Data-collecting Surfboard in Action

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Uploaded by on Aug 4, 2010

Watch University of California, San Diego mechanical engineering undergraduates give a tour of the surfboard they outfitted with a computer and sensors -- one step toward structural engineering Ph.D. student Benjamin Thompson's quest to develop the science of surfboards. More info: http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=973

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  • Hey, Nice work,

    I used to shape boards and once thought about a stepped hull, for planing. For those size waves you were riding, after take off, what would be your average relative water speed?

    Thanks guys (and girls!)

  • Julia,

    marry me now!!

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