Comments for "Chain Surfing" Video at VideoSift.com

By kulpims

kulpims (http://www.videosift.com/member/kulpims) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:31:00 -0700

maatc, I see you're into balance today

By MycroftHomlz

MycroftHomlz (http://www.videosift.com/member/MycroftHomlz) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:41:58 -0700

putant => *nsfw

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:41:58 -0700

This video has been flagged as being Not Suitable For Work - declared nsfw by MycroftHomlz.

By Baera

Baera (http://www.videosift.com/member/Baera) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:12:42 -0700

That has to be fake, lol, nice

By maatc

maatc (http://maatc.videosift.com) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:15:10 -0700

Yeah, you can see they edited his beanie hat in later with visual fx.

>> ^Baera:
That has to be fake, lol, nice

By Hanover_Phist

Hanover_Phist (http://www.videosift.com/member/Hanover_Phist) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:59:29 -0700

wait, is it fake? That sh*t is crazy!

By 10795

10795 (http://www.videosift.com/member/10795) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:27:00 -0700

That guy has too much free time.

By arvana

arvana (http://arvana.videosift.com) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:22:23 -0700

That was unexpectedly hilarious!

By Napalm

Napalm (http://www.videosift.com/member/Napalm) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:03:52 -0700

I'm guessing he's a surfer or skateboarder or something?

I don't think this is fake. If it is, it's a really good fake.

By jwray

jwray (http://jwray.videosift.com) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:21:08 -0700

It's possible and not really that hard. Why would they fake it? It's not fake.

By Chaucer

Chaucer (http://www.videosift.com/member/Chaucer) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:13:29 -0700

how bored do you have to be to try to be good at this?

By spoco2

spoco2 (http://www.videosift.com/member/spoco2) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:25:08 -0700

I love how people say 'not really that hard'... yeah, you try it.

I would definitely say NOT FAKE, but dang, that's impressive!

By Xax

Xax (http://www.videosift.com/member/Xax) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:47:36 -0700

Pretty good fake, but not good enough.

By EDD

EDD (http://www.videosift.com/member/EDD) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:38:05 -0700

At first I was sure it's real, but after seeing two replays I call it fake.

-the guy would've fallen backwards at 0:26 and 0:32, because there's clearly no balance; he's leaning too far back.
-the chain pole isn't moving (the vertical distortion line helps indicate this).

But it's impressive nonetheless. Although if the shadows had been made a little bit better, I'd probably had dismissed the calls for fake completely. They were really nicely done and I can't indicate a single specific moment where to nitpick on, but they just seemed 'unreal' throughout the whole 10 or so seconds of 'surfing'.

By maatc

maatc (http://maatc.videosift.com) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:36:33 -0700

This does seem unreal I admit.

But when searching for this clip I ran across another one where Pro skating Legend Christian Hosoi does the same thing on a chain in San Diego: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gSOz21jOKk

His moves are not as extreme, but I think this is quite possible to do with a bit of practice and if you are flexible and have good balance.
It might be even easier with the extreme swinging motion than when standing still.

Remember, there are lots of people out there with amazing body skills. Just look at David Elsewhere, his movements seem fake too if you apply the same standards.

By spoco2

spoco2 (http://www.videosift.com/member/spoco2) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:05:41 -0700

I still think it's real, and would like for anyone to prove otherwise, as I've seen/read nothing to change my stance.