Over the last few days, parts of Southeastern Queensland, Australia has been getting pounded with some severe weather. In fact, rains have been so heavy that flash flood warnings have been issued for the popular surfing location, as various areas have been instantaneously washed out, turning roadways into raging rivers.
Existing rivers have swollen to record heights, taking with them tons of sediment, trees, plantlife and much, much more. Certainly topography will be changed over these next few days, and with it damage to municipal infrastructure. So how to locals manage to cope? Well, they go surfing, of course. And if the video below isn’t enough to convince you, we really can’t convey it any better.
Not only are a handful of surfers enjoying the surging tide of rushing waters, but they’ve also enlisted a friend on a full-sized Yamaha WaveRunner to literally tow the surfers (at speed) into the surf, whipping back sharply propelling the surfers into the surf break. It’s both a feat of amazingly piloting talent and a wild exhibition of idiocy, as literally thousands of people die from pulled under in flash floods, but you gotta hand it to these tow-in surfers for their determination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVky8uc1JZA
