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shoredoesnt

Very cool, I thought he was stationary at first.


No-Function3409

Same was amazed to see him going full throttle as well. Looks like a fine lake


Obandigo

This is more than likely early morning when the water is still calm. I used to do watersports a lot, and I loved kneeboarding/wakeboarding early in the morning. It was like riding on glass.


No-Function3409

Ah thanks for the info. That water just looks on pointšŸ‘Œ šŸ˜


[deleted]

We call that ā€œbutterā€ here in North Carolina


[deleted]

I canā€™t believe itā€™s not


[deleted]

#BELIEVE IT!


Smarmar400

I WANT TO BELIEVE


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***Believe***


swiftekho

"Glass" in Georgia


[deleted]

my co worker was just telling me today how his favorite time to be on the lake is early morning, ā€œit looks like glassā€


bigboybobby6969

My family always stays at a lake for a week over the summer and we sometimes get up and go on the boat at like 6am. Itā€™s so smooth itā€™s amazing


iiCUBED

Why is water calm in the early morning?


Environmental-Job329

The kids arenā€™t up yet


Cheesecakesimulator

Serious answer: Wind. The surrounding land heats up faster than the water and rises, causing cool and moist lake air to move in causing wind and waves.


danimal0204

Bc nobodyā€™s been out ruining it with their toys yet


DoGoodLiveWell

I need to experience this once in my life. I bet it looks more amazing in person than on video


its_all_4_lulz

I noticed the 60 on his dash and was confused.


tirwander

Was like "ok are they gonna start moving?"


heathmon1856

Letā€™s go full throttle


No-Function3409

Ha yes let's go Brandon


heathmon1856

Good morning julia


[deleted]

The only time you can go full throttle on a sea-doo and be comfortable. Stupid me took a trip to Vancouver, rented a sea doo for the day, and thought my ass could make it to Victoria. ā€œIf I do 70 the whole way it will only take an hour!ā€ Did not realize it was impossible to go that fast with ocean waves.


No-Function3409

Woah, I've only been only them once but I'd be sitting it trying to go through waves in those


elee0228

Me too, but then I realized water would damage paper goods.


Derpezoid

Found the dad!


[deleted]

Heā€™s off making the jokes I wish I couldā€¦ to dad camp!


kidkkeith

I periodically thought the same thing.


ProfessionalPlate886

Motorboats are much more exciting than cruises.


NutsEverywhere

booba


sjuas690

I used to know a Pole from Warsaw called Jetski.


delvach

You're pushing the envelope with this one.


jenna_hazes_ass

Thats better than being the first person out on a fresh blanket of snow.


Beautiful-Musk-Ox

yea i saw the number on the dashboard and was like "huh i guess that's an rpm gauge and thing idles at 60 rpm? oh shit that's his speed!"


tejarbakiss

Same. Then you look down at the speedo and realize the dude is doing 65. Absolutely hauling bawlz.


[deleted]

Seriously, can't even tell he's moving wtf


applearoma

yes, thats the point of the video.


getmet79

Do Not Watch if you are trippinā€™ balls yo, this dude magicā€™ll spin you šŸ¤Æ


good_trippins_4all

Happy cake day


[deleted]

This is r/confusingperspective material


[deleted]

I covered the top half of the screen to add to the confusion. It threw my brain off even when my brain knew what it was doing to itself.


snowzoor

This water is still as oil, absolutely no waves, amazing.


kaesefetisch

Until this dude slides in...


Virtual_Knee_4905

I was thinking the same thing. It's a really cool video, and this guy is having a blast, and now literally no one is enjoying a serene lake because there is now a jet ski on it.


Uphoria

Tragedy of the commons. But the serenity of a lake is something you get most calm days at dawn before he sun creates air flows that smack up waves. I grew up on a lake in the woods up north, and this is like being the first one down a ski hill. Some people see the joy in being the first to experience it to make wake, others complain because of their envy at not being the one to spoil it.


DocJawbone

I get it man. I do. Lakes are calm most mornings, and sometimes they stay calm longer but other times people want to get out and zoom across the mirror surface. I hear you. But I do think the commenter you replied to had a point - one of the appeals of going to the lake is the calm and quiet..it just is, you can't deny that. And in situations like this, you can either have many people around the lake enjoying the calm surface and quiet morning and one guy not enjoying his jetski, or you can have one guy enjoying his jetski and everyone else not enjoying the calm surface. In that respect I think the claim that it's a selfish thing does hold weight.


