Using Math to Skate On Thin Ice
People get nervous when they see Märten Ajne ice skating. He intentionally skates on extremely thin ice. Ajne has pursued this dangerous hobby for 40 years and has skated on more than 1,800 bodies of water from Norway to North America. He uses his knowledge as a mathematician and a highly-trained ear to stay safe. Ajne can actually calculate how thick the ice is by listening to the sound it makes when he glides across it. Join us for one of the coolest math lessons ever taught.
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Funny! In math class my grades are the one skating on thin ice.
@paper2941
4 жыл бұрын
Damn I can relate to that
@tree8821
4 жыл бұрын
This is so original 😂
@pillowx4473
4 жыл бұрын
Gurple Purple omg 😂
@ahmadalfalasi2183
4 жыл бұрын
You must be getting A’s in english and grammar
@The_Homie_Huevon
4 жыл бұрын
Well your not alone lol
“You’re on thin ice buddy” “Good thing I’m good at math”
@share4ukh130
4 жыл бұрын
it's fun sure??
@khimmo-seta4972
4 жыл бұрын
1.3k likes 1 reply
@mxtchawinter
3 жыл бұрын
2K likes 2 replies
This guy should be in math textbooks instead of people who have 30 pineapples and 50 melons
@mrmudmigsgaming7668
4 жыл бұрын
Johnny with 20 bottles of dish soap
@IIzachBuilds
4 жыл бұрын
@NutellaNugget MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS DAVID. WHY YOU WORRY ABOUT IT? IT'S my LiFe! Damn
@TheSheiban
4 жыл бұрын
The guy with 30 pineapples and 50 melons probably fell through thin ice because of the extra weight and should be memorialized...
@AmBatuKamMZ
4 жыл бұрын
@NutellaNugget johnny johnny Are you eating soap
@vivares765
4 жыл бұрын
Lil Ho has 50 Jamaican leaves. How many does Ho need to get high
I’m bad at math, so I’m assuming the chances of me falling are exponentially higher
@acardboardbox9386
4 жыл бұрын
I’m Bad at math so my chances of falling are lower I believe
@tic9563
4 жыл бұрын
I just don't walk on the ice tbh
@joblessalex
4 жыл бұрын
Order of magnitude
@nocent6134
4 жыл бұрын
I’m Asian, so I can’t be bad at school or math
@madbull04
4 жыл бұрын
I am also bad at math so the chances of me falling in are lower
"I've been skating on thin ice for 40 years." Same, but figuratively.
@constellious
4 жыл бұрын
@@dev-ei9oz woooooosh
@sarahwong754
4 жыл бұрын
This comment is hilarious and deserves more love
@ItsTheCookingBooth
4 жыл бұрын
@@sarahwong754 thx :)
@TheNinetySecond
4 жыл бұрын
Ay 420 likes lmao nice
@ladyhaha7548
4 жыл бұрын
My *Grades* have been skating for 8years on thin ice now
"He skates in places like Norway" *Shows a picture of Sweden*
@jonasthemovie
4 жыл бұрын
Gaming Kraken He is swedish right?
@jonasthemovie
4 жыл бұрын
Gaming Kraken Shows map of where he as skates.
@augusthjertstedt2408
4 жыл бұрын
@@jonasthemovie ye, the narrator got it wrong
@jonasthemovie
4 жыл бұрын
August Hjertstedt How did they get it wrong?
@1tems
4 жыл бұрын
Rip Jöergan
student: we will never use algebra in real life teacher: let me show you a video *shows this* students: +10 brain cells
@dvorak826
4 жыл бұрын
BeautifulPink PrettyTreeYT2.0 Congrats! Your students has gained +10 Brain Cells! Your student’s level is now -12!
@Michelle-ns7vp
4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@gugulethumhlungu9533
4 жыл бұрын
Yes I love fucking skating on thin ice and doing math in my head the entire time
@JulianSki
4 жыл бұрын
Awe yes I will totally need algebra to measure ice so it's possible for me to skate on it
@apacheattackhelicopter5823
4 жыл бұрын
Woah you just gained 10 more brain cells then I have
Hope he has done the math to get out of water in case he falls
@MrZarewna
4 жыл бұрын
I know this is a joke, but it is most certain that he has had his ice baths to learn from mistakes. I'm no mathematician, but every year I go to weak ice and it's always very exciting adventure. You'll learn from it. I've had my share of ice baths as well from falling through ice, but last time that happened.... 15 years ago or so?
