Walk on water
May 7, 2010 10:38 PM Subscribe
Liquid Mountaineering is a new sport (or viral hoax) that these guys are purporting will be the next big thing.
I'd prefer they call it "Christing", myself.
I'd prefer they call it "Christing", myself.
I would prefer if they wore frilled lizard collars as they did this.
posted by Sticherbeast at 10:43 PM on May 7, 2010 [10 favorites]
posted by Sticherbeast at 10:43 PM on May 7, 2010 [10 favorites]
OK, I'll bite...
I vote fake. Notice how sudden the drop-off is when they finally fall in... And always in the same spot. A hoax and a lazy one at that.
posted by Silky Slim at 10:47 PM on May 7, 2010 [7 favorites]
I vote fake. Notice how sudden the drop-off is when they finally fall in... And always in the same spot. A hoax and a lazy one at that.
posted by Silky Slim at 10:47 PM on May 7, 2010 [7 favorites]
Also notice how they appear to be using stuff that all comes from the same company, and the shoes they're wearing appear to just be waterproof sneakers. I have a pair of Merrells that are waterproof, but I'm sure not walking on water with 'em.
posted by Pope Guilty at 10:49 PM on May 7, 2010
posted by Pope Guilty at 10:49 PM on May 7, 2010
I don't get the "mountaineering" part. What does mountain climbing have to do with it?
posted by amyms at 10:52 PM on May 7, 2010
posted by amyms at 10:52 PM on May 7, 2010
I thought it was a hoax, but part of me was like "Water is pretty dense, if they're running in a certain way then I could see how maybe..."
I want to believe!
posted by hellojed at 10:56 PM on May 7, 2010
I want to believe!
posted by hellojed at 10:56 PM on May 7, 2010
This has got to be the most moronic thing I've ever seen. These guys must've been quite drunk.
posted by koeselitz at 10:57 PM on May 7, 2010
posted by koeselitz at 10:57 PM on May 7, 2010
No, It's real!
I can do this. Spray a whole bunch of water all over the driveway and run like hell bent for leather!
posted by Some1 at 11:01 PM on May 7, 2010 [2 favorites]
I can do this. Spray a whole bunch of water all over the driveway and run like hell bent for leather!
posted by Some1 at 11:01 PM on May 7, 2010 [2 favorites]
Oh, I've done this. You don't even need special shoes. You just need sufficient velocity, which they don't have. Try stretching out a huge bungee cord and launching yourself like a rock out of a wrist rocket. It doesn't even matter if your feet are down, you'll skim like a stone across the water on your back, stomach or head.
It actually works better in the ocean, anyway, particularly in the Pacific in large surf.
More seriously: on a large enough, steep enough and fast enough wave you can actually bodysurf into a standing position by doing a forward somersault like you're barefoot water skiing for, oh, about 0.3 seconds, maybe 0.75 seconds, depending if you're wearing fins on your feet or not and if you can get them to "plane" instead of "pearl" and dig under the surface of the water. If they pearl you faceplant into the wave and get sucked back up over the falls. If they plane you skim for a split second then plunge deep into the wave, and then go over the falls. Avoid plunging head-first over the falls, you'll break your neck. The trick is to do another somersault in the lip of the wave and plunge feet-first into the soup.
Even more seriously? Viral. For Peter's sake, there's a Jesus figurine hanging from their mirror. Pepsi shoe?
posted by loquacious at 11:08 PM on May 7, 2010
It actually works better in the ocean, anyway, particularly in the Pacific in large surf.
More seriously: on a large enough, steep enough and fast enough wave you can actually bodysurf into a standing position by doing a forward somersault like you're barefoot water skiing for, oh, about 0.3 seconds, maybe 0.75 seconds, depending if you're wearing fins on your feet or not and if you can get them to "plane" instead of "pearl" and dig under the surface of the water. If they pearl you faceplant into the wave and get sucked back up over the falls. If they plane you skim for a split second then plunge deep into the wave, and then go over the falls. Avoid plunging head-first over the falls, you'll break your neck. The trick is to do another somersault in the lip of the wave and plunge feet-first into the soup.
