Dirty Waters thread....

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

How dirty is too dirty to winch?

we have some spots that have signs posted that clearly state that the water is not suitable for human contact

and on another river we have , they are dumping depleted thorium (used for indeglow on watches and will soon replace uranium in nuclear reactors)

so are these things to avoid? or are you too gnarly to care?

how dirty is the dirtyest water you've winched?

should we as winchers keep ph pool testing kits with us and test our waters to see if they are hazardous?

Lollar · 360 flip Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 8253

I have never encountered a winch spot that I was scared of the water

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

have you ever seen a sign that stated

Warning Water Not Suitable for human contach , no swimming , waiding or fishing?

and copious amounts of foam

im pretty sure it was a sewage runoff

and thorium is a cancer causing element

i dont have kids and one day hope to
but im not risking shooting blanks to get some gap riding in

ZackFL(BRE) · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 2386 City: Tampa

POPTART, thats just a dumb question. is wakeskating really worth your life over some dirty shizzle filled water? not mine.

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

no but just because some treehugging hippy from the parks dept put a sign up dosent mean i wont hit their gap anyways

just asking if anyone else has seen simmilar signs and what their actual puropse for saying not suiatble for contact entails

is it due to high currents , dirty water, or just some endangered little minnows

and you could loose you life in more ways wakeskating than choaking on some nasty water

PIRATE · Kickflip Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2651

IT probably has little to do with the ph balance of the water and more to do with Reclaimed water.... Alot of ponds are run off from sewer's and gutters. Used condoms, needles, ect... have made contact with that water. NOt to mention if its stagnet the amoeba epidimic of 2006 is still in alot of peoples minds.

also Amoeba epidimic is the name of my new band.

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

PIRATE, right on man!

the water is from a heavy populated area so if anything i think your right , nasty greywater runoff and street filth

just did some research and found that our thorium waters shouldnt be a health hazard

but is there any kits we can get to find out about waters without warning signs?
do we need amoeba kits?
petri dishes and microscopes

lets get all bill nye on these waters

brassmonkey · Posted: Jun 21, 2011 2:10 pm Post subject:

POPTART, Dude, just shred those waters. You'll probably grow a few extra legs and will be inventing new tricks LEFT AND RIGHT.

echo724 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 14 Jul 2010 Posts: 126 City: Gump

I've been thinking the same thing about some spots close to me. Giardia is not fun. I try to breath out as soon as I hit the water. I don't want to ingest any parasites.

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

brassmonkey, Cool

Jake S · Backside 180 Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Posts: 683 City: SLC

ive heard giardia stories about my waters too.. any thoughts?

PIRATE · Kickflip Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2651

talk to anyone who has surfed after it rained and got sick......... No fun. To many clean waterways to shred out there. Stop trying to be ninja turtles and find some crystal clear water to get into.

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

no such thing as a clean winch gap

unless made by a beaver

or by gawd with rocks

ZackFL(BRE) · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 2386 City: Tampa

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

ZackFL(BRE), oh .... well i stand corrected ....you win the internets today:birthday:
also tampa is quite the drive from chicago to ride a gap on the weekend

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

i got a staph infection from winching once. in hindsight it was totally worth it

bob. · Posted: Jun 22, 2011 12:31 pm Post subject:

POPTART, drink it, see what happens, then ask for the help of...

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

bob., lmao

sounds like a reasonable idea

maybe ill just get the local hobos to test it for me

theyll do anything for a 1/5th of vodka

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

ZackFL(BRE), I've been to every spot in Tampa and I can assure you I've found a dead animal at each one.

WERDna · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Jan 2009 Posts: 541

tad, yea but they die from swimming too deep into the crystal clear and not realizing how deep they went.