A must-have vegetable-themed accessory currently doing the crowdfunding circuit…
Two days ago, the multi-discipline surfer Kai Lenny introduced, with a flourish, a giant inflatable carrot that delivers a kick of speed for downwind foilers.
“I got this from Lou Wainman and you’re meant to go real fast downwind with it,” says Kai, who turns twenty six years old in a couple of weeks and who lives on the Hawaiian island of Maui. “Supposedly, way up in the atmosphere where it’ll be it’ll catch the wind and propel you forward. The idea of the carrot is it catches just enough wind to help assist me going downwind faster so now it’s a light wind and I can feel it pulling on me to catch onto the next swell. Still gotta get used to having a carrot on my back!”
Lou says, “I’ve made some prototype tubes about 20 to 30 feet tall tubes that create a lot of drag/power in the wind. I think they could be good for Stand Up Paddleboards to go downwind without needing to paddle. Maybe even hydrofoilers could make it work to go upwind and eventually surfers, when designs get modified and evolve. I’m looking to build more prototypes and test them here on Maui to eventually do a production run and some promotions to get it off the ground. It’s actually a lot of fun just to stand on the beach with one on. There is a lot of power there.”
Kai’s conclusion?
“Does the future have space for the carrot? I say YES!”
Lou’s chasing thirty gees for his carrot biz. So far he’s raised $645.
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Why is the whole surf board out of the water when using the device?
the back carrot. not to be confused with the dick head. I actually found strapping the utensil to my head gave me even more thrust.
A LITTLE EARLY FOR APRIL FOOLS, NO?
Fuck..that.
Poor Kai, too much talent and not enough avenues to express himself through.
He’s regressed deeply into the Fruciante phase unfortunately
Wrapping for foil boards in the land fill. New layer on top of 80s plastic windsurfers.
Remember when it was only fins you had to worry about jabbing you?
He nicked the Wellington wind wand! Will lightning strike him, too?
Coming to a lineup near you!
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Stinken Wabbit
Stinken wabbit.
Finally a device to accurately measure wave height.
That freak can do impossible shit with weird equipment and get losers like me to buy it.
Weird science.
I kinda feel it should have a face at the top, with frilly ‘hair’ and waggly arms, and constantly wiggling and whooOOO-aaahh-OooAaOohing.
Wildwackywavinginflatabletubeman
Now that’s something that I would invest! Pure genius!
first tweak it needs is to change the location of the top strap so it goes around the neck and add another smaller carrot that plugs into the anus.. cue the auto asphyxiate foil carrot. crowd fund that.
Probably don’t need to, likely already exists.
what a tool. lets add more plastic
Fucking gimmick just itching to be made in China and used once per buyer. It’s like yeh it kinda works but I look like cockhead and it doesn’t really work that good and I’m not really supping/foiling between islands that regularly anymore.
Yes indeed, what a tool.
People get sucked into this shit tho.
Thanks Kai “Laird Jr” Lenny and whoever the fuck Lou is.
better a carrot on ya back than up ya arse
A little carrot? A teasing carrot?
Sounds like somebody might prefer a little carrot up the arse rather than a big one on their back?
depends on the situation i guess. defo prefer carrots and other vej in photos in chicks cunts. I’m not surer how that will make them surf better but it generates a decent income on mgf website.
Just keen to see them sterile boiled after pic. and no salad.
Haha there you go again!