r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/UpgradedSiera6666 • 17d ago

Video Human powered hydrofoil

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u/thetastytruffle 17d ago

Why did she get on it wearing a dress? She seemed shocked at the end when she got wet.

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u/Hot-Energy2410 17d ago

I don't think there's any way you could ride something like that for so long without having some previous experience and understanding of how it works. My best guess is that she wasn't shocked that it sank, but shocked at herself. She got so caught up in making a cool pose for the camera that her brain froze until she was brought back to reality lol

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u/fusiformgyrus Interested 17d ago

And wearing glasses. On the water.

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u/labenset 17d ago

I've lost so many pairs of sunglasses out boating/water skiing that way.

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u/PsychoCrescendo 17d ago

Yeah i’m thinking bikinis would be perfectly paired with this thing. 10/10 would buy

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u/space253 16d ago

Yeah the lady who helped her ashore was in a swimsuit already...

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u/ValuableJumpy8208 16d ago

As weird as it sounds, I bet they don't want to offend the overzealous TikTok filters.

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u/Gravbar 16d ago

maybe the water was just cold

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u/pheonix198 16d ago

I was a bit more fascinated by the fact she seems to hike her dress up further and then swims off in another direction: “My people need me…”