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  • we've never had anybody get hurt on ours. its a huge adrenaline rush trust me.

  • They are so mean, been on one before

  • where the hell did u get that thing

  • @mousepad99 PART 2 - LOL. But when the boat slwoed just a little too much the tube just nose dived and when the tube slammed into the water he bounced like 5 feet above the water and the 150 foot rope we were using snapped back all the way into the boat. Some scary shit. Just goes to show you should fuck around with these shits.

  • @SkateGeek27 "dived" is not past tense of "dive". "Dove". the tube nose dove.

  • @mousepad99 Me and some friends live near lake ontario and we were using one of these on a pond that is connected to the lake. It was an extremely windy day probly 25 mph + winds consistently and when going towards that wind, you just flew. We could stay 15 to 20 feet above the water for 100's of feet. My really small friend who doesnt even way 150 went. The boat accelerated a little too much and he went about 35, and as a reaction of the boat going to fast the driver slowed down way too rapidly

  • please song's name!!!

  • FUN FUN FUN until you fall off at 20 feet up.

  • It's not illegal to ride it..... It's actually illegal to sell it!

  • If you are keen to get into flying, don't be sidetracked by these suicide machines. Get into hang gliding. They've been around for 40 years and now use well established aerodynamics to make them safe if you take the time to learn all aspects of flying them.These inflatables may look like a flying jumping castle, but the fun stops when you hit the concrete hard water.

  • we had one of these on our boat. i rode it for a good 3 minutes in the air. as soon ass you feel you rocked it to one side or the other though that thing dives like a peregrine falcon and the best thing to do is simply, for lack of a better term, eject from the tube instead of ride it as it accelerates down to the water.

  • Dude, I'm not gonna lie, that would scare the shit out of me!

  • Gay song. Gay tube. Gay wannabe sport.

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  • nice......

  • Who is the artist playing the guitar

  • who cares if these things are dangerous!? they're fucking awesome! 

  • @mousepad99 um well this is dangerous in many ways but its not as bad as you think and ya have more control then you think i have seen people do barrel rolls with these, as for sky diving 20 or so people die each year from it, do you hear about ever case ?. And dont get me started with motorcycles and the deaths on them alone. Driving you car it more Dangerous then you think, you your self might be a good driver but its the others you cant control. and the main cause of people nose diving.

  • the only problem is that you can only have 1 rider to get a decent amount of lift

  • I rode on of these yesterday, but didn't get very high. I hit the water at about 50 mph though. It's very intense and dangerous.

  • @mousepad99

    Exactly what I was thinking, I was going to post a rant about how wrong he was, then you just summed it all up for me. Thanks ;)

  • this looks fun as hell

  • who cares looks fun to me!

  • So many fun things are dangerous from super fattening burgers, a roll-in-the-hay to the Manta Ray. Just don't go whining for generous health care coverage to fix you when you get hurt. Go have fun, but pay for your 100 stitches out of your own pocket.

  • well what we know is: with out risk there is no fun, I do like to get on one off them they look like fun, and training that is what you need for everything if it is a bike, car or what ever and where ever you would look, if in traffic or somewhere else comunication is the key to all of it,

    and there is one more think that I can say you only get out of live what you put in,

    and if you think a lot is risky but why are you leaving your house in the first place.

    God bless you all, have fun in live

  • @mousepad99 i agree this is more dangerous but this is so much fun atleast when u have alot of wind and get up high, just don't get hit by the wind from the side ;)

  • But were can u get one?!

  • air surfing?

  • that looks AWESOME!!!!!!!!

  • my friend was on one of these, the driver slowed the boat down, he flipped over the front still holding on and the rope ripped him open from his butt to the "front" if you catch my drift. he had to get over 100 stitches

  • They say: "this stunt is preformed by proffesionals, don't try this stunt if you are inexperienced."

