A world-champion athlete is in hassle for wakeboarding in Thailand’s flood waters.
Daniel Grant filmed himself performing spectacular water tips on the streets outdoors Bangkok College on September 8.
In weird scenes, the 24-year-old was seen gliding by means of deep waters with vehicles and motorbikes driving subsequent to him.
At one level, Daniel used the large splash created by a bus wading by means of water as if it was a wave.
A lot of his followers have been impressed by the stunt, calling the clip ‘the sickest factor ever’ and a ‘traditional making lemonade out of lemons state of affairs’.
However others thought the entire thing was insensitive to the hazards of pure disasters and highway security typically.
Daniel’s publish was despatched to the police, and he was ultimately arrested and charged with violating the Site visitors and Freeway Act for allegedly inflicting hazard to visitors.
The half Thai, half British athlete stated he didn’t imply to place anybody at risk, arguing that the highway was quiet on the time.
He went on to apologise and insisted he would have by no means performed the stunt if he had realised it was allegedly unlawful.
Daniel set the report for the youngest skilled world champion in wakeboarding in 2010.
Thailand has a monsoon season yearly, between July and October, which brings heavy rains.
However local weather change has made this season extra excessive, and the flash floods precipitated have develop into an increasing number of unmanageable.
This yr has seen a number of the highest ranges of rainfall in many years.
Thankfully, no critical accidents or deaths have been reported.
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