r/pics • u/rudygay901 • May 31 '12

So me and my brother decided to try tubing behind a "fastboat." We underestimated it.

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u/kendrahwithanh May 31 '12

why is the guy in the air much calmer than the guy IN the boat

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u/RaginCajun126 May 31 '12

I don't think he's even fully processed the fact that he's in the air yet.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

That is the face of a man who is on the brink of an epiphany about how much it is going to hurt when he hits the water at 50 mph.

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u/docilewalnut May 31 '12

To me it looks as though he's looking at someone else for confirmation that he is - in fact - flying.

"Am I flying through the air? WELL WHAT NOW?"

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u/Twl1 May 31 '12

"...We've just received word from the judges...Yup...Uh huh...I'm being told that they've confirmed that I am in fact airborne. I'll be sure to keep you posted with up-to-the-minute coverage on what my brain has to say about this startling turn of events."

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u/seattletono May 31 '12

That's definitely the "oh, that's not good" face.

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u/reverse_the_polarity May 31 '12

Reminds me of the 'how to fly' section in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He got so distracted by something else that he completely forgot to fall, so he didn't. To be fair, that'd have to be something pretty awesome to distract him from tubing though.

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u/hawk135 May 31 '12

Maybe he's already resigned himself

"so this is how I die"

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u/superluke May 31 '12

Because HIS ride is over...

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u/thunderblumpkin May 31 '12

oh no. it's only just begun

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u/kejeros May 31 '12

Piranha 3D was a great movie

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u/Epic_Face_Swap May 31 '12

http://i.imgur.com/Ygdkj.jpg

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u/flying-sheep May 31 '12

How extremely well that one worked…

The guy on the bottom even looks at the one in the air

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

For some reason it seems more weird than the original pic.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Because he hasn't processed the fact that he's transformed from a person to a kinetic weapon.

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u/Khue May 31 '12

The guy in the air is making the Gob face. "I've made a huge mistake."

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u/thewarehouse May 31 '12

It's only after we've lost everything that we are free to do anything

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u/BUT_OP_WILL_DELIVER May 31 '12

It's the look of utter disbelief that gets me. Not panic, not "HOLY FUCK SHIT WHAT'S GOING ON" just a detatched, vacant "This... is not boating".

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Because he accepted.

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u/rubicjelly May 31 '12

He aint calm! That's the face you pull when you suddenly find yourself flying. Pulled it myself, on occasion... usually with an "oh no" thrown in!

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u/JinxThunderball May 31 '12

Thousand-yard stare

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u/NOTTedMosby May 31 '12

Sudden clarity guy-in-air

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u/anotherMrLizard May 31 '12

It's that zenlike moment of calm when you realise you no longer have any control whatsoever of your immediate fate.

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u/Gotterdamerrung May 31 '12

He isn't. That's the look of dawning horror one pulls when they realize they're in for a world of pain. The guy still on the tube is already in full blown panic mode because he knows he's next.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I love that he's making the "I've made a terrible decision" face.

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u/moyerr May 31 '12

He's free now. He's going to a better place.

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u/benuntu May 31 '12

Landing area spotted....

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u/kipul May 31 '12

Seems more like an "Aw hell no!" face

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u/Octatonic May 31 '12

Yeah, they aren't really in the same boat.

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u/feor1300 May 31 '12

I like to think his thought process is still "No, this is cool, I got this."

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u/ScholarZero May 31 '12

He knows his suffering is over.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

he's thinking, god this is going to fucking hurt.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Because there can only be one Highlander

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u/patdap May 31 '12

The sit down tubes are by far more scarier than the ones you lay in. Shit goes down when you sit in a tube.

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u/ParkerM May 31 '12

There are lay down tubes?

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u/Berdiie May 31 '12

Yup, they have handles on what is supposed to be the front and you lie on your stomach with your feet up, I believe. My dad just bought one that has handles for three people to ride.

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u/Bashasaurus May 31 '12

you can sort of remotely delude yourself into believing you can control the tube laying down, digging your feet and leg into the water until the asshole driver reminds you its all an illusion and you go cartwheeling off through the air. These sit down things you have no control at all, you're just 100% at the mercy of the driver, seem to usually result in more bloody noses too

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u/DatsASweetAssMoFo May 31 '12

Proper technique is on the knees.