    Do you know it all depends on the boat if its going fast enough, the human sitting on the manta ray just got to hold it. For the rest he has nothing else to do.

  • To all the people bicthin about this GO away if you dont like water sports stop lookin at the videos, I drive a Sea Doo RXP an a Bayliner an would love one and as for fallin off check out wake board face plants if you do the sport you have to have the propper gear. Now go away all ye old moaning dry balls no fun people

  • @Arronkell

    Ok, so for us that don't give a shit about proper gear and just want to get our hands on thing a like this.

    Where do they sell this internationally?

  • Hey everyone write a letter to Sevylor for the demand for it to be put back out. We have 3 of them we race on the lake and have never gotten hurt. Its like jumping on a street bike cant expect to just know how to do tricks. Same way with this, bunch of us on the lake are writing the company to demand for it to come back out. Its well worth the danger hovering 30ft above everyone. Its something to show off and never forget. Have a lot of control standing on very back and using body to move

  • Hey everyone write a letter to Sevylor for the demand for it to be put back out. We have 3 of them we race on the lake and have never gotten hurt. Its like jumping on a street bike cant expect to just know how to do tricks. Same way with this, bunch of us on the lake are writing the company to demand for it to come back out. Its well worth the danger hovering 30ft above everyone. Its something to show off and never forget.

  • They should have a race with all the pro flying manta raiders :D

  • how the fuck do you become a professional flying manta ray rider?

  • dont work in amrerica cause your to fat....

  • COOL!!!

  • looks like so much fun i want one

    

  • That was a real manta ray that killed him

  • WAT

  • @winterchill885 did you even read the comment i was replying to you dick hole

  • omgeeh, people died off this thinq!

  • i don't see what could possibly go wrong!

  •  NLO

  • this is soooooo awsome

  • wwwDOTusedvictoriaDOTcom/class­ified-ad/MANTA-RAY-FLYING-TUBE­_13891450

  • i came off one of these things the other day at 80km/h and did summersalts on the surface of the water, it was fucking brutal haha

  • @jarrydogga1122 you wouldnt have the physical capacity to even use the computer, let alone be outta the hospital, at those speeds within a couple days of it. you lie.

  • @nickgonezapolis 80 kms not miles if thats whats got you confused? but 80kms on water really isnt that fast man. was going about 100 on a donut the day before i went on this, thank god i didnt fall off that one :P

  • that is SO UNSTOPPABLE!!!!!!!! i want 1 tmr

  • where can i by it

  • do a barrel roll

  • i wonder if the person in the boat ever stops really fast while their at the max height just to see what would happen.. it'd be funny to see, on youtube.

  • @sweeper27  NOT REALY

  • @jelli2061 not really people don't do it or not really it wouldn't be funny to see on youtube? cause it most certainly would be funny to see. guaranteed it would make fail blog in no time.

  • Look like fun, but I wouldn't do it.

  • muuuuuiiiiito bom....

  • Wat is the name of the song and the band?

  • if you let go, you're fucked...

  • Looks like fun but these tubes are illegal in Canada now, because of people killed by it.

  • @juststarryeyed are they illegal to use or is it just the manufacture and sale that is banned in Canada?

  • whats up with the creepy ass music at the end ?

  • i know someone that died from one of theese in a local lake....

  • @pickasongstudios know or knew?

  • People who do this apparently really want to get injured :P

  • beginners be careful my ass! those things are ment to be crashed!

  • great vid. Check out a bail i filmed on my page. =)

  • thousands of people die in cars, cars aint banned

  • They're not banned. Look for it on ebay or just google it. they're like $400 bucks...

  • @Goingone2 The dumb thing is this...You can buy them, but you just can't use them in most areas. It's kind of like fireworks. Here in Ohio you can buy all the fireworks you want, but it's illegal to fire them in the state.

  • And as far as being dangerous, it alot less dangerous than snow skiing, bungie jumping, sky diving, motorcycle riding, and a host of other activities that you would'nt think twice about doing, including skateboarding, motorcross, demoltion derbys, ect...

