Lazy River Basic Operations

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In this video, I discuss how river motivators are the primary equipment for the operation of a lazy river. This is quite basic, and I will go into greater detail when we have water in the attraction.
The river motivators are provided by www.riverflowpumps.com. Check them out, they also have residential models available.
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@tonyabbot6771 3 года назад

Bull crap you do not know what you are talking about.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thanks, love you too!😛

@gazloading 3 года назад

I think he does, what made you feel this way?

@Lizard6376 3 года назад

No no, he makes a good argument with a lot of well researched points. Sorry PoolGuy, sounds like you don't know what you're talking about 🙃

@tonyabbot6771 3 года назад

@@gazloading I have engendered a lot of lazy rivers in my day at many theme parks and this one did not look to my standard.

@myzerman1761 3 года назад

@@tonyabbot6771 do you get off on being a toxic piece of crap or is it a condition?

@joshb7041 3 года назад

I came across this channel randomly and I dig the content so much

@alexheavens5592 3 года назад

Samr thing

@TheOpendesign 3 года назад

Same here!

@CMSounds18 3 года назад

Same here. Hopefully this guy can get some more subscribers and views. I posted one of his wave pool videos on Reddit - look forward to more content

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thanks for that. Out of curiosity, what subreddit did you put that in?

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thanks, Happy Holidays!

@Science759 3 года назад

There is something about water park / pool equipment that is so obscure yet interesting. The abandoned Rock-A-Hoola waterpark got me interested in it. It is really neat to see first hand content on operational equipment and design.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Oh man, I just read about this facility. Such a shame, the Rock theme looked amazing. Looking at the remains hurts my heart.

@mrmustache8735 3 года назад

I managed to go there a few years ago. Really quite something to be seen. All the empty pools, old slides, worn down buildings. Funnily enough there's still a huge body of water that still remains. Even though it's in the middle of the desert.

@Science759 3 года назад

@@mrmustache8735 From what I understand the water park was built in that location because that location is really near the water table in terms of elevation or something like that. The "pond" was the original water park - it had huge steel slides back in the day. They expanded by building the giant lake and park. The big lake doesn't fill anymore but the pond still will hold some water. I think the trees growing on the eastern edge of the property is also due to the water.

@Wheatley_Darwin 3 года назад

I know quite a few people that have a massive fear of these kinds of systems, it’s good to know they are equipped with safety devices

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Safety is priority in amusement facilities in Texas. We actually follow very stringent codes and regulations.

@Arthur-ke9vz 4 месяца назад

I’m petrified of a wave pool . Absolutely not!!!

@dogieeu 10 часов назад

I'm one of them but its so interesting damn (still terrified)

@deephorizon1365 3 года назад

Thanks for the content! I love seeing the inner mechanisms and stuff, even though they terrify me haha

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thanks, Happy Holidays!

@Rjg-rl1op 3 года назад

This was a great eye opener I always wondered how lazy rivers work

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thanks, Happy Holidays!

@lilqman2012 3 года назад

I live in New Braunfels and grew up going to Schlitterbahn and have always wondered how everything works in the lazy river and wave pools! Im glad I found your page.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thanks, still my favorite water park.

@samcaldwell5413 3 года назад

I work as a ride operator at a theme park(although I have worked at the water park a few times), and this content is right up my alley! I love seeing the inner workings of these sorts of things!

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Very cool!

@spacecat7247 3 года назад

Liking the pool stuff. All of it. I spent time on pools. Digging and installing, general maintenance. Deck work etc. Cool stuff. Ty for the vids.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thank you, more to come so please subscribe if you haven't.

@spacecat7247 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy subscribed for sure. Keep up the cool vids.

@Descubre617 3 года назад

Love your channel man, super in depth and informative, always been curious about this sort of thing and your channel is hands down the best I've ever seen for it. Cheers dude!

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

I appreciate that!

@christopherswanson1628 3 года назад

I look everyday for a new upload from him. This is extremely interesting

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Glad you enjoy, more to come.

@technicaltoaster3473 3 года назад

Very cool. Looking forward to a more in-depth look at this system

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thanks, Happy Holidays!

@keithfeller8957 3 года назад

I used to take care of hotel pools. Love your channel! Keep it up!

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Awesome! Thank you!

@JetDom767 3 года назад

I never thought I would be interested but here I am you got yourself a subscriber cant wait to see the switch on!

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thanks, more to come I promise.

@FreakinRocket 3 года назад

This is exciting. I was so happy when I saw this title.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thanks, Happy Holidays!