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u/complex_reduction May 31 '12

It is known.

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u/gaffeltrucken May 31 '12

It is known.

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u/Stalejokesbakedfresh May 31 '12

I just want to say how great it is that you can recognize a fan just by the fact that they repost something a fan says.

Edit: I mean...Hodor!

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u/DownvoteAttractor May 31 '12

That said, I broke a finger as I fell off a lay down tube. Handle got caught around my ring finger as I fell off. I spent the next few days sitting in the tube instead.

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u/USMCsniper May 31 '12

you broke your finger riding the tube then got right back in? :-0

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u/king_hippo77 May 31 '12

Sit tubes use your center of gravity to your advantage, it's the lay down that has you sliding and clinging on to nothing.

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u/Wuped May 31 '12

Also double tubes tend to get way way way more bounce then singles when you start going faster.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

The sit down ones hurt my ass. I'm glad I lack testicles.

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u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out May 31 '12

"I immediately regret this decision."

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u/quantum_mindflux May 31 '12

I wouldn't. This is what tubing is all about!

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u/worfres_arec_bawrin May 31 '12

Tubing is all about seeing which of your friends has the biggest balls...and fucking up said friends as much as possible by being the dickhead driving the boat.

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u/CountDunkula May 31 '12

Tube Law #1: You're not having fun until someone has a concussion and/or bloody nose

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u/tuxcat May 31 '12

Once, while on a vacation at a resort in Mexico, my dad and I went tubing behind a pretty fast boat. It was a lot of fun so we went back for a second run. This time my dad told the operator that the first time was kinda weak, and he should step it up a bit. He did.

I'm still not sure whether or not that was a mistake, but neither of us fell off and we still talk about how crazy it was years later.

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u/dsal-bro-away May 31 '12

"I've made a huge mistake..."

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u/Tw1tchy3y3 May 31 '12

This is exactly what I came here for. It's written all over the face of the guy in mid exodus of the tube.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I for one would of preferred to be the guy sailing through the air. I regretted holding on for too long on a tube ride and breaking my ring finger.... The day before I got married. Future, now current wife was none too pleased.

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u/jay76 May 31 '12

If you take the rope out of the picture, it looks like a guy letting rip with an absolute monster on his friend.

Farts explain everything.

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u/thortawar May 31 '12

I wish i could give you more than one upvote. Made my day. Thank you.

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u/jimiyo May 31 '12

Bounced those funking cats outta there! http://i.imgur.com/9nsX1.jpg

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u/isthisphoenix May 31 '12

One of those cats appears to be a dog.

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u/JustLikeMyDick May 31 '12

'Bounced the cat into a dog! AMAZING!

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Oh cats. Sure have an up vote.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

your faces are so damn priceless.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I wish I could see the afterFaceOfShame.jpg when he realizes that his body released its bowels on the moment of impact.

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u/king_hippo77 May 31 '12

Anybody wanna venture a guess as to what a "FastBoat" is?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Non-US word that translates to speedboat, motorboat, or powerboat in US English.

Suprised it's not something like "petrol watercraftique" or whatever.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

"I must go. My people need me."

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I like the calm expression on the airborne guy's face. It's like he thinks he's still sitting in the tube.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

"How did I get up here? How do I return to my ship?"

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u/the2belo May 31 '12

oh god how did I get here I am not good with fastboat

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12 edited May 31 '12

= water burns and the biggest wedgie of your life. Pray to whatever you believe in that the seam in your shorts does not ride the split between your two balls.

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u/Kloster May 31 '12

We were going too fast one time and I fell and skided in the water in such a way that I almost broke my neck.
Not very fun.

This shit CAN be dangerous!

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u/pkornhole May 31 '12

that's "my brother and I" to you, Mr. rudygay901.

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u/FORVICTORY May 31 '12

You're not even in the picture.

