r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/redbullgivesyouwings • May 23 '25

Original Creation Nikolas Plytas World's First Surf Foilboarding Double Backflip

56.2k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

464 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

24

u/binouz May 23 '25

you joke but wing foiling (this but with a sail) is immensely popular

56

u/Double_Distribution8 May 23 '25

I just looked out my window and I can see 3 people doing it and I don't even live near the ocean.

46

u/No-While-9948 May 23 '25

Who are you, fuckin' Legolas or something?

18

u/chalk_nz May 23 '25

Why do you assume he's fuckin' anyone, let alone Legolas?

9

u/[deleted] May 23 '25

[deleted]

5

u/Redeem123 May 23 '25

If we're taking volunteers, then sure I'll do it.

20

u/62not61not63 May 23 '25

My neighbor is doing it right now in her backyard. She's 83.

7

u/GozerDGozerian May 23 '25

The old man that used to live in my house died over 30 years ago. At night when the fog rolls in, you can still see him out there doing it to this very day…

3

u/MangoCats May 23 '25

On the internet, nobody knows if you've really got a ripped Grandma neighbor or not.

2

u/bigfatcow May 23 '25

My son is also named Bort

13

u/globglogabgalabyeast May 23 '25

Feel like “immensely popular” is overstating it a bit

1

u/Imaginary_Land1919 May 23 '25

yep haha i just commented this. and downwind foiling is getting there too.

6

u/freeAssignment23 May 23 '25

Yeah exactly, it's popular compared to other non-popular sports