Surfing is an activity predominantly enjoyed during the day, primarily for reasons of warmth and water safety. Of course, if you prefer to carve the waves at night, you might enjoy the latest project from [Moritz Sivers] – a surfboard kitted out with motion-reactive LEDs.
The build consists of a regular surfboard, with a channel cut around the perimeter into which WS2812B LED strips are glued. Powered by a lithium rechargable battery, commands are given by an Arduino Nano hooked up to a MPU6050 3-axis gyroscope. This allows the Arduino to change the light patterns based on the movement of the board. Left and right turns, pumping the board, and surfing down a wave all come with their own animations.
It’s a fun twist on night surfing, and makes it easier to spot a downed surfer, too. It’s a build we expect to see recreated in a high-end 4K surf film before the year is out. Of course, if you just need to know if the conditions are right before you head out, this surf weather station might be just the build for you. Video after the break.
I like the headline picture, complete with signage stating swimming in that spillway could result in death.
At least they weren’t doing it next to a submerged weir aka drowning machine.
Surfboard LED Strips [Attract Man-Eating Sharks]
Sharks gotta eat too, hang 5.
Kraken bait! Not to mention The Doors of his Face, The Lamps of his Mouth.
Oh oh! “If you build it they will come”.
“It’s a build we expect to see recreated in a high-end 4K surf film before the year is out.”
Might even be a match for George Greenough’s short film Echoes
That’s the standing wave on the Eisbach in the English Garden in Munich, I think. Looked like great fun when I visited, but I never actually tried to surf it!
No it’s not. At the Eisbach aren’t any fences or concrete walls, must be somewhere else. look -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF0xsYHxv6o&ab_channel=HvdH-Sport
It’s E2: the little Eisbach wave.
http://wortwellenreiter.de/riversurfen-kleine-e2-eisbachwelle-muenchen.html