Gimballed and stabilised footage of jetboating at 60fps can not be beaten. Thank you, very kindly. Compare and contrast to the typical sickening and vomit-inducing hand-held shaky cam at 24fps.
Awesome fun! But I am crying at the woeful hand positioning on the wheel. Hands always at 9 and 3 o'clock, please. And only push up with the outside hand, never pull down with the inside hand. It makes a massive difference when driving a car, and the effect is the same in a jetboat: smoother turns, where steering pushes your shoulders into the back of the seat, stabilising you.
Don't forget KIwi Bill Hamilton invented the jet propulsion used in most jet boats. Bungee, zorb, other Kiwi firsts. We do love our thrills. Must mention Sir Ed and Tensing climbing some mountain as well. Oh and Burt Munroe, he wasn't Indian.
Thank you for sharing. So many memories of time spent in that area as a youth. Amazing country and amazing boat skills. I bet there was some gravel to be removed from the intake grill after that!
great footage, thanks for posting do you remember what the flow was that day? was this a jbnz run, otago branch? where did you launch/ get to? I will definitely put this on the "to do" list
Hey. I can't remember what the flow was that day. It was a Otago club run and i just jumped on last minute. I hadn't done much boating before this so i was a little inexperienced 🙄 We put it in just above the bridge in the village. I'm sure you can only do this river with an uplifting. Might get in trouble doing it on a weekend
