Whale Crushes Kayak
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Regis fait...
The video orginally had a french title, "Regis fait du kayak". The Regis series of videos is based on a common french joke, meaning Regis the simple jerk who never manages to do anything right. There are several variations that circulate the internet like:
Fake?
Experienced kayakers were suspicious right as it's very hard to hold down a kayak that long. As even if a kayak is held under a few seconds by a huge wave they shoot to the surface like a missle not slowly rising like in the video. Also Killer Whales are huge animals and if that was a glancing blow it should have sommersaulted the kayak not submerged it, if it was a full on hit the paddler would have been crushed and boat would have been deformed.
Soon it emerged that the video was commisioned by Powerade as a Korean-language commercial[1]. The footage is actually taken from a documentry about the cruelity of Aquariums, called Lolita Slave to Entertainment, and altered to add digital kayakers.
| It's part of a Korean-language version of a commercial for Powerade energy drink (a product of the Coca-Cola Company). Powerade is noted for producing commercials using a variety of tricky visual effects to depict athletes accomplishing seemingly impossible feats of strength and skill (to the accompaniment of breathless narration by on-the-spot announcers), and this kayak commercial is yet another example of that genre.[1] | 
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Translation
The video is created as though it is being filmed by amateur camerman like a tourist out with his family whale watching. As such there is voices in the backgroud and the video is narrated by one mature Korean-male who screams his amazement at the events unfolding. He can be translated as saying:
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