Monday, May 9, 2011

Jet-Powered Surfboards

Yes, there are now jet-powered surfboards, but before you get all excited about breaking the sound barrier riding on a wave, you have to swallow the disillusionment that the jets just deliver a little cheating to help you paddle faster. Yeah, I know. I was really disappointed too. And really, how often can you say that the reality of something like a jet-powered surfboard ends up being an anti-climactic let-down?

So remember this day! And demand a nitrous-oxide-burning funny-board to go drag-surfing on! If you can’t accidentally go flying off the wave, across the beach and across the street, and crash in a deadly ball of flames in a Baja Fresh parking lot, what’s the point of jet-powered surfing anyway? (They say this new board might help lifeguards reach people more quickly and save lives. But isn’t that the opposite of what a jet-powered surfboard is supposed to do? Pansies!)

Here’s the story: