Great driving & video. The driver here really knows how to handle an airboat. Bobby F. does a commendable job of giving airboaters a place to hang with fantastic entertainment.
However, does anyone else notice a lack of PFD use during the event? (And other Rodeos too!) A helmet may not be a bad idea either.
I believe every type of organized competitive water vessel sport requires a PFD. Here, we have something next to a race & no PFD or helmet use.
So, are we, as a user group, really trying to change our public image?
Do we have any agreement among us that should require PFD & helmet use would be a VERY GOOD idea for this type of event?
If you want good Public Relations and Public Image of our sport, we have to require the simple, common sense things ourselves. If not, someone will be all too happy to eat our lunch when an accident happens, maximize the negative and know we had a hand in creating our own misery.
It's much easier to get BAD PUBLICITY (that will WIPE years of positive PR) than it is to gain hard earned positive PR.
Long live airboating...........
PW
President-Florida Airboat Association
Thanks to Bobby & Fran for the spot for the Kissimmee River Valley Sportmen's Association (KRVSA) raffle boat and thanks to those who support airboating by investing in a chance to win the Diamondback airboat.