@jasonmitchell7677 3 года назад

Awesome videos, thanks for showing us behind the scenes.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

More to come!

@InTrollzRus 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for your knowledge. New to lazy river building.

@thepoolguy 7 месяцев назад

Have fun!

@CalebVB Год назад

My local water park is ocean breeze in va beach, and it’s lazy River has motivators and has its own mini wave machine that has only one blower and it placed in the back of the longest stretch of River, creating and rapid sensation. The River contains waterfalls, fountains, water buckets, and many more effects. It also is on a mini island with its own restaurant.

@HighTechLab 3 года назад

Love the content and get extremely excited every new video you upload. would love to see the main drains and how that ties into the surge pit you showed in another video that has a 30-in line. Wonderful content and look forward to seeing more

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

That one is coming soon.

@HighTechLab 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy awesome I am super excited!!!!

@danthelocksmithman 3 года назад

dude keep these videos coming, im hooked.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thanks!

@iceair7672 3 года назад

Thanks for the videos. Very informative and concise. After today I think I know which water park you're at too. Cheers from PA

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Howdy Friend, Greetings from Texas! Thanks, Happy Holidays!

@Dusky_The_Husky 3 года назад

I used to work for six flags great escape lodge and indoor water park as a water tech, and the mini lazy river we had, had only 1 motivator ( but 2 jets) We called it the river "booster" and "booster pump". This was a more closed system were it drew water from in the river, then piped straight to a massive centrifugal pump (can't remember the exact HP rating), to be pumped to the 2 boosters. One was a big jet like the one you showed, and the other was smaller.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

That's awesome! My goal is to get into the theme park side, or hard park as we like to call it.

@Dusky_The_Husky 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy yeah! It was a fun job. Definitely learned alot if not most of my pool knowledge from that 1 job. And there's a sense of satisfaction at the end of the day when the guests thank you for the work you do. Plus. How many people get to say they have the keys to the water park everyday? 🤯

@stephenhanselmann3443 3 года назад

I love this so much

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thanks, stick around for more.

@billygorman6473 3 года назад

Love your videos great info

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thanks, Happy Holidays!

@squigglydigglyhead 3 года назад

Looking forward to the breakdown!

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Coming soon.

@savanamoon107104 3 года назад

I've only ever been in lazy rivers that use the step system. I felt like a genius when I was like 5 years old and I figured out how it worked

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Freaked me out the first time I went to one like this. I wasn't expecting the drop.

@12longz 3 года назад

Idk how I stumbled on this but super cool man I love how things works videos!

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Welcome aboard!

@d00tslayer34 3 года назад

Im using your content to tryand overcome my. Phobia of drains and jets and other sucky, pipey things

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Still stay away, but they are much safer now adays.

@alexmartin5803 3 года назад

Can you do a in depth video on how you drain and fill the lazy river and how you clean it after each season it'll be cool to see.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

I have it on the schedule coming in early March.

@shakeyjakey35 3 года назад

great video intersting to watch merry christmas

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Happy holidays!

@MrJoshua1098 3 года назад

Not sure how your content made it on my suggested. But love the content. Pretty interesting stuff. Spent a lot of time at water parks as a kid. Especially kings dominion in VA and always wondered about this stuff

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@danielradcliff7081 3 года назад

I enjoyed the videos too it’s nice to learn something new Like how lazy rivers work I always wondered how The lazy river at the VA park in Clarksburg West Virginia worked I wondered if it works similar to this lazy river

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@brandoncaldwell95 3 года назад

The new braunfels one was fun. Use ti stay against the grate till the water shot out. Wouldnt surface till you're halfways around. The smaller park next to their main one used a boogie board surfing discharge for the river. The old park is on a hillside which make it flow and fall into an actual river which branches out to a guided tube ramp into the main pool which is river level.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Yes, I know the grates you're talking about. I used to do this as well!

@pjfleury4 3 года назад

Love it

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thanks, Happy Holidays!

@johnnyfiveglasgowuk 3 года назад

Could you make a video about the procedure on how you empty the system at the end of the season and how do you go about filling it back up again. Great videos. 👍

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Great suggestion, and upcoming content. I will be refilling pools in the next couple months.

@Beko500ProGolover 3 года назад

Interesting m8 . Well I subscribed for more in the future as I find this very entertaining and interesting

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Thanks, more to come.

@Beko500ProGolover 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy you're welcome and I'll look forward to it.