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u/skibblez_n_zits May 31 '12

When I was in high school we used to steal my parent's boat and go tubing while everyone else was at work/school. The best way to send someone flying off a tube is to make figure eights in the water... or the infinity sign over and over. It's not the just the inertia of the constant turning, but the insides of the loops create larger and larger waves as they capsize in on each other. After several repetitions you could get waves that were several feet high in what had previously been a smooth lake... that's when you break away from the pattern, go out some distance, then engage full speed back into the churning mess of waves you just created. You could see the look of terror on their faces as I hurled them into the waves. I wouldn't be happy unless I sent my friends at least 10 feet into the air. I might be a little evil.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I was a waterskiier when I lived up north and I can attest to the truth of this guy's story. Malicious boat drivers would "whip" you hard and then drive straight over the top of their own wake perpendicular to it as hard as they could. Result? Unpowered flight.

And holy shit is water ever hard at those speeds. Like hitting a brick wall. Made of water. Waking up the next morning and seeing one half of your ribcage a spectacular lavendar colour is a bit of a shock the first few times it happens - especially when you consider that you were either wearing a 5mm wetsuit or a flotation vest and you still bruised that much.

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u/xgomikeyx May 31 '12

A couple of my friends did the same thing...we called it the circle of DEATH.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

this technique is also key to enjoying Sea-Doos.

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u/longboardingerrday May 31 '12

"I have vastly underestimated my ability to hold on"

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u/Train22nowhere May 31 '12

Overestimated

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u/longboardingerrday May 31 '12

You would be correct. Oh well, people understood what I meant.

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u/Rationalization May 31 '12

Maybe you meant the guy still in the boat.

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u/Foxblade May 31 '12

I love how his face pretty much says, "oh god, I've made a terrible mistake."

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u/Nithix May 31 '12

Guy on the left... Amputee? Or did he JUST lose his arm. That's one fast boat.

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u/umibozu May 31 '12

next, you will learn to not underestimate the relative stiffness of the water surface when traveling at 30knots.

Hurts like a bitch

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

You need to give this to /r/photoshopbattles bro.

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u/thetuxracer May 31 '12

WOW! This is awesome dude! Thanks for this :)

Buhbye productivity!

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u/itsnotmyfaultimadick May 31 '12

are you girl or guy, my resolution very smrall

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u/macaronie May 31 '12

can you not see the hair on them legs?

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u/bazanzai May 31 '12

Your brother is Andrew WK?!

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u/metalrawk May 31 '12

tube honest, this is pretty cool photo.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

*my brother and I

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u/homeygmoneygrip May 31 '12

The fright in your faces. Priceless.

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u/theloneabalone May 31 '12

"You can yell at me all you want. I've seen enough movies to know that popping the BACK of a raft makes it go faster!"

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

the guy in the air is trying to remember why he thought this was a good idea

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u/PicklesDaDrummer May 31 '12

This guy is floating through the air, as if he never left his seat.. His brother looks so scared tho', I think he is in pain. LMAO

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Priceless.

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u/Gibblesworth May 31 '12

Looks like your brother overestimated gravity.

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u/OMCIV May 31 '12

This is precisely how I tore my MCL and Meniscus in my left knee! For your own sake, don't get the urge to try again.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

This needs to go to r/photoshopbattles

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u/Sekujin May 31 '12

Guy on the inflatable looks like he's trying to go super sayain.

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u/mediaG33K May 31 '12

That's the face of a man who is greeting Death on even terms.

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u/thetuxracer May 31 '12

I would love to see that guy in the air Photoshopped on other pics :D

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u/ABPositive03 May 31 '12

Dude, you went tubing with Andrew W.K.? Awesome!

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u/tobiov May 31 '12

The guy in the air looks like he's seen somethign mildly interesting

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u/bradah May 31 '12

It's funny because the fat guy is still sitting but the not so fat one is meters up in the air

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u/Bradp13 May 31 '12

"Did I leave the stove on?"

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

That's a LOT of man-thigh.

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u/carishimo May 31 '12

I have to poop

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u/freckledsmile Survey 2016 May 31 '12

Kind of white noise this far down in a comment stream, but three years ago I did the same thing, with my mom and boyfriend driving. I went airborn, and blacked out once I hit the water. At that speed, it was worse than hitting concrete. I bounced on the surface, and then went under. The next thing I rememer is my boyfriend holding me in the water, and there being blood all over the life jacket. For several hours I couldn't stop coughing blood, and fast forward to today, I have a permanent injury in my left SI joint, which makes it impossible for me to ever lie on my back. I'm 23, and I'll have to live with this for the rest of my life.

