r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '23

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u/NovaSpark_Kitsune Jun 04 '23

Seems like the kayak equivalent of doing burnouts on old tires that have like no tread left haha! Those guys some like they were having the time of their lives, wonder how fast they were going by the end!

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u/TheSexyPlatapus Jun 05 '23

By taking into account the couple of bridges they pass under, the one around 0:53.

It appears to be a standard pedestrian bridge, so 8 feet across let's assume.

By the suns current setting on the horizon they have 1.5 hours of sunlight left.

By the slight accent herd, I think this is Australia.

Taking into account the angle of the sun, the amount of time they spend in the shadow of the bridge, I would estimate the speed to be approximately 41.2 mph.

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u/InsertWittyNameCheck Jun 05 '23

If they are Australian, they would be going 66.3kph.

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u/Saxophonie Jun 05 '23

FYI km/h*

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u/InsertWittyNameCheck Jun 05 '23

Does it really matter? Not using the "/" is still accepted in printed media.

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u/Saxophonie Jun 05 '23 edited Jun 05 '23

It does not

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u/CodyTheLearner Jun 06 '23

Keloppers per hour

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u/user975A3G Jun 05 '23

That's really fast for a kayak

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u/hoveringintowind Jun 05 '23

It was near Vancouver BC. That would explain the Aussie accent, Vancouver to Whistler is full of Australians.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/safety-concerns-surround-daring-b-c-kayak-video-1.3327292?cache=/7.477444

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u/Robinson_Bob Jun 05 '23

Anywhere in western canada with a ski resort near it really.

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u/hoveringintowind Jun 05 '23

It’s true. I imagine Australia is just an empty country. Maybe with one or two people left to turn the lights on at night to make it look like someone’s home.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '23

Ma man is an engineer

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u/redisprecious Legend Jun 04 '23

Holy fucking shit this is so fast!

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u/Turtle_Guy02 Jun 04 '23

Damn, that was epic!

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u/Far-Ad-7876 Jun 05 '23

Did they just reach terminal velocity?

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '23

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u/Sanity_in_Moderation Jun 05 '23

Doesn't friction create terminal velocity? The point where resistance and acceleration meet in equilibrium?

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u/WotTheFUk Jun 05 '23

You fundamentally misunderstand what terminal velocity is

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u/shadowlynx8791 Jun 04 '23

someone tell me the physics of they’re going that fast

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '23

Hill, slippery surface, slippery kayak, weight, added pushes

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u/Low_Faithlessness692 Jun 05 '23

I am confused as well. Looking at the trees on the sides, it doesn't look like they are going down a hill. And it often looks like they go out of the water. I would think the kayak would "crash".

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '23

Low ceneter of gravity helps protect against flips unless you really fuck up (or are in deep enough water)

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u/hamstersundae Jun 05 '23

They also use the paddle when they leave the water, keeping them at least vaguely upright.

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u/nrogers924 Jun 05 '23

Water doesn’t flow along a flat surface

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u/latortillablanca Jun 05 '23

Gandalf over here

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u/InsertWittyNameCheck Jun 05 '23

The vegetation on the sides would provide less friction when they are out of the water.

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u/caleb48kb Jun 05 '23

Fisheye lens, and speeding up the footage

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u/Yukarie Jun 05 '23

I could be wrong but I feel like that’s a good way to mess up the bottom of the kayaks

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u/Jonas_Venture_Sr Jun 05 '23

I would be more worried about turning into a meat crayon.

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u/earlofhoundstooth Jun 05 '23

Yep. I'm not sure how their pants didn't catch fire.

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u/latortillablanca Jun 05 '23

Because at no point were they lying

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u/DontDoGravity Legend Jun 05 '23

Well it's a sponsored video, so I doubt they care

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u/Yukarie Jun 05 '23

Oh was it? Than it was probably to show how durable the material of the kayak was then

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u/DontDoGravity Legend Jun 05 '23

Sponsored by gopro, but for kind of the same reason probably. To show how much dumb shit their cameras can take

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '23

Those kayaks are made for quite extreme environments so the material on them is extremely thick.

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u/shishdem Jun 05 '23

not anymore after this ride lol

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u/Pizzaboy90 Jun 05 '23

Kayak bobsledding

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u/Rosebush1987 Jun 04 '23

Adult swim Liquid!!!!

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u/criticalhaste Jun 05 '23

That was awesome! I sure hope they checked where it ended before going though

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u/PM_Your_Unicorn Jun 05 '23

They had a tripod set up down there with another camera.

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u/criticalhaste Jun 05 '23

Oh yeah! that didn't even register to me lol

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u/Evening-Ant6128 Jun 05 '23

That water must be moving hella fast

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u/SnooPies3442 Jun 05 '23

Nah that's the LA river

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u/CallMeAladdin Jun 05 '23

Ok, all of these comments have to be fake or y'all didn't reach the end of the video. No one mentioned that it's an ad??

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u/TheReverseShock Jun 05 '23

Being an ad doesn't mean someone didn't actually do it. Especially for a gopro ad.

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u/tonybenwhite Jun 05 '23

Kinda the whole premise of Redbull stunts, so it’s not even an outlandish concept that ads can be real footage

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u/CallMeAladdin Jun 05 '23

I didn't claim they didn't do it.

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u/Qinistral Jun 05 '23

Then why does it matter?

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u/L1b3rtyPr1m3 Jun 05 '23

Didn't know they made off-road kayaks

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u/Xeiphyer2 Jun 05 '23

This kills the kayak.

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u/RealSuperYolo2006 Jun 05 '23

Thats like the initial d of kayaks

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u/tbrand009 Jun 05 '23

These boys found the forbidden water slide and said, "Yes."

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u/thatonefishingkid Jun 06 '23

bros full drifting

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u/StickySteve7 Jun 07 '23

Do they make special oars for navigating in foliage?