This thing really is a clusterfuck of pointless design..No doubt many a disgruntled consumer will leave this baby in the bottom of a lake rather than carry it back home and store the thing to be never used again.

Better aqua-skipper would be a slingshot large enough to bungee-shoot a human body out into a body of water...The Human Pebble...See how many skips you can rack up while heading to the opposite shore!

Having read read the description first, I thought the Aquaskipper worked surprisingly well.

Ever like... heard of a boat? A raft perhaps? haha

Yall have no sense of adventure!

"We aren't riding the Aqua skipper because it is easy, we are doing it because it is hard!" JFK...I think

"You felt it a little bit there didn't ya?"

What? Every ounce of pride being replaced with shame? Yes, I think I did.

While it might not be a good idea, it certainly is interesting to see it work.

you all are ignorant fools.
you are judging this hydrofoil based on results of 3 beginners learning to use it.

i wouldn't want you geniuses to be around when the 1st bicycle was invented.

>> ^mxxcon:
i wouldn't want you geniuses to be around when the 1st bicycle was invented.


I learnt to ride a bike when I was 8 or so. And not once did I end up at the bottom of a lake.

Then you weren't trying nearly hard enough!

>> ^Raaagh:
I learnt to ride a bike when I was 8 or so. And not once did I end up at the bottom of a lake.

It's almost there, just needs some tweaking of the user interface. I've got a man for the job

great description, the other two at cracked.com are also great

It looks like fun. I'd like to give it a go (and sink numerous times) in an effort for that one perfect run. How many times do surfers fail in search of a good run? Way more than these guys do no doubt.

The thing is compared to a surf board or bike, you can just get back on it then and there and try again. With this you have to drag it all the way back to the pier to start over. Have fun with that.

I can't imagine this working very well in anything but perfectly calm water as well.

Wooo, that last one was awesome!

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I have actually ridden this contraption many times and out of the probably 60 times trying it i only had maybe 7 rides that weren't a complete fail... waste of money unless your friend buys it

This had me giggling, I tell you...

>> ^joop:
The thing is compared to a surf board or bike, you can just get back on it then and there and try again. With this you have to drag it all the way back to the pier to start over. Have fun with that.
I can't imagine this working very well in anything but perfectly calm water as well.
i think i've seen videos of somebody starting it while submerged....hmm, maybe it was something else.

Somehow, it just doesn't seem as fun as...

http://www.videosift.com/video/Amazing-New-Water-Powered-Jet-Pack

I think that guy is Sam Rockwell's retarded, older brother.

Damn you people are cynical.

Is it practical? No.

Is it impressive as an idea that DOES work under the right circumstances? Yes.

Of course the main issue is that it depends on exerting a lot of energy in just the right way, but I still find it fascinating.

So, I've been thinking about this for a while, and I just can't figure out how it transports water.

I can only imagine how much math went into that design. It actually sounds like a fun problem to solve... why does it have to be practical?

If they polished up the design so that it becomes a little more useful then I could definitely see the fitness crowd enjoying it. It's like a self-powered jet ski... like people who ride bicycles instead of motorcycles.

History is full of impractical devices that turned out to be great fun. Try snow skiing.

I saw this as a fun water toy that would exercise the crap out of you. Can you imagine the workout this thing would give you. This beats most of the workout equipment out there today, and the thrill of keeping it going will make you want to keep working out. If you hesitate or get tired, you go down!

That was hilarious...and looking at the "like frantically humping a metal pole while sinking" tag every time he failed had me bursting out loud laughing.

It seems like a novel method but it is pretty clear that unless you bounce perfectly, the nose collapses. There should be some redesign that should prevent this from happening if like, no forward motion is going on.

Impressive invention, seems to go quite fast for the energy expended. Obvious shortcomings, but I'd say good job. Now just put a 50HP motor on it! like

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/4426/Motorcycle-Photo-Gallery-Photo/2004-Design-Your-Dream-Ducati-Winners.aspx

"It actually sounds like a fun problem to solve... why does it have to be practical?"

Because there are 1 billion humans who don't have enough food to eat >> ^Psychologic:
I can only imagine how much math went into that design. It actually sounds like a fun problem to solve... why does it have to be practical?
If they polished up the design so that it becomes a little more useful then I could definitely see the fitness crowd enjoying it. It's like a self-powered jet ski... like people who ride bicycles instead of motorcycles.
History is full of impractical devices that turned out to be great fun. Try snow skiing.

It can work pretty well if you know how to use it, and you don't even need totally calm waters. In the video they clearly use it in the sea.
http://www.videosift.com/video/How-the-AquaSkipper-should-work

This is NOT fail. Surfboards aren't easy to ride either, so fuck yall.

And it doesn't even require a wave. But could you imagine this thing on a wave with someone that put in the effort to learn? Who's going to sift me after I ride this sucker on a 10 footer?

looks cool

*water

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