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World champion surfer Tristan

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Kifer has out surfed them all [Tristan surfing]

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professional surfers from every corner

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of the earth or never the edge of a

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sphere is have tried and failed to beat him

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at this point Tristan has only one [Tristan with a gold medal]

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challenge left to overcome.

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He desperately wants to beat the speed of

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light his friends have advised him to [Friend advising Tristain not to beat the speed of light]

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let this one go but Tristan has always

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been more brawn than brains he'll just

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have to learn this one the hard way

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Tristan figures that beating light

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should be right in his wheelhouse light

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travels in waves and well so does he [Tristan surfing on a light wave]

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unfortunately what Tristan doesn't know

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about light could fill a beach house he

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doesn't know for example that the speed

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of light is a constant in other words it

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travels at exactly the same speed [Wave of speed of light and shark moves along]

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whether or not it's being chased by a

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hungry shark that speed is 2.99 eight

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times ten to the eighth meters per

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second or if you're big on seeing

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everything written out in long form well

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here you go yes that.. This constant speed

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is symbolized by the letter C Tristan

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also doesn't know that the speed of

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light is equal to wavelength time [Speed of light formula on a chalkboard]

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frequency which are represented by these

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symbols right here now wavelength and

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frequency are not constant but they are

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inversely proportional i.e when one gets

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bigger the other gets smaller which is

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how the speed of light remains constant

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no matter what yet another thing about

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which Tristan is clueless is the concept [Tristain standing alone in a room]

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of amplitude imagine a calm ocean not

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Tristan's cup of tea but stick with us this

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is like the baseline of a wave now when

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a storm's a-brewin and those waves are [Wave going through an ocean]

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really rolling there is oscillation as

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sometimes the top of a wave is higher

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than our baseline and sometimes the

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surface of the water is a bit below our

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baseline roughly the same dealio with

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waves of light the distance the height or

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depth of a wave extends above or below

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the baseline is the amplitude niche [Height shown for a wave]

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looks like if this wave could use an

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amplitude adjustment anyway, Tristan

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armed with practically zero knowledge

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but the heart of a champion is all ready [Tristan on a beach with his surfboard]

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for the big day so close one can anyone

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say rematch..

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