Even more seriously? Viral. For Peter's sake, there's a Jesus figurine hanging from their mirror. Pepsi shoe?
posted by loquacious at 11:08 PM on May 7, 2010
Clear plastic ramp/runway under the water, shows up if you go through it frame by frame.
posted by iamabot at 11:10 PM on May 7, 2010
posted by iamabot at 11:10 PM on May 7, 2010
Surfing aside, skimboarding is pretty close to "walking" on water, considering how you start on the shore, start running, throw your board, jump on it and slide out into the surf for a ways. But skimboarding is inherently very painful and easily more dangerous than skateboarding big vert ramps. So many things go wrong so fast it's ridiculous. Even when you're an accomplished skimboarder about one out of three rides ends abruptly when catch an edge and slam full body into the hard-pack sand, which gives worse raspberries than dry concrete. Even if you stick the landing you're flinging yourself head-long into shorebreak, which loves to pick you up and throw you right back at the sand you were avoiding in the first place.
Powered water skiing doesn't count. Too easy.
posted by loquacious at 11:14 PM on May 7, 2010
Powered water skiing doesn't count. Too easy.
posted by loquacious at 11:14 PM on May 7, 2010
I think it's like this: Jesus was up on the Mt of Olives and he'd just finished transfiguring for the disciples, and he needed something new to wow 'em. So he ran down the side of the mountain toward Galilee. The momentum of this run was so great that he pounded it and just barely managed to stay upright, while running out to some fishing boat near the lakeshore, the fishers of which mistook his wild attempts to keep balanced as gesticulations as to where to cast their nets. So they tried the other side, to some success. Whoa, said Peter and the boys. That was somethin'. The rest is religiosity.
So without the noble efforts of the Christ, would we consider such shenanigans? Would we wonder what the Christ would have been able to do with water-wicking shoes and a wetsuit? I, for one, am grateful that these boys have taken it upon themselves to help us out with that.
Honestly though, every time I run out into the lake like that, making my own half-hearted attempts at divinity, I'm shocked at how cold the water feels on my nuts. Did our saviour have this problem? That's what I want to know. Did the Christ's nuts disappear into his lower abdomen when they sensed cold? Or, was walking on water just an elaborate form of nut protection?
posted by kneecapped at 11:17 PM on May 7, 2010 [2 favorites]
So without the noble efforts of the Christ, would we consider such shenanigans? Would we wonder what the Christ would have been able to do with water-wicking shoes and a wetsuit? I, for one, am grateful that these boys have taken it upon themselves to help us out with that.
Honestly though, every time I run out into the lake like that, making my own half-hearted attempts at divinity, I'm shocked at how cold the water feels on my nuts. Did our saviour have this problem? That's what I want to know. Did the Christ's nuts disappear into his lower abdomen when they sensed cold? Or, was walking on water just an elaborate form of nut protection?
posted by kneecapped at 11:17 PM on May 7, 2010 [2 favorites]
I don't get the "mountaineering" part. What does mountain climbing have to do with it?
Because this is an ad for shoes actually purposed for mountaineering, rather than building a plexiglass run-way 2 inches below the surface of a lake, 30 feet out, and running down it.
posted by allkindsoftime at 11:18 PM on May 7, 2010 [4 favorites]
Because this is an ad for shoes actually purposed for mountaineering, rather than building a plexiglass run-way 2 inches below the surface of a lake, 30 feet out, and running down it.
posted by allkindsoftime at 11:18 PM on May 7, 2010 [4 favorites]
So what's the deal with posting some sort of damned advertisement?
posted by koeselitz at 11:21 PM on May 7, 2010
posted by koeselitz at 11:21 PM on May 7, 2010
Somebody on the internet tried to trick me.
posted by vapidave at 11:26 PM on May 7, 2010 [9 favorites]
posted by vapidave at 11:26 PM on May 7, 2010 [9 favorites]
I've been looking for a lake with sloping water so I can go water skiing.
posted by quarsan at 11:29 PM on May 7, 2010 [7 favorites]
posted by quarsan at 11:29 PM on May 7, 2010 [7 favorites]
Spider Jerusalem is on the phone ordering his Air Jesus shoes.
posted by Artw at 11:29 PM on May 7, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by Artw at 11:29 PM on May 7, 2010 [2 favorites]
You might think it's Magic...