@ooogabooga9216
4 жыл бұрын
We learn what to do when we fall under ice in sweden
@r3ki474
4 жыл бұрын
MrZarewna r/woooosh?
@MrZarewna
4 жыл бұрын
@@r3ki474 As I said in the beginning, I know it is a joke. No woosh for me. Just wanted to clarify it's natural to learn these things. You don't need to be a mathematician to do so.
@anon2916
4 жыл бұрын
AviationGeek-14 r/wooosh
I though he was going to write math problems with his skates.
@ThePursuer7
4 жыл бұрын
Can be dope af
@cubingwithcarl4572
4 жыл бұрын
Daniel Cordero lol
I personally stay on dry ground... I mean you could too if you want, it's fun
@rice.jpg2
4 жыл бұрын
Isaac Taylor-Cummings when you’re walking and a sink hole appears
@tic9563
4 жыл бұрын
@@rice.jpg2 I personally walk in the other direction
It's all fun and games until you slip and fall into freezing cold water
@kimilsungia7507
4 жыл бұрын
first (also sub to my channel pls)
@lelouchlamperlouge8152
4 жыл бұрын
oh hello, long time no see.
@butteredbananas1394
4 жыл бұрын
Hi
@tempestshadow9992
4 жыл бұрын
Hey, let’s have some... fun ;)
@elijah4973
4 жыл бұрын
First time seeing justin y with less that 20 likes
He’s skated in Norway Proceeds to show a map containing like 2 in Norway and 17600 in Sweden
@jonasthemovie
4 жыл бұрын
oober bear He skated in North America, also shows a map of North America. See how that works?
@jonasthemovie
4 жыл бұрын
kakikori He is swedish........
@Pebphiz
4 жыл бұрын
@@jonasthemovie I feel like you must have misunderstood both comments. OP was pointing out that Norway was mentioned by name, despite the guy having only skated on a couple of lakes there, while he has skated on hundreds in Sweden. Additionally, the map is centered on Sweden, so why was Norway the country mentioned by name in the narration? Shouldn't it have been Sweden that was mentioned? Hope that clears things up.
@roaldsomers127
4 жыл бұрын
The real question is why did he mention Central and Eastern Europe whilst showing Sweden and Finland on the map?
Bruh imagine if you died beacause You miscalculated a single number
@thesmart4128
4 жыл бұрын
pretty sure that's happened before
@CooManTunes
4 жыл бұрын
BRUH IMAGINE IF YOU BRUH BECAUSE YOU BRUH A SINGLE BRUH.
@kirausu5937
4 жыл бұрын
Bruh
Dude i read the title as "using meth to skate on thin ice"
Amazing!! Id love to try it, but with this guy as my instructor. Math and nature coming together 🔢✖➕➖➗💚
‘He has studied ice for ten years’ This man spends 1/4 of his life looking at ice. Respect.
*When you have the highest grade in math*
When the math teacher says “you’re laying on thin ice” *modern problems require modern solutions*
nice video man a always learn a lot of you guys thank you
Interesting. He is using clack skates which are fairly rare. They are attached just at the toe, usually using a cross-country ski boot.
I love how you can see the flexibility of the ice as he skates!
*Albert Einstein:* Ah that's cold! That's cold!
@tic9563
4 жыл бұрын
Gahh. It's Winter time!
When I lived in Maine I use to do this on rivers. The middle would be flowing water and frozen along the edges of the river , stream. Ice would freeze over the rocks made natural ramps. On the stream I would jump over the unfrozen part. One time I jumped the middle and when I landed on the other side one leg went through the ice up to my knee. My momentum nearly snapped my knee over like a chicken leg. It hurt for a long time.
Love these types of videos!
At first I thought the title was “using meth skate on thin ice”!
@Darthsabi
4 жыл бұрын
I mean you could.... it wouldn't be as effective though
@aporia9135
4 жыл бұрын
lol no XD
Graphic showed an A when narrator said it was a high C. Up another line!
@Sean35267
4 жыл бұрын
Glad I'm not the only one it triggered. They must've been thinking in the bass, or else just didn't do any research.
@aceman199
4 жыл бұрын
The illustrator nailed this one. Smh
@MaRa-ob2ql
3 жыл бұрын
It actually is a high C, not an A.
@MaRa-ob2ql
3 жыл бұрын
they show the G at 00:46 under the first added line and when they show the C at 00:47 you can see that the graphic goes up for another line.
You need to enchant your skies with frostwalker
Mathematician: "I've been skating on thin ice for 40 years." Me: Lol, same here buddy.
