yes the smoke will go through the water.. ok... ima try to break it down, but i'm kinda high... ok when you suck on the tube you're supposed to use to hit it (if you do not know what this tube is, slap yourself for not knowing how to hit it, and then ask) it's going to create suction in the tube and in the main body, but becasue the bowl is directly linked to the water (meaning the smoke can't just go around this tube into your lungs) the air must come from somewhere it's only physics... because the gatorade cap is closed, it won't come from there, so the air will come in through bowl, bringing the smoke from the burning bud with it, down through the tube and bubble up through the water and into the top of the bottom tube where it will be sucked out through the steam roller portion. if this can't work, then neither could the conventional water bong, it's essientially the same... the only air intake is absessed under the water, when you suck through the mouth peice it creates suction in the body, thus pulling it in through the stem, under the water where it bubbles up into the body of the bong... i'm planning on making it whenever i can, just to see if my idea works... if it does i will provide pictures, both of the finished product and the finished product in use..