Ocasek for the gold, without shoes.
posted by chavenet at 11:42 PM on May 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
Ocasek for the gold, without shoes.
posted by chavenet at 11:42 PM on May 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
The deal is I like a spirited hoax tear-apart discussion, that's all. (Hence mentioning the very likely possibility in the FPP itself.) Along with people hypothesizing about how they did it. allkindsoftime's comment is the most prescient, I think—someone else had already pointed they're decked out in a certain company's gear, but clearly calling it mountaineering is the ringer. That, and, frankly, the production values are insanely high. Mods can kill it for blueness if necessary, of course.
(And, naturally, they'd need shoes like that in order to get the traction they need on the plexiglass.)
posted by disillusioned at 12:03 AM on May 8, 2010
(And, naturally, they'd need shoes like that in order to get the traction they need on the plexiglass.)
posted by disillusioned at 12:03 AM on May 8, 2010
How about: New Poland Springs Blue!, the bottled water that comes in a pair of waterproof Hi-Tec shoes - drink the water and when you're done, wear the shoes.
(Then go buy the hats, jackets sandals, and everything else they're selling you in this viral ad.)
posted by jardinier at 12:04 AM on May 8, 2010
(Then go buy the hats, jackets sandals, and everything else they're selling you in this viral ad.)
posted by jardinier at 12:04 AM on May 8, 2010
The deal is I like a spirited hoax tear-apart discussion
posted by disillusioned
posted by Pope Guilty at 12:10 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by disillusioned
posted by Pope Guilty at 12:10 AM on May 8, 2010
Easier if you freeze the water first. No special shoes required.
posted by twoleftfeet at 12:29 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by twoleftfeet at 12:29 AM on May 8, 2010
I wonder if you had special gear if this could ever really be possible. Reminds me of Leonardo Da Vinci with his boat shoes. Oh, and it reminds me of this.
posted by brenton at 12:36 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by brenton at 12:36 AM on May 8, 2010
There have been quite a few patents for water shoes and the like.
posted by twoleftfeet at 12:38 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by twoleftfeet at 12:38 AM on May 8, 2010
Oh, and I forgot walking on non-newtonian fluid.
posted by brenton at 12:43 AM on May 8, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by brenton at 12:43 AM on May 8, 2010 [1 favorite]
Somebody pointed out, on reddit, that if you look at the running sequence immediately after 0:46 in the video, you can see the guy misstep. When he does so, the edge of the plexiglass ramp kicks up. Water splashes upward where it has no business splashing at all.
Still, pretty clever, really. But it's obviously selling shoes.
Nice shoes, though. Might buy a pair... if I had any clue what kind they were. Advertising fail.
posted by Netzapper at 12:58 AM on May 8, 2010
Still, pretty clever, really. But it's obviously selling shoes.
Nice shoes, though. Might buy a pair... if I had any clue what kind they were. Advertising fail.
posted by Netzapper at 12:58 AM on May 8, 2010
Wait, it's just an advertisement? Disappointedly strips off Hi-Tec cap, Hi-Tec waterproof shoes, Hi-Tec wetsuit and Hi-Tec hoodie.
Ad or not, this video made me utterly happy.
posted by halogen at 12:59 AM on May 8, 2010
Ad or not, this video made me utterly happy.
posted by halogen at 12:59 AM on May 8, 2010
The mystical tone was grating. If you are pretending that you are doing something amazing and proveable, don't come with such an unreasonable expectation of disbelief. It makes it that much more obvious.
posted by Bobicus at 1:10 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by Bobicus at 1:10 AM on May 8, 2010
Yeah, it looks like an advertisement for Hi-Tec.