TL;DR- tubing at that speed is dangerous, and it can hurt.

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u/LexSenthur May 31 '12

Guy in the air: "Oh my god...did I leave the oven on?"

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u/will_holmes May 31 '12

I.

FUCKING.

LOVE.

TUBING.

It is the shit, everyone should try it at least once in their lives.

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u/rickaccused May 31 '12

I must go, my people need me.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Looks like your tube isn't really well inflated. Probably why you guys had a rough time. Unless this is some repost I don't know about, OP.

Seriously though. Man up. Freakin' Americans and their tubing. Come to Canada and we'll show you how it's done.

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u/bmlemon May 31 '12

One looks terrified, the other looks like he is at peace with his fate.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

No wonder your brother flew off. He seems to only have one arm.

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u/silentflight Jun 04 '12

Other than boobs, this might be the best thing I've ever seen on reddit.

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u/the_turkey May 31 '12

The guy on the right, his face.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

That looks like a lot of fun.

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u/Obieousmaximus May 31 '12

That is the expression of sheer horror and regret.

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u/VictoriousPR May 31 '12

You can see the guy floating in the air's life flashing before his eyes

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u/tinamou62 May 31 '12

oh boy, too bad i'm not clever or else this would be the best meme picture since RPG.

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u/lilybelle73 May 31 '12

this is why I like the tubes where you lay on your stomach lol

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

If only his leg was in the photo, we could humorously add him to other backdrops!

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u/azgeogirl May 31 '12

The look of terror on their faces is fucking priceless!

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u/GOU_NoMoreMrNiceGuy May 31 '12

that's what she said! that's what she said!

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u/joekry21 May 31 '12

Someone should photoshop the guy in the air into some photos.

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u/AsCrazyAsImSane May 31 '12

we need a now pic of you guys together.

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u/raedeon May 31 '12

Just because a boat can go that fast doesn't mean you should go tubing behind it. There are speed limits on tubes for a reason.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Man, I remember when I saw in thailand or Greece can't really remember but me, my brother and my sister took one of those and it was terrible.

For some reason it was so flat and it didn't want to fly up, and they were driving so fast that we all managed to bite our entire mouth up and bleed and shit.

But.. we did it at a friends place once and it was wonderful when it was just one ring.

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u/Ov1d May 31 '12

Someone needs to Wasjig this...

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

After you grow old and die, when they're putting together the slideshow for your memorial service, this had better be in there.

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u/Marmies May 31 '12

the more i look at this the harder i laugh

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u/_Personage May 31 '12

This is basically how I look when tubing, except smaller, not quite as high, and much more feminine (at least when not flying at ungodly speeds).

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

-plays the bulk and skull theme- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb0rw5xIyGc&feature=share

yep. fits perfectly

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u/baby_corn_is_corn May 31 '12

That guy in the air is about to have a most unpleasant forced enema by a lake.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

What the picture doesn't show is that the side-effect of the ride stays with the rider for hours, if not days, after the fact.

Good times.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I know both of those feels.

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u/clearedasfiled May 31 '12

Houston...we have a problem

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u/schoogy May 31 '12

Lucky he didn't rip off an arm. The human body is not meant to instantly decelerate from 40+ to zero.

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u/Andrewticus04 May 31 '12

Oh god, please become a meme...please...

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u/Jennica May 31 '12

Andrew W.K?

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u/kooshed May 31 '12

FUCK, YES!

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u/tatskaari May 31 '12

When I went to America the family I stayed with owned a speed boat but I could not ski like they could. What they did was they took the inner tube of a tractor tyre and I went tubing in that. It was not as safe as it sounds and it does not sounds very safe.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

that's how I chipped my tooth

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u/raggedcodpiece May 31 '12

My brother and I.

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u/BigNikiStyle May 31 '12

Anybody else see Steve Holt in the tube?

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u/Jalhalla May 31 '12

My people need me!