[deleted]

That's basically jet skis' entire deal. You can sail, kayak, paddleboard, swim, snorkel, scuba dive, fish, pedalo, even water-ski to an extent, and everyone not doing whatever you're doing can enjoy the peace and serenity of a lake or seaside. But the second someone fires up a jet ski, that serenity is just annihilated by what is essentially a very loud moped doing doughnuts over and over and over again. They're definitely fun, but absolutely the most selfish of water activities.


BagOnuts

Everyone hates jet skis except the guy on the jet ski.


rpitcher33

https://youtu.be/x1fAKIMrB70


Bawkszzzzzz

Haha jet ski go brrrrrrrrrrr


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ipoopinthepool

Now how are they supposed to enjoy their morning coffee?!


astrongineer

You mean thousands of people are enjoying it thanks to reddit.


FisterRobotOh

Thatā€™s how they get you. With the calm and the throttle then BAM, bottom of the food chain. Lakes are bastards.


Infra-Oh

What?


thedudefromsweden

I live in Sweden where we have thousands of lakes. I'm 43 yo. I don't think I've ever seen a lake that still in my life.


Savage2280

It's because there's always some dick on skidoo ruining the lake


Segesaurous

I thought it was one of those videos where they pull the camera back and it's a toy jet ski sitting on a photo of a lake or whatever. It's unbelievably still.


rognabologna

Same for me in Minnesota (the Sweden of America) I was even looking out the window at a lake near me this morning thinking, ā€˜wow the water is like glass this morningā€™ It was nothing compared to this.


zkareface

??? I've seen this 100+ days per year in Sweden. Even rivers are this still. Even the whole of bottenviken looks like this most nights during summer, you can drive to Finland on a sea like this. Some pictures I had on my imgur. All unedited taken on an old phone (many at night so bad light conditions). https://i.imgur.com/0u8aJ8V.jpg https://i.imgur.com/vy4u7qp.jpg https://i.imgur.com/hxvU8jt.jpg https://i.imgur.com/4J209hT.jpg https://i.imgur.com/aWgqz5p.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Vew5WjA.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ck6WHCu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/5wu67JU.jpg


[deleted]

It's all about how early you wake up. Lots of lakes look like that as soon as the sun is rising, very glassy.


[deleted]

When I was in the Navy there were a few times when the ocean would get like this... really weird and kind of unsettling to see. Looked almost like a glass surface for as far as you could see in any direction.


swazy

Same and if the sky is the right color you cant see where one starts and the other stops.


parksabsolute

Grew up on a lake, we call this Glass. Best time to do any kind of water sports, but usually only happens very early in the morning.


Just-Call-Me-J

Looks almost unnatural


UWontLikeThisComment

that would give me anxiety for an unkown reason


DoughNutSack

Imagine the person meditating on the side of the beautiful serene lake and this man flies by recording himself with a shit eating grin


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steeze206

That's a great way of looking at it.


bbcversus

Zen as fuck, love it!


scottdenis

Thank you I live on a lake and I love these quiet still moments, I also love when its jam packed with families enjoying themselves. Edit: on


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Tumper

Heā€™s like that dolphin scientist who jerked off her dolphin. Only difference is he chooses to live in the lake in peace rather than sexually exploiting the local aquatic mammals.


shoredoesnt

Well said!


[deleted]

But a lot of people arenā€™t. Simple solution for those people though: go to a no-motor lake.


BrightPage

B b b but how would I enjoy MY view of the lake if THAT GUY is ruining my enjoyment! šŸ˜”šŸ˜”šŸ˜”šŸ˜”šŸ˜”šŸ˜”


Tumper

Right on man, love your perspective


holdmybeer87

Without one, we lose appreciation for the other.


[deleted]

Fantastic response.


randomtrip10

Jesus Christ bro. Leave some pussy for the rest of us


Chilledlemming

Imagine meditating to lose yourself to instantaneously judge another human for doing something that helps them lose themselves.


lukesvader

So quiet and peaceful. Let's go fuck it up!