@finmueller7827 3 года назад

I remember when I was 9 or something I was at my local pool that had a super small lazy river that had a small whirlpool part. I remember walking around the edge of it trying to figure it out. I probably looked weird, a 9 year old just looking at the walls of a pool. Also they use boat propellers to move the water?

@TexasTimelapse 3 года назад

Ah...the ol lazy river. Hurricane Harbor was always a good place to find cash stuck on the suction grates. I used to take care of a pool at an apartment complex. I was always finding treasure in the skimmer baskets cash usually. Especially the one at the pump. Found a couple of gold rings too.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Which Hurricane Harbor?

@TexasTimelapse 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy Arlington across from Six Flags. It used to be called Wet and Wild back when I was a kid.

@gazloading 3 года назад

Very intresting, wish you would walk around while explaining, giving us a tour at 3.5 m'kays per minute.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

You bet, still getting the hang of this, And Ill try and going no more than 2.5 Mr. Mackey's a minute. mKay!

@bens3509 3 года назад

Dude I had no idea this much went into my favorite places, you should show us a start up and shut down of your wave pool

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Future content!

@corporaldestroyer2811 3 года назад

Id like to see the wave pool in action! If you could get it started up on camera and even the refilling process would be very interesting to watch! Make a timelapse of you refilling it and show is the first start after refilling! Its actually very interesting content and im hoping you can keep making great content!

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

This is for future content

@basshead2003 3 года назад

Today I learned: Backyard lazy rivers are a thing. 🤯 Guess I know what I’m having built when I win the lottery. 😂 Floating around a lazy river on a hot day, drinking ice cold beer...seems like paradise to me.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

I do too!

@Bradgilliswhammyman 2 месяца назад

would be interesting to see a engineering breakdown of the fierce river and lazy river at Volcano Bay in Orlando.

@justinrieckhoff8796 3 года назад

I came across this channel randomly as well and OMG! I’m a wave pool fanatic and love them. Thanks for the awesome videos! Can you make a video of the wave pool filling up, getting it ready, and blowers starting? Kentucky Kingdoms Wave Pool is amazing! Check out their videos if you can. Their waves are 6’ and during the “Big Kahuna” they are even larger. Thanks for the awesome videos, keep them coming!!!!!!!

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Future Content

@justinrieckhoff8796 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy thank you! Can I ask what Water park you work for?

@robbieedwardsayers2922 3 года назад

Pipes that flow into the channel are called lateral pipes like the LA river channel or the Rio Monterroso culvert system the name had originated with workers that manufactured the Rio Monterroso culvert system in the early 1970s. The lateral pipes would come out the wall draining from a storm drain grate on the side of the road or other streams or brooks that flow into tunnels that come in through the wall or wastewater greywater pipes ect

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Very interesting, thanks for the information.

@CravingTheMagic 3 года назад

I subbed so that means we need more content plus I'd like to see your media room that house the 70v amps for the music around your park

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Ill talk to my IT guy, see if he would like to do that. he is in charge of the Audio.

@CravingTheMagic 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy I want a job there

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

I gave you a sub, I see your a Thrill Seeker! Awesome.

@CravingTheMagic 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy I sure am I love theme parks and water parks

@Studio23Media 3 года назад

Oh look another subject area that I have no reason to learn about, yet am now hyper-focused on. I have no idea why I get interested in the things I do, but keep the great content coming! 😂 If you wanted, could you turn the lazy river into a motivated river? 🤔😂

@boeing747-8 3 года назад

Crank that speed up to 11.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Hey, glad you enjoyed. When you say "motivated" I think your referring to an "action river". Unfortunately, because of the low wall designs, we are unable to make this pool an action river. However, there have been talks about installing an off shoot that would go into an action type section. Still in talks only unfortunately.

@nyler10 3 года назад

Do they run from a central control panel? Or all locally switched?

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Each are operated individually from a VFD.

@davereeves1967 3 года назад

Thanks for not telling me to holla ya boi fo da pool work.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

LOl, no worries.

@jamesbing8561 3 года назад

how is the water removed for filtering? and how much is removed at once or over a certain period of time like an hour?

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Great Questions James. So this pool operates like a normal pool in the sense of filtration. About linear feet from where I'm at in the video, is the main drains for the pool. The filtration system is adjacent to that and it returns filtered water around the pool at approximately 5,000 gallons a minute.

@kristofke69 3 года назад

When you turn off the jets how long does the water keep moving around the river? Is this just minutes or an hour?

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

It can take a few hours to get the water to sit completely still. Stopping half a million gallons can take a while to stop.

@Rjg-rl1op 3 года назад

Ive been to shliterban and their wave lazy river is fun

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Still, New Braunfels facility if my favorite water park.

@KevinBenecke 3 года назад

I wish you would've taken a walk around the entire inside of this to show us how many of these there were. Does this one pump feed everything? Or are there several around it?

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

There are 16 around the entire pool

@Julian-do7bv 3 года назад

I wanted to see the walk down the river too

@vthplumbing2280 3 года назад

Are the wall drains dangerous if they are uncovered and turned on? Will you get sucked in?

@fieldfilmz 3 года назад

Really neat to see! I have been a theme/water park nut for a long time, the whole reason I went into controls engineering! What HP are those motors on the motivators? 25hp? Hope to see some more content especially on water slides!

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

10hp. You're in luck, video coming out tomorrow about water slides

@fieldfilmz 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy awesome! Can't wait that one tomorrow!

@hardwiired 3 года назад

How do you get all those leaves out when its time to fill up the pool?

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

we blow them to a corner in the river that is near a entrance and then just scoop out. Cleaning the river is a 3 day, 6 person job.

@1555yodude 3 года назад

how river motivators work ME: "you can do it"

@DC-dc6ey 3 года назад

Oh man, 3:55 is going to give me nightmares tonight. 🥴

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

LOL!

@hugoknapp 3 года назад

Interested to see what the propeller looks like on that

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Coming soon!

@Watterpolo 3 года назад

He can explain well how it works

@danieltaylor6849 3 года назад

Where are you located? We are near the Wisconsin dells and spent a ton of time going to the water parks as kids and still do quite often so this is really interesting. Keep the videos coming

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

We are located near Houston, Texas

@ericsalm9324 3 года назад

Can you do a video about the Trapdoor Slides you have there. I am very interested in learning how those work!

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

This is a future video. Should be in next couple months

@josephbennett3482 3 года назад

All it is , is just a loading canister where the rider gets into a tube and what the rider stands on is a plate held in place by a locking pin , when a piston is pressurized it holds the door in closed position then when the operator pushes the launch button all of that energy is released and the platform swings down out from under the guest and they shoot like a bullet down the slide.

@ericsalm9324 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy Yessss I can't wait!

@ericsalm9324 3 года назад

@@josephbennett3482 It'll be cool to see all those parts and stuff!

@coastlinecruiser8429 3 года назад

First things first I would like to thank you for making these videos and showing up close and in detail how these systems work, ive always been fascinated/ terrified of them and its very interesting to see exactly how they work and what lengths builder's (usually) go to to make everything safe. Now I do have to ask, why do some lazy rivers have massive 10 foot by 6 foot(slightly exaggerated)main drains? And if you have encountered them, what exactly is underneath that massive grate?

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

These can be for a number of things. Sometimes water is shared by other attractions, and these grates offer massive volumes of water to other attractions in the form a pumped water from behind the grates or simply gravity flow to other areas of the park.

@coastlinecruiser8429 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy that would make sense since the lazy river does have a lot of water that can be shared to other attractions. So then why would the grates be so damn big? Are there massive pipes underneath that grate as well?

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Most likely the pump is a little farther. Most codes won't allow the pump to be that close to the suction.

@coastlinecruiser8429 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy boy i hope so lol so basically the larger the drain the safer it is? If you ever come across one of these I would love to see a video explaining how it all works

@KingdaToro 3 года назад

When you start up the motivators at the beginning of each day, how long does it take for the overall river flow to reach full speed?

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

About 45 minutes

@BernalAzul 2 года назад

Could this be propelled by solar panels?

@T0St3d 3 года назад

i have been to the s bon lazy river and know what your talking about. i tried climbing it.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Yes, I used to get in trouble all the time for this.

@brewenshaw7501 2 года назад

what is the length of this lazy river?

@xnam01 3 года назад

Oh I wanted to see you clean it and fill it up lol

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Soon Padawan Soon

@shhmule 3 года назад

Our lazy river works purely on gravity. We have no jets or 'motivators' along the river. The boats start high up, and once they reach the finish, the boats are elevated back to the starting platform. The water is pumped up using just 2 big pumps at the end of the ride.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Schlitterbahn water park uses this strategy.

@seanmulligan4123 3 года назад

Would love to see your chlorine delivery system. You use gas or liquid?

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

I only use Calcium Hypochlorite. I will show the chlorinator in a future video.

