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        THROWBACK! The 'Miami Vice' 1980s Put Powerboating & Lake Of The Ozarks On The Map In A New Way
        History of Boating at the Lake of the Ozarks

        THROWBACK! The 'Miami Vice' 1980s Put Powerboating & Lake Of The Ozarks On The Map In A New Way

        • by Al Griffin & Nathan Bechtold, republished from Shore Magazine 2023
        • Updated Jan 9, 2023
        • 5 min to read

        It’s 1985, and Don Johnson is Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice. Episodes open with glitzy, superfast boats cutting Vs across the water of Miami’s …

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        THROWBACK! The 1980s Made Lake Of The Ozarks The Most Unique Recreational Lake In The Nation
        History of Boating at the Lake of the Ozarks
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        THROWBACK! The 1980s Made Lake Of The Ozarks The Most Unique Recreational Lake In The Nation

        • by Al Griffin
        • Updated Jan 6, 2023

        If you remember pastel sport coats over t-shirts, leather loafers with no socks, and stubble beard, then you remember 1985 with Don Johnson pl…

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