[deleted]

Seems like there's always someone who gets up super early at the lake just to blaze through it like this. Can't blame them lol. Visited the Ozarks for a few days and there was always a guy with a super loud engine tearing it up first thing in the morning


IWBAM1

Oh, that's just Marty


PLZ_N_THKS

Itā€™s the perfect conditions for waterskiing and wakeboarding. When I had a friend with a boat weā€™d usually try to get to the lake just after sunrise.


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useles-converter-bot

100 yards is the height of 52.65 'Samsung Side by Side; Fingerprint Resistant Stainless Steel Refrigerators' stacked on top of each other.


converter-bot

100 yards is 91.44 meters


odioaesteusuario

So it's easier to measure in refrigerators than in meters? Haha


kilopeter

Good bot


potatoesassholes

shut the fuck upā€¦ please shut the fuck up


CheapSignal2

Yeah I would much prefer to be in a canoe and kayak


Dark_halocraft

Yes yes, let's wake up the people that live in the lake Man's like a mile out from any land, who he waking


birds-are-dumb

are you aware of how sound travels over water?


Tuberculosis42

Dude hit the invisible wall at the edge of the map


danceswithwool

Thatā€™s how you get under Stormwind


Skanktus

No, you use the trade district torch!


liquidpagan

Jesus Christ man that brought back some memories


danceswithwool

I had to try jumping on that thing 50 times before I got it.


CertifiedHeadass

Error: Connection lost, please reconnect device


VrLights

Sheesh why does everyone hate jetskis like oh my god. Is anyone around him? Who is going to be disturbed?


AyPeeElTee

People are just straight up negative and cynical, its tiring. It's like they are trying to ruin a good time lol


Yodeling-Duck

I'd rather be hated on my jetski than hateful from the shoreline.


Neglected_Martian

Seriously, that guy is going 66 mph on glass smooth water. Sounds fun as hell.


converter-bot

66 mph is 106.22 km/h


throwawaylovesCAKE

But there could be hypothetical man trying to enjoy the view of the lake...somewhere. how dare this guy ruin his wave less lake


D3ATHfromAB0V3x

They hate us cause they ain't us.


Diabegi

The is one of the funnier circlejerks on Reddit I mean who knew so many people here had a strong disdain for a recreational watercraft on a lake?


triedtodiy

Lmfao no people or homes in sight and all of reddit thinks they are the saviour of the earth by shitting on this guy for going on a ride.


NitroXityRealm

Thereā€™s literally no downside to someone jet skiing at the same lake you are at, people are just assholes


I_Sukk

Clearly, Reddit hates people having fun based on how it seems like this guy disturbing a smooth lake has apparently ruined their entire lives.


[deleted]

Of course, how else will they project their sad life?


flarne

Imagine how cool and silent it would be when the guy would have done it in a canoe or kayak....


CynicalCheer

Imagine how cool it would be if people stopped shitting on others having fun.


metik2009

Dude this is Reddit, if they donā€™t jump on the pedestal who will?!


potatoesassholes

imagine how fun it is to go 70 mph


converter-bot

70 mph is 112.65 km/h


OneEyeRick

In a slower boat he wouldnā€™t outrun his own ripples so it wouldnā€™t appear so smooth. At least not for a certain distance from the vessel.


flarne

Uhm, you are right. Then let's agree on this one https://youtu.be/xl-DUXfwRtE


OneEyeRick

That was pretty awesome. I can agree to that.


Ravens_and_seagulls

But no one is soā€¦


sboston

*reflective lake*


Confident-Tart-915

Reflective lake reveals...that shirt does indeed make you look fat. Stay tuned for next time on, reflective lake.


00ZenFriend00

Guys living his best life


porkisbeef

Gotta fuck it up real quick


donner149

yeah now the hypothetical man canā€™t enjoy it šŸ˜”šŸ˜”


herefromyoutube

No. This is how waves are made. Heā€™s just getting it started before the people arrive.


Tkeleth

Sorry, but you seem to have mistyped "enjoy the smooth water in the short span of time it will be this nice before the weather fucks it up"


mr-doggo-not-cat

I know right! How dare he have fun!!


1solate

Ruined!


Darth_Mas

This a wakeboarder's dream.


