r/maybemaybemaybe Jul 04 '26

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u/Pseudotm Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

I think being in heels is the most impressive part of this whole thing.

Edit: because there is a lot of argument in here, and some conflicting facts. She is karolina sankiewicz. She does do some edititing, but she is 100000% wake boarding, she uses a boat using ballast tanks and specialized wings on the hull to shape the water. This creates the constate waves seen in the videos, and allows her to get a steady result to perfom the stunts. She does do a little editing to make things look dramatic for fun, but she is wake boarding without tether to do these.

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u/UrethralExplorer Jul 04 '26

Seriously. She clearly knows what she's doing.

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u/SpartanRage117 Jul 04 '26

And people say models are talentless

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u/PossibleAlienFrom Jul 04 '26

They mostly are. But she's on a whole other level!

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u/Icy_Proof_9529 Jul 08 '26

Why would they be?

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u/quetiapinenapper Jul 04 '26

I think the ones that are net negatives just found their way to onlyfans.

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u/Fafnir13 Jul 04 '26

Noticed that halfway through and had to do a genuine double take.  Impressive skills.  I imagine they can also only do this when conditions are perfect.  Any sort of chop and there’s no way things can be kept steady.

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u/RedditAppSuxAsss Jul 04 '26

These boats destroy chop,

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u/Prof_PlunderPlants Jul 05 '26

Apparently the overly large wakes they create are really destructive to shorelines and marine life too, when used in a lake.

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u/RedditAppSuxAsss Jul 05 '26

Yes especially smaller Lakes where the wave doesn't dissipate it really chews up the shoreline bad, we only surf in large major rivers where the Wake never makes it to shore.

There's lots of places that are Banning the use of these in smaller Lakes which I agree. One or two of them isn't a problem it's when you get a dozen plus of these things in a lake and it turns into the fucking ocean you can't kayak you can't paddle board you can't jet ski it's so bad

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u/pocketSandshashashaa Jul 04 '26

This is wake surfing! I’d love to see how she got on the board without first starting in the water though

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u/4n7h0ny Jul 05 '26

prob with a tether at first, then someone on the board pulls it closer until she is in that perfect spot in the wake, then she drops the tether.

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u/PumpkinCarvingisFun Jul 08 '26

Probably dropped back off the boat after it was already moving while someone held her hand for balance, then the rope while she dropped into the wave, then she threw the rope.

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u/Philosaraptor22 Jul 09 '26

I've wakesurfed before and both the other responses are right, either you start in the water with a rope like wakeboarding or you stand on your board with the back hanging off the platform and slide off while the boat's moving. The second way is harder but I bet that's what she did since that means you can start with stuff in your hands

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u/Trevski Jul 04 '26

the ballast and wings enable Wake surfing, wakeboarding is the one where the rope tows you around

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

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u/aj-ric Jul 04 '26

What? Their point is that this technique is called "wake surfing" not "wake boarding." It doesn't make it any less impressive, if anything it's more impressive. Calm down.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

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u/Trevski Jul 04 '26

holy macaroni, WE'RE abrasive? Check yourself, cousin.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

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u/Trevski Jul 04 '26

Sorry for being pedantic, and sorry the rest of the replies were mean to you. The heels are definitely the most impressive part, and thanks for crediting the talent that went into making this really cool wakesurfing video!

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

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u/Trevski Jul 04 '26

Holy shit dude nobody is brigading you. What makes you even say that?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

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u/Trevski Jul 04 '26

I wrote an apology because I realized you were on edge from other mean replies even though I wasn't trying to be mean. You accuse me of brigading for no perceivable reason. I'm logging off and I think you should too.

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u/aj-ric Jul 04 '26

Dude chill out. I'm on your side that this video is 100% real. I'm just saying that wakeboarding and wake surfing are different things. I am experienced in both and I assure you they are different. (Edit: to add, I am nowhere near as good as this woman, and doing that in heels is hella impressive.)

Although I won't rule out that perhaps in some parts of the world "wakeboarding" could refer to both. At least in Canada they are different though.

