because my body is full length stretched in the air. i didn t want to break my neck. i knew this was going to hurt. all of a sudden my heels came next to my ears. my body collapsed on itself the wrong way that a body should fold. then i hit the water, it was probably 45 miles an hour. when you hit water at that speed, it s real hard. it s like asphalt. for a moment, the guys think it s funny. the kite tube flies off into the air without chase. it was hysterical to see this kite tube with our friend trying to ride it and it just takes a dive and smacks against the lake. chase was holding on and his legs were pointed up in the sky and it was just funny. but then the guys realize chase may be hurt. it quickly switched from being funny to, oh, my god, is he okay? he just smacked his head. we saw him just kind of lying in the water there still. so he s definitely unconscious
water sport. kite tubing. it s a cross between water skiing and, well, flying. basically after a certain speed the kite tube will gain lift and fly behind the boat. soon chris invites his friends to the lake to try out his new toy. chris called me up one day and said, hey, i got this kite tube. you sit on it kind of like a jet ski and it has a 15-foot wing span, and you can actually get, you know, 10, 20, 30 feet of air. i was like, count me in. what really excited me about kite tubing was the adrenaline rush i knew would come from it that looked amazingly fun. one by one, they all tried to master this strange sport. but it s hard. you ve just got to grip it and rip it, take a chance every once in a while. finally it s chase rushing s turn. and he can really do it. i was excited. i was going higher and higher.
it s an awesome feeling. i watch chase go up in the air. i m thinking to myself, dang, there that boy goes again, he s always a natural at everything he does. sure enough there he is flying the dang manta ray going 25 feet up in the air. we were really excited that people were able to get that high. it was remarkable because none of us had even gotten close to that. for almost a minute chase soars high above the boat, but then everything changes. i m getting a little bit scared and it s too high. i feel like i need to come down. i started to climb towards the front of the tube and signal slow down. we could see that he was pointing down that he wanted the boat to slow down a bit. that s when the driver of the boat slowed the boat down and maybe faster than he should have. the boat loses too much speed too quickly and chase smashes down head first. the kite tube went from 25, 30 feet up in the air down to zero in a matter of two seconds. there s nothing i can do
there that boy goes again, he s always a natural at everything he does. sure enough there he is flying the dang manta ray going 25 feet up in the air. we were really excited that people were able to get that high. it was remarkable because none of us had even gotten close to that. for almost a minute chase soars high above the boat, but then everything changes. i m getting a little bit scared and it s too high. i feel like i need to come down. i started to climb towards the front of the tube and signal slow down. we could see that he was pointing down that he wanted the boat to slow down a bit. that s when the driver of the boat slowed the boat down and maybe faster than he should have. the boat loses too much speed too quickly and chase smashes down head first. the kite tube went from 25, 30 feet up in the air down to zero in a matter of two seconds. there s nothing i can do