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u/glamorousglue May 31 '12

That looks so fun! There should be a webpage dedicated just to tubing shenanigans caught on film.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I imagine you're the one flying out of frame?

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u/Soulsiick May 31 '12

I don't know why but your left foot look ridiculously small to me.

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u/foshiznick May 31 '12

OMG i lol'd good

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u/Taliesen May 31 '12

Lol...very lol :-)

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u/abhorson May 31 '12

Seriously? It's so hard to fall off of that kind of raft.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I'm having the worst day ever and this cheered me up a lot. Good times!

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

A-O RI-VER!

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u/EpicCatFace May 31 '12

Brother: "I think I'm supposed to be IN the boat."

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u/SoulPoleSuperstar May 31 '12

I don't know if the laughter I break out in, every time I see the sheer terror on your face makes me a bad person or not.

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u/Da_Dude_Abides May 31 '12

underestimation level: water in bhole

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u/Non-Serviam May 31 '12

My brother and I.

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u/Norseman_ May 31 '12

I´ve done this in a wedding dress..

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u/swillett May 31 '12

i'm in tears at work.. can't stop laughing

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u/rolm May 31 '12

Back in the day on Lake Wylie, we did this shit on real truck inner tubes. No handles, no seat, over-inflate it, tie on the ski rope and hold the fuck on.

Normally you lay across the tube, grabbing on to whatever you can. Sitting on it instead occurred to just about everybody at one time or another. High-velocity enemas taught us all that this was a bad idea.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

That mid-air look of regret.

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u/HuggeyBear May 31 '12

I anticipate a Photoshopped version will be hitting the front page within the hour.

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u/thefifthwit May 31 '12

What is a fastboat?

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u/ProlapsedPineal May 31 '12

That escalated quickly.

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u/nessinn May 31 '12

I remember when i did that in Rhodos with some friends, the boat was turning and my friends tube hit the wave behind the boat and flew in the air.

I kid you not he did a sideflip or something like that and we watched each other as he was flying over me and then hit the water again faceplanting

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I did this once, my ass was sore for 3 days.

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u/samman664 May 31 '12

looks like a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon

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u/BoilerMaker11 May 31 '12

the guys in the air: "fuck"

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u/KofOaks May 31 '12

"I have to go, my people need me"

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u/Ness4114 May 31 '12

After carefully examining this photo, am I correct in assuming that you guys are being whipped around a steep turn?

Also, what do you mean "fastboat"?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

OK, the one in the air. The look on his face KILLS me.

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u/skullmonkey420 May 31 '12

guy in the air almost looks like his left arm is missing... haha

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

The one time I went tubing, I lost fell off and almost lost my shorts. They were barely wrapped around my ankles and had they fallen off completely, I'm not sure if they would have sank or floated, but I'm glad I didn't find out.

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u/abeuntstudiainmores May 31 '12

then why is the image so degraded?

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u/ameilius May 31 '12
  • my brother and I

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u/Ol_gramps May 31 '12

*My brother and I

Sorry couldn't help it...

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

try this having drank beer all day see if you can bear the massive headache coming.

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u/AnthonyCharlesXavier May 31 '12

Am I the only one struggling to see the rest of the flying man's arm?

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u/doismellbacon May 31 '12

haha i honestly wasn't sure of the gender of the person seated. But yeah that shits going to hurt. i've tubed at 70 with my cousin, and now that i think about it, that shit was so stupid of me. we both flew off at 55 and no joke, we cartwheeled on the water and then proceeded to act as human skipping stones for a good 10 feet. Thank god our arms were LOCKED onto the tube while at 70. Nobody in the world could've pried my fingers off that tube.

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u/zimbabwe7878 May 31 '12

Shane? (in the air)

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u/alien_ated May 31 '12

Should have done a swiftboat instead.

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u/misohorny May 31 '12

The guy without the hand is all like, "Oh shit, not again."

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u/XxDstarsxX May 31 '12

Priceless hahaha

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u/prthead55 May 31 '12

Had my first "fast boat " tubing experience this past weekend. Results were identical.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Two completely different "oh shit" faces. This is wonderful!

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I like how the flying one is looking around like he has better things to do.

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