It's not even a good viral concept, in a way, although at least it avoids the "three smug dudes" aspect of the Ray Ban one (NEVAR HIDE!).
Plus, it had Laurent Garnier as part of the soundtrack, which was cool.
posted by djgh at 1:15 AM on May 8, 2010
It's not even a good viral concept, in a way, although at least it avoids the "three smug dudes" aspect of the Ray Ban one (NEVAR HIDE!).
Plus, it had Laurent Garnier as part of the soundtrack, which was cool.
posted by djgh at 1:15 AM on May 8, 2010
The mystical tone was grating. If you are pretending that you are doing something amazing and proveable, don't come with such an unreasonable expectation of disbelief. It makes it that much more obvious.
It was supposed to be a riff on both extreme sport videos and hot coal walking. I think it was more jokey "Ha that's funny! How'd they do that?" rather than "Woah, that was amazingly real! How'd they do that?"
posted by P.o.B. at 1:28 AM on May 8, 2010
It was supposed to be a riff on both extreme sport videos and hot coal walking. I think it was more jokey "Ha that's funny! How'd they do that?" rather than "Woah, that was amazingly real! How'd they do that?"
posted by P.o.B. at 1:28 AM on May 8, 2010
Of course the obvious conclusion for most anyone would be they had an underwater ramp. Not really mystical or well guarded secret.
posted by P.o.B. at 1:36 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by P.o.B. at 1:36 AM on May 8, 2010
I'll keep my horizontal mountaineering to the Uxbridge Road
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:54 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:54 AM on May 8, 2010
Pepsi Dew?
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:04 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:04 AM on May 8, 2010
It's already been calculated how fast a person would have to run to do the jesus lizard trick. It's about 70 mph.
posted by Jimmy Havok at 3:11 AM on May 8, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Jimmy Havok at 3:11 AM on May 8, 2010 [1 favorite]
Hey mister, you don't want to walk on water, you're only going to walk all over me
posted by Samuel Farrow at 3:30 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by Samuel Farrow at 3:30 AM on May 8, 2010
I'm pretty sure this is in the bible, in Matthew or Leviticus or somewheres, Jesus whips these shoes up whilst he was making the wine and fish and bread and stuff, they stuffed a pair of them on ol' Lazarus and he shot out of that tomb an' whipped cross the sea like a water bug, waving palm leaves and all...
posted by dancestoblue at 3:36 AM on May 8, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by dancestoblue at 3:36 AM on May 8, 2010 [1 favorite]
You can see the clear ramp tip up partially out of the water at about 0:49.
posted by exogenous at 3:37 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by exogenous at 3:37 AM on May 8, 2010
You skeptics are not listening. They tell you how they do it:
"I mean, obviously the first step is the most important one. When we like discovered oh my god, Jesus..."
"I think if you don't actually believe that you're going to walk on that water it's not going to happen for you."
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 5:02 AM on May 8, 2010
"I mean, obviously the first step is the most important one. When we like discovered oh my god, Jesus..."
"I think if you don't actually believe that you're going to walk on that water it's not going to happen for you."
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 5:02 AM on May 8, 2010
Here's the thing, guys:
They win.
There are large and high-profile threads about this on pretty much all of the social linksite/community blogs right now.
People are talking about Hi-Tec gear, even if the conversation is just "this was a mildly clever BUT TOTALLY FAKE viral ad for Hi-Tec."
The point of an advertisement— billboard, magazine, TV, viral, &c— is to extend name recognition of a brand.
I now know exactly who Hi-Tec is and what they sell.
They win.
the other thing is, i'm not mad about this. Getting your name out by giving the world something even mildly entertaining (if only entertaining to figure out how they performed a kind of clever hoax) is SO much better than just having a guy in a blue shirt and a beard yell at me for 45 seconds.
posted by The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew at 5:05 AM on May 8, 2010 [6 favorites]
They win.