That’s a pretty cool mathmation
“Highest C” *shows A” 🤔🤔🤔
@hectorojeda8525
4 жыл бұрын
They confused the clefs.
@alicetian8849
4 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this comment lmao
@TheNinetySecond
4 жыл бұрын
"He has skated in Norway" \*shows Sweden*
@nayon4291
4 жыл бұрын
It's actually a C, they just didn't show the line below it, if you watch closely how the picture differs from the one shown several seconds before you see that they show 2 different lines on top and in the second picutre they just dont show the one below
@nayon4291
4 жыл бұрын
Like compare picture 0.42 to the one at 0.47 , the line on the top is at another height
You can see the ice bending when he skates, amazing.
I went on ice as thin as 1.5" or 38mm when I was a kid and about 120 lbs. I was cracking, but still supported well. It was a river, so I stayed rather close to shore where I had shoveled an area. Not the smartest thing to do, but I remember it well.
@OmmerSyssel
2 жыл бұрын
Except for the danger of missing essential rescue equipment, your wasn't that much off in your assessment. He stated that 30 mm was the thinnest ice he would trust skating.
The views are breathtaking but too dangerous for my blood.
@MsMrapplepie
4 жыл бұрын
Rammiii I appreciate it bro, it help my skin
@kaurvirunurm
Жыл бұрын
Most free skating is done on ice 10+ cm thick. It's mostly safe :) This quy is on the extreme edge of this hobby, but there are many many skaters in the Nordic countries, most of them alive from year to year :)
@MsMrapplepie
Жыл бұрын
@@kaurvirunurm I have the grace and balance of a sloth. It’s not happening 🙈
Some people like to game. Some people like to read. This man however, blows everyone else out of the water.
@shoooooooooooooooooooooooooobi
4 жыл бұрын
Oh hi Justin
@saw7191
4 жыл бұрын
oH hEy jUstIn
@jagfan101
4 жыл бұрын
Nice try at least..
Maths Teacher : Maths will get you so far in life! Me : yeah right. This Man : *hold my skates*
This is like the coolest thing youtube recommended in a while
everybody gangsta until the thin ice breaks
so this is the only time when math comes in handy..
Student: Do I need all this knowledge in the future Maths teacher: Yeah, for ice-skating
Man: I’m good at math Thin ice: *am I a joke to you?*
It is amazing that mathematics can help sc8ting on ice
Meet MARTEN AJNE MARTEN AJNE:Hi im Marten Ajne
Once you know how to work the formula it all comes down to experience. Everyone can do the math that prepares you to ice skate like this but not everyone can make that formula. Good video, must be fun to measure and then live the testing phase of the formula: this man is X.
My teacher: You'll lose math in the real world, I swear Math in the real world:
"Norway" *shows map of sweden*
@jonasthemovie
4 жыл бұрын
Fred Map of where he has skated, including Norway and easter Europe. But guess what, most dots are in Sweden.
It’s Big BRaiN TimE
Why is everyone else’s math teacher so cool
@2:15 is a gorgeous shot. I can only imagine how good it would feel to skate with the glowing sun going down(?) in front of you.
That’s cool....I hate maths .-.
Me: *sees name* “Mortan Aj-knee” Him: “I’m Mortan Eye-ner” Me: 🤨
Man, this is an old story...feel like I watched it on KZread a year or so ago...still neat video!
"I couldn't do math to save my life." On thin ice, that expression becomes literal.
When he says norway it looks like ge has skated more in sweden. XD
@jonasthemovie
4 жыл бұрын
Ville Lindskog He is swedish so it is kinda obvious...
@stuehl8607
4 жыл бұрын
@@jonasthemovie yes but they said norway
@jonasthemovie
4 жыл бұрын
Ville Lindskog and also eastern Europe.....
@stuehl8607
4 жыл бұрын
@@jonasthemovie sweden is in northwestern europe
@jonasthemovie
4 жыл бұрын
Ville Lindskog Yes? They show a map of all the places he has skated and mentions Norway and eastern Europe. What is the problem?
Since he has a good maths brain.. He has more than 10, 000 IQ
@GoldenFreddy-py7kz
4 жыл бұрын
You have gone too far dude.
