I don't buy this one.....

[Ricardo]

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[superjunior]

had to watch it a couple times - no way thats real

[audiobliss]

My dad sent that to me a while back. Supposedly it's a group of students who calculated all the variables.

But I really don't see how it could be done. At least, not with such certainty that a live human being would be willing to give it a go.

[daboyz]

I don't know,there's a lot of crazies out there......

Very dubious though.

[Conradicles]

That one is not real. I remember reading about it. They did a good job making it look real!

[Ron-P]

You can instantly tell it's a fake. Just look at the length of ramp, and they only wet the very start with two small buckets of water. The guy would come to a screeching halt if he hit a dry patch anywhere on that.

[superjunior]

You can instantly tell it's a fake. Just look at the length of ramp, and they only wet the very start with two small buckets of water. The guy would come to a screeching halt if he hit a dry patch anywhere on that.

thats what did it for me, both ends of the ramp are the same height. To gain that kind of momentum the take off side would have to be at least 3 times higher than the launch end

[nooshinjohn]

I have wintessed stunts performed on movie sets that were far more complicated than this. I am not saying these guys actually pulled it off, but from a vantage point of one camera, there is reason to doubt.

[MacLeod]

What? You guys have never done this? C'mon.

[BeRad]

It doesn't look like the jump is nearly as high as the in-run. Bad camera angle, but it seems that he started a fair bit higher than the jump. It also looks to me (again, tough to be certain because of the angle) that the in-run is much steeper than the take off.

Doubt it's real, but definitely plausible.

[schwarcw]

It would be equivalent to a 200 ft. fall into a kiddie pool. No effn way!

[JohnLocke88]

It would be equivalent to a 200 ft. fall into a kiddie pool. No effn way!

Yah I'm sorry, no way this is real; in order to stop in 3 feet of water you'd have to fan out big time, and he tucks into a ball; 3 ft of water isn't going to do shit; he'd still plow into the bottom with enough force to break bones

[BeRad]

Here is how and why it was done. (http://newteevee.com/2009/08/11/the-megawoosh-waterslide-viral-how-it-was-really-done/)

edit:
And here is how and why it is possible to pull off and not get hurt. (http://blog.dotphys.net/2009/08/crazy-water-slide/)

[bobman1235]

Haha, I love the p hysics nerd who figures it's "possible." While in an ideal world I suppose it might be "possible" by the numbers, no way would someone be able to stay on the slide in such a straight line (at the very least the slide should be a "chute" instead of just a flat thing), but even then, no way you're landing in a kiddie pool 100 feet away. Wayyyy too many variables with speed (friction, wind, angle, body position).

[Lasareath]

I think the same people made this video:


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[JohnLocke88]

I think the same people made this video:


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This is actually more believable i think.

[messiah]

I think the same people made this video:


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That's so cool!!

[nms]

You can instantly tell it's a fake. Just look at the length of ramp, and they only wet the very start with two small buckets of water. The guy would come to a screeching halt if he hit a dry patch anywhere on that.

A lot of people bring this up, but judging from the reflectivity of the ramp before and after they throw the buckets of water on it, I think the ramp was pre-wetted and the buckets were simply a little more for good measure.

The part that makes me think it's fake is the pool he lands in. It looks like it's maybe 2 feet, or 2.5 feet deep tops. Decelerating from something in excess of 60 mph to 0 mph in 2.5 feet is not plausible. He would sustain some injuries. Probably a broken tailbone, given how he went into the pool.

Just think when you jump off the high dive in a pool. It can take you 5 or 6 feet to stop moving underwater, and that's with a much slower entry velocity than this guy had.

[Keiko]

I find that hard to believe also, but it did make me smile. :)

Thanks for sharing Ricardo...Marco.....:D

[venomclan]

I cannot believe that there is any doubt whether this is real or not. :confused:

Of course it was. And if you look closely, Bigfoot can be seen hiding behind one of the trees.

[Ricardo]

This guy didn't make it.

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[daboyz]

I thought they used the super teflon spray that Clark Griswold used in "Christmas Vacation".;)

[Demiurge]

It's not real. It was made by the same guys who made this video:

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[danz1906]

It could happen-NOT!

[nms]

It's not real. It was made by the same guys who made this video:



Aww man, I loved that video. Why'd you have to go and ruin it for me?

[rayslifecycle]

physics should really be a mandatory subject