@RelativeWind 3 года назад

Mkay

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Alright

@1000BT 3 года назад

Are those vgb

@adams9467 3 года назад

You sound like the actor/director Harold Ramis 👍

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Hmm, this one is new to me. Ill have to listen to his and see if your correct.

@iHalliex 3 года назад

Bro you need to get on tik tok people would LOVE this!!!!!!

@iHalliex 3 года назад

just seeing the behind the scenes of this

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Maybe... I have a bit of learning on it so to speak.

@Jeroen_a 3 года назад

Lazy river.... the river is not lazy at all..... it's pumping a lot of water around and around :P

@clintgray1623 3 года назад

Where you located

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Katy, Texas

@austinjordan8885 3 года назад

Where is this water parck. And it looks very abandoned

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Not abandoned, just winterized. Houston, Texas

@RushGirnty19 3 года назад

So those intakes can’t actually cause entrapment?

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

No, unless there is one missing or failed. These are antivortex anti entrapment grates.

@RushGirnty19 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy Ok thank you! I thought these could have a gradual pull to them if you got near it.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

@@RushGirnty19 leaves and trash will often be stuck on them. But you can't even feel the pull if you put your hand on them

@breadsticks98 3 года назад

Where you from mate?

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Houston, Texas Sir! How about Y'All!

@hardwiired 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy North Carolina

@consha6121 3 года назад

Wheres this park

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Houston, Texas

@somberheart84 Год назад

Why are the drains so big in a lazy river?

@thepoolguy 7 месяцев назад

Lots of water to filter and is actually safer belive it or not

@somberheart84 7 месяцев назад

@@thepoolguy that makes sense. Still super creepy lol

@ochettekamishashan6814 Год назад

so lazy rivers DO HAVE TURBINES?

@massprankstv324 3 года назад

Theres no link lmao

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Ruh Roh, what link do you speak of, I can get it on there.

@eliotmansfield 3 года назад

16 x 10hp motors - that’s alot of electricity

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

And thats just for river motivation. In total I have 53 motors facility qide

@RekkGaming 3 года назад

Hope you all are still doing well with this covid shit

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

We are trying, hope you and your family are well.

@ocsrc 3 года назад

Is this in someone's back yard ?

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

No sir, this is a commercial facility.

@GoldRaven-oe4by 3 года назад

Was anyone ever scared to go over the big vents in the floor

@barrkorrd27 2 года назад

I always tried to not touch them at all... Creepd me out

@96parmeet 3 года назад

Anyone else gets anxiety and an unusual fear seeing such equipment?

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

I used to also, but my understanding of them has helped.

@mobettaspice 3 года назад

Turn it on😂

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Soon Padawan, Soon

@martylynchian8628 3 года назад

water level seem kind of low.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Please no diving in the pool.

@jonathanrose829 3 года назад

Did someone say Lazy?

@hohoornaments1415 7 месяцев назад

@Dweller415 3 года назад

i’m too fat to float lazily down the river.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Nah, you good, come on down.

@Finallybianca 3 года назад

Okay youtube no reason for this computer geek to see this. But interesting nonetheless

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Lol, your not the first. Hope you stick around.

@ryanchenier-poulin8570 3 года назад

Can you just talk more about pools.

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

Lol, I'll try and keep it interesting.

@scubajoe3321 3 года назад

Like if I run a park

@thepoolguy 3 года назад

What ya talking about willis?

@scubajoe3321 3 года назад

@@thepoolguy I don’t know why but your content is interesting it’s like a behind the scenes

@Tom-em3dv Год назад

When i was a child those vent like things where my nightmare cuz i used to think it would suck me in them and kill me

@thepoolguy 7 месяцев назад

Don't worry, I did too.

@spambot7110 22 дня назад

and before 2008 they could've! The pool guy mentions the VGBA at 4:45, which is the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, which is some absolute nightmare fuel to read about. He goes out of his way to mention they are "anti-entrapment grates" for a reason. (just a warning if you do decide to google this, "entrapment" is a bit of an understatement, there are 2 incidents listed as motivation for the bill, they both involve kids and one of them in particular is just, so much more gruesome than expected). At a glance, looks like there have been standards for safe pool grates since 1987, but it wasn't until 2008 that they became legally required.

@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid 2 месяца назад

OK, I understand the basics of river motivators now. Could you do a breakdown on *people* motivators next? 🤔 I have a bunch of important work to do, and yet I'm watching videos about lazy rivers.