There are large and high-profile threads about this on pretty much all of the social linksite/community blogs right now.
People are talking about Hi-Tec gear, even if the conversation is just "this was a mildly clever BUT TOTALLY FAKE viral ad for Hi-Tec."
The point of an advertisement— billboard, magazine, TV, viral, &c— is to extend name recognition of a brand.
I now know exactly who Hi-Tec is and what they sell.
They win.
the other thing is, i'm not mad about this. Getting your name out by giving the world something even mildly entertaining (if only entertaining to figure out how they performed a kind of clever hoax) is SO much better than just having a guy in a blue shirt and a beard yell at me for 45 seconds.
posted by The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew at 5:05 AM on May 8, 2010 [6 favorites]
They win.
There are large and high-profile threads about this on pretty much all of the social linksite/community blogs right now.
People are talking about Hi-Tec gear, even if the conversation is just "this was a mildly clever BUT TOTALLY FAKE viral ad for Hi-Tec."
The point of an advertisement— billboard, magazine, TV, viral, &c— is to extend name recognition of a brand.
I now know exactly who Hi-Tec is and what they sell.
They win.
Everyone raise your hand who bought some Hi-Tec shoes.
The purpose of a shoe ad, ultimately, is to sell shoes. A lot of people talked about the Burger King "Herb" campaign, but it didn't sell Whoppers, and it was a failure.
posted by Legomancer at 6:15 AM on May 8, 2010
There are large and high-profile threads about this on pretty much all of the social linksite/community blogs right now.
People are talking about Hi-Tec gear, even if the conversation is just "this was a mildly clever BUT TOTALLY FAKE viral ad for Hi-Tec."
The point of an advertisement— billboard, magazine, TV, viral, &c— is to extend name recognition of a brand.
I now know exactly who Hi-Tec is and what they sell.
They win.
Everyone raise your hand who bought some Hi-Tec shoes.
The purpose of a shoe ad, ultimately, is to sell shoes. A lot of people talked about the Burger King "Herb" campaign, but it didn't sell Whoppers, and it was a failure.
posted by Legomancer at 6:15 AM on May 8, 2010
Yes, Legomancer, but this wasn't a shoe ad. It was a Hi-Tec ad. It's about selling gear in a nebulous sense, yeah, but it's more directly about brand extension and recognition. Branding is arguably more important to the marketing departments of most consumer-product corporations than the hard-sell, because with branding, you aren't selling a specific shoe that is designed to do a specific thing, you're selling the idea of the company as a certain lifestyle/mindset/image. From strong brand recognition comes more market recognizeability, and then the hard-sell becomes easier.
example:
Shoe ad (selling specifically the nike vapor, granted also plays into brand identity)
Nike ad (selling athleticism, fitness, coolness, &c, no specific product)
posted by The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew at 6:50 AM on May 8, 2010
example:
Shoe ad (selling specifically the nike vapor, granted also plays into brand identity)
Nike ad (selling athleticism, fitness, coolness, &c, no specific product)
posted by The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew at 6:50 AM on May 8, 2010
Looks like someone's rediscovered sinanju. Let me know when they can dodge bullets.
posted by Humanzee at 6:59 AM on May 8, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by Humanzee at 6:59 AM on May 8, 2010 [3 favorites]
It's definitely a shoe commercial, but at least it's a little bit amusing. They should have put a logo for the show company at the end of the video.
posted by rageagainsttherobots at 7:02 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by rageagainsttherobots at 7:02 AM on May 8, 2010
Ads don't sell products, ads make me aware of products. Reviews sell products, good products sell them selves.
posted by MrBobaFett at 7:14 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by MrBobaFett at 7:14 AM on May 8, 2010
Without this post I would never have thought about buying Merrill shoes. Thanks, MetaFilter!
posted by KokuRyu at 7:16 AM on May 8, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by KokuRyu at 7:16 AM on May 8, 2010 [1 favorite]
I am amused at how extreme sports vids always have the "life changing philosophy" where they try to make whatever it is sound deep.
