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INFLATABLE "FLYING" WATERCRAFT

These inflatable water-sport tubes have been linked to serious injuries and death and thousands of these tubes have been recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission! These inflatable tubes are designed to become airborne at times when pulled behind a powerboat. The rider is supposed to be able to hang on by holding on to handles on the tube.

The real hazard is no one really knows yet if these inflatable tubes react differently in differing water environments or during different activities making them potentially uncontrollable to the user. The problems could be related to the human behavior of the powerboat driver and tube rider(s) in combination with a multitude of unknown environmental conditions in the water when the tubes are put to use.

SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2006

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