(click here for full published article at the Daily Mail along with some cool pix!)
Here's a new watercraft, brought from New Zealand, the land that specializes in finding new ways to thrill seek. Two crazy (maybe that's why they have Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" as the soundtrack) mates have combined their testosterone levels with their design and engineering skills to fabricate a watercraft capable of diving down, jumping out and even rolling side-to-side in the water. When it's not doing any of those sharky tricks, it can cruise up to 50 mph on top of the water or 20 mph below.
Dubbed the Seabreacher X by inventors Rob Innes and Dan Piazza of Innespace Productions, the company's tag line for the watercraft is "The Ultimate Diving Machine". It takes a lot of testosterone to not just envision this craft, but to actually build a company to put it into small-scale production (currently custom built for $60K to $85K for those who want to do their own shark driving/diving). The goal of the Seabreacher X ride, as with most crafts sporting 260 hp motor engines, is for the potential of a full scale (pardon the pun) adrenaline rush. Based on the video of the watercraft in use, I think they achieved their goals!!
Its size is about 16.5 feet long, just about the same size as a real shark. It sports dorsal and pectoral fins, and of course has fierce shark teeth adorned across the front underside. The airtight cockpit will hold a pilot and one passenger as they circle the lake or ocean of their choice. When diving, it can hold it's breath for 20 seconds before heading back up, and then, with the controls pulled back, can be propelled a purported 12 feet out of water....It's like being inside Bruce at Universal Studios, without the mechanical constraints. When you're not doing any shark tricks, passengers can use the on board camera, listen to the stereo, or if boredom somehow sets in, even play video games.
Seeing the video of the Seabeacher X skimming below the surface at a fairly good speed, then doing barrel rolls, looks exactly like a real dolphin out in the open sea....many of their earlier models of watercraft were designed with more of that same dolphin shape to them. Apparently, their next project will be designed like the Seabreacher X's (great white) cousin, the hammerhead shark. Not to far off from this crew, with a flare for making wild watercraft, may be be an inter-island tour watercraft, with ability to fit 50 passengers and spout water out of its blowhole..the Seabreacher HBW (Humpback Whale Edition)...
Keep 'em coming Innespace, these are awesome!!
For more information (and to test your own testosterone level for the ability to make spontaneous purchases) visit http://www.seabreacher.com
Here's a new watercraft, brought from New Zealand, the land that specializes in finding new ways to thrill seek. Two crazy (maybe that's why they have Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" as the soundtrack) mates have combined their testosterone levels with their design and engineering skills to fabricate a watercraft capable of diving down, jumping out and even rolling side-to-side in the water. When it's not doing any of those sharky tricks, it can cruise up to 50 mph on top of the water or 20 mph below.
Dubbed the Seabreacher X by inventors Rob Innes and Dan Piazza of Innespace Productions, the company's tag line for the watercraft is "The Ultimate Diving Machine". It takes a lot of testosterone to not just envision this craft, but to actually build a company to put it into small-scale production (currently custom built for $60K to $85K for those who want to do their own shark driving/diving). The goal of the Seabreacher X ride, as with most crafts sporting 260 hp motor engines, is for the potential of a full scale (pardon the pun) adrenaline rush. Based on the video of the watercraft in use, I think they achieved their goals!!
Its size is about 16.5 feet long, just about the same size as a real shark. It sports dorsal and pectoral fins, and of course has fierce shark teeth adorned across the front underside. The airtight cockpit will hold a pilot and one passenger as they circle the lake or ocean of their choice. When diving, it can hold it's breath for 20 seconds before heading back up, and then, with the controls pulled back, can be propelled a purported 12 feet out of water....It's like being inside Bruce at Universal Studios, without the mechanical constraints. When you're not doing any shark tricks, passengers can use the on board camera, listen to the stereo, or if boredom somehow sets in, even play video games.
Seeing the video of the Seabeacher X skimming below the surface at a fairly good speed, then doing barrel rolls, looks exactly like a real dolphin out in the open sea....many of their earlier models of watercraft were designed with more of that same dolphin shape to them. Apparently, their next project will be designed like the Seabreacher X's (great white) cousin, the hammerhead shark. Not to far off from this crew, with a flare for making wild watercraft, may be be an inter-island tour watercraft, with ability to fit 50 passengers and spout water out of its blowhole..the Seabreacher HBW (Humpback Whale Edition)...
Keep 'em coming Innespace, these are awesome!!
For more information (and to test your own testosterone level for the ability to make spontaneous purchases) visit http://www.seabreacher.com
