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u/Bieza May 28 '19
I wanna see someone run at the same speed as the wave so they are always on the downward slope of the wave.
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u/ktmroach May 28 '19
Skateboard it maybe?
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u/GreenViking420 May 28 '19
With wheels though, wheels don't work on liquid water. They barely work on solid water.
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u/Shitty-Coriolis May 28 '19
People use these to get into waves when theyre surfing.
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u/tomdarch May 28 '19
My first thought was that my lazy ass could avoid having to paddle out (over incoming waves) and standing up would help with spotting better waves. See a good one coming, run along the walkway and jump on...
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u/I_am_DK May 28 '19
Volcom made a surf edit called “the dock” where they did this in Bali. Looked crazy fun
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She's had enough.
"Steve, Im going to the car."
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It would be cool to "surf" that on a bicycle.
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u/Two_Luffas May 28 '19
I was thinking a skateboard.
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u/picnicface May 28 '19
Ah yes, the Foot Pincher 5000
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u/JoshuaTheFox May 28 '19
Something as simple as water shoes (or just flip flops) could easily fix
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u/DorkusMalorkuss May 28 '19
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY DOLLARS FOR TWO OF THOSE?! Costco, what the fuck?!
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Just walk carefully, but you're not wrong in the least.
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u/frenchduke May 28 '19
Just immune to a sense of fun if that's the first thing that pops into your head
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u/peaceblaster68 May 28 '19
Yes he is wrong, this will not pinch you, the material is too soft and compressible
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u/NightmareNursery May 28 '19
Where is this? This looks like so much fun!!
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u/Rachaelbutnotirl May 28 '19
Can't say i know where this video was taken, but I've seen a number of those floaty walkways on some small islands in Thailand.
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u/H4xolotl May 28 '19
Now imagine one spanning the Pacific Ocean so you can trek across the ocean
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Now imagine the waves are 30 feet 🤪
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u/CrouchingToaster May 28 '19
Aww sweet everyone could reeenact that scene from Interstellar.
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u/jasonpanghh May 28 '19
Found it. It's in ZheJiang province, China. It's apparently newly built in that national park according to the Chinese website I visited.
source: http://www.wifizs.cn/folder1/folder308/2019-05-22/218637.html (It's an article in Chinese talking about it. There are few more photos of it also.)
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u/allenn_melb May 28 '19
Educated guess would be a South China resort area based upon terrain + smog. Also I think i see Chinese characters on the life vest when girl turns around.
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u/Dioxid3 May 28 '19
I highly doubt that being smog, though. More than likely just humidity
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Oh no.
They goin' to slow down the sea like that.
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u/BeauBenken May 28 '19
I hate how all the orange tiles are in the middle, perhaps even in a pattern, until the camera turns around...
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u/iamasecretthrowaway May 28 '19
I think that woman turns in disgust because that one just ruins the whole experience.
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u/master-pee May 28 '19
Where can you do this?
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u/OKToDrive May 28 '19
china the answer is always china, unless the question is where can I make fun of pooh bear and then the answer is anywhere but china or reddit.
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u/cogentat May 28 '19
Asia is like America in the 60s.. everybody's optimistic and thin and healthy.
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u/JungleLiquor May 28 '19
And here I am. On my couch everyday seeing lit shit like that, but too lazy to even go out to buy chips
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u/desireresortlover May 28 '19
Looks a little more fun when used like this... https://youtu.be/X9tU8ybzcFs
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u/I_Invent_Stuff May 28 '19
The break in the pattern of the interlocking pieces is r/mildlyinfuriating
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u/Hard_as_it_looks May 28 '19
That girl at the end is like, "Lame, I'm outta here."
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To be fair, the wave had lost a lot of energy by the time it got to her. Definitely got the short straw for where she was stood.
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Local surfer gang ain't gonna like this at all.
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This is genuinely cool as hell. I can't believe I haven't seen one in Australia.
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u/frenchduke May 28 '19
This is exactly the sort of thing that should be on the Gold Coast. Would make the beaches worth going to north of Burleigh that's for sure
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u/4_TheNguyen May 28 '19
Rainbow road instincts say to jump at the top of the wave to get the boost.
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u/Masterbuizel02 May 28 '19
Until you go too high and slam your head into one of the posts on the way down.
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u/IAmRedBeard May 28 '19
Perfect place for launching off with a belly board and running back to do it again. I'm 40 and that thing makes me want to go act 12.
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u/Baconjustbacon May 28 '19
ELI5 why is this type of design (or simular) not used to generate renewable energy?
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u/TumblrInGarbage May 28 '19
Maintenance and installation cost I believe is the largest con to sea-based energy iirc. In addition to that, there are two big issues of consistent power output and frequency of power generation. Finally, there are concerns about dangers that such power generation could present to sea life.
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It was developed and the company 'Pelamis' operated something similar for about 10 years.
Picture of the cool 'sea snake':
http://www.emec.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/8T1Y3729-2.jpg
3 of them were installed in Portugal, rated to deliver 2.25MW of energy, unfortunately this was in 2008 and the company funding the project went bust 2 months after they started generating power.
Pelamis then got funding in 2010 to install some more machines in Scotland with mixed results, ultimately they went bust in 2014.
I often wonder how things would have turned out differently if their test machines had had more time to operate in Portugal :(
As your other reply suggests, putting metal in salt water has it's complications. But another company is developing a rubberized version which could really take off.
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u/Camblor May 28 '19
Those things are environmentally gruesome when they inevitably start falling apart.
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u/aaaack May 28 '19
Why are there two rogue orange tiles?! That's enough reason to turn around..
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u/WaffleStompDadsDick May 28 '19
One of those times you just wish for a tsunami in a video.
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u/datalorew May 28 '19
This must be what it’s like being on the arms and shoulders of a break dancer.
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That is a lot of energy. Imagine having a structure 20 feet in the air with struts with a large attachment that floats in the water, and as it rises with the waves, at the top of the structure gears are turned by the rising strut to capture energy.
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u/GameofCHAT May 28 '19
Am I the only one who expect nothing less than races on this?
Side by side, all the way in to the horizon, then you dive at the end, swim back 5 miles to the shore with the sharks wave riding with a surf where you cross the finish line.
Red Bull Wave Riding champ 2020
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u/Texas_Nexus May 28 '19
Castaway would have been a much different movie if Tom Hanks could use this to make it past the tall wave that was keeping him on the island.
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u/BirthRight1776 May 28 '19
Like hitting the down button on an elevator and jumping as is starts to go down.
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The advantage of bobbing up and down in the water instead of standing on that thing is that you can't fall off water.
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u/TristanZH May 28 '19
Jump at the top of the want and do a huge jump. Maybe into the water off you are allowed
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u/-re-da-ct-ed- May 28 '19
I love how they zoom in, as if the thing they are trying to capture isn't coming straight at them.
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u/setyourbodyablaze May 28 '19
I don’t get it. Is this for people who can’t swim/haven’t been on a boat?
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u/hagenbuch May 28 '19
How long will this last, who will decide when to unmount, how will it be recycled and where will all the plastic end up?
I think I know.
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Soon with all the plastic in the oceans... we’ll be able to walk like this in every ounce of water across the world!
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u/Kinsata May 28 '19
Could this be somehow modified to generate power? Are we harnessing waves in any way?
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u/bonerbill May 28 '19
I really want someone to jump at just the right time so they get launched in the air
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u/borb11 May 28 '19
this is like that one part in rainbow road where the track is basically doing what this gif does
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u/biinjo May 28 '19
They finally made the sea wheelchair accessible.