"Whenever you're riding that bike, you just feel... the oneness of everything. You just have to let go. Use the Force. Listen to Xenu. Can you feel it Highlander?" etc.
posted by yeloson at 7:16 AM on May 8, 2010
"Whenever you're riding that bike, you just feel... the oneness of everything. You just have to let go. Use the Force. Listen to Xenu. Can you feel it Highlander?" etc.
posted by yeloson at 7:16 AM on May 8, 2010
where i live you can walk on water just about every january
posted by pyramid termite at 7:21 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by pyramid termite at 7:21 AM on May 8, 2010
That was so fake. I could see the ropes holding them up.
- 4 year old nephew after watching Tom and Jerry walk 10 yards off a cliff before falling.
posted by Increase at 7:34 AM on May 8, 2010 [4 favorites]
The purpose of a shoe ad, ultimately, is to sell shoes. A lot of people talked about the Burger King "Herb" campaign, but it didn't sell Whoppers, and it was a failure.
They got you talking about shoes and burgers. Just because you didn't buy a shoe or burger THAT MINUTE doesn't mean the ad was a failure. You can hold a grudge and not buy something because you hated the ad, but the vast majority of people won't. The purpose of advertising is to get you, next time you think "Hey, I could go for a mountaineering shoe/fast food meal", to then think "Hey, now that I already want a mountaineering shoe/fast food meal, why don't I get Hi Tech shoes/a Whopper?"
posted by Evilspork at 7:48 AM on May 8, 2010
They got you talking about shoes and burgers. Just because you didn't buy a shoe or burger THAT MINUTE doesn't mean the ad was a failure. You can hold a grudge and not buy something because you hated the ad, but the vast majority of people won't. The purpose of advertising is to get you, next time you think "Hey, I could go for a mountaineering shoe/fast food meal", to then think "Hey, now that I already want a mountaineering shoe/fast food meal, why don't I get Hi Tech shoes/a Whopper?"
posted by Evilspork at 7:48 AM on May 8, 2010
warbaby, I've done that. It's called falling off.
posted by quarsan at 8:02 AM on May 8, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by quarsan at 8:02 AM on May 8, 2010 [1 favorite]
I really want to market those shoes to people who buy "The Secret" books.
Well if you think about it real hard, then it'll happen.
posted by inigo2 at 8:37 AM on May 8, 2010 [7 favorites]
Well if you think about it real hard, then it'll happen.
posted by inigo2 at 8:37 AM on May 8, 2010 [7 favorites]
fake, where do i send the bill for my time?
posted by bottlebrushtree at 8:54 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by bottlebrushtree at 8:54 AM on May 8, 2010
> It's about 70 mph.</em
So how big would your shoes need to be, so that you could do this at human-running speed, using snow-shoe type things? It looks like a lot of fun, even if it is fake.
posted by a womble is an active kind of sloth at 9:11 AM on May 8, 2010
So how big would your shoes need to be, so that you could do this at human-running speed, using snow-shoe type things? It looks like a lot of fun, even if it is fake.
posted by a womble is an active kind of sloth at 9:11 AM on May 8, 2010
oops, '>'
posted by a womble is an active kind of sloth at 9:11 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by a womble is an active kind of sloth at 9:11 AM on May 8, 2010
Fun. I'm pretty sure that it's done by hanging them off of a line, hence the need to "run in a arc". They keep to the circle that would be drawn out by hanging from a long cable. I don't think there is anything under the water, but perhaps something is there just to give them grip so they keep moving.
