Dear Santa.......

[Dan Cattermole]

I know this isn't photography related, but I'm sure it would make a good photogrpah....

I work with high pressure of upto 2500psi on a daily basis so this to me.... Is genius!!!

flyboard zapata - YouTube

 

[Brodie Jackson]

wow... My mind is blown. o.o

 

[Dan Cattermole]

I know the pressures of water qutie well in relation to GPM (gallon per minute) & PSI (pounds per square inch).
I held a hose at 3000psi at 90gpm through a 1/8" reducer in the past which I'm not proud of, and it pushed me into to a fence resulting in the fence permanently bieng bent. The power of that is indescribable!! And trust me, I was screaming to my collegue to turn it wagon off!! That pressure could of literally cut me open! :/
Kev will have an idea what I mean.... Lol

 

[Kev Pugh]

Hey Dan this looks like fun, now believe this or not but t'is true, back in the day, when we didn't have RIBs for water rescue we used to improvise by building our own boat, Hahaha call it a boat, seriously we used to make a raft out of short ladders and Salvage Sheet (Tarpaulins) we used to mount a small lightweight pump on it and use water pressure through a gooseneck coupling to power it. the practice stopped after we sank one Hahaha.

I have been driven back across an icy surface many a time holding a 70mm dia hose line with a 25mm nozzle at 8 bars.....great fun skating with a snaking hose, actually saw a colleague break his ankle after a coupling blew... ouch, I got hit in the face, yep there is a reason for the ugliness by a burst coupling on a 40 bar hose reel whilst fighting a fire in a roof too. didn't knock any sense into me though

 

[Dan Cattermole]

The power is unreal !! Lol