1. Megawoosh !!!

2. What People Said…..
Omfg, its dangerous, think if he would missed it...
I watched it several times and I can not tell if it is real or fake, but it is awesome anyway!!
this is real, i saw a review on channel 5 news, proving it was real
what made me realize this video was fake is the fact that the stunt is too dangerous to perform

3. So what do you think?
Does it look like a fake and if so can you be specific about why?
What physics concepts are important in determining whether the stuntman makes the jump or not?
Could you consider:
The rate at which the stuntman accelerates down the slide based on the incline angle, gravity and friction.
The speed at which he leaves the ramp based on conservation of energy.
The time is the air based on projectile motion and air resistance.
depth of pool needed based on impulse and conservation of momentum

4. What People Said…..
oh come on! with that kind of speed and force, his head would have cracked the pool…or perhaps his legs…
The physics are all wrong and after watching a few times, it’s pretty clear that it’s a hoax. The speed of the guy down the slope is too fast while his leaving the ramp is almost in slow motion compared to it. The speed from the end of the ramp wouldn’t allow him to even reach the pool and when he does, most all the water would explode out in high showers. But we see something akin to someone jumping in from 2 feet away. Whoever did this wasn’t a very good physicist.

5. Someone analyzed the projectile path..
A projectile (red) in free-fall has constant horizontal motion (green) (not counting air-resistance) but changing vertical motion (blue) due to gravity. Does the Megawoosh show this?

6. Here’s the data..
This is a video analysis of the vertical motion for the flight with a quadratic fit

7. Here’s the data..
This is a video analysis of the horizontal motion for the flight with a linear fit

8. So is it possible to do this stunt?
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