Ok, just when I thought nailing a water assisted landing showed you were pretty handy with an airplane, this guy pulls off a couple really cool water assisted take offs!
And this ain't no light weight cub either watch past the landing to the take off...

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Call me a dummy but I don't understand.

It looks to me like he's landing on a beach. I would guess that the wet sand is a little harder than the dry sand.

Mister Willy: It has to do with "float envy."