

Any witnesses ? Bet that left a mark !

[gregpro50]

He was slamming the throttles back and forth like he was playing a video game.

[ready teddy]

Anyone buying a performance step hull should consider spending a weekend with a professional on how to drive it. It's not something you want to learn by trial and error. Just sayin'....

[afr]

Anyone buying a performance step hull should consider spending a weekend with a professional on how to drive it. It's not something you want to learn by trial and error. Just sayin'....
ditto common sense goes a long way

[WATERWINGS]

He was slamming the throttles back and forth like he was playing a video game.

I saw that too....

It looks like it hooked in mid air...

[gregpro50]

I always thought the worst thing you can do is cut back on the throttles like that because the bow will drop and dig in. It looks like that is what happened.

[FrenchPhil]

You'd think the driver would be the least hurt...

[WATERWINGS]

I bet the driver was knoced out.....He SLAMMED the floor.....

[LaveyT]

man,
this video is viral, Every sale man or whoever I show it to has already seen it. (and there not boaters)

[activator22]

It was picked up by a number of the major news networks - CNN has it, with a little more video footage after the carnage...

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_bn4#/video/us/2012/09/05/vo-boaters-thrown-in-accident.lake-tv-mylaketv

and this one, with more footage
http://www.rightthisminute.com/video/rtm-exclusive-update-speedboat-accident-missouri

[prosken300]

he sure loves to play with the sticks...
looks like boat landed on his side, bow grabs in the water an chooses a "side". with this happening the stern gets a lilltle lift and loses the grab on the water trying to follow the bow into the turn. hooked...
The ventilated bottom didn't helped also.

Think the the driver never knew what happend, absolute smackdown!

[mouse4x4]

heck remember this guy raced boats for 10 years they said, maybe racing sail boats or he was a throttle man lol thats mean i know but i cant get over how hard he hit the deck.

[Capt.Insane-o]

"What happened?"

Easy, your skipper was a dumbass.

There is no fault of the boat or it's bottom design. Someone was thinking he is way cooler than he actually is.

[mouse4x4]

bam bam bam its like a emrald cooking show bam

[AwesomeBullet]

Heck with the driving, I can't believe the two girls are mother/daughter :eek::thumbsup:

In all seriousness, that guy has no clue what he is doing......