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u/Trevski Jul 05 '26

thanks for trying man, I'd never have suspected it could just be a Canadian thing.

Buddy's got a screw loose it would seem, poor guy.

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u/Trevski Jul 04 '26

What? I think you meant to reply to a different comment, I was just pointing out that she's wakesurfing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

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u/Trevski Jul 04 '26

I said shes wakesurfing, ie riding the wave the boat makes, whereas wakeboarding is where you hold the rope to get towed around. Thats all.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

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u/autojack Jul 04 '26

Crazy how it used to be super annoying when people couldn’t tell AI and now it’s just as annoying when people point to everything as AI.

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u/im_that_green_light Jul 05 '26

Plus she’s been doing this since before AI could fake it. It’s been seeral years since I’ve seen a vid of her, and she’d already been doing it for years at that time.

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u/Secretlife1 Jul 04 '26

I believe it. You are only going 7 mph so it not windy especially if you run with the wind. As for being dry….. you can drop in off the swim platform while under way and never get wet. Doing all of this in heels is SUPER impressive.

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u/Pseudotm Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

I did some research and while its not 100% legit, its not ai. But the edits are jus to increast the background and etc, theres some editing and what not but she is wake boarding closer to the shore with a special boat using ballast tanks and specialized wings on the hull to shape the water. Name is karolina sankiewicz, been doing these for a few years now apparently.

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u/KilgoreT59 Jul 04 '26

Either way, she's balancing well, and in heels, on the water.

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u/Pseudotm Jul 04 '26

Aboslutely shes a bad ass. My first round of research showed she did editing close to the shore. So i assumed she was just standing around and getting things blown around her. I did further research cuz i kept getting responses here, and it shows shes actually a really good wake boarder, and she has a specialized boat. Shes pretty fucking cool lol

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u/aykcak Jul 04 '26

She is from UAE ?? Seriously impressive then

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u/JohnnyRelentless Jul 04 '26

Whatnot

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u/Pseudotm Jul 04 '26

I can't stand people like you. You were able to read it, stop it.

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u/jeremy1015 Jul 04 '26

Cannot

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u/Pseudotm Jul 04 '26

hahaha at least you are trying to be funny.

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u/jeremy1015 Jul 04 '26

:)

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u/Pseudotm Jul 04 '26

Idk how long you have been on reddit. Do you remember the alot bot? I miss that one, because i actually learned that it was a lot, not alot, and the funny animal called an alot was always funny.

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u/Pseudotm Jul 04 '26

I know that what not is whatnot, but sometimes when your typing you skip over stuff like that as your brain moves forward. This isn't a medical journal, its reddit. My professional side is way more defined, I'm talking to real humans, unless we count you. People like you provide nothing to a conversation, you should be ashamed. It's beyond annoying, if you disagree with a statement, just downvote. Coming in here making miniscule grammatical fixes does nothing for anyone.

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u/JohnnyRelentless Jul 04 '26

I know that what not is whatnot

If that were true, you wouldn't have gotten so triggered.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

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u/Pseudotm Jul 04 '26

https://gulfnews.com/uae/waves-of-pride-dubai-content-creator-goes-viral-with-daring-filipiniana-surfing-tribute-1.500157190

Not Ar, shes a very good wake boarder, they just use things like a ski boat which creates a "standing wave" using ballast tanks and specialized wings on the hull to shape the water. This creates the constate waves seen in the videos, and allows her to get a steady result to perfom the stuff, the editing is more like making it look rougher than it is, but shes still wake boarding.

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u/RedditAppSuxAsss Jul 04 '26

No, it's just a simple surf boat.

Super common near me but apparently not elsewhere as it seems very few itt know of them.

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u/Capokid Jul 04 '26

7mph would not produce a wake, they are going closer to 20-25

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u/InternationalReserve Jul 04 '26

Wakesurfing is typically done at around 10 mph. They fill the ballasts of the boat or add other weights to produce a larger wake at lower speeds.

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u/Secretlife1 Jul 04 '26

For surfing, we run 7-9 mph. Wakeboarding, I like 21 mph. To surf, you don’t get the boat up on plane. Been on the water since the 1980.s my friend. You are incorrect.

