American-Thai wakeboarder charged after doing stunts on flooded highway

American-Thai wakeboarder charged after doing stunts on flooded highway
Daniel Grant rides his wakeboard on a flooded section of a highway in Pathum Thani province last Friday evening. (Screenshot from his video clip)
Daniel Grant trips his wakeboard on a flooded section of a highway in Pathum Thani province last Friday evening. (Screenshot through his video clip)

Expert wakeskater and wakeboarder Daniel “Tao” Give was charged along with traffic violations after playing a wakeboard on a flooded part of a national freeway in Pathum Thani last Friday.

Mr Grant’s motion may have caused risk or damage to vehicles or persons or even obstruct the visitors, Pol Lt Col Suchai Saengsong, mouthpiece chief of Khlong Luang police train station, said on Wednesday.

He or she confessed and apologised for the incident, Pol Lt Col Suchai said.

The 24-year-old American-Thai performed wakeboard techniques on flood-hit Phahonyothin Road near Bangkok University in tambon Khlong Nueng associated with Khlong Luang district, Pathum Thani province, around 6pm at the end of last week.

The 49-second video clip from the incident was posted on his Facebook account. Some of the stunts had been performed when various other vehicles were inside a close proximity.