Common jet boat owner dock terminology checklist: 1) Horsepower = always tell everyone it's 2 to 3 times more HP than what it really is. 2) Exit the dock area A.S.A.P. and create a smoke screen while burping the throttle to mimic blower surge before anyone realizes that's only a tunnel ram and not a blower. 3) Speed = always tells everyone it goes twice as fast as it really does (or 100 for most) 4) always plane off wide open on the limiter with nozzle trimmed full up as the noise, rooster tail and high RPM's will wow and distract everyone at the dock before they realize that while it sounds like you're going mach 3 that you're really doing 40. 5) Always have a good excuse at the ready when you get smoked by some random bassboat.

Its the giant wakeboarding boats that cause the problems on smaller to medium lakes. These boats, monster V8 2 strokes hopped up and screamin Yami, Merc and OMCs V6s have little wake. No wake, no problem. Its pleasurecrafts like these that got me into boating as a young kid. Amazing stuff.

Literally so many hate comments. If I built a boat like that I'd be doing the same thing. Awesome unit

Absolutely mental. I got goosebumps on the startup. That thing sounds the Bollocks.

as a kid growing up my dad n alll his buddys rode harleys. watching 10 bikes take off at the same time amd the noise it makes this was the best day of that kids life. makes my heart skip a beat.

I grew up, in the '60s, water skiing behind an SK (shallow keel) just like this. No rooster tail with a prop. But the sound of an Oldsmobile Rocket 455 is AMAZING

I mean sincerely. He put on a great show, thrilled his kid and never went above 35mph. That's a great dad. Seriously. Nice safe job dad!

Damn, first I was totally stunned by the fat engine on that little boat and how crystal clear the water is, but then the background with the mountains blasted my brain, damn what an awesome spot to have fun with an boat!

What's insane is how beautiful that scenery is :O

Sounds great to me. I grew up in the 60s and 70s and this was the kind of sounds you heard a lot on a lake. Remember most of the wood boats like a Century or Chris Craft had V8s in them. Some of the Centurys had Holman Moody prepared 427 FE Ford Motors in them. They would scream for a mahogany boat.

I imagine the people living along the lake love the open headers

It is insane............no life jacket for the kid. Father of the year.

looks like a nice, quiet, peaceful place to do some fishing.....oooopps not no more!

Oh damn! That's my old jetski at the start of the video, stoked to see it's still out there somewhere!

What a hero ...... over a million people view this see how you put a boy in danger. Pushing the limit on things is a rush but not at the cost of throwing safety out the door.

We used to have a Tahiti 18' with a tunnel-rammed Olds 455 and a Berkeley jet drive. Been there...done that.... ☺️ Fastest boat on Lake Murray, SC. in the mid 70s, doing 90mph.

ahhh the tranquility of lakeside living

Ahhh finally the great outdoors. I'll just open my beer, sit down and an enjoy the qu..... BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

This is impressive! The man climbs into a high horsepower boat, regardless of how high horsepower, has his child in the boat with him. Neither of them have life, jackets, helmets, or any other personal protection equipment. Most lakes these days, even eight years ago, have posted speed limits somewhere, which are put up for a reason there is no emergency Chase boat in the event of an equipment failure crash. What is demonstrated in this video is senseless careless and reckless operation of a high-powered boat, breaking almost every rule the states fishing game and water authorities. Respectfully request all boaters to have.

Kid on jet ski: "I wish he was my dad".

The boat from the great outdoors. When John Candy says, "you bastard!" And Roman hears go faster instead

Jet boat = fuel to noise converter. But still a whole bunch of fun.😁👍

He hits a wave at that speed and with no life jackets, rest in peace.

Nice. Not only is he worming it up he's keeping the RPMs above 1,500. At idle wet headers attend to hold water in the lower part of the headers, even go into the exh ports the more throttle you give it the more water flows threw & out the headers.

