yaking with wales?

[~ pimp hand ~]

i wouldn't advise it

http://66.203.95.13/mpeg/regis_fait_du_kayak1.mpeg

[JL]

Imagine the under water view!

[more force 4]

Worst (well, they survived unhurt?, so maybe second or third worst) nightmare o f every small vessel/board user. Remember the whales at Gordon's last summer? I wonder if this is real footage? Any more info on the clip? Seems improbable that anyone could have a whale land on them and not be crushed to pulp, or on their kayak and it not snap or crush, or that they would keep their paddle through the impact and dive sequence. If the whale hit just the kayak end, would it take it underwater for so long?
Had a humpback do this just a few metres from our boat in Prince William Sound - we were on a 41 footer, so not likely the whale was trying to find out if we were breakable! We were also doing about 35 kt at the time, and were clear almost as soon as it landed. If that WAS a real clip, I would like to see the aftermath- some frantic paddling would have been in order!
Skeptically yours,

[Russian Dood]

Dood, you watch way too much TV Altering a picture in Photoshop is one thing, altering a movie...... Here I get skeptical. It seems very real, and even IF it was altered, to do that one would require equipment and software for many HUNDREDS THOUSANDS of washingtons, and rendering the damn thing would take a couple of weeks, at least, on a pretty good cluster, not mentioning altering itself. Estimation time to do that is up to 3 month. ( I may be wrong but that would be underestimation )

On a different topics.... I was wondering if I could outrun orca in case of been hunted, the answer is NO, they can swim as fast as 35 knts.

Geekly yours

[more force 4]

I was much happier thinking it MIGHT be faked!

[Russian Dood]

It still might. All I'm saying is that it would take to much resources and I doubt anyone would go for all that troubles.... So be happy, stay positive, it might be faked, but highly unlikely. Does it make you feel better?

[~ pimp hand ~]

werd has it that it's a fake ... look closely at the water after the splash ends where the yaker was sitting ... the water changes texture a few times

[Russian Dood]

Some people have waaaaay to much time on their hands, unless it was made for a commercial of some kind

[more force 4]

Oh yeah, and the whale looks a little oversized - forgot to mention it the first post - how many 40 foot orcas are there? I'll sleep better now, thanks!

[Russian Dood]

I told you it was possible

[Guest]

It might take your average joe a lot of time to make that, but if you work for Coca-Cola, it probably takes less time and only millions of dollars.

It is indeed a fake, and you can read the full story here:

<a href="/http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/kayak.asp">Whale of tale?</a>

Cheers!

[Kite Kook]

um, that was me. wasn't logged in.

[KUS]

well, the yellow haze around the kayaks when it loads and the coolly executed eskimo roll after surfacing is the part that did it for me.....apart from the record sized whale....not to mention it wouldda been on every news channel in the world for a week and the next nike add....just do it, eh?

[Russian Dood]

dood, yellow haze is cropping artifact, that what happens when you resize lossy compression format. And mpeg is one of them.

Geekly yours

A.

[clownboy]

I use photoshop in my work. My daughter makes digital movies. I've looked at it hard and I'm willing to bet (and I'm not a gambler) that it's not fake. There is nothing "wrong" with the picture, the whale is not too big (it's a fat 30 footer), and the kayaker isn't hit by the whale, MERELY capsized by it's splash. That yaker is an exceptionally cool dude, or dudette, though, for staying with it, rolling it out, and waving to his, or her, buddies. I can't think of any superlatives that might describe this. I'm stumped.