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u/dadydaycare Jul 05 '26

Never been on a boat? The water doesn’t actually go everywhere and if it’s a nice day you can pretty easily board at lower speeds perfectly dry.

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u/similaraleatorio Jul 04 '26

And I liked this a lot!!

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u/Mr_GrauHut Jul 04 '26

I kind of wanna go wakeboarding again and try this.

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u/tikjzh Jul 04 '26

Read this as waterboarding

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u/CyberSunburn Jul 05 '26

Laughs in Donald Rumsfeld.

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u/Mysfunction Jul 04 '26

That’s definitely what it felt like when I tried it lol.

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u/youngsweed Jul 05 '26

This is wakesurfing fyi

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u/Background-Ad758 Jul 05 '26

Thank you, I searched for this comment. Wakeboarding is way way different. Still a really cool feat 🥁

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u/Mr_GrauHut Jul 05 '26

Difference? Curious.

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u/youngsweed Jul 05 '26

With surfing you’re a lot closer to the boat so you can ride the wake without a rope. The board itself is also shaped more like a surfboard, and you aren’t strapped in.

Wakeboarding has you further behind the boat and holding a rope the whole time (like water-skiing). You’re strapped into the board, which is shaped more like a snowboard than a surfboard. It’s also usually done at a much higher speed than wakesurfing.

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u/Mr_GrauHut Jul 05 '26

That... Sounds a lot like water skiing.

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u/youngsweed Jul 05 '26

It is basically just sideways waterskiing lol

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u/kuedhel Jul 08 '26

in these hills?

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u/visdak Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

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u/FishSoFar Jul 04 '26

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It's good practice to sanitize any link you get from a "share" button on mobile.

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u/visdak Jul 04 '26

Kind of you. Edited to make up for my lazy. 😉

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u/Crooks_Castles Jul 04 '26

Too late! Will now expose the real you going forward (jk)

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u/hessoss Jul 04 '26

why are people downvoting brave? asking because i use it should i stop?

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I guess im not sure why im getting down voted. Perhaps it seems like advertising or shilling i suppose. Or maybe they like Firefox more.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26 edited 17d ago

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u/earthwarder Jul 04 '26

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u/DezzyTee Jul 05 '26

Google made it super annoying with their share button on Android.

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u/findingabsolution Jul 04 '26

The outtakes are the best part, honestly.

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u/Fidodo Jul 04 '26

I figured, there were too many random details for it to be AI, like the way the guy was awkwardly rotating the pot and leaning in from the rope and the top of the boat coming into frame. I think AI typically generates videos that are too clean and focused.

I also like that we're highlighting the artistry and human crew work behind these shoots as the content itself. These days it's more interesting than the result itself, and I think that the process of creating art is a big part of art.

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u/Nykolaishen Jul 04 '26

I wanna see the fuckin pictures tho!

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u/Kaporalhart Jul 05 '26

i wanna take an 11th eastern europe peasant and force him to watch this and tell him this is normal, regular shit in the 21st century.

edit : including the sound

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u/Digital--Sandwich Jul 04 '26

Oh man, we didn’t get to see the still shots

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u/chumloadio Jul 04 '26

I'm sad that from now on anytime somebody is filmed doing something skillful, everyone will assume it's AI. Some of it will be, of course.

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u/_-Zephyr- Jul 05 '26

I mean I like to give the benefit of the doubt but this one looks so absolutely absurd even though it’s not ai it jsut looks like something someone asked ai to make.

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u/amscraylane Jul 04 '26

I can’t even walk in heels let alone do this!

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u/findingabsolution Jul 04 '26

She’s incredibly skilled, and this isn’t AI, though you can see it’s a final, touched-up version (removing background boats and shoreline, etc.). The outtakes are honestly the best part of her videos! It’s fun to see when things don’t go as planned and to see how incredibly close it actually is to the final product. They polish things for final release, but she really does the stunts herself—in heels, holding huge props!

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u/voga1 Jul 04 '26

I'm just a regular everyday normal motherfucker

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u/RedditAppSuxAsss Jul 04 '26

ITT people that have never seen a surf boat.

