Kerbal Surf Program

[@poemedufeu]

"None of these have been fatal, they only left them paralyzed from the neck down." - Scott

[@trisymphony]

"he is not dead, he is just... inanimate." brilliant, i have to remember this one :)

[@LeNunanYT]

The good side of this is none of these things have been fatal, they've just left him paralysed from the neck down. Scott is such an optimist

[@TianarTruegard]

"He's only mostly dead"

[@wolfram4234]

That smallfighter could be worse... he could be dead.

[@Misterdazzling]

trisymphony Hes not dead its a trick......get an axe! and axe him a few questions! :p

[@wolfram4234]

Misterdazzling nice

[@evanscott146]

My favourite quotes: "Well he's not dead, he's just...inanimate." "This thing actually flies rather well when it's flying forwards."

[@Spessforce]

I like how the broken piece of surfboard flew away at the end.

[@runakovacs4759]

Could make it into a slygif.

[@highstreetkings7528]

Dacino Hoihe Or not...ffs.

[@boyboylp]

"He's not dead, he's just... inanimate"

[@lumbagouncle800]

You copied trisymphony

[@personzorz]

@@lumbagouncle800 I think we all copied Scott

[@Pr1smat1x]

@@lumbagouncle800 are you an actual idiot? @Ur senpai said it first. trisymophony copied him

[@drewnonstar]

Skydiver here! Done about 20 wingsuit jumps. Proximity flying is what you were referencing, and is usually done with a base jumper set up. It's also very dangerous! Skydiving itself is relatively safe, barring operator error!

[@drewnonstar]

Also, there are skysurfing boards. But those are very dangerous, provide no lift and only drag, and are dangerous due to the fact that you can easily give yourself a "horseshoe malfunction." That is, when you deploy your parachute, there is a chance the pilot chute can deploy between your legs like threading a needle. The results can very likely be entanglement with the chute (even if you cut your main chute away it can stay wrapped up) and subsequently death be rapid deceleration. Otherwise known as the "splat" effect.

[@omgwtfbbqxD]

drewnonstar I remember seeing those skysurfing boards when I was a little kid in the intro of the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers The movie! haha that's awesome that they really exist.

[@bennyuoppd33]

You should totaly do this again with the Wii Balance Board!

[@Cg23sailor]

After hugging the mountain and gliding all the way back to KSC from orbit... we need a newly named Kerbal.... Korliss Kerman. (After Jeb Corliss)

[@scottmanley]

Cg23sailor Or Gary Kerman - after Gary Connery - first person to land a wingsuit.

[@SlyTy98]

Scott Manley Wait, you said land a wing suit?!?!?!?

[@scottmanley]

SlyTy98 kzbin.info/www/bejne/enazaZ2rh7h1iNE

[@SlyTy98]

Scott Manley Impressive. Still waiting for a rocket assisted landing suit. That reminds me, you should make like a drop pod or rocket platform or something like that in KSP.

[@drewnonstar]

That was cheating. IMHO, you'd have to land on something not set up to provide a soft landing. If he didn't have those boxes, he would have had a pretty bad day.

[@uscanspotting6953]

He's not dead, he's just.... inanimate. Scott Manley-2015

[@TinchoX]

Jurassick1546 *"Fly Safe~"* Hell yeah.

[@Erykfib]

*PEEPEE*

[@BigHappysPlace]

This is probably one of the coolest videos I have seen yet from KSP.

[@masonwesttv]

"It's starting to shake a little bit, I wonder if there's any physicsless parts..." *entire spine of surfboard is made of physicsless struts*

[@soundslave]

"it was kinda white and gold, only once I was sitting by the side of the pool did I notice it was blue and black."

[@TheDeathdragon401]

:OOOOOOO

[@lukediggle1086]

soundslave stop if you want answers to the white and gold go to shi show

[@finniko1995]

No! Not this fight again!

[@soundslave]

Luke Diggle I just assumed it was just two dresses and someone was playing a prank. So I ignored that episode of sci show.

[@camicus-3249]

As soon as I heard Scott say white and gold I came down here for a comment like this xD

[@Psyk0h]

Scott Manley - Says "fly safe" (Tries to land a surf board, from space, with no protection, in a miniature lake smaller than an inflatable family pool)

[@DoppiaIEntertainment]

Skip function is the best thing you added since the invention of the wheel

[@scottmanley]

ProNerdPanda Some people ask to see the building, but I know you pros just like to see it crashing.

