George Fest/Porkslap Jamboree

[hydromike]

where was that

It was the new "Creek Trail" that we <sorta> blazed on Sunday around 3-5:00. There's some really aggressive stuff there, and it's really a lot of fun. Onlyonce, Gus, CountryCummings, Racer and his lady friend/man child, George and I (am I forgetting anybody???!!!) hit the virgin territory to see what it was like. Gus was the first one to head over the little ledge, and made it with no real issue. 'Race hit it with Rhonda (the tank) and made it look simple. I tried it with the 980 and made an utter fool of myself. It was fun! . Keith (Onlyonce) did it right after me and his Max IV (evil machine, BTW) and did it with no problem. I think I had the most fun, and I got to evaluate the rollover characteristics of the 980. It sounds stupid, but it never felt unstable. I had hurt my knee earlier in the weekend, and it was bandaged up. I was pseudo balanced on my left foot as the Bigfoot decided to attempt a glorious aqua-pirouette and I half fell out from being unbalanced, and half decided to bail the pig on my own. It's really not that dramatic, but I'm glad other folks enjoyed it. . It just nose-dove and hit the bottom of the stream and sorta knocked me off of my one stable leg at the moment. I was picking gravel out of the winch last night.

The most ridiculous thing of all? It never really felt THAT unstable. I still haven't found the absolute stability limits of the machine. I always bail before my guts reach their limit.

You go, big fat Hustler; you go......

[jerseybigfoot]

Just a small vid of me and my daughter Stephanie running through the pipe and getting wet. We came back wet to the camp with big smiles so I guess every one that was left had to try the creek.

[lewis]

Great video Marc!!!!! It seemed not to agree with the daughter but i could hear chuckles in the video.

[amphibious drew]

I so wish my flip didn't die as you were going through the tunnel. i have good video of your son in law coming out the end. your daughter was right though. it was not funny, hilarious is the term i would use.

[hydromike]

I'm not sure who-all was able to get video when the second group of folks went up to the tube. There were a lot of great tube-exits, and some not-so graceful ones (I about sank the Hustler on my first attempt).

I'm excited to see the pictures/video of Racerone3 doing it in the Tank. Backwards.

[jerseybigfoot]

Whomever has Raceone3 vid should play it in reverse and have the tank splash out of the creek and into the tube.

[hydromike]

Whomever has Raceone3 vid should play it in reverse and have the tank splash out of the creek and into the tube.

Oooooooo!

OK... through the glory of the Android phone, I uploaded the brief Hustler endo video to YouTube (thanks again CC99....)

Enjoy!

EDIT:: Oh, and here's the tube video. Credit for this video goes to CountryCummins, too. I may have tried to emulate Admin Mike's pose from the Frog Level jumping party they had last year...

[mgl6x6]

Wow looks some real fun you guys had there this weekend love the video shawn i hope to get up there next year had some family health problems but things are looking better cant wait to we get a ride together out in eckley again looking forward to it

[countrycummins99]

glad i was able to catch them on my phone video quality is crap but you can still see it i have the motor and trans out of my machine now hopefully pulling the axles and frame this week some time

[Mike]

I watched that first clip 10 times and laughed every time.

[River]

Thanks George to you and your family for hosting Porkslap, part 2. We had a great time. - Sean, Stephanie, and Jimi

[Joe M]

Oooooooo!

OK... through the glory of the Android phone, I uploaded the brief Hustler endo video to YouTube (thanks again CC99....)

Enjoy!

EDIT:: Oh, and here's the tube video. Credit for this video goes to CountryCummins, too. I may have tried to emulate Admin Mike's pose from the Frog Level jumping party they had last year...

WOW!!!!!

[egoperf]

I so wish I could have stayed for all that

[lewis]

Mike, our hats are off to you, you seem to make a splash no matter where you are. I laughed and the wife went OHHHHHHH! We watched it many times and plan to watch it several more times. It looked like the nose just went straight down. Glad you were not hurt and hope the machine was OK also. Sorry in missed all the fun. I can't wait for more videos.

[hydromike]

Thanks folks. The machine took a little water in the gas cap, but other than that, there were no issues. There was about 30 gallons of water in the machine that I had to pump/drain out! Oddly, the machine popped right back up after I bailed. I should have tried harder to ride it out.

I'm anticipating a LOT of dislikes on YouTube. It's a good thing I lost most of my pride years ago; anything in the name of entertainment.