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WALKING ON WATER MADE POSSIBLE

Walking on the Charles River, MA - Demo Video of Prototype


-Click to watch this walking on water demo movie on YouTube


WE CURRENTLY DO NOT OFFER A WALK-ON-WATER PRODUCT

We do offer licenses to manufacture and distribute commercial products using our walking-on-water invention.
We are also offering for sale U.S. utility patents US #6,764,363 and #7,121,910 entitled "Upright human floatation apparatus and propulsion mechanism therefor".
Please contact us
for details




Walking on the Charles River, Massachusetts

From ancient Egypt and Greece to India and China - people have always dreamt of walking on water.
Snowshoes make it possible to walk in deep snow, and now our patented invention (US #
6,764,363 and US #7,121,910) enables walking on water.

Another Human Dream Materialized

In Boston, 1858 -H.R. Rowlands had experimented with walking on water long before the Wright brothers tried solving another crazy dream: human flight.
Rowlands and other inventors that followed over the past centuries tried hard and were granted numerous patents but achieved little real progress  -Walking on water is an elusive and complex technical problem involving mainly stability, control and efficient conversion of the legs' movement into effective propulsion.
We solved this problem in 2002 and our invention is protected by U.S. Patents No. 6,764,363 and 7,121,910.


Walking on the Charles River, Massachusetts

How It's Done


Our invention makes it possible for a person to walk on water at a near normal gait without using any additional accessory.  
The user gets into the pontoons on dry land, steps into the water and simply keeps going forward after losing contact with solid ground.  Bindings are not necessary.
Slow current, small waves, mild wind and underwater obstacles offer little problem and walking through thin ice is quite easy.  The user is changing direction by shifting his weight and changing the direction of his feet and legs.
When going back to land the water walker just walks towards shore and gradually steps out of the water with his feet still inside the pontoons.
Using this invention people may navigate on water in a manner substantially similar to the way they do on dry land, but not as easily and swiftly: Snow shoeing is a good analogy.
The invention also enables jumping on water (see photo).
Stepping becomes unnecessary with a strong wind is blowing in a favorable direction.

Possible Applications
  • We see possible products in the fields of outdoor sports and recreation
  • When used for fishing the invention offers good mobility and the ability to cast standing in full confidence
  • Special models could be used in ice rescue operations
Walking on water in Cohasset Harbor, MA
Walking on the water - Cohasset Harbor, Massachusetts





What does Wavewalk do?

Wavewalk, Inc. is a company specializing in Micronautics, that is the design of aquatic sports products and small watercrafts.
We manufacture and sell direct the W Kayak, which is based on another proprietary technology that we developed.


W Kayak 'Walking On Waves' Demo Video (2 minutes)


-Click to play video

The W Kayak technology is protected by U.S. utility patent number 6,871,608 entitled "Twin hull personal watercraft"



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...-"Yet he was quickly gliding along like a cross-country skier.  Rosen stayed upright and asked if I'd like to give it a shot."
"The Dreamer"
Article by
Stephen Jermanok 
The Boston Globe 09/26/2004    
  


"Inventing a Way to Walk on Water" 
Article by
Teresa Riordan 
The New York Times 
08/02/2004




























































































































































Wavewalking...
W kayak - wavewalking in Jenness Beach, NH



Click images to go to Wavewalk's website