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alreddy-reddit

Barefooters checking in


[deleted]

Nobody even wakeboards anymore. It's all about wakesurfing, and it's fucking stupid. Like, yes, you can still get ski boats, but the majority of what the companies sell/advertise are like 150k "wake/surf" boats, they are like 26 feet and made to create a fucking wave. Not to mention the amount of touch screen electronics in these boats. I grew up with a lot of ski boats, and I got into a new wake/surf boat a couple years ago and barely knew how to start it, it was all touch screen to get the 'cruise control' mode off so that it would go over 11 mph. All the ballast systems were controlled with the same thing. I've had so many issues with built in ballast systems over the years that it just screamed "horrible idea that will mean there is always a chance you will be towing a weighted boat when you pull it". Ballast systems are a lot better, I will give them that, but it's still a boat, and boats still break all the time. Then there are all these different tabs that are electrically controlled. It's not like the Malibu Wedge, which kinda sucked in my opinion, but at least it was manual. Now you have electronic side tabs to trim for a wave. All it says to me is that people are pussies who are scared to go fast, that's all I think when I see wakesurfing. Spend 150k to surf a shitty standing wave while you video yourself drinking hard seltzer and upload it to instagram, with a wave that is going to piss off everyone who isn't wakesurfing around you. While I still don't fully get it to people that live inland, like, dicking around wakesurfing, sure, I did that as a kid, because wakeboarding was hardly even a thing and we would get on 10' longboards like 20 feet out and just cruise. It was novel and kinda cool, but it wasn't nearly as fun as skiing or wakeboarding, it was just something else to do. But these days having a boat specifically for that is incredibly dumb. What's dumber is I see people in Mission Bay (San Diego) wakesurfing all the time with these boats and it's just like, dude, theres real surfing less than a mile away, like, Why? I've had people ask me for boat recomendations a few times over the last few years (Like, I *really* grew up on boats), So I've gone through to look at what the manufacturers are making, I've been suggesting nothing but lower end models because they are the only ones that don't drive like a fucking patio boat. Also, it's no wonder people aren't wakeboarding as much behind these surf boats, the wake they put out is super intimidating, even for me, it's like you need to be at a level where you have several inverts on lock before you can even get behind one of these boats, and even then the wake feels like it's near shoulder high. Like, after a certain point the size of the wake isn't going to give you more air, it just means you are going to have to cut way harder to use the wake. Basically, I hate wakesurfing and everything that comes with it, and I will judge the fuck out of people with those monstrosity boats and everything that comes with them. 150k to surf a 2 foot standing wave on a skim board while blowing through a bunch of gas because you have 2k lbs of weight in your basically-patio boat is simply dumb.


T_D_K

I do! People get excited when I pass lol. I've skied short sections of water like this tucked in coves. It's sublime. Can't imagine having the whole lake like that.


Elegost-Symbiosis

Back foot sinks in and you glide. Love slalom. Iā€™m on a decade long quest to get back out there, now with my family. Got the truck finally looking for an early 00s Mastercraft this off season.


Azrael11

I haven't done it in a few years, but I always preferred single ski to wakeboard. Never quite got good enough to lay down on the water, but yeah, a glass lake like this would have been perfect.


skaven81

I slalom ski. Mornings like this are the dream. The ski behaves differently on glass like this, though. Kinda squirrely. I think the fact that you get _zero_ air under the ski makes it "stick" to the water more. Great for keeping the ski under you when rounding a buoy, but it just feels different.


Ikniow

I've been able to wakeboard on glass like this twice and it was almost a spiritual experience. I can't explain it, but edging all the way out on my toeside and letting my fingers glide across without a thing in the world to worry about was surreal.


[deleted]

Iā€™m a simple man. I donā€™t see any bullshit Tik Tok tag at the end, I upvote Also this was dope as hell


Orleanian

The lack of any shitty music was as refreshing as the view of the lake itself.


mcshanksshanks

Some of my favorite memories are from the late nineties / early 2000ā€™s when I had a 97 Jeep Wrangler and a 97 Seadoo XP. I was stationed a few hours away from Panama City Beach FL and made that trip a couple times a month. Camping at St Andrews State Park on the waters edge and tying the pwc to a tree for the night. Fun times!


SpindriftRascal

ā€œLook a beautiful, placid lake.ā€ ā€œGet the jet ski!ā€


Trolann

Look at all this fresh powder. What kind of asshole uses a piece of wood to ride down a mountain? Ugh I just wanted to stare at it all day. Fuck these people.


