Great Ocean Drives, Route 255 - video

Ben Matson (thermalben)
Swellnet Dispatch

Of all the dumb things to do, driving a vehicle across a oceanside groyne during a High Surf Advisory has gotta be right up there with the best of 'em.

Check this vision from Humboldt Bay, Northern California during their recent large swell event. 

Comments

lost Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 at 07:30 pm new

WTF - where the hell did he think he was driving to ?

zenagain Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 at 07:43 pm new

"Shit! Can we go back? I left my pipe in the glove-box."

GuySmiley Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 at 08:37 pm new

The trouble with dumb acts like that is some poor bunny has to put their life at risk to rescue them.

freddieffer Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 at 08:39 pm new

He must have been on some sort of drugs??? ... that is one of the most insane things I've ever seen anyone do; totally nuts in the face of certain peril with the strength of those waves washing over the groin.
I wonder what happened to his 4WD?

simba Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 at 09:31 pm new

That will teach him to drive a nissan......oh what a feeling.....

Dean Mc Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 at 09:49 pm new

If I was that guy, I would ring the Council about that nasty pot hole.

BobC Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 03:13 am new

FOR SALE...Nissan 4WD..One careful owner....No Rust.

tonybarber Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 07:33 am new

It's moments like this that you feel you are 'ok'.

dastasha Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 08:25 am new

Kookslam!

qld Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 09:05 am new

May be he is trying to leave the US to get away from TRUMP. He could be a Mexican.

Sted5 Tuesday, 31 Jan 2017 at 02:06 am new

If he was Mexican he would be trying to get into the USA,
there's very few Mexicans wanting to leave.

benski Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 09:12 am new

Looked like he just drove into the wall at one point didn't it? Had to have been wasted.

stunet Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 09:39 am new

One more argument for a Nanny State.

Blowin Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 09:53 am new

I'd say it's another credit awarded to Darwin's theory myself.

lostdoggy Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 11:24 am new

I like how after the first wave he kept trying. Again and again.
Persistence pays, kids.

bevankoopman Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 12:18 pm new

I recon he was just trying to save himself a mission of a paddle. He was just about to take his board out the back of the truck when some guy in a chopper came down and offered to drop him out back and save him the whole paddle.

t-diddy Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 02:40 pm new

Trump voter for sure

gman63 Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 04:01 pm new

So the 4WD gets lifted up and slammed sideways into the wall like a toy at least twice, and then the guy gets out and stands casually between it and the wall twice....
WTF??????
Darwin Awards.

millsy351 Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 06:59 pm new

My immediate thought was that he was determined to retrieve something very, very valuable. Drug haul perhaps?

Islandboya Tuesday, 31 Jan 2017 at 09:51 am new

HolyMoly Gets Hectic at 2:16

batfink Tuesday, 31 Jan 2017 at 01:44 pm new

Should have bought a car with a reverse gear.

sirboonie Tuesday, 31 Jan 2017 at 05:26 pm new

Jeremy Clarkson

lovesurfin Wednesday, 1 Feb 2017 at 07:15 pm new

Aww he nearly made it!