British-Thai wakeboarder charged after doing stunts on flooded highway

British-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 rides his wakeboard on a flooded section of a highway in Pathum Thani province last Friday evening. (Screenshot from 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 week.

Mr Grant’s motion may have caused risk or damage to automobiles or persons or even obstruct the traffic, Pol Lt Col Suchai Saengsong, deputy chief of Khlong Luang police station, said on Tuesday.

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

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

A 49-second video clip from the incident was posted on his Facebook accounts. Some of the stunts had been performed when some other vehicles were within a close proximity.