  • @blakjakmatt you need to google some statistics on the mentioned sports instead of being presumptious. You'll find that your statement is false.

  • @blakjakmatt wow thats a good point that i never thought about. if we can do other extreme things then why not this?

  • @blakjakmatt haha this is way more dangerous than those things. The reason they're banned is because they strike the same frequencies as the air and begin to fly in crazy wave patterns making it almost impossible to hang on. The passenger not only falls sometimes as much as 40 feet but also can be thrown by the raft in any direction. At least those other activities have safety precautions. The only precaution for this is to try to land in a way that doesn't kill you when you are falling.

  • @blakjakmatt - good point. i just came back from my post-motorcross demolition derby, and my neck is a bit sore.

  • @blakjakmatt i skateboard but i wouldn't do demolition derby.. and you cant drown in your drive way you twit

  • @blakjakmatt You asshole you left out snowboarding!!!

  • @blakjakmatt so you're saying who've never done ANY of these things and would never think twice about it when you say "no?"

  • @blakjakmatt cuz if i were you, i'd kill myself

  • @blakjakmatt you have no idea what you are talking about. Have you ever been in a tube at full speed? When you hit the water it feels like cement.

  • @blakjakmatt As an avid snow skier, this is far more dangerous... just sayin. coming from an intermediate-expert all blue and black skier.

  • just like I thought. when someone actually asks for evidence of a statement, they back down. THESE ARE NOT BANNED! If they were, you'd see in your boat operators manual and/or in your boating regulations that they are. I can almost guarantee that if you look and/or call your local marine police, you'll find out that this is true.

  • Looks like with a bit more design it could become a lot more stable. Seems dicey as it is.

  • can you provide any documentation that shows these are banned? If, so please do so.

  • This tube ROCKS!!!!

  • I had one but it brought me to the moon where I am now standing

  • they are not illegal. I live in NJ and called both the marine police and the state police, and they do not have any laws against using them. They were also not banned. Sevylor themselves decided to upgrade them to a newer model with a different name. The round tubes ARE illegal because you cannot control them once they're airbourne.

  • my dad just got one, sickkKK!!!

  • i SOOOO want one :D its looks soooo fun

  • The best stuff in life always gets banned. Fuck.

  • it be even cooler if you could do tricks on it like loops and tail spins lol

  • You should not go higher than you are willing to fall! lol, no shit sherlock!

  • lmfao they are Just illegal To sell i bought mine 3 years ago wehn they sold em in canada

    Greatest Time Ever

  • i would love to have one of those they are just sick

  • they got banned :(

  • @weeit1 probably because some noob tried driving one and got killed

  • FLY LUGIA!!!

  • There Illegal now

  • @BlakZtarz no there not have one and we use it on the lake all the time its the fuckin gkite tubes that are illegal dumbass

  • this is too funny,,i would smoke a L an get on one ,,,

  • like the music!

  • oh and I wasn't wearing a helmet like this wimp either. lol

  • @fuckyoufuckindouche

    hows he a wimp? hes trying not to die unlike you.

  • I flew higher than that on a three person tube, it was only me and my friend tubing at the time and he fell out but the guy driving the boat didn't notice so he kept on going and hit a big wave causing the tube to fly upwards and spin out of control I got flinged off into the water lol it was sooo fun it happened so fast I didn't even realise what happened other people had to tell me

  • This Should Be A Required Ride To Become an Adult....

  • Cool, but not cool enough to make me listen to the horrible soundtrack. 

  • The tube is bigger than the boat that is pulling it

  • They aren't illegal they just aren't allowed to make them anymore.

  • Best thing ever. Idk why but I couldn't get more than 15 ft in the air... O well it is fun and doesn't really hurt to eat shit

  • that's awesome!

  • could u imagine eating shit on that thing?

