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Some guy went skimming down the entire length of the Weirs channel on a snowmobile while towing a water skier.  I saw his first pass without the skier, but didn't get out of my chair for his second. This used to be a really common activity until it was made illegal. 

Fish and game are going after them. 
 

 

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Some guy went skimming down the entire length of the Weirs channel on a snowmobile while towing a water skier.  I saw his first pass without the skier, but didn't get out of my chair for his second. This used to be a really common activity until it was made illegal. 

Fish and game are going after them. 
 

 


Lol that's killer
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3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Ski season to Maine has been decimated 

 

Who ski's in Bangor? 

Station      Flood  Since   River   Present   Temperature     Snow
             Stage/ Prev    Stage/  Weather   Cur Max Min   New  Tot
             Flow   7am     Flow
Andover               T                 1      12  31  11     T   37
Auburn         13            8.46
Augusta        13   0.00     9.68              23  36  19
Aziscohos           0.00
Bath                0.00                1      29  43  19   0.0    4
Bethel              0.00                1      24  35  17   0.0   12
Bingham             0.00     8.87              15  35  14
Brassua lake          T      4.68              21  29  12     T   18
Bridgton            0.00                1      22  42  22         29
Cape Neddick
Comstock Township            7.87              28  29  10
Cornish                      5.52              27  42  21
Durham              0.00                1      25  42  21   0.0   14
Eliot
Eustis              0.00                       20  28  16         26
Farmington            T                 1      17  37  11     T   25
The Forks           0.20     4.06              20  33  15
Fryeburg            0.00                       28  37  20
Gilead                       4.13
Gorham
Gray                0.00                1      25  39  22   0.0   12
Gulf Island                  16698
Harmony             0.00                1      14  39  14   0.0   17
Harris Dam          0.00
Hartford            0.00                1      19  33  18   0.0   22
Hiram Falls                  2253
Hollis              0.00                1      20  39  20   0.0   19
Jackman             0.13                2      23  27   8   0.0    3
Kennebunkport
Kingfield             T                 1                     T   26
Lewiston                                       26  47  25
Lincolnville                 3.11              18  42  17
Livermore falls
Long Falls Dam      0.00                       26  28  14
Mercer              0.00     8.60              16  35  12
Moosehead           0.02     4.85              20  28  13     T   17
New Sharon          0.00                1      24  35  16   0.0   15
North Anson         0.00     8.22              14  38  14
North Anson         0.00                1      17  42  17   0.0
North Sidney                11.46
North Whitefield             3.95              18  40  17
Oquossoc            0.00                       21  28  13
Phillips            0.00                1                   0.0   23
Pittston Farm
Poland              0.00                1      24  37  20   0.0   11
Portland            0.00                       28  41  25
Rangeley            0.00                3      21  28   8   0.0   17
Roxbury                      3.26              13  33  11
Rumford
Rumford        15   0.00     7.92
Sanford                                        26  45  24
Skowhegan           0.00     18718
Spencer Stream               7.18
South Paris                  5.13
Stoney Brook                 4.26
Turner              0.00                1      22  36  20   0.0    6
Upper Dam
Waterville
Waterville ARPT                                31  37  17
Wells RCNWR         0.00                       37  45  24
Wells Reserve       0.00                       33  41  25
Westbrook                    6.46
West Buxton                  4839
West Rockport                                  35  40  21
Williams Dam                 7990
Windham             0.00                1      26  40  26   0.0   17
Winthrop
Wiscasset           0.00                       37  42  19
Wyman Dam           0.00     7879

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2 hours ago, eekuasepinniW said:

Some guy went skimming down the entire length of the Weirs channel on a snowmobile while towing a water skier.  I saw his first pass without the skier, but didn't get out of my chair for his second. This used to be a really common activity until it was made illegal. 

Fish and game are going after them. 
 

 

That is epic.

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2 hours ago, eekuasepinniW said:

Some guy went skimming down the entire length of the Weirs channel on a snowmobile while towing a water skier.  I saw his first pass without the skier, but didn't get out of my chair for his second. This used to be a really common activity until it was made illegal. 

Fish and game are going after them. 
 

 

Way way too many things to go wrong for me. (Ski comes off just before hitting ice etc...)

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agree with dendrite. after the 4 deaths earlier this month on the lakes, F&G is on high alert and very sensitive to this type of illegal activity. I am sure it is fun for the participants, but the first responders who might have to fish a dead body out of the lake probably feel differently.

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12 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Ski season to Maine has been decimated 

 

Probably had to close the sledding hill off Essex Street.  Nearest ski area is more than 50 miles from there.  A co-worker said the X-C skiing was great this past Saturday; he was using central Maine snomo trails, and the sleds had left a well-groomed surface with enough "bite" to allow hill climbs without needing to herringbone.

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58 minutes ago, Cold Miser said:

Tips up on that transition.  I would not want to fall on the ice, or in the 32degree water for that matter.

There are tons of skimming videos out there.  People do this with sleds quite a bit.

I've done it a few times on a snowmobile over short distances... and very small bodies of water (basically glorified puddles).

I wouldn't do anything that actually could put myself or others in harm. The water was only a couple feet deep at best.

Ultimately...people do stupid and dangerous stuff. The choice is yours, but sometimes there are consequences. Even something like skiing is no different 

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3 hours ago, SJonesWX said:

agree with dendrite. after the 4 deaths earlier this month on the lakes, F&G is on high alert and very sensitive to this type of illegal activity. I am sure it is fun for the participants, but the first responders who might have to fish a dead body out of the lake probably feel differently.

Exactly.  The people who do this are risking not only their lives (fine if that's what you want to do) but risking the lives of the first responders who put themselves at great risk to fish these idiots out of the lake.

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41 minutes ago, Hambone said:

Exactly.  The people who do this are risking not only their lives (fine if that's what you want to do) but risking the lives of the first responders who put themselves at great risk to fish these idiots out of the lake.

While thats understood to an extent.....That is what a first responders job is lol. Whether its a horrible accident or an idiot, they signed up to help/rescue those in distress. 

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17 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

While thats understood to an extent.....That is what a first responders job is lol. Whether its a horrible accident or an idiot, they signed up to help/rescue those in distress. 

I really hope you are kidding here.  Sadly, there is no distinction between saving someone who is Darwin-award worthy and someone who is victim of an accident.

If someone knowingly risks their life by breaking laws, or not following an ounce of common sense, I wish first responders did not have to save them. Or at least they get a hefty bill sent their way. 

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23 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I really hope you are kidding here.  Sadly, there is no distinction between saving someone who is Darwin-award worthy and someone who is victim of an accident.

If someone knowingly risks their life by breaking laws, or not following an ounce of common sense, I wish first responders did not have to save them. Or at least they get a hefty bill sent their way. 

In theory, what is the difference between an idiot going 85 on the highway, loses control and crashes into the Tolland trees off I84 vs someone who goes the speed limit and does the same thing? One is breaking the law while the other is not, yet the end result is the same...do we "wish we didnt have to save" the speedster? Does the law abiding citizen deserve to be saved more? 

My point is, its not a perfect world so people need to get off their high horse where we pick and chose who is worthy. Helicpoter rescues happen when rock climbers or hikers slip up and fall or whatever. Or extreme skiiers in avalanche prone areas of the world. Half the people will say "they shouldnt have been there in the first place", so do we not rescue them? 

If someone is doing something illegal, we chase them down, if need be we rescue them, then we slap the handcuffs on and throw them in the slammer, if they live. Thats reality and its always been that way. 

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