Great Ocean Drives, Route 255 - video

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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. 

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lost Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 at 7:30pm

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

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zenagain Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 at 7:43pm

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

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GuySmiley Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 at 8:37pm

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

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freddieffer Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 at 8:39pm

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?

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simba Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 at 9:31pm

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

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Dean Mc Sunday, 29 Jan 2017 at 9:49pm

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

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BobC Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 3:13am

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

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tonybarber Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 7:33am

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

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dastasha Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 8:25am

Kookslam!

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qld Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 9:05am

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

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Sted5 Tuesday, 31 Jan 2017 at 2:06am

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

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benski Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 9:12am

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

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stunet Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 9:39am

One more argument for a Nanny State.

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Blowin Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 9:53am

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

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lostdoggy Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 11:24am

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

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bevankoopman Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 12:18pm

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.

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t-diddy Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 2:40pm

Trump voter for sure

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gman63 Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 4:01pm

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.

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millsy351 Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 6:59pm

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

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Islandboya Tuesday, 31 Jan 2017 at 9:51am

HolyMoly Gets Hectic at 2:16

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batfink Tuesday, 31 Jan 2017 at 1:44pm

Should have bought a car with a reverse gear.

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sirboonie Tuesday, 31 Jan 2017 at 5:26pm

Jeremy Clarkson

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lovesurfin Wednesday, 1 Feb 2017 at 7:15pm

Aww he nearly made it!