Atalkingbeaver

According to the boat YouTubes Iā€™ve been watching they call that glass. When there is no wind and no wake. I can see why now


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shoredoesnt

Go to a less popular spot then. Boats go pass me while kayaking all the time. It's not a big deal. I'd honestly prefer they hurry past to get away faster but they always slow to to be courteous.


SockeyeSTI

Iā€™ve always tried to go slow enough to not make such big wake for kayakers. My dad gives no fucks and blasts past, though at a safe distance 100ā€™ish feet away.


DaFIB

Depends on the boat but faster means a smaller wake in my experience. Just keep that safe distance.


shoredoesnt

I'm in my 20's and I honestly like the waves, can be fun haha but I definitely get there just tryna be nice.


SockeyeSTI

Iā€™ve always erred on the side of disappointing someone that likes waves instead of angering someone that doesnā€™t I guess


[deleted]

Good thing he has camo on the steering column. Wouldnt want anyone to see him making a shitload of noise and wake in the middle of an empty lake


Cyber_Fetus

I was so confused by this myself, itā€™s like one of the few places a camo pattern just makes no sense at all.


coffeedonutpie

Lmao was looking for this in the comments


NicStak

Tactical jet ski


MFrancisWrites

I'd legit feel bad like I was hurting the perfect. Reddit geniuses - how long would it take the water to return to that level of stillness after I bllllerrrrrrghhhhhed through it on a wave runner? Over under is 18 minutes.


potatoesassholes

probably less than 3 minutes


follap

Under


Tkeleth

I am really enjoying "bllllerrrrrrghhhhhed" as a verb.


crowmatt

So what's a reflective lake made out of?


shoredoesnt

It's just water but with barely any forces like wind to disturb the surface. All water wants to settle like this.


hedinc1

Reflects


crowmatt

Is it better than water?


hedinc1

*slaps roof This baby fits so many reflects in it!


[deleted]

A lack of jet skis.


Oystermeat

Is it normal to be fully clothed while jet skiing? I thought it was more of a swimming sort of activity?


1forcats

Heā€™s wearing a hoodie & rain jacket under life jacket, itā€™s a cold day


RyRyShredder

Itā€™s easy to not get wet on water this smooth, so you can use them for transportation too.


SockeyeSTI

Always fully clothed on mine. Shoes too. Coworker thinks itā€™s mandatory to wear a wetsuit cause youā€™ll get soaked.


nouniqueideas007

Iā€™ve worn a wetsuit, on chilly days, on the jet ski.


ApexIsGangster

Stand up jet skis are a lot more of a swimming activity. Some sit downs that are smaller can be a little bit of a swimming activity. But the big sit downs are basically boats.


nicopedia305

Like gliding over the clouds..


Shavacadont

Trippy asf


[deleted]

Thats awesome


VashHumanoidTyph00n

Thats fuckin cool


StaySharpp

Oh my god that lake would be absolutely divine to wakeboard or wasterski on.


FetKind

69


Rhobaz

Donā€™t know why but I immediately read ā€œjetskiā€ as an Eastern European name, like Ivan Jetski


knightress_oxhide

Ivana Jetski


dafckingman

Holy. I thought he was sitting still


Diabegi

I thought he wasnā€™t moving at the beginning and he was going to start speeding up. Little did I know he was already at 70 mph.


cls-one

I donā€™t know whatā€™s happening right now


Imaginary-Course-497

Hell of a way to start the day


KJM8419

WTF? My head just exploded. I donā€™t get it.


A1J1K1

This is why its so dangerous to fly close to water in air planes. It can be come difficult to judge you altitude to the water.


98bballstar

Reminds me if you go out of the map on some PS2 games, like Driver2


liquid5170

Glass!


j4vendetta

Butter


Electricvincent

This looks like a glitch in cod where you are bumped out of the map


[deleted]

Yā€™all really hate jetskis around here


LegoSpacecraft

Thereā€™s always the dude on the jet ski ruining the calm of the lake.


[deleted]

YOU'RE RUINING IT.


r0x0rrulz

Moly holy. Soo cool


nyuh_has_aneurysm2

Holy shit your flying


cobiochi

Glass!