Flood waters + wakeboard + truck = video

By KVAL News Published: Jan 20, 2012 at 11:36 AM PDT Last Updated: Jan 20, 2012 at 3:30 PM PDT

PLEASANT HILL, Ore. - Kyle Bushman and friends found the upside of a downpour Thursday, turning a flooded road near Pleasant Hill into extreme fun.

With a wakeboard on his feet and a tow rope strapped to a pickup, the Lane Community College student turned a flooded ditch into a freestyle wakeboard course.

A camera captured the extreme action. >>> Watch the video

Needless to say: Don't try this home.

Bushman shared his video with KVAL News, and reporter Ty Steele plans to ask him: Why?

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