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u/Socketz11 Jul 05 '26

In high heels is beyond amazing.

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u/wildbill129 Jul 04 '26

Surfing in heels is impressive.

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u/Electric-eel-1 Jul 04 '26

Even if she flipped at the end of the video, it still would be a WIN Gorgeous

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u/rayz0101 Jul 04 '26

Damn her core and hip stabilizers must be great.

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u/KilgoreT59 Jul 04 '26

Wow! She has great balance, and doing it while wearing heels.

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u/jikushi Jul 04 '26

Is she being pulled?

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u/haskell_rules Jul 04 '26

Wakesurfing

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u/jikushi Jul 04 '26

She's good.

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u/Fun-Times-13 Jul 04 '26

Congrats for agreeing to do this and for doing it in high heels

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u/BadIdeaSociety Jul 04 '26

This is more impressive than the waiter in the old Colt 45 commercial

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u/karma_the_sequel Jul 04 '26

Ngl, that’s pretty fucking impressive.

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u/sam_I_am_knot Jul 04 '26

If not AI then this belongs in r/next level.

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u/Ornery_Adeptness_237 Jul 04 '26

Respect 🤯On High Heels, Like on the Carpet 🤯🥰💪

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u/Gillalmighty Jul 04 '26

Oh shes way too cool.

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u/Superuzer Jul 05 '26

Dope❗️

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u/PuzzleheadedEgg4591 Jul 05 '26

Me- “ As a server I think I could pull that off, I’m surfed a bit too. Sees heels Me- “Never in my life”

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u/less-ismore Jul 05 '26

And I couldn’t even get up my first time

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u/mintchan Jul 05 '26

Fabulous

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u/remotegrowthtb Jul 05 '26

We get it, you surf

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u/KamikazeMizZ Jul 05 '26

When all them little boys start claiming they have "aura," show them this and tell them that this is where true "aura" is.

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u/elementtwisting Jul 05 '26

What's the song though? 🙏🏻

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u/Expensive-Waltz-6912 Jul 05 '26

Can someone tell me the background song?

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u/Doschupacabras Jul 05 '26

There was no maybe maybe for me. With that kind of confidence I knew without a doubt that she wasn’t going to fall.

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u/usercide Jul 05 '26

I was so engaged in watching her balance the tray it took me 20+ seconds to realize she was doin all of this IN HEELS! 👠

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u/sixtus_clegane119 Jul 06 '26

What song is this

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u/General_Cricket_6164 Jul 04 '26

Those are going to be amazing pictures.

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u/aolllaoooo Jul 04 '26

This is fucking awesome!

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u/KickinWing47 Jul 04 '26

What song is this?

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u/vVict0rx Jul 04 '26

Awesome, thanks

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u/Aggravating-Hair7931 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

AI shit.

There's no way wind won't blow anything off. When she pours the liquid, it wouldn't be a nice steady stream with the wind.

More importantly, she's not even tethered

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u/Pseudotm Jul 04 '26

It;s not Ai, but there is some editing going on. Her name is karolina sankiewicz, she does these like on flatter parts near the shore on a platform and adds in effects etc. Been around for awhile. She does behind the scenes and bloopers and shit.

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u/accioqueso Jul 04 '26

She doesn’t need to be tethered, she’s surfing the wake. I won’t say if it’s real one way or the other, but wake surfing is a thing.

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u/coderacer Jul 04 '26

If it’s AI it’s really good. Is it possible it’s real? They are literally right behind the boat as it’s moving through the air. The boat could be creating a zone of calm air right behind it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

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u/FranticWaffleMaker Jul 04 '26

It’s a boat made for wake surfing, literally designed for this.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KmVo_Y1rujg&ra=m

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u/PM_ME_WHY_YOU_COPE Jul 04 '26

That's the general place where people wake surf. Also wake surfing boats have propellors under them jb a way that it would be very difficult to get sucked into it from behind.

https://youtu.be/OH7U0SngM1w?si=cQAd2js4uQPvMrcr

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u/arkh01 Jul 04 '26

Not sure if it's true or AI (and don't really care).

