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Cypress Gardens Johnson-Powered Stinger Stunt Team

The Stingers—Cypress Gardens’ stunt driving team circa 1974—from a Johnson Outboards promo video circa 1977. Strong transoms, nerves of steel, flexible spines and bulletproof two-stroke Johnson outboards equals two minutes of badassery.

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Chris Dixon

Senior Editor, Power & Motoryacht
Chris Dixon is the author of Ghost Wave and The Ocean, The Ultimate Handbook of Nautical Knowledge. His writing has appeared in The New York Times bestseller The Southerner’s Handbook. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Outside, Popular Mechanics and Garden & Gun. He grew up boating, fishing and surfing along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, once spent a year working and traveling with Jimmy Buffett and today lives in Charleston with his wife, son and daughter.

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