FX88 - Unforgiven Extremely Close Jet Boat Racing!

FX88 races on the Athabasca river outside Whitecourt, AB. Racing is tight in the FX class as he and fellow racers compete for every inch of the river.

[@Bansheeboat]

Great video, I love the jet boats! So cool to be able to fly down the river and not worry about sandbars and whatnot.

[@30secBoardboy]

I cant believe they touched and didn't pile those boats up!! Awesome stuff Mike :)

[@ianm432]

2:22 "here let me adjust your downforce a little bit."

[@iCazZiStronZi]

Ian McDonald lol

[@hankschrader149]

Rubbin' is racing! Lol

[@brucegissing9489]

That is sportsmanship to loose a race and Winn a life

[@fishheds]

Notice how you never see him again post-adjustment....lol

[@TheBluenoser76]

I was there for these races..what a day!

[@brianfitzpatrick9189]

Great video. Nice racing. I want one

[@goutvols103]

Now that is some racing - NASCAR style, rubbing paint.

[@RobertSmith-wc1df]

Great big bowling balls! Huge coconuts!

[@j-rod9724]

2:23 driver never lift throttle, Beautiful 👌

[@pete401]

Awesome stuff. Keep it coming.

[@brianjacobsen5762]

Reminds me the timed boat races St.Johns. in Washington State. That river had tons streams

[@Mephistopholies]

That s**t was intense!!!

[@MrSpikebender]

This is insane!!! It's not a boat it's a wet plane! no pun intended

[@miraclewhips7406]

Unbelievable. Does this still happen? I work around fox occasionally. I'd like to check it out.

[@jamesireland6606]

These guys are crazy

[@strategicthinker8899]

Yp, I'm taking this sport up.

[@mikeh.753]

If you have never been hit by a jet boats jet wash it's like hooking up 400 or more horsepower to a fire hydrant. It's brutal and can be devastating to a person or another boat. The jet wash can fill another boat with water in a couple seconds.

[@VelocityVideo]

Very true Mike!

[@jackbenjaminsen3255]

frome norway,I love this

[@pruis3144]

me too

[@danj6289]

Wow, dangerous ass racing!! How do they know where to go??? Why don't you tell us where this is..EXACTLY? Where is Whitecourt, AB? What a huge river sysytem.

[@mathesonfraser649]

Whitecourt is a town here in alberta

[@danj6289]

OK, thanks.

[@baklazanivanovich7566]

beuteful place, nice river. Average speed amount 130 km/h?

[@justjustin7382]

160 190.k

[@backcountrybanditinc]

Awwwww yeah

[@ruebenskedgwell9627]

Awesome open throttle racing adrenaline rush

[@carterfoulks297]

Where are y’all racing at and what kind of hulls are those

[@panicrev555]

rubbin's racin'!

[@bensprink9943]

Are the bow wings adjustable like trim tabs or are they fixed like a car spoiler?

[@rscarawa]

Is one boat allowed to cut off another like that? no rules against that?

[@jimbush8325]

No, you are supposed to be aware of your tail wash. These types of boats will flip at top speed when hit with jet wash. The canards are adjusted by the navigator and allow just inches of the boat hull to touch the water, so they are always on the edge of flipping. That is the sweet spot.

[@dennysphone3012]

From 2:00 to about 2:30 is crazy close to the bank and other boat but he never lifts.

[@ChristopherGaul]

Actually that was a pretty conservative run. You should see some of the guys in this sport. Spencer King for example runs like a scalded maniac down the river.

[@coldspring624]

O ell yes

[@descent815]

I bet there were some words after this leg was completed!

[@lenledwidge5367]

Its a good thing their running in high water, pick a line and let her go.

[@sumatai1]

In fricken sane!!!!

[@87Jetboat]

👍👍

[@krabby4456]

hey i live on this river

[@richr909]

That's crazy. I'd shit myself

[@albertjackson9236]

The clutch seems to be slipping on these boats.

[@justjustin7382]

Hellzzzzzz Ywahhhh

[@williambannister1127]

What is the clearance on those boats in the water?! Those guys were going through what looked to be shallow shit!!!

[@ChristopherGaul]

Heh, they have fairly flat bottoms in the planing area of the hull and they only really need enough water depth to keep the jet pump fed, only a few cm or so, but I've seen them slide over sandbars and other things. Most have ablative sliders on the bottom made of delrin, nylon, or other slippery plastic that they can essentially ride on like sled runners should they go too shallow, cross a log, etc. Not in a race mind you, but they could. It's just slower to do that so they don't. Well, that and it's dangerous. Checkout this video showing you what I'm talking about. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZfJZaprhL2nbZY There's a lot of these types of jetboats in the North and the people that run them do insane stuff with them.

[@ChristopherGaul]

OK, I found one you guys gotta watch next. You'll see some crazy stuff in this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKa6nXx5rJqFf8k

[@justjustin7382]

Takes a while to plane eh

[@michaelpitcock2834]

BadAzz

[@shawnsponenburgh8025]

Did anyone notice the NAV of the left boat flip off the dude in the filming boat before he decided to give them a "HOLD MY BEER" monent?

[@user-lf5zx9ty1e]

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[@jerrydeal8874]

the boat runs good but it needs a lot more power and speed it looks like a Sunday joy ride

[@Random-rt5ec]

I'd like to think these jet boats have minimal impact on the environment & hopefully don't hurt the fish. But I do wish they quieted themselves with the modern device called the: MUFFLER because birds, bears, coyotes, humans don't like the noise.