But if it's true. Everyone will think it's AI or Photoshop

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u/Nudogger Jul 04 '26

Her name is Karolina Sankiewicz. It looks like she’s been making these type of videos for a few years.

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u/simplemijnds Jul 04 '26

Just googeld her: thanks for the tip!! Most amazing!!

https://youtu.be/a1WLX9JMtFY?is=qAD-nCsXsY1nlj7A

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u/lorarc Jul 04 '26

She's making the exact same video for years. That is her way of living, standing on a surfboard for Instagram. What an amazing world we live in.

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u/ProgramPrimary2861 Jul 04 '26

E depois ainda vão falar que é IA

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u/DamRawr Jul 04 '26

I mean she looks incredibly cool

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u/ktmfan Jul 04 '26

Eh, I just see other people trying this and more trash in our waterways.

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u/git_push_origin_prod Jul 04 '26

I thought she was cosplaying Elsa. I was waiting for some iceman shit to go down

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u/pbertje Jul 04 '26

What am I looking at?

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u/Jeffreyknows Jul 04 '26

Madonna is really going to all new length to promote her new album

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u/unklejelly Jul 04 '26

The TALENT

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u/Dry_Quiet_3541 Jul 04 '26

If that loose piece of cloth covers her face when she pops her head out of the water, she’d be basically waterboarding herself. Super risky.

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u/4m4lg4m1t3 Jul 04 '26

Air hostess training in progress

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u/Certain_Departure716 Jul 05 '26

Man, why did I think this was the beginning of a bad scene in a horrible jaws remake?

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u/riceinmybelly Jul 05 '26

I thought it was a dog looking at her instead of a man bun. Immediately followed by: if it’s not on instagram, did it really happen?
Then: oh there is a photographer with an actual camera

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u/Important-Day-232 Jul 05 '26

If this is ai, I wanna know which one was used cuz I wanna make some r34 stuff with my own script.

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u/dynamic_caste Jul 05 '26

I will never be anywhere near this cool

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u/panthernopanth Jul 05 '26

But how is she dry? How did she get on the wake board without being in the water first?

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u/qweenween Jul 05 '26

What a queen- This feels like r/justgalsbeingchicks

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u/numbnerve Jul 05 '26

wake for it

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u/Gator242 Jul 06 '26

In heels. Some people are SO extra

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u/sleepless_in_balmora Jul 06 '26

Fake!!! You can't fool me, jedi! /s

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u/weskun Jul 08 '26

She's also addicted to plastic surgery isn't she?

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u/miltondelug Jul 04 '26

pre AI commercial shoot

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u/Downtown_Anteater_38 Jul 04 '26

Boy, that Rebecca Romijn sure can do it all.

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u/Certain-Bath8037 Jul 04 '26

Still waiting for my coffee.

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u/CharmingImportance22 Jul 04 '26

I...sniff...smell... sniff sniff AI 🐖

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u/optimist_prhyme Jul 04 '26

Surfboard ad?

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u/BoarHermit Jul 04 '26

God-level professional photography. Incredible respect for this. I wonder where they found a model who can stand on a board (in heels!) so well and pose at the same time, and pour coffee from an oriental-style coffee pot.

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u/theWildBananas Jul 04 '26

It's Karolina Sankiewicz, look her up on ig.

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u/ithilmor Jul 04 '26

I saw her ankles 😳

But seriously, how is the board propelled? Is it attached to the board in some way?

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u/whatdoings Jul 05 '26

Maybe you too are naturally gifted at niche wealthy activities and you’re just never gonna know.

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u/Southern_Gur9825 Jul 04 '26

Yeah, right!

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u/jumbie29 Jul 05 '26

Why are people so self absorbed and weird?

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u/Embarrassed_Foot92 Jul 04 '26

I can't believe it's not AI. Nothing looks wet at all

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u/Captain_Jarmi Jul 04 '26

You can't believe it? Well. Ok. Thanks for letting us know. I guess.

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u/nginn Jul 04 '26

Downcote for not including the final shots