Still, it would be fun to do regardless of being a gag.
posted by qwip at 9:57 AM on May 8, 2010
Still, it would be fun to do regardless of being a gag.
posted by qwip at 9:57 AM on May 8, 2010
I think it's done by having some wood or something underneath the water that they run on. Then when they want to fall they just step off of it.
posted by delmoi at 10:07 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by delmoi at 10:07 AM on May 8, 2010
I couldn't stop laughing at this even as I wanted to believe that surface tension manipulated and impacted just in the right manner with water repellent sneakers might make this a reality, but those guys were such an awesome parody of a certain type of outdoors-type mountain climbing, snowboarding Oakley-fied headband wearing dingus.
posted by Skygazer at 10:56 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by Skygazer at 10:56 AM on May 8, 2010
It's already been calculated how fast a person would have to run to do the jesus lizard trick.
David Yow is usually just standing in one spot when he pulls his scrotum sack out of his pants though...
posted by Skygazer at 10:58 AM on May 8, 2010
David Yow is usually just standing in one spot when he pulls his scrotum sack out of his pants though...
posted by Skygazer at 10:58 AM on May 8, 2010
No, that's not my trick, Michael.
...it's my illusion!
posted by dephlogisticated at 11:08 AM on May 8, 2010
...it's my illusion!
posted by dephlogisticated at 11:08 AM on May 8, 2010
I'm not sure if Hi Tec do win. They always have and always will be a bit weird and shit. One of those weird brands like Diadora, Patrick, Admiral, Head or Dunlop who always seem to make the kits for 2nd division Scottish football teams.
posted by Damienmce at 11:47 AM on May 8, 2010
posted by Damienmce at 11:47 AM on May 8, 2010
It's a brilliant parody of all those xtreme sports adumentaries. I lol'd when I saw the waking up bit, like surfers on dawn patrol. All the cliches of the genre are there. Well done!
posted by bonefish at 2:53 PM on May 8, 2010
posted by bonefish at 2:53 PM on May 8, 2010
In all fairness, as a spoof of most sport-porn movies, it's pretty dead on. I love to watch my XTREME mountaineering, surfing, and skiing movies, but they all seem to have pretty much the same format (disregarding the ones that focus on conservation--they're a different beast), and this is it.
So I, for one, am happy enough for a clever and mildly entertaining video to also show to my boyfriend and convince him that it's real. It worked for a few minutes.
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 11:21 PM on May 8, 2010
So I, for one, am happy enough for a clever and mildly entertaining video to also show to my boyfriend and convince him that it's real. It worked for a few minutes.
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 11:21 PM on May 8, 2010
hal_c_on,
What a wonderfully cynical mischaracterization of what I'm "trying" to make so. When I first saw it, I had a "huh" moment that lasted a beat and then sniffed around a bit and saw everyone else claiming it was fake and such but decided to post here anyway because a) the video was entertaining to me, and visually interesting b) I wanted people to speculate on how it was done (wires vs. plexiglass vs. whatever) and c) because it gave me an opportunity to use the word "Christing".
Beyond that, a friend of mine linked to it innocuously on Twitter, I noticed it looked like it may just be a viral deal (hence the mention in the post itself), but hadn't really studied all of the nuance to determine it was a single brand's effort/possible Pepsi Blue. Finally, it was viral in the sense that I saw it on a bunch of blogs and such elsewhere when I searched to see if it had been posted here. Not because I posted it here.
Down, good sir.
posted by disillusioned at 1:58 AM on May 9, 2010
What a wonderfully cynical mischaracterization of what I'm "trying" to make so. When I first saw it, I had a "huh" moment that lasted a beat and then sniffed around a bit and saw everyone else claiming it was fake and such but decided to post here anyway because a) the video was entertaining to me, and visually interesting b) I wanted people to speculate on how it was done (wires vs. plexiglass vs. whatever) and c) because it gave me an opportunity to use the word "Christing".
Beyond that, a friend of mine linked to it innocuously on Twitter, I noticed it looked like it may just be a viral deal (hence the mention in the post itself), but hadn't really studied all of the nuance to determine it was a single brand's effort/possible Pepsi Blue. Finally, it was viral in the sense that I saw it on a bunch of blogs and such elsewhere when I searched to see if it had been posted here. Not because I posted it here.
Down, good sir.
posted by disillusioned at 1:58 AM on May 9, 2010
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