Shaun Murry rode behind and drove my boat!!!

[rogersbm82]

So first off I am waiting to get the pics.

If you have seen the thread on wakeworld you know that Shaun was in my town. I am in TN for work but told him I would get my brother in-law to take him out on my boat if he wanted to go. Shaun emailed me and asked me to call him. We set it up and they went. My brother in-law works for my dad and I had to beg my dad to let him off to go do this. My dad was not happy. My brother in-law called as they were leaving the ramp and said, "it was better than the day my daughter was born and wedding day combined. And worth almost getting fired for." It was only he and Shaun in the boat so he wan't able to get riding pics. He said he has never seen anyone get so much air. He was throughing down everything in his bag. My boat is a 1998 PRE2100WT (NO WEIGHT) let me repeat NO WEIGHT!!! He had taps at 8 and speed was 24mph. I will post the pics as soon as I get them.

[da.bell]

You are lucky!!!! Just about to pull the TTIWWP picture

Sounds like it would have been a really fun time.

[Timmy!]

Wow! That's pretty cool! Can't wait to see the pics!

[rogersbm82]

Here is one pic.

[Timmy!]

That's cool!

[FacePlant]

Awesome!!

[Matt Garcia]

That's too cool! I read the thread on WakeWorld and was wondering who gave him a pull. I figured it was going to be a Nautique dealer. Had no idea it would be a member on here.

[rogersbm82]

Yeah the local Nautique dealer was going to take him out this morning but the weather was bad. He emailed me with his phone number so I called him up they went out. He rode his father in-laws jetski to meet my brother in-law at the ramp. While they were boarding he just left the jetski floating in the lake. A pontoon pulled up close to it and he got scared they were trying to take it but once they got over there they realized it was a family with a bunch of small kids. He said Murray put on quite a show for them and they were all going wild. He said he was a real good guy to hang out with. And getting 2 hour one on one lesson wasn't bad either.

[rogersbm82]

Shaun did say he the boat made him realize how spoiled he has been with speed control. While driving for my brother in-law he had lots of trouble keeping a steady speed. lol

[da.bell]

^^^ Ops, sounds like it is time for an upgrade AKA Winter project

[dogbert]

Shaun did say he the boat made him realize how spoiled he has been with speed control. While driving for my brother in-law he had lots of trouble keeping a steady speed. lol

Once you get PerfectPass, you never want to go back. Occasionally, we break a paddlewheel and it always sucks when that happens. Not a big deal to fix, just sucks not having perfect pass because you have to pull the boat out of the water to replace the paddlewheel.

[rogersbm82]

Yeah I have been wanting to do perfect pass and ballast but I am waiting to see if I upgrade boats or not first.

[chpthril]

That's cool

[Duncan]

Detention 2012 is worth watching just to see Shaun Murray being a goofball. He seems like a genuine, down to earth guy.

I most love his surface tricks. The butt-360 is the best (sits down on the water with board in the air and spins around), see 1:45 and 3:25 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk5f_22oYrI . 3:45 is grace.

Congrats on riding with him! Very cool experience indeed.

[ragboy]

That is very cool.