Never thought that a math Teacher would be soooo *Cool*
Yea right, this guy is trying to cover up the underwater space battle
It will be more fun when you drop in the water 💧:)
@gameplaychannel1309
4 жыл бұрын
You're a sick human being
@joelrehn6847
4 жыл бұрын
Happend to me last year. Quite an experience
@hayleyzak1900
4 жыл бұрын
gameplay Channel well go try it my freind fell in ice once it is very dangerous so he is a good human to be honest
@marem3038
4 жыл бұрын
@@gameplaychannel1309 You are sicker
@thefunchannel7088
4 жыл бұрын
gameplay Channel ik I am sik in a good way and your in bad :)
Better watch out bud your skating on thin ice
Please use the ice friction energy to navigate. At very low voltages you can use airfriction or skatte vibration ultrasound that is store somewher in the iron. Thank you.
What does he do in the summer study on how to walk on water
There is nothing mathematical about what he does, a quick google search shows he falls through the ice often.
How is this so mathy If that’s even a word
@virg0h
4 жыл бұрын
he knows how thin the ice is by hearing the pitches whilst he skates, for an example hearing a highest pitch means the ice is 3cm which is as thin as it gets before it finally cracks
@virg0h
4 жыл бұрын
he uses coincidence frequency (when a vibration is sufficiently achieved to the wavelength of the ice so it’s equivalent to the wavelength in the air)
@tanyahubbard7384
4 жыл бұрын
Oh, thanks
Wow fascinating !!!
I didnt know you need trigonometry for this...damn i thought we will be using some simple maths
I am mathematician but I don't know how I can use my MATH to be a millionaire!? Anyone with idea !!!?
@Sportamrina
4 жыл бұрын
There's actually a video on that too. A mathematician became a billionaire by using math in the stock market.
@Sportamrina
4 жыл бұрын
James Harris Simons
@Sportamrina
4 жыл бұрын
Video: Billionaire Mathematician - Numberphile
@AP-nn7lz
4 жыл бұрын
Rob a bank and use math to plan lol
9+10=21
This caught my attention because I'm good at math while being a freestyle ice skater
Thats one passionate mathematician
2:06 Thats not Norway, thats Sweden. Can you please waste literally one minute of your life to give us the right facts next time?
@TheDonkyGamePlay
4 жыл бұрын
Actually that's UK
@subtopewdiepie2967
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheDonkyGamePlay i mean the second picture, where he said Norway... 🙃🙃
@Violetenist
4 жыл бұрын
@@subtopewdiepie2967 did you know Norway conquered Sweden and Equatorial Guinea? And France has been exiled by Luxembourg to Brazil?
That sound is a music to my ears
According to my mom, I’ve been skating on thin ice for nearly two decades
Teachers: you never know when you’ll need math This guy: thanks
That sound when he skates on ice sounds like when you pick up something from a game or lot’s of something
I just calculate how many times I can hit the snooze button in the morning and still make it to work on time.
Ice skating is the one thing in life that math can be used for when my teacher asked me that question
What’s it like falling in thin ice
And what happens if you fall in and cant get out?
This channel can put television shows to shame
This should be known as great math story instead of great big story.
NOW it makes sense why glass break when a too high pitched sound is produced
Next great big story video Using math to eat a burger
You already know I’m gonna play pondy with him
That is METAL.
In my town in Finland every year at autumn there is always couple cases who have drowned when they tried to skate too early on too thin ice
Your skating on thin ice buddy.... Wait a minute
Haven’t I seen this video somewhere else before?
ive played pond hockey but this guy is nuts.
Great example of one reason why mathmatics is the key to littarly everything
This is the guy you hear teachers talk about when teaching quadratic equations.
wasn't this uploaded before?
🤔This is the one time IRL when you can actually use those math equations they taught you. 😆😂🤣
You con also use of ultrasounds geneated by the skates to probe the ice,:by a symple iron tablets mounted in the skatte blade to navigate or to probe the ice thickness or inertialy or even thermally at very low voltages. Anyhow thank you for my SFI courses. Take care.
Now i know what my math teacher is doing in free time
I like that you say Norway and shows Sweden👍🏼
He is using more physics than maths
Ohh Dr . Marten Ajne my Father taught me to "wild ice " skate decades ago on frozen bays along the lake where we live in California!!! He would tap the ice with a strong hiking pole to check how thick it was and off we would skate! Even though we live in California, we live over two thousand meters in altitude!
This guy would be a great ice fisherman
Can this be done more than once on the same ice?
2:06 They got Sweden and Norway mixed up. He's been skating very much in Sweden but not at all in Norway according to the map, yet the voiceover said "Norway". He's from Sweden. Also, in the description, his name is spelt wrong. He's called Mårten, but it's written 'Märten' there. Mårten is a common Swedish name, Märten isn't a real name. Yes, there is a difference between Å and Ä.
I wonder how many times that stick has saved his life after falling in.