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Human Slingshot Slip and Slide

submitted by eric3579

1 decade 2 years 7 months 3 weeks ago

Honestly, this was one of the funnest youtube videos we have made thus far! I worked together with the awesome clothing company "Vooray" to make it possible. We have talked about working together for the longest time, the problem was I was based in Hawaii, and they were based in Utah... However, last month I moved to Utah, so it finally became a reality.

We filmed this video on Saturday August 27th, I then released it August 30th, just because I was stoked to release it, haha :)

My friend Jace LeRoy was a huge part of the filming of this video. He and I both ran cameras, I ran my Canon 5D Mark II, and he ran his Canon T2i.

For the actual slip and slide, the jump itself Vooray built, it being 8 feet tall. They orginally used a bungie to sling people out, but a week before we filmed, when they were testing it, it snapped... and whip lashed a couple people. So to make sure it was safe, they bought a 250 dollar bungie online to make sure no one got hurt when we filmed.

The pond itself was on private property in Paradise Utah. From where the jump is to the opposite end, it was 150 feet long. Several people were launched 120 feet from the jump.. not to bad, right? :)

In fact, the first person that flew that far... He actually got knocked out once he hit the water... Everyone ran in there to help him.

This happened to 3 people,... and even after that it still didn't stop them, haha :)

Everyone wore helmets and life jackets, so we all tried to make sure we were as safe as possible. Just for the record though, I didn't do it, I'm not that brave, or stupid, depending on how you look at it, haha :)

Last October we filmed a similar video to this, but it was about a bike jump into a lake, you can check that video out right below.
- http://devingraham.blogspot.com/2011/08/human-slingshot-slip-and-slide-vooray.html