Transport
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Transport
Surfing the wake created by nothing but a board
In wakesurfing, a rider trails close behind a motorized source, drops the tow rope, and rides the endless, artificial wave left behind. Because you aren't…
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Passing straight through solid walls like a ghost
Why use doors when your molecules can simply ignore solid matter? The concept of intangibility allows supernatural beings and comic book heroes to walk…
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Curling into a sphere to splash maximum water
The goal of a cannonball dive is not simply to enter the water, but to displace as much of it as violently as possible. By tucking your knees to your chest…
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Rolling across the pool in a sealed sphere
If you want to walk on water but lack divine intervention, just zip yourself inside a giant, airtight plastic bubble. You can furiously run like a hamster,…
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Spinning around a vertical pole purely for momentum
Using a fixed vertical mast to perform gravity-defying spins requires an absurd understanding of centrifugal force. By gripping the pole and launching their…
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Some parks launch people from trebuchets
Some extreme sports parks looked at medieval history and decided that siege weapons needed a modern revival. Using a massive trebuchet, they load willing…
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Teleporting through fireplaces with green powder
Why use a door when you can aggressively hurl yourself into a fireplace? In magical fiction, wizards use glowing green powder to commute through the chimney…
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Swinging through the jungle on dangling ropes
Fictional jungle heroes possess an uncanny ability to find perfectly spaced, impossibly strong hanging ropes just exactly when they need to travel. By…
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Vanishing instantly after reciting three magical words
Magical apparition requires the user to focus on Destination, Determination, and Deliberation to instantaneously blink out of existence and appear elsewhere.…
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Levitating objects across the room using your mind
When getting up to grab the remote feels like entirely too much work, fictional characters simply stare at it until it floats into their hand. Telekinesis…
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Falling entirely down a magical rabbit hole
Sometimes the best way to travel to a wonderland is to blindly tumble down a dark, seemingly bottomless tunnel. In the classic tale, this entirely passive…
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Flapping oversized magical appendages to fly
In classic animation, if your ears are large enough, they can miraculously function as highly efficient wings. Despite the absolute lack of pectoral muscles…
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Jousting while balancing on tall extended poles
In the Namur region of Belgium, simply standing on elongated poles wasn't thrilling enough, so they invented stilt jousting. Competitors actively try to knock…
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Sliding down a giant magical rainbow
Norse mythology features a glowing, multicolored span of light that acts as the sole access point between the realm of the gods and humanity. Guarded by an…
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Racing down steep playground chutes
The classic playground slide is a child's first introduction to gravity-assisted transit. You climb a structurally dubious ladder only to immediately sit down…
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Riding a woven tapestry while singing duets
When trying to impress royalty, ditch the standard horse and opt for a sentient, hovering rug. This enchanted textile allows couples to aggressively swoop…
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Riding a continuous artificial sheet wave
Why wait for the ocean to do something interesting when you can build a machine to aggressively blast a thin layer of water over a padded incline? This setup…
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Floating in a massive vertical wind tunnel
For those who want the terror of falling without the inconvenience of actually moving anywhere, indoor skydiving is the perfect solution. By standing over a…
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Bouncing on large bouncy spheres with handles
Originally introduced in the 1960s as a fun fitness gimmick, sitting on a giant inflatable sphere and violently thrusting your hips to move forward is peak…
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Why Santa's chimney route makes no sense
Popularized by Washington Irving, the folklore surrounding a jolly man entering houses strictly through the fireplace makes absolutely no architectural sense.…
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Hanging under a completely soft fabric wing
Unlike rigid hang gliders, paragliders rely entirely on air pressure to give their soft canopy a wing-like shape. You run off a high slope, the wind inflates…
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Skimming across shallow shore water on flat boards
Instead of paddling out into the deep, some thrill-seekers prefer to run full speed at the shoreline, drop a flat piece of wood, and jump on it. Skimboarding…
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Swinging between structures on heroic webs
Rather than taking a taxi, certain superhero logic dictates shooting incredibly strong adhesive ropes at tall buildings and swinging like an urban pendulum.…
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Sliding on wet slick surfaces in the backyard
The quintessential summer transit method involves laying down a long strip of slick material, covering it in hose water, and throwing yourself at it…
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