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Here's some nerd candy.

The corn starch mixture becomes more viscous as pressure increases, so forced oscillations form these patterns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq3ZjY0Uf-g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxk3VqZZBsw

Surface tension is awesome. There would be no surfing without surface tension.

Holdy

Can you put that sentiment into graph form...
Or a scientific formula?

Doc

Thanks for asking. Here's some light reading that should support that statement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_tension

Yeah, maybe a nice histogram with the spreadsheet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at50acNlke8&feature=related

The physics that describes this also describes the Kirkwood Gap; an elliptical region near Jupiter that tends to kick matter out due to resonance between central forces from gravitational potential and their orbital periods.

How 'bout a new post on the physics of noseriding?
From the science guys...
I've seen some good explanations before...
But it's been awhile.

Doc

I've only gotten a cheater five up there, so I don't know if I'm qualified to make a hypothesis. I've thought about it for hours though.

The basic aspects being...
Forward motion...
Speed...
Downward pressure of rider's weight...
Downward pressure of water on tail of board...
Other aspects...
Surface tension...
Water flow...
Tail/fin configuration...
Ow.

steepness of wave, and size of gut.



(this is now surf related)

Well you can highline... Lowline or midline... I was never that good at math... Just surfed too much I guess...