  • are these illegal??? anyone know??

    

  • @gcoxisexy they are illegal in Canada and the USA but I do not know about anywhere else

  • @ddog12921996 alright cool bro!

  • tried this today, fucking insane, something to do before u die, think I was at 8 meters the most! It feels much more higher than it is.

  • It's no longer a Sport. The Lawyers saw to that.

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  • HAHAHA this is totaLOLly freaking INSANE. I wanna meet the crazy rednecks that invented this thing. This thing would take balls to ride. I've got a normal tow-tube and it hurts like hell at those speeds to fall off let alone be 10-20 feet off the water when you let go. OH DAM.

  • yeah,this sport it requires also a BOAT = 10.000$ MINIMUM and the tube which is about 500$ ... You do the math... :))))

  • i wanna do this before i die :D

  • there banned

  • They were banned they were to dangerous

  • forteeee!

  • Didnt they stop selling this?

  • we have one of these things it's awsome the feeling when you fly but bad is that you must drive very fast to fly and to fall into the water of 2 high and about 60km/h that hurts very much but the fun is worth it

    sry for my english I'm german

  • Awesome!

  • if been on something like that in turkey it wasnt a manta ray but like a banana they called it fflying fish we went up in the air to was frekin scary xd

  • They are banned

  • @Triumphdust there not band my folks just picked one up

  • @Krank0514 "banned" from english class were we?

  • @ElderOfNar lol!

  • @Triumphdust

    can you provide any documentation that shows these are banned? If, so please do so.

  • and why?

  • @Triumphdust what's banned. the kites??

  • this was very fun but never got it to fly very well....boat driver wasnt going fast! lol

  • seems dangerous

  • what's the name of the song?

  • this looks like a lot of fun. id love to give it a try :) right now i mostly stick to kneeboarding even after 7 stitches in the face. lol

  • this or another model is illegal in some US states, haha

  • The problem with never going higher than you want to fall is the boat driver kinda is the determining factor. I've been very high before and it was the greatest untill you catch a gust and the thing nose dives straight down. My startigy was to stay with the manta. At least this way you have some cushioning. The boat driver is key. We let off the gas when the guy gets high so you can actually fly the thing a bit instead of just getting dragged through the air.

  • were i can find this

    ?

  • @vrakamana hi i got one for sale on ebay in the uk west midlands worcestershire

  • cool

  • these things look awesome, but didn't they get outlawed after a bunch of people died from epic falls???

  • were can you get one

  • i wish i get it a ride!!

  • where can I buy one

  • LOL AHAHA ONCE I SAW THAT I LAUGHED LOL soo cool but i want one

  • dude in mine i went up like 40 ft it flipped over and slammed me down so hard it hurt like a bitch but still worth it

  • woah that looks fun!

  • gizmodo needs to give the new apple design back! >:(

  • das teil haben wir auch einfach nur geil leider muss man sau schnell sein um so hoch zu fliegen und es tut einfach sau weh bei 60 km/h ins wasser zu fliegen^^

  • it's not nice to fail...

  • VERAMENTE DA SBALLO!!!

  • to bad they are illegal. if u get caught u get a fine and it gets taken away

  • tie it to a car next id be impress

  • OK !  who's got a boat? I found this summer's challenge!

  • Looks like a UFO!

  • thanks, cinco.

  • wow@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@­@@@

  • so if they are illegal, what happens if you get caught with one in the us?

  • they are illegal in the US now. too many deaths and injury

  • Anyone know what is this music?

  • sick guitar licks ...wow lol

  • i bet you can't ride the real manta ray.-__-

  • only avaiable in australia???

  • wow@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

  • I want that so my dream since i was 2 can come true, its flying.

  • yea he's dead if the thing jerks over or he flies off and hits a rock.

  • dude i wanna do that !

  • that looks fun as fuck

  • going to try that on my boat

  • hes just getting pulled but still i would want tht so badl