The kid with the jet-ski is like "holy fuck" the little girl with the yellow life jacket falls over and is ready to cry and the rest of the town has been informed that he is on the water

I thought he was gonna pull the same move John Candy did in "The Great Outdoors" movie🤣🤣🤣 btw that's the same lake the movie was filled at!

He was any kind of dad he put a life jacket on that kid

all that noise, sounds fast, opposite of a v-drive! 😂

Well, I found that rather disappointing. Don't know if it was just trimmed really bad, cavitating, or just bad design, but the acceleration was horrid.

Nice view think they would have life jackets on if the guy doesn't want to wear one should of put one on the kid

That thing is just NASTY SOUNDING!!! I love it!!!!!

“Dad, can I have a cigarette to look cool like you?” “No son, cigarettes are dangerous, now get in the boat.”

I was trying to open a packet of peanuts on the opposite bank when he opened it up, they went fkn everywhere!

You’ve got in neutral!!! - The Great Outdoors

This video pop out again after a couple of years. Thanks KZfaq algorithm! Awesome boat!

Still love watching this jet! Lol sounds just like my 1975 Tahiti Tiger Bubble deck

Must have been a really small "jet boat" I couldn't see it. Pretty cool combustion engine boat tho.

Nice 40 mph pass!!

I jumped a low water dam with mine. That boat got me into so much trouble on a Corp owned lake back in the early 80's.

Uncle Roman is gonna blow some coin on a kickass drag boat

Knew that was coming. Love jet boats. I had a 20 Eliminator, 454 Chevy. Pull 5 slalom skiers without a problem (except for keeping the ropes untangled). Those were fun days.

Life jacket for the boy? Things can go sideways fast!!!

When I lived in Nashville, we’d go to Percy Warner Lake and there were a ton of these boats with big block American V8s, jet drives, low low gunnels, a huge rooster tails as 5hey came flying by, some seemed to be better than 50 feet high, at least that’s what I thought back in the 1970s

Here today at jelly stone park! Shit look like a painting by good ol Bob Ross definitely fucking love that guy grew up to his shit right after reading rainbow… As far as the boat! Shit reminds me of that scene in lost boys. Grandpa has the old school in the garage grandsons think they’re going for a ride in that shit but he just starts it up and turns it’s off! Like sike we ain’t going nowhere I just love the sound of this baby roar!! Well shit now y’all know how old I am lol…call this shit the 90s run down lol.

"the great out doors" movie is what comes to mind

950 w/o power-adders!? doubt it...also he should EASE into the throttle on take off. flooring it causes cavitation. sounds awesome though.

I would love to see this - ONCE! I pity the folks who live along the lake. My brother had a 427 Cobra in his pricey neighborhood. He would start it up and just idle until he got out of the neighborhood. Sometimes, he'd push it out of the garage!

Exactly!! What I thought, Sincerely a lifelong lifeguard and WSI instructor

Screw Tesla, it will never replace this.

That's frkin awesome !! A dad and his son kickin butt on the lake in a blown jet boat !! Coolist thing I've ever seen !!

Boy this thread got pretty deep😅 I was watching for entertainment and found more entertainment in these comments then I did in the vid! Wow! Glad I read through some! Learned a bunch!✌🏽✌🏼

For those of you wondering where this is, this is Lake Hylia of Hyrule

We have fun waxing those jets with our tournament bass boats. Just slam the fishing thrones down & say, "Let's go!" Happens often and never ceases to blow minds.

Child and no safety jacket wowww,i hope it will never end in a tragic way man

“You’re not wearing life jackets?” “No, I don’t look cool in a life jacket”.

Nice boat

the comment section here has confirmed for me that yes, the world has definitely been pussified

everyone shit up with the hate y'all don't have jet boats and so what on how he uses his boat or does with his kid. as I see it this man just created memories for a lifetime for his boy. and not all jet boats are made for speed those engines are more torque than raw HP and when dealing with water torque is what is needed you won't fly but you sure will pull

A wonderful video from Lake Skidmark.....

