# Proof that anti-gravity devices exist! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630 "2009-05-07T03:26:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/1 "2009-05-07T03:26:07Z")
Amazing [video](http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9626390&postcount=1446) with sound. Wow, just wow. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/2 "2009-05-07T03:36:56Z")
More wows, two just aren’t enough. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/3 "2009-05-07T03:52:39Z")
Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/4 "2009-05-07T04:15:03Z")
I fully agree. The link has been forwarded, and I headed out to the iTunes Music Store and bought the music. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/5 "2009-05-07T04:15:29Z")
Good lord. It’s like parkour on a bicycle! It’s not just _anti-gravity_ – gravity is pretty clearly his bitch. 😛 Incidentally, that bike must have pretty beefy pedals and wheels. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/6 "2009-05-07T04:23:17Z")
Lots of fish eye lens - didn’t see that coming… ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/7 "2009-05-07T14:28:00Z")
No bones were broken in the making of this video. However, in the training for this video… Plus… the video was by “Inspired,” and they opened with shots of spires. I see what they did there. Dunno why the fish-eye lens, though. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/8 "2009-05-07T14:44:59Z")
That doesn’t need more "wow"s…it needs more "holy fucking crap!"s. If that were converted into a CGI animation, you’d figure it was from a video game that played fast and loose with real-world physics. It’s very much like the bike is simply an extension of the rider. Sick, sick, sick stuff…thanks much for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/9 "2009-05-07T14:56:11Z")
Remember that episode of “Futurama” where Fry has his 100th cup of coffee? I think that’s what that guy’s mind is like all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/10 "2009-05-07T15:02:18Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > No bones were broken in the making of this video. However, in the training for this video… > > Plus… the video was by “Inspired,” and they opened with shots of spires. I see what they did there. > > Dunno why the fish-eye lens, though. Fish-eye lenses are _de rigueur_ for this sort of video. But yeah, that guy has an astonishing sense of balance. Really amazingly impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/11 "2009-05-07T15:08:16Z")
Having such skill is admirable; attaining such skill without getting some parts of you horribly mangled is… impossible. At least that’s what I would’ve thought before. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/12 "2009-05-07T15:09:21Z")
Hello, I work for the ZipperJJ BikeCo and would like to let everyone know that the boy in that video uses all of my bike parts. So please go out and buy them right away so you, too, can be Superman on wheels. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/13 "2009-05-07T15:12:45Z")
[We’ve had this ability all along…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvRzWYCZ2e0) ---
**Author:** ![not\_alice](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_alice/32/7283_2.png) [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/14 "2009-05-07T15:18:12Z")
If I was 12 years old, that would be my future on a bike for sure. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/15 "2009-05-07T15:39:42Z")
That kid is truly amazing! The music is great! But… am I the only one wondering how many pedestrians he’s hit or terrified in the practice and making of this video? Living in a place that has a lot of those bikes and skateboarders I can say from experience that kind of thing is more than a little annoying if you have to deal with it personally. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/16 "2009-05-07T16:33:01Z")
There’s anothing one that I like [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_TVhc3bFqM) that doesn’t have quite as good tricks, but tells an nice story. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/17 "2009-05-07T17:31:14Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > [We’ve had this ability all along…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvRzWYCZ2e0) I went to a [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us7YB7eiOeQ&feature=related) for an “actual” perpetual motion machine, and scanning down the comments, found this: > [@](#): > > all evergy lasts forever. it is impossible to creat or destroy energy,you can only change its form. All well and good so far, right? Just wait for the example… > [@](#): > > if i blow on a fire with a stoker i convert mechanical energy from my movement of the air into heat energy for the fire. see how it works? I bet some of my past girlfriends would have appreciated my ability to convert air into heat energy by blowing… ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/18 "2009-05-08T04:40:50Z")
I STILL haven’t closed my mouth after watching that video. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/19 "2009-05-08T08:09:42Z")
That was unbelievable. I wonder how many broken bones have paved the way for the performance in the video. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![TastesLikeBurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@TastesLikeBurning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TastesLikeBurning)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630/20 "2009-05-08T09:56:25Z")
Yeah this is a great video. I like to put myself in the shoes of people who witnessed most of it and to think how mind-blowing it must have been to see. This a clip pf [Rodney Mullen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcbCCFb0zXI) (pro-skateboarder) whose skill with his skateboard is equally impressive IMO. The quality is average and the music is crap, but well worth checking out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-anti-gravity-devices-exist/495630.md?page=2)