Sea Kayakers, Below is a link to video of a killer whale jumping in the air and landing on a kayaker, who then pops out of the water upside down and rolls up. It is a part of a power drink commercial. Does anyone know if it is true? After taking Adobe PhotoShop classes, I am a bit skeptical about anything I see in photos or videos now. If this video is true, then the kayaker really kept his or her cool and did an awesome combat roll. http://rumorpill.com/orca Duane Strosaker Southern California *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Is that the same power drink were they have - a guy throwing a football out of the stadium - a guy surfing a Tsunami like hurricane wave - a guy ..... Well, you picture the rest Ulli *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Well here is the link to company that created the Orca commercial and who created and directed it. Note there is visual affects artist. That should give a clue about authenticity. http://makeashorterlink.com/?O1FD226D1 -- MZ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
They (PowerAid or whomever) has a longer trailer player in some theaters where they are mixing real footage with the fake. The orca is probably fake, but not all of the things they are showing are. A call to the agency would probably solve the issue. Anyone? -Patrick At 7:23 PM -0700 9/18/02, Mary Z wrote: >Well here is the link to company that created the Orca commercial and who >created and directed it. Note there is visual affects artist. That should >give a clue about authenticity. >http://makeashorterlink.com/?O1FD226D1 > >-- MZ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
From: "Strosaker" <strosaker_at_cox.net> > Below is a link to video of a killer whale jumping in the air and landing on a > kayaker, who then pops out of the water upside down and rolls up. It is a part > of a power drink commercial. Does anyone know if it is true? Lessee... orca weighs a gazzillion pounds. Kayak has, say 300 pounds reserve bouyancy. Kayaker gets squeezed between the two and then does a roll... Naahhh... Mind you, it does look like the whale landed in front of the paddler and he was then sucked under. That enters the realm of the possible. Interesting... Sloppy roll, though :-) Mike PS A whale did land on a fishing boat this past week - taking out the boat's superstructure and knocking someone into the water (this person drowned). There were strips of whale skin/flesh stuck to the boat. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Strosaker wrote: > Below is a link to video of a killer whale jumping in the air and > landing on a kayaker, who then pops out of the water upside down and > rolls up. It is a part of a power drink commercial. Does anyone know > if it is true? After taking Adobe PhotoShop classes, I am a bit > skeptical about anything I see in photos or videos now. If this video > is true, then the kayaker really kept his or her cool and did an > awesome combat roll. > > http://rumorpill.com/orca His companions appear to keep paddling along, same cadence, same course, throughout the whole episode. Admirable sangfroid. They don't seem to be much affected by the wave generated by the whale, either. "It doesn't have to be real, it just has to look real."--Old video producer's axiom. -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 10:29 AM 9/19/02 -0400, Steve Cramer wrote: > >His companions appear to keep paddling along, same cadence, same course, >throughout the whole episode. Admirable sangfroid. They don't seem to be >much affected by the wave generated by the whale, either. > >"It doesn't have to be real, it just has to look real."--Old video >producer's axiom. I downloaded one of the images from the website and blew it up to take a closer look. There's definitely been some image processing going on there. -- Wes --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Boyd's Kayak Place http://www2.dmci.net/wesboyd/kayak.htm Kayaks for Big Guys (And Gals) | Trip Reports | Places To Go | Boats & Gear --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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