than you could possibly ever imagine. >> dave says, imagine driving your car at 200 miles an hour, over 2 and 3-foot speed bumps, without springs or shocks. that's what it feels like to ride this thing. >> the environment of looking from the outside of a hydroplane, this is this wonderful, graceful feek that flies over the water, the truth is, the boat is actually beating the snot out of the driver that's inside. >> dave fell in love with racing boats as a teenager. while most kids his age were out racing bicycles. >> i started out racing flat bottom boeksboats a long time a. it was a lot of fun and i progressed into bigger flat bottom boats, managed to set a lot of world records and win a lot of championships. >> from there, it was a natural step to racing hydroplanes. dave soon breaking almost every record in the book.