Nothing better than watching a jet ski pass a jet boat

Boat stored in a shack next to a trailer in the winter, I can only assume.

There sure are a lot of people with this sort of boat on youtube. Small, low, skiff-like hulls with no free-board and a great big engine running headers straight to the air. All they ever seem to do is roar up and down in front of each other on dead flat water. Tough luck for all the people who didn't go there to listen to un-muffled engines roaring.

Before you comment, unfamiliar folks. Look up 1. Mike Finnegan 2. Bassett Headers 3. Berkeley Pumps Read all the comments and replies. Sorry, Boat Folks, some of them just can't help it. Had his and hers jets in 1986 20' Taylor and 20' Sleekcraft Both 454s and Berkeleys One Over transom exhaust Other through transom exhaust. And. If the rest of you don't like noise don't buy property by an airport, drag strip, stock car track , dirt bike track or a lake. Oh and I wonder how loud your lawn mower is?

Hey Deibold, sounds like "Born to be wild ", 1984, greers ferry lake, beautiful heber springs ar, open hedders.

Wow, reminds me of a mustang with borla exhaust, sounds good, lots of noise and goes nowhere

Dude went WOT and hit what? 40mph? 🤭

You got to admit, that was BAD ASSSSSS!

Another peaceful day enjoying the serene beauty.

Grew up doing the same, kid will have memories. Blast

Would have launched twice as fast if the nozzle was in the water!! LOL All show no go!!

I had a friend who has one of these little boats with a Chevrolet 454. Talk about a ride and a half.

What kind of mic are you using here? Its capturing the bass frequencies so well.

A relaxing, quiet, peaceful day on the lake shattered by another one of the 'hey look at me' crowd.

1:10 throws his cigarette over the side, what a jerk.

GREAT OUTDOORS STYLE TOO !!

Aww nice fresh air as the dude lights up a cigarette next to a child.

No helmets, no life jackets NO BRAINS........

Was that Dan Aykroyd and John Candy?

love the little Kawasaki X2 650cc jetski at the bottom of the screen, that a proper jetski

You have to LOVE America... lake, boat, kick ass speed

"Hold my beer, Yall watch this shit"

Nowhere near 950 hp. Anyone that knows anything about engines can tell you that.

Loving life with us. You should've asked the owner where their life jackets were and FYI a jet boat has an engine in it from like an F15 not an engine out of an Oldsmobile

Always adds a touch of class with the cigarette hanging off his lips.

Beautiful lake

"Uncle Chet's gonna shit a solid gold brick"

All I can hear in my head is Chris Farley saying, Fat man in a little boat Fat man in a little boat!

What a peaceful day at the lake and smelling that wonderful clean air. Only in America

No life jackets on! that's how much he thinks of that young Boy.

That is a beautiful lake.

As good as they sound. Jet boats lose about 30% over a prop driven boat. A better option would be an outboard with a jack plate.

I have owned lots of these boats,and they are very versatile! I have several boats now 2 that are v drives ! But the jet is more family friendly for the wife! All the boats have mufflers and are not so loud! If you ever get a chance to ride in one do it! Just make sure the guy driving is sober and a experience driver! And always wear a life jacket ,you can come out of these boats in a instant!

Great parent-no lifejacket on the kid.

You wanna see fast? Search " long tail boats in my Thailand ". These little things will leave that guy in their spray!

I miss doing that. Don't miss going broke every summer from blown motors. FYI: I am no expert, but you got a LOT of water coming out of the headers, and a little early. $.02

Ever tipped the nose underwater at 35 mph in boat like that ? Lost my beer, sunglasses and bout my life . But that wall of blue water 2 foot thick coming over the front was beautiful until it hit me square in the face.

Who cares what size the engine is - what about putting a life jacket on your son.

As someone who lives on a lake these things are ANNOYING.

Thanks so much for posting cool video what a rooster tail love to be in with you

It's steam from the wet stacks, the rooster tail is from a place diverter that is better left off for initial throttle, it's just for washing other boats