[@DoppiaIEntertainment]

Heh, building is for nurds. The crashing is where it's at.

[@lukediggle1086]

ProNerdPanda you have pro and nerd in your name not just pro

[@cappntone]

+ProNerdPanda is that a Scott Pilgrim avatar I see there?

[@user-kb8rc5vq2i]

Scott is not the hero we need, nor deserve, but he surely is the hero we want.

[@TheGatecrasher53]

Totally reminds me of the Treasure planet movie, where the kid surfs through the canyons on his solar sail surfboard thingy. So badass

[@planeinglish7095]

18:07 Watch the wing. o.e

[@ace_verco]

I must go, my people need me!

[@S2P2A2]

Looks also like a homage to the final scene of John Carpenter's Dark Star ;)

[@scottmanley]

Stefan Spatz I was wondering how long it would take for someone to make this reference.

[@cnsollmann]

I was thinking the same thing! All we need is a beach ball alien!

[@ianabruce]

Stefan Spatz Benson, Arizona, blew warm wind through your hair My body flies the galaxy, my heart longs to be there Benson, Arizona, the same stars in the sky But they seemed so much kinder when we watched them, you and I...

[@GeorgeplaysOfficial]

Stefan Spatz Haha, was about to make the same comment! :) I can hear the country song in my head! Still my favorite Carpenter film.

[@DistracticusPrime]

"Let's have some music in here, Boiler."

[@amyshaw893]

flies a surfboard from space and halfway round the planet, only to crash it and almost completely destroy it in the ceo's swimming pool

[@ninthshade7375]

I like at the very end, the surviving wing separates and flies off on its own, gliding in to the air.

[@DaniPaunov]

Can you put this for download? I really wanna fly it... I made my own, but it's really unstable and wobbles a lot.

[@kerbodynamicx472]

Dani Paunov it’s quite simple, probably less than 10 partsyou can build it

[@indus7841]

Did you build it yet?

[@k98killer]

By far the most awesome thing I've seen this month. Bravo, good sir.

[@persephonesmith3556]

I know that this Reply is over a year late but they are called Skegs and are much needed for control.I am glad that I ran across this one because I was born and raised in Hawaii. Love surfing! I am gonna try this one. especially since I am at 1.1.3 right now and got plenty of parts mods

[@Xalerdane]

During re-entry: "WHYYYYY!? WHY WON'T I DIE!?"

[@nabagaca]

Scott makes a flying surfboard that flies better than most of my ships and spaceplanes

[@liamevans9249]

Hello, Scott Manley here. Today we're fucking physics.

[@liamevans9249]

Liam Evans lol

[@tkornfeld]

Did you just... lol your own joke..?

[@liamevans9249]

Tal Kornfeld no, I meant to add it to the end.

[@inferno7181]

I want him to say this in a video XD

[@liamevans9249]

Wei Zhao exactly :D

[@StrikerMk2491]

We only need ability to rename Kerbals and BAM! WE GOT JAMES BOND SURFING FROM SPACE.

[@zenek9678]

Simon Seal we have it.

[@tickd8096]

+Simon Seal go in game files and you can name them

[@VareoVideo]

This is now one of my favourite videos of yours. Right up there with your old KerbalCon contribution

[@jester17282]

Truly a breath of fresh air to watch and listen to your commentary.

[@HeartlessGorre]

when you coast to the space center at the end it looks just like a desert skiff from return of the jedi

[@Mynameisnotsurelol]

That is quite literally my favorite thing I've ever seen in KSP. Particularly that first launch, and how much it behaved like a surfboard.

[@Nassault]

Bodacious.

[@majormissile5596]

Dude, Scoot was so radical man, did you see how awesome his board was.

[@DistracticusPrime]

Major Missile Hang six!

[@Lithobraker]

Nassault *_TOTALLY GNARLY DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD_* _I'm sorry._

[@HypercaffinatedBees]

Lithium No you're not.

[@agency920]

Love your videos Nassault :3

[@GPantazis]

This video truly accrues more evidence for my theory: Command Pods are actually hazardous components of a spacecraft. Kerbals survive better outside of them. Ergo, Command seats FTW :P

[@ViperEye]

Everybody's suuuurfiiiin', surfin' Kerbal space. /beachboys

[@High54Failure]

An awesome video on a channel full of awesome videos. You are a true hero, sir.

[@supercomedys]

Danny2462 = Scott Manley confirmed

[@AssistantCoreAQI]

Same energy, different direction.

[@memistcentral2044]

@@AssistantCoreAQI like what happens during reentry

[@Calbeck]

I am simply amazed at how survivable this little craft is!

[@ClashBluelight]

"we want this thing to be stable" he says, about to surf through atmospheric reentry.

[@wakjagner]

Scott, you just made every Eureka 7 fan's dream come true.

[@ningen1980]

Awesome experiment into the aerodynamics of KSP.

[@SamuelRedis]

10:05 that guy working in his office looking out the window WTF is that :D

[@cabbiter]

The film 'Dark Star' came to mind :)

[@justuslm]

At 18:07 that wing is like: "I'm outta here!"

[@bernchette1964]

A new definition for Windsurfing!

[@darknightexex]

Thats one heat resistant space suit

[@nathanaelvetters2684]

it amazes me how well that flew.

[@KashouWannabe]

So awesome!! Just needed the Hawaii Five-0 theme and you're all set!

[@Anacronian]

Silver surfer Kerman is a herald of Kerblactus!

[@thedudeguy242]

This reminded me of the air surfing in Eureka 7.

[@Vizaru]

One of the coolest things I have ever seen in KSP! Keep up the good work.

[@tmsphere]

Watching Scott maneuvering through KSP's clunky crafting system with such elegance while it takes me half an hour to construct a bloody rover there's nothing left for me to do but to envy

[@ctrgaming6509]

I feel like this is a valid first step for any space program.

[@Recapolythor999]

amazing creation from the manliest if men, Scott Manley! keep up the fun videos!

[@CreeperIan02]

Welcome back Scott! Glad you came home safe!

[@literallyfigurative4543]

Omg make a Green Goblin Glider with 2 jet engines

[@scottmanley]

Joshua McLellan Something like this kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJi7qJewbt6Nrrs

[@literallyfigurative4543]

ya but it has to be a VTOL - and self propelled

[@literallyfigurative4543]

you could use actives for the tips too i dont mod games, so mine doesnt work so well

[@mattm8324]

It's an Aloha shirt Scott! Glad you got to visit our beautiful islands!

[@xXBeowulfdragonXx]

He's like a leaf on the wind.

[@hans_____]

Now we just need to mass produce these hoverboards and the Back to the Future Prophecy will be fulfilled.

[@dave5514]

hans iI

[@CaptainX2012]

"Back in control!" *Flips over in victory, thus losing control* "Nvm"

[@MrGrannyStylez]

One of your funniest and most honest video since a long time! thank you

[@KarimAkors]

remembers me on the classic movie "Dark Star"

[@backlashbassin3968]

i really want to see a part 2 cant get enough of this surfboard

[@Allegheny500]

DUDE! That was awesome. As an aside I have seen video of people jumping out of a plane with something that looked like a cross between a surf board and a snow board, it was sized in between and had places to shoehorn your feet into so you stayed on the board, at some point they pulled the cord for the chute and the board drops off their feet to dangle from a cord.

[@ananttiwari1337]

binging scott's old videos, very fun

[@Forenci]

A surfboard that can get beyond the atmosphere? Sign me up!

[@blinkswitchgaming]

You should do the Hijacked plane rescue, but with a surfboard as the rescue craft...

[@AlluvianGarald]

Great video! Surfing down from orbit reminded me of one of the final scenes from the 1974 movie Dark Star.

[@Hamartial]

It looks to function like the Kerbal equivalent of a wing-suit. Well discovered!

[@zedukelstarstryker9875]

18:09 " A true hero, surfing back from space, I'm Scott Manley, fly safe." That sounds pretty cool‼️🙂

[@EricValor]

From an aerodynamic standpoint your skegs are in the right place but from a hydrodynamic standpoint they would make your board stiff as a.. well... board. The thruster has the twins roughly 6-8 inches forward of the single. I haven't a tri to measure because I drive a twin because I like the old school maneuverability - I have my own custom 6'4" design with a roundedpin tail and channel starting just aft of mid that progressively deepens as it goes aft, widening between the skegs and sloping down and away from the stringer and widening out to the rails so the stringer actually acts as the third skeg. It's a great design that I have used in 2ft beach breaks to 20ft Mexican hurricane to 6ft barreling Fiji tropical reef (double overhead hollow on the face because the water is only 2-3ft deep over the reef). I have been surfing for 40 years and have seen a lot of change in design and technique.

[@Deerenthusiast]

That is possibly one of the coolest things I've ever seen in KSP

[@EtzEchad]

You, sir, are a mad-man! I love your videos.

[@cemerson]

Ah, some ridge bashing in the mountains towards the end there! Great way to stay airborne if the wind is blowing against the ridge...

[@Grumpydrawer]

Probably my favorite thing I've seen someone make in KSP for awhile. I may have a stab at making one myself.

[@aduck4707]

I remade this surfboard exactly. Thanks, Scott!

[@y337]

Jebadaiah is just shreddin'..... His board to pieces.

[@tuomaskristola8441]

If you switch off the angle snap while placing parts, it'll place them adjacent to the surface normal of the object you're attaching it to. Makes figuring out the orientation of the thing you're attaching a lot easier.

[@ereboros421]

Somehow, I feel like this is the ultimate crossover between KSP, Eureka 7, and Dr. Strangelove...

[@donbusu]

erebus08 E7!

[@MikeDCWeld]

You got the name right, but they're usually not angled and boards typically have eith one or three. They also aren't used for turning. Their function is to prevent yaw. The rails (the sides of the board) in conjunction with longitudinal weight transfers are what's used to turn.

[@kylehutchinson1235]

That was amazing! And so creative!

[@HobgoblinUK]

I have enjoyed many of your videos. This one is truly epic lol

[@sicksixgamer2694]

One of your best experiments ever!

[@magicmissile0322]

Great Video,Scott! You inspired me to create my own KSP surfboard! It actually "flies!"(glides)

[@michaeldennis8884]

5:50 I swear I heard a cat meow. The first time I heard it, I thought it was my cat and started searching the room for him

[@rlrsk8r1]

That looked incredibly fun!

[@yetanother9127]

I've used parachutes (which, when grabbed by KAS, can still be right-clicked to deploy) to do an extreme exoatmospheric BASE jump, but I've never surfed down through re-entry!

[@victorgigante5374]

"Physics? What's physics?"

[@MickShoemaker17]

Ksp merch!

[@okbanlon]

Jaw-dropping awesomeness! Bravo!

[@myuphrid]

Let's go surfing now, every Kerbal's learning how!

[@rcb2371]

The 49 dislikes are probably all engineers...

[@marcospiazza2961]

met fourthousand Or physicists

[@lumbagouncle800]

☭

[@kerbodynamicx472]

Or kerbals

[@123cyr]

This video reminds me of the ending of my favourite scifi B-movie...

[@RinIsArty]

Now I have a cheaty way for my career mode visual surveys. Thanks Scott!

[@JimBrodie]

I'm getting flashbacks from Dark Star. Thankfully i saw no sentient bomb that thinks it's God. (Just noticed i'm not the only one an all.)

[@Sartori]

I was going to suggest dropping it from a big aircraft rather than launching from the ground, like with the X-15... but then you dropped it out of orbit instead, which was awesome. I like how the pilot looks super calm while crash landing into the swimming pool. What a quintessentially Kerbal moment. XD

[@nathanvarda7104]

"He's not dead, he's just inanimate" -Scott Manley 2015

[@justintime506]

This reminded me of the ref boards from the eureka 7 anime. If only jeb had a giant battle mech...

[@Tanson11]

u just invented a new kerbal sport Im just readying my team for the air surfing championchips

[@cookiezillaevan]

*championships

[@piranha031091]

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar." Hoban Washburne, pilot of the Serenity (from the Firefly series)

[@spacelover700]

Therapist: don't worry surfer Scott Manley cant hust you surfer Scott Manley: flies a surfboard through atmospheric reentry

[@ares106]

video was amazing