Awesome Water

Not satisfied with having the world’s largest NERF gun, Mark Rober and his friends spent a total of 6 months making the world’s largest Super Soaker. The 7ft long gun shoots water at up to 272mph using pressurized nitrogen.

The Slow Mo Guys wrap up their “giant balloon June” feature with Dan being totally drenched by an overfilled water balloon as it’s popped above him lying beneath a trampoline. We’re just glad the video wasn’t titled “Man Crushed by Giant Water Balloon.”

Cole Paviour, James Medcraft, UNIT9, and Machine Shop teamed up to devise a fountain which “prints” 3D liquid images. Combined with camera gear from ARRI Rental and Mark Roberts Motion Control they turned the images into a stop-motion animation. BTS here.

Prefabricated heated swimming pools made from upcycled, watertightened shipping containers. They can be up and running within minutes and can even be relocated. An optional divider lets you turn part of the pool into a hot tub. Available in 8’x 20′ or 8’x40′ sizes.

Illustrator Adam SB shows us how the simplest of mediums – plain old H2O – can be used to create art. By dripping precise amounts of water onto a smooth surface, he creates a temporary artwork that’s sure to satisfy any obsessive need for order.

An up-close look at a rig built for the stop-motion film Two Balloons. The animators used an intricate network of strings and push rods to move dozens of shiny plastic layers to create the undulating waves of an ocean. The trailer for the film looks amazing.

RealLifeLore terrifies us with mind-boggling tsunamis. Imagine if the sky in that picture was a wall of water. That’s the smallest tsunami on the list. This summer, the wall is going to build itself. Nicholas Cage and Dwayne Johnson star in… Canary Islands.

For their wedding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. SmarterEveryDay went to Iceland and tried drysuit diving at Silfra, Iceland. It’s the only place in the world where you can dive between two continental plates, and has incredibly clear and clean water.

YouTuber RealLifeLore gives us a terrifying idea of just how deep the Earth’s oceans can be by pointing out some of the human and animal milestones at various depths. Good ol’ land is the bee’s knees.

(PG-13 Lyrics) Some guys in Russia woke up to find their streets flooded, and decided to make lemonade out of lemons by wakeboarding on the wet streets with a tow rope and a snowboard. The Die Antwoord soundtrack might turn off some, but it still looks like fun.

When you’re outdoors, you always want plenty of water. But carrying around a huge pack can be a pain. Fontus is developing water bottles that can capture condensation at a rate up to 0.8L per hour. The Airo goes anywhere, while the Ryde grabs water while you ride your bike.

An improved version of the instantaneous water filter. Aside from the bacteria filter found in the original, LifeStraw Steel also has a carbon capsule that filters organic compounds such as herbicides and pesticides. It also has a durable steel body. Skip to 1:29.

(PG-13: Language) Redditor Haesiraheal says he recently went fishing with his family and friends off the coast of Phillip Island. They didn’t catch a lot of fish, but they did find themselves in the middle of a marine mammal party.

Devin Supertramp and his team make a backyard water sport using a mower, plastic sheets, soapy water and a huge lawn. The entire video was filmed using the LG V10 smartphone, a wide-angle lens attachment and a Glidecam. We’re not sure why the mower needed a push.

SCP Marine Innovation is in dire need of a PR team. If we’re freaking out over a gimped hoverboard then we should all be going nuts for the x2. The wrist-mounted thrusters let you go up to 6 mph underwater for up to an hour per charge, or until your arms give out.

These underwater thrusters are not actually worn on the feet but are strapped to a belt. Jetboots let you travel up to three knots while keeping your hands free. They’re mainly for military use and cost about $20,000 back in 2012.

A mobile water park. The Tarzan Boat has diving platforms, trampolines, nets and slides. It also has an outboard engine, life jackets and other associated equipment. Also available for rental in certain parts of the U.S.

Nebia uses atomizing nozzles that cover up to 10 times more area while using up to 70% less water than other showerheads. It could pay for itself in a year with the water and energy you save. Skip to 0:53 in the video.

Action Park employee Maria Bitko tries the water park’s nearly 2,000 foot-long slide. It will take you over a minute to reach the bottom, enough time to hypothesize where that gross brown stain came from.

Kingii is a reusable wrist-mounted flotation device. It uses a single-use CO2 cartridge to inflate its bag and keep people up to 275lb afloat for up to 48h. It also has a built-in compass and a whistle.

(Flashing lights) The Black Hole is a 255ft. water slide with lots of LEDs inside. The lights’ trippy patterns over the slide’s black tube make for an awesome trip. The Black Hole is at the Bad 1 indoor leisure pool in Bremen, Germany.

Devin Supertramp and his crew take advantage of a nearly dried up waterfall in New Zealand by turning it into a waterslide. Judging from the (heavily sponsored) behind-the-scenes video, it’s just as fun and as risky as it looks.

While the Mythbusters already tested the flamethrower vs. fire extinguisher stunt seen in this music video, these firefighters show how a